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Student auctions her body for the poor!

London: A 20-year-old Brazilian woman student is auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder to raise cash to build homes for poverty-stricken families, the Daily Mail reported. Catarina Migliorini, a physical education student of Italian descent, has till now been offered $155,000.

She hopes to pump in the money into a non-governmental organisation that will construct houses in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The girl rejected claims that she was a prostitute, and said she still believed in love, the daily reported.She will reportedly be followed every step of the way by an Australian film crew for a documentary called "Virgins Wanted". "I saw this as a business. I have the opportunity to travel, to be part of a movie and get a bonus with it," the woman said."The auction is just business, I'm a romantic girl at heart and believe in love. But this will make a big difference to my area," she said.

Catarina signed up to the project two years ago when she saw an advert by Thomas William Productions looking for a virgin to film. Director Justin Sisely will "record her emotions" before and after her first sexual encounter. She will get $20,000 and 90 percent of the final auction sale price, which ends Oct 15. The winner will be tested for sexually transmitted diseases prior to the encounter that will take place on a plane, leaving Australia for the US.

2 banned from  all-you-can-eat restaurant

London: Two British men have been  banned from an all-you-can-eat restaurant for beating everyone to the food and eating too much. The manager said the pair were "a couple of pigs". George Dalmon, a former rugby player, and Andy Miles were banned from the restaurant Gobi, in Brighton, the Telegraph reported.  The men would each eat five bowls of stir-fry during their regular meals at the Mongolian barbecue, customers can request meals "as many times as you wish" for 12 pounds.

Woman travels 644 kms to get a haircut

London :  A loyal British customer has clocked up a phenomenal 38624 kilometres, equivalent of the Earth’s circumference, visiting the same hairdresser for the past 37 years. Susan Parker-Jones from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, travels 644 kilometres six times a year for a haircut, to a stylist she trusts with her locks. The guest house owner embarks upon her trip at least six times a year to get her hair-styled by Jo Sparks, who has been cutting her hair since 1975, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported. 

US nurse throws away kidney 

Chicago: A nurse in a US hospital "accidentally" threw away a kidney from a living donor with medical waste and ruined it.

The kidney was removed by a surgeon and then inadvertently thrown away by a nurse. It took about an hour or more to find the discarded kidney, which was among medical waste, sources with knowledge of the botched surgery said.

The kidney donated by a Toledo man to his older sister was thrown away with medical waste at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Ohio, in what experts described as a rare accident, The Blade newspaper reported.

US man arrested after fight with stop sign

Rosewell: A New Mexico man is behind bars after police said he got into a fight with officers – and a street sign that said ‘Stop’. 

KRQE-TV reported that 45-year-old Raymond Garcia was arrested following a scuffle with police who used stun guns, pepper spray and a baton to stop him.

Police were called to an intersection following reports that a man was having an altercation with a stop sign. When approached, Garcia who police said appeared under the influence of drugs, ran from officers. Two officers then shot him with laser darts, but he kicked them as they got close. Garcia was darted again, but broke off the laser leads. When an officer used his baton, Garcia snatched it away. According to police, even pepper spray didn’t stop him – he wiped it off his face and threw the baton at them before being subdued.

Garcia was finally arrested and charged with aggravated assault against a police officer, disarming, and resisting officers.

Champion eater devours 191 chicken wings

New York: Competitive eater Joey "Jaws" Chestnut devoured a record 191 chicken wings in 12 minutes, becoming the new world champion.

Chestnut set the record  during a wing-eating contest at the annual National Buffalo Wing Festival in New York, defeating a longtime rival, Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas.  Thomas, a five-time winner of the contest, was second with 170 wings, the 'New York Daily News' reported.

"Sonya had the crowd of 10,000 people behind her, but she was out of synch," said George Shea, the chairman of Major League Eating, the governing body of all stomach-centric sports.