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Mellin tied one end of a rope to a tree, got into his Aston Martin, and wrapped the other end of the rope around his neck.  He then drove the $150,000 sports car into a busy road, giving other drivers a front-seat view of his horrific death as his head popped off and rolled into traffic.

The day before Mellin’s suicide, a court awarded an extra £100 per week in alimony to his estranged wife, Mirielle, 33.  In response, Mr. Mellin sent Mirrielle a text message that said "Congratulations XXX" and asked to meet. 

"We met in a pub after a court hearing and he started having a tantrum," Mrs. Mellin said.  "As we made our way back to our cars he opened the boot and said, ‘There’s my rope, that’s what I’m going to kill myself with.’  I told him to grow up and give me the rope.  But he just laughed."  Nobody’s laughing now.

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"They poked us and stabbed us with the machetes, and they were asking for money, specifically dollars," said Dryden, who in a Guatemalan hospital in stable condition.  The couple complied with the demands, but the robbers were apparently unhappy with their booty. "We had a few quetzales (Guatemala’s currency), but we had no dollars with us on the boat," Dryden said.

Dryden said the four men swam from shore to reach their boat.  After murdering her husband, the men demanded Nancy hand over the boat keys.  When she refused, the men surprisingly left and swam back to shore.  Nancy struggled over to the boat’s radio and sent out a distress call.  "I said we need help … my husband was not moving."

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If not vaccinated immediately after exposure to rabies, human victims will suffer horrible symptoms on their way to death.  Symptoms include fever, body pain, tingling in the feet, a progressive paralysis, and an extreme fear of water.  In the final days, victims will experience convulsions and grow rigid.  There is no truth to reports that victims grow fangs, hunger for blood and avoid daylight.

Venezuelan health officials are investigating the outbreak and planning to distribute mosquito nets to shield villagers from bats.  The government is also sending a medical boat to help treat victims.

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A man in Long Island, New York, was charged with driving drunk with his wife on the roof of their car.  Police said Diamond Mircea was fighting with his wife, Monica Mircea, at their home around 12:30 Sunday morning.  They said he got into the car, and his wife climbed onto the car’s roof to try to stop him.  The husband drove about a block when his wife fell to the street and hit her head.  She is now hospitalized in critical condition.

Police booked the husband on vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated.  He’s in jail pending arraignment.

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Police shot and killed a wild black bear with a plastic jar stuck on its head.  The bear had led police on a six-day chase through Minnesota forests.  Officials had hoped to capture the bear but decided to shoot it after the bear wandered into a festival in the city of Frazee.  “When it got into town, our main concern was public safety,” said Rob Naplin, the Department of Natural Resources’ wildlife supervisor.

The bear was likely foraging for food when its head got head stuck in a clear, plastic container, most likely for bulk candy or popcorn.  Although the bear could breathe, it couldn’t eat or drink and was likely suffering from dehydration and hunger. “I’m sure there was high anxiety and frustration with its predicament,” Naplin said. “It is (a sad story).”

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American Idol host Ryan Seacrest was swimming in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico on Sunday when he was bitten by a sand shark, he said on his radio show Monday.  Seacrest was "about eight feet out" when he felt something swim by his legs.  "I thought it was a stick," he said. "I wasn’t sure what had happened."  Then "I saw it swim! He took a bite, and he left."

The shark left a parting gift with Seacrest to remember the encounter: the shark’s tooth was embedded in Seacrest’s toe.  "It wasn’t a great thing to find. It was like finding a splinter!"  Although he was in pain, Seacrest wasn’t hurt too badly and only "needed to take an Advil."

When he was asked by his radio co-host if anyone else on the beach was bitten, Seacrest replied, "No, just me, of course! There were like 1,000 people in the ocean, and I get bit by the shark!"

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A 23-year-old Georgia Tech student died skydiving Saturday and happened to videotape his own fatal plunge.  Olen Reid Ashe III was an experienced skydiver, and this was his 299th jump. 

The case is under investigation, but it appeared Ashe deployed his main parachute at 3,000 feet, but it failed to open.  Ashe should have activated his emergency chute at 1,500 feet, but for some reason he didn’t deploy it until he was at 500 feet, which was too late.

Authorities believe that although Ashe was an expert skydiver, he may have lost "altitude awareness" in the emergency and failed to react quickly enough.  Police are reviewing the videotape that Ashe made of his fatal fall to search for more clues.

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