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News Anchor Loses It Over Swimming Cat

There are no second takes in live TV, a lesson local news anchor Susan Bahorich learned well during a segment about a swimming cat.

Bahorich, the weekend morning anchor for the local CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Va., was telling viewers about Holly, the 13-year-old Northern Virginia cat who made headlines last month when a video of her swimming in a pool to lose weight went viral.

 


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WEIRD NEWS: Making a Mountain Out of a Pop-Tart

A seven-year-old in Baltimore was suspended from school after putting too much pop in his pop-tart – by allegedly shaping it into the form of a gun!

A seven-year-old in Baltimore was suspended from school after putting too much pop in his pop-tart – by allegedly shaping it into the form of a gun!

Second-grader Josh Welch was slapped with a two-day ban when a teacher saw him playing with his food and took note of the questionable shape of the breakfast pastry. While Josh insisted he was trying to create the image of a mountain, the school official says that he pointed it at a classmate and said "bang, bang" – a noise not commonly made by hills or mountains.

The parents of every student received a letter warning them about the incident and saying that "a student used food to make an inappropriate gesture."