Arson for bees, Jessica Simpson's overbearing father, Doctors leave rod in head
An Alabama man reduced his home to a smoldering ruin trying to get rid of some bees from a utility shed.
An Alabama man reduced his home to a smoldering ruin trying to get rid of some bees from a utility shed. After Joshua Mullen, 26, saw bees swarming around a rag pile, he doused it with gas. But then the pilot light from a water heater ignited fumes from the gas, and by the time the fire was put out, Mullen’s shed was gone and his house had sustained $80,000 of damage. “Looking at all this,” Mullen said, “there might have been a better way.”
Jessica Simpson’s interfering father is responsible for her relationship woes, says Us Weekly. She and NFL star Tony Romo separated last month—though they are talking again—and a source close to the singer says the primary cause of the split was Romo’s irritation with Simpson’s father. Joe Simpson manages his daughter’s career and offered to do the same for the Dallas quarterback. He also offered to sell the couple’s wedding photos to a magazine, should they ever get to the altar. Said the elder Simpson: “It’s unfair to criticize me for what every manager does for his or her clients.”
A British man is considering legal action against surgeons who left a 4-inch metal rod in his head. Donovan McGowan, 18, suffered blinding headaches for two months after surgery following a car accident. When he finally went for an X-ray, he recounted, “They said, ‘This is quite embarrassing, but there is something metallic still in your head.’ But it’s been more than embarrassing for me having to walk about with this lump on my head.” The object has since been removed.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
-
A running list of RFK Jr.'s controversies
In Depth The man atop the Department of Health and Human Services has had no shortage of scandals over the years
By Brigid Kennedy
-
Film reviews: Sinners and The King of Kings
Feature Vampires lay siege to a Mississippi juke joint and an animated retelling of Jesus' life
By The Week US
-
Music reviews: Bon Iver, Valerie June, and The Waterboys
Feature "Sable, Fable," "Owls, Omens, and Oracles," "Life, Death, and Dennis Hopper"
By The Week US
-
Too drunk to get married, and more
feature An Australian groom showed up so drunk for his wedding that a minister refused to perform the ceremony.
By The Week Staff
-
Romanian swallows a metal fork, and more
feature A Romanian man went to the emergency room complaining of intense chest pain.
By The Week Staff
-
Suicidal man helps save a stranger, and more
feature A suicidal man who was threatening to jump off London Bridge helped save the life of a complete stranger drowning in the waters below.
By The Week Staff
-
Morticians discover live man in body bag, and more
feature Workers at a Mississippi funeral home got a shock when a corpse started moving inside his body bag.
By The Week Staff
-
How to shake a vending machine, and more
feature An Iowa man was fired from his warehouse job after he allegedly used a forklift to pick up a vending machine and shake loose a stuck candy bar.
By The Week Staff
-
Young boy goes joyriding, and more
feature A 10-year-old Norwegian boy took his parents’ car for a joyride, then told police that he was a dwarf who had forgotten his driver’s license.
By The Week Staff
-
Taking aim at Kroger's, and more
feature A Kentucky woman allegedly bought a car just so she could ram it into a supermarket that she hates.
By The Week Staff
-
A name like no other, and more
feature Britain’s most heavily tattooed man has been refused a passport because of his unusual name.
By The Week Staff