Oh. My. Gosh.

WOMAN FOUND DEAD UNDER PILES OF CLUTTER IN HER HOME
(If I ever go missing, search my office)

A woman in Shelton, Wash., who was reported missing by her husband, was found dead under piles of clutter in their home, where she suffocated to death, according to police. The home was so cluttered that police officers' heads touched the ceiling as they climbed over the clutter.

Authorities found the body of 62-year-old Marie Rose buried under clothes after 10 hours of searching. She reportedly suffered from a condition known as hoarding. Rose's husband believes she fell while looking for the phone in the house this week.

There were so many piles of items that the man did not realize she was dead in the home, and police didn't see the woman until their second search of the home. It was estimated that several tons of debris remained piled up inside the house.




APPLEBEE'S SUED FOR SERVING 5-YEAR-OLD ALCOHOL
(If it had made him sit quietly and eat his food she wouldn't have complained. And what's a 5-year-old doing using a sippy cup?)

A Manhattan mom is suing a local restaurant for allegedly getting her five-year-old drunk.

According to the New York Post, Cynthia Pereles says she ordered an apple juice for her son, Seth at the Applebee's in Battery Park City, but instead the boy was served a Long Island Iced Tea. Pereles tells the Post she only discovered alcohol in Seth's sippy cup when she noticed his eyes glazed over and he began laughing uncontrollably. Pereles says Seth sobered up in the hospital. The suit names both the independently owned restaurant and Applebee's International and seeks more than $75,000 in damages.



ELMO ASKS KIDS, "WHO WANTS TO DIE?"
(Anyone who has to read the Elmo book ten times in a row every day)

A mother in Dallas is one of several parents complaining about a new interactive book for toddlers in which Sesame Street character Elmo asks "who wants to die?" Family members said 16-month-old Miranda Boll's new book, "Potty Time With Elmo," was supposed to teach an interactive lesson using voice commands. However, when the book's buttons are pressed, it reportedly says something it is not supposed to -- "who wants to die?" "It's a sick joke," mother Angela Bolls said. "If it's a joke then it's a bad one, you know? And it's not necessary. It's inappropriate."




RAW MEAT FOUND INSIDE SEALED I-POD PACKAGING
(New from Apple: iMeat)

A 14-year-old girl who received a new Apple iPod opened the sealed box and found raw mystery meat inside, according to a Local 6 News report. Rachel Cambra purchased a new high-tech iPod for her daughter as a gift this week. When she opened the sealed box, the device was missing and in its place was a piece of raw meat, the report said. Cambra said the box was sealed and that it didn't appear to have been tampered with when she brought it home from the Honolulu Wal-Mart where she works. An investigation found that a former employee apparently tampered with a shipment of iPods and put the meat into several packages.




ONE-EYED KITTEN BORN
(Too bad it died; the owner could've made a fortune off it on E-Bay)

Cy, short for Cyclopes, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. The kitten, a ragdoll breed, which died after living for one day, was one of two in the litter. Its sibling was born normal and healthy.



DEAD WOMAN LEFT IN FRONT OF TV
(They left the TV on? Maybe this was the one viewer Carson Daly thought he had)

A dead woman dressed in white was positioned in a chair in front of a television set for 2 1/2 years because she told her caregiver that she didn't want to be buried and planned to return, the coroner said.
"Don't show my body when I'm dead," Hamilton County Coroner Dr. O'dell Owens said Monday in describing Johannas Pope's wishes. "Don't bury me. I'm coming back."

Pope, 61, died Aug. 29, 2003. Her caretaker and friend, whose name has not been released, left the woman upstairs in the home with the television and air conditioning on while the body slowly decayed and mummified, authorities said. Some family members continued to live downstairs in the house since her death.

Police went to the house last Wednesday after a relative who hadn't seen Pope in 2 1/2 years called them. They found a staircase behind a door blocked by a basket and climbed to the second floor where they found the body. "Standing outside, one could smell death," Owens said.

Owens said he had not determined the cause of death but found no signs of abuse or foul play. Authorities are working to determine whether any crimes were committed, but Owens said the caretaker and family members apparently did not benefit in any way by keeping Pope.