Good day, bad day: July 26, 2012
Three baby bears are rescued from a dumpster, while a plane hauling a marriage proposal banner crashes — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle
GOOD DAY FOR:
Three little bears
A couple rescues three bear cubs from a dumpster they were trapped in. [BuzzFeed]
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Generational dominance
A 60-year-old man becomes a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather in the span of three months when his wife, daughter, and granddaughter all give birth to boys. [The Daily What]
Showing some skin
Despite a new rule that lets relatively modest female Olympic volleyball players compete in shorts and T-shirts instead of the standard bikini uniform, the U.S. team vows to continue to spike in bikinis. [Jezebel]
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BAD DAY FOR:
Fashion vigilantes
An angry driver tries to run over a pedestrian because he "didn't like the plaid jacket he was wearing." [Newser]
Buttery fingers
A customer at London's Playboy Club drops and shatters a $77,000 bottle of scotch, one of the world's most expensive bottles of liquor. [Death & Taxes]
Inauspicious beginnings
A plane carrying a "Will you marry me?" banner takes a nosedive and crashes off the coast of Rhode Island. [TIME]
For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: July 25, 2012
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