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'Vengeful Dentist' Story a Hoax

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:23:10 CDT

If it sounds too good (or insane) to be true, more proof that it probably is. MSNBC reports that the wildly popular story of the Polish dentist who tore out her ex-boyfriend's teeth is a hoax. Though the story was replete with names (Anna Mackowiak and Marek Olszewski, respectively) and...

Dentist Pulls Out Ex-Boyfriend's Teeth

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:07:25 CDT

Talk about a nasty breakup: Polish authorities are investigating a dentist for allegedly pulling out all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth during a dental visit, the Daily Mail reports. Anna Mackowiak, 34, reportedly took revenge on 45-year-old Marek Olszewski by giving him anesthetic, plucking out his pearlies, and sending him home....

Poland Train Collision Kills 16, Injures Scores

Mark Russell — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:48:05 CST

At least 16 people are dead and 58 injured in a head-on train crash in Poland late last night, the AP reports. A train traveling south from Warsaw to Krakow was accidentally put on the wrong track; train maintenance was being carried out on one of the tracks in the...

58 Dead in European Cold Snap

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:46:47 CST

Thirty people, most of them homeless, have died of hypothermia in recent days in Ukraine, part of a surge of deaths across eastern Europe as the region grapples with an unusually severe cold spell. In all, at least 58 people have died from the cold in Europe over the last...

Rent Hitler's 'Wolf's Lair'

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:47:14 CST

Looking for a secluded vacation spot? For $139,000 a year, you can rent the bunker complex used by Hitler during World War II, reports the Telegraph . Known as the Wolf's Lair, the 32-acre site was built in a Polish forest and became the central headquarters of the Nazi dictator...

Singer Fined for Bad-Mouthing the Bible

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:02:00 CST

A Polish pop singer has been fined for disparaging the Bible. Dorota Rabczewska, who goes by the stage name Doda, said in an interview that she doubted the Bible because "it's hard to believe in something that was written by someone drunk on wine and smoking herbs." She was fined...

Military Lawyer Shoots Self at Press Conference

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:06:00 CST

A Polish military lawyer calmly, with a smile on his face, defended an investigation into a plane crash—then asked reporters to leave and shot himself in the face. Though journalists filed out, cameras were still rolling as Col. Mikolaj Przybyl rises from a table and steps out of the...

Record 1.4M Visited Auschwitz Last Year

Matt Cantor — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:00:05 CST

Auschwitz had a record number of visitors last year, with more than 1.4 million people visiting the onetime Nazi death camp. Most visitors were from Poland, but the site also saw many American, British, Italian, Israeli, German, and French tourists. Auschwitz-Birkenau is one of the most-visited Holocaust memorials in...

It's Official: US Is World's Coolest Country

Matt Cantor — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:26:19 CDT

When it comes to foreign policy, perhaps Americans aren’t the world’s favorite nationality. But the US has clearly cornered the market on coolness. Just ask the 30,000 people from 15 different countries polled by social networking site Badoo.com. When asked to choose the coolest country, America came first,...