A Pennsylvania man confesses, and more

A Pennsylvania man confesses

A Pennsylvania man turned himself in to police after reading a newspaper story about a robbery and realizing that his “other personality” had committed the crime. Timothy Beer, 23, told police he was waiting for a takeout order at a Chinese restaurant when he suddenly blacked out. Next thing he knew, he was playing video games at his cousin’s house. But when he read about the knife-point robbery of the restaurant the next day, he turned himself in to police, telling the cops that his other personality took over and “did something stupid.”

A diner succumbs at the Heart Attack Grill

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A diner suffered a heart attack while eating a 6,000-calorie “Triple-Bypass Burger” at the notorious Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. The massive, one-and-a-half-pound burger features three beef patties, cheese, special sauce, and up to 15 strips of bacon, and is billed as having “a taste worth dying for.” Restaurant owner Jon Basso said he felt terrible that other guests were photographing the man as he was wheeled out as if the whole episode had been staged for publicity. “Even with our own morbid sense of humor,” said Basso, “we would never pull a stunt like that.”

Heavy snow traps Swede in his car

A Swedish man is recovering after heavy snow trapped him in his car for two months without food. The 44-year-old was in a severely emaciated state when rescuers dug down to his car and found him in a sleeping bag on the back seat. Doctors say the man ate snow, but survived mainly because the extreme cold slowed his bodily processes. “A bit like a bear that hibernates,” said doctor Stefan Branth. “Humans can do that.”