Las Vegas casino sued over feng shui tactics, and more

Las Vegas casino sued over feng shui tactics

A Taiwanese gambler is suing the Venetian casino in Las Vegas, claiming it used ancient feng shui techniques to break his winning streak. The man, identified only as Yuan, says he won $400,000, but when he returned to his room, he found a black cloth on the wall and two white cloths in the hallway outside. When he returned to the tables, he lost all his winnings and $2 million more. Black and white cloths are a sign of death, said Yuan. “It is a taboo for regular people, let alone for gamblers.”

Why Katie Holmes carries chopsticks everywhere

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Three-year-old Suri Cruise refuses to eat unless she can use chopsticks, says The National Enquirer. The Hollywood power toddler, daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, demands the Asian utensils no matter what she’s eating. A source says that during a recent restaurant outing with her mom, Suri “wouldn’t touch her sandwich and pastries without them,” adding that Holmes now carries chopsticks everywhere. “It’s the only way she can get her to eat.”

German man uses a swan as a cudgel

A German man has been arrested for beating another man with a swan. The suspect, identified by police as “Sebastian P.,” had been drinking in a Munich park when he suddenly seized the waterfowl by the neck and swung it like a cudgel at a man whose East German accent he found offensive. “You eastern pig!” witnesses say Sebastian P. yelled. “They should rebuild the [Berlin] Wall right up to the sky because of you!” Both victim and swan escaped without serious injury.