Good day, bad day: July 26, 2012

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]

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