[Associated Press,Kincaid, W. VA] A man at a
   party popped a blasting cap into his mouth and bit
   down, triggering an explosion that blew off his
   lips, teeth and tongue, state police said
   Wednesday. Jerry Stromyer, 24, of Kincaid, bit the
   blasting cap as a prank during a party late
   Tuesday night, said Cpl. M.D. Payne. "Another man
   had it in an aquarium, hooked to a battery, and
   was trying to explode it," Payne said. "It
   wouldn't go off and this guy said, "I'll show you
   how to set it off." "He put it in his mouth and
   bit down. It blew all his teeth off, his tongue
   and his lips," Payne said. Stromyer was listed in
   guarded condition Wednesday with extensive facial
   injuries, according to a spokesman at Charleston
   Area Medical Division. "I just can't imagine
   anyone doing something like that," Payne said.

[UPI, Spain] A poacher Marino Malerba, shot a
   stag standing above him on an overhanging rock-and
   was killed instantly when it fell on him.

[AP,St. Louis, MO] Robert Puelo, 32, was
   apparently being disorderly in a St. Louis market.
   When the clerk threatened to call police, Puelo
   grabbed a hot dog, shoved it in his mouth, and
   walked out without paying for it. Police later
   found him unconscious in front of the store:
   paramedics removed the six-inch wiener from his
   throat, Where it had choked him to death.