Scarily surgically enhanced comedienne Joan Rivers (above) has ridiculed Hollywood veteran Robert Redford for allegedly being the victim of a terrible face-lift.
The 72-year-old funnywoman, a huge fan of surgical improvements, insisted the "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" actor has not benefited from his "obvious" cosmetic work.
She said, "Robert Redford had such a bad job. God, whoever did him should be ashamed - or maybe he left it too long so it's much more obvious."
Redford's spokesperson dismissed Rivers' snipes, saying, "I'm not going to dignify that with a comment."
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Imagine what she'd find in the couch
A German pensioner found nearly $127,000 in an old laundry basket she had bought at a flea market for just five pounds.
The woman, from Bavaria, was cleaning the basket when she found two savings accounts books worth nearly $108,700, and more than $18,000 cash.
She took the money immediately to her local police station, telling officers: "I want to sleep with a clear conscience."
Police later found the money belonged to a woman who had died two years ago leaving her heirs with nothing, and they had no idea she had savings when they cleared out her flat.
Now they are to inherit the money, plus interest, while the woman who turned the money over will get a reward, expected to be more than $5,400.
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The poor kid can't win
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Aberdeen, Wash., fourth-grader Tyler Stoken was suspended in May for a week for balking, on a statewide test, at composing a short essay on what would happen if, one day at school, you "see your principal flying by a window."
Tyler, reportedly a good student, said he thought any passage he wrote would be making fun of the principal, which he refused to do.
The principal subsequently viewed that as insubordination (perhaps because it also lowered the school's overall score) and suspended Tyler, but the superintendent later apologized.
Source: www.newsoftheweird.com
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