OMG-Trucker survives incredible cliffhanger after brakes fail

 A lucky trucker survived a real-life cliffhanger when his overloaded lorry balanced above a 122m (400ft) drop after its brakes failed.The lorry – loaded with 40 tonnes of coal – was going too fast to make a turning in Qingzhen, south-west China. ‘The driver had been convinced he was going to die and took a lot of persuading to climb out of his cab and back up the truck,’ said a police spokesman.

Wow Nice prize-Irish author takes bad sex prize

An Irish author has been awarded the Bad Sex in Fiction prize.Rowan Somerville won for his novel, The Shape of Her. “Like a lepidopterist mounting a tough-skinned insect with a too blunt pin he screwed himself into her," was one of the passages in the book that helped Somerville win the award Monday night.

He beat out Canadian Annabel Lyon. The B.C. author was nominated for her book, The Golden Mean. On her blog, Lyon said she was "deeply honoured" by the nomination.In accepting his award, Somerville said he was glad to join the likes of Tom Wolfe, A.A. Gill and last year's winner, Jonathan Littell.

“There is nothing more English than bad sex, so on behalf of the entire nation I would like to thank you," he told the crowd in London, Bloomberg reported.British journal Literary Review has been handing out the prize since 1993.

Where are parents-Boy stuck in washing machine rescued by firefighters

The boy, identified as Chaofan, was trapped for over an hour in the machine in Taiyuan, central Shanxi province, before being freed by emergency services. According to his mother, he hid inside it only to find his legs tightly caught in the washing machine's drum.Images from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV show Chaofan being rescued by firefighters who used a circular saw - inches away from his legs - to cut open the drum

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