Overweight woman gets stuck in caves; traps tourists

An overweight woman who got stuck in a South African cave trapped 22 fellow tourists for more than 10 hours and had to be prised free with liquid paraffin.
The woman became trapped in the Tunnel of Love obstacle in the Cango Caves in Western Cape on New Year’s Day.
The caves’ manager said the woman had [...]

Airline workers say they saw UFO

CHICAGO - Federal officials say it was probably just some weird weather phenomenon, but a group of United Airlines employees swear they saw a mysterious, saucer-shaped craft hovering over O’Hare Airport last fall.
The workers, some of them pilots, said the object didn’t have lights and hovered over an airport terminal before shooting up through the [...]

Boy hangs himself ‘like Saddam’

Multan - A young boy who tried to copy hanging scenes from the execution video of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein died in central Pakistan, said police on Monday.
Mubashar Ali, 9, hanged himself, while re-enacting Hussein’s hanging with the help of elder sister, 10, after tying a rope to a ceiling fan and his neck in [...]

Captain Obvious: Abuse leads to depression

CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) — Physically abused and neglected children are much more likely to grow into severely depressed adults, a finding that researchers said on Monday points to an urgent need to test abused children for depression early on.
Physically abused children have a 59 percent increased risk of lifetime major depression compared with similar children [...]

Happy New Year 2007!

Eternia.com wishes you and yours a happy and prosperous New Year! While we’ve only been live for a couple of weeks, we have quite a few nice things planned and more regular updates will occur soon! In the meantime, tell a friend about our site and don’t forget to do something fun today or the [...]