When a little boy asked double amputee Nadya Vessey why she didn’t have any legs, she answered, “I am a mermaid.” 2½ years later that dream came true thanks to a mermaid suit designed by the Hollywood special effects company Weta Workshop. But unlike the kind seen in movies like Splash, this prosthesis is fully-functional. Now Nadya has her own children’s book “The Mermaid Who Lost Her Tail” about a

When a Pennsylvanian pet store received a package from US Airways they were expecting $1,000 worth of exotic fish. But instead of finding fish inside the box, there was a dead mailman. Jon Kenoyer, a retired postal worker, had died of Alzheimer’s and was supposed to be shipped to Life Quest Anatomical for medical research. Mary Kenoyer told reporters that her husband was afraid of flying and “He was such