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A young woman choked to death on a marshmallow after trying to copy a challenge on TV's Love Island, an inquest heard. Mia Austin, 30, had seen Love Island contestants challenge each other to fit as many marshmallows in their mouths as possible. But the inquest was told Mia suffered from "locked-in syndrome" - and was unable to cough up the sweet. Former travel agent Mia was on a shopping trip during a holiday in Wales with her mum when she wanted her to buy marshmallows. Her mum Carol told the inquest: "Apparently on Love Island they did a marshmallow...

Move aside hourglass, there's a new marshmallow in town. Lucky Charms has unveiled its first new marshmallow in 10 years - the magical unicorn! Earlier this month, General Mills announced it was retiring the hourglass marshmallow. Lucky Charms then asked social media users to vote on which marshmallow they would like to see next - by answering with an emoji... And, sure enough, the newest marshmallow is also an emoji - the unicorn.

A teenager in Florida is in a medically induced coma following a horrifying accident on New Year’s Eve. Authorities tell WFOR that 14-year-old Layne Chesney suffered third-degree burns across most of her body while roasting marshmallows at a friend’s house. “My daughter has sustained burns over 95 percent of her body,” Leigh Chesney, Layne’s mother, told WFOR. “She has suffered a lot of disfiguring injuries. Family members say Layne was roasting marshmallows at a friend’s house to make s’mores. “When the flames went out, one of the children or her, I do not know the complete story, accidentally or purposefully,...

Pearls Before Swine is one of my favorite comic strips. While I normally read it for the daily laugh, today's strip did the immense public service of reminding me how silly our government can be:

The U.S. Forest Service on Friday published a nearly 700-word article on how to safely roast marshmallows, all in preparation for Saturday, which is National Roasted Marshmallow Day. As one might expect, the article is riddled with safety tips that might make you think twice about even carrying matches into the forest at all, let alone actually igniting a marshmallow and putting your family’s life at risk. “First, let’s talk safety,” the article says. “Never start a campfire when there are fire restrictions in place. The restrictions are put in place for your safety and for the safety of others.”...

If your family is like most Americans, they expect to see certain dishes alongside the Thanksgiving turkey -- green bean casserole, cranberries, sweet potatoes and dressing.

Marshmallows to be sent to N. Korea on Christmas Eve 2011-12-02 20:41 civic group led by a U.S. pastor said it will send marshmallows in balloons to North Korea on Christmas Eve. Seoul USA, which annually launches balloons into North Korea containing religious material and daily necessities, said it will send thousands of marshmallow stars, Christmas trees and reindeer into the world’s most isolated country. “The balloons are launched from secret locations on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone,” the group said in a statement. Eric Foley, co-founder and CEO of Seoul USA, said the idea came from...

NEW YORK, USA -- The American Dairy Association & Dairy Council unveiled a giant cup of hot chocolate in Bryant Park; it weighs more than 4,180 pounds before the addition of marshmallows-setting the world record for the Largest Cup of Hot Chocolate. The seven-foot wide mug held 487 gallons -- that's almost eight thousand cups of of piping hot cocoa -- not to mention tons of marshmallows. Officials said they expected to distribute 6,000 to 10,000 free cups of cocoa. The World's Largest Cup of Hot Chocolate, unveiled in Bryant Park, weighs more than 4,180 pounds before the addition of...

The Red River Valley needs more resources for foster parents to care for culturally and diverse children, a foster parent says. Jill Sherbrooke said it took awhile to figure out that her 7-year-old foster child is Muslim and shouldn’t have pork or marshmallows, for example. “We have no idea even where to go, how to help her learn about her background, her culture, her religion,” Sherbrooke said last week of the girl, who is from Liberia.

Well .. that got your attention.Actually, the thought got mine .. I figured I'd throw it out and see what happened.

June 23, 2005: In several days of fighting, American warplanes, and Afghan troops, chased several dozen Taliban from a town in southern Afghanistan, found their camp and attacked it. Some 76 Taliban were killed, and another 30 were captured, including several leaders. A dozen police and soldiers were killed, and a few Americans wounded. About 400 Afghan police and troops were involved, plus a few dozen American troops. American bombers and attack helicopters did most of the damage at the Taliban camp the Taliban were trying to reach. There are believed to be several hundred Taliban gunmen in the hills...

Located on the Isle of Bute off of the Northwest coast of Scotland is the oldest existing Victorian bathroom in the U.K. unfortunately this picture doesn't do it justice because it is all black marble and is very pretty.While I was putting it to its intended use (After visiting the Black Bull Pub) a group of ladies strolled in and started taking pictures. I guess you had to be there.

WOMEN have compared chocolate to sex for decades. Now doctors have discovered a scientific link between the two. According to Italian researchers, women who eat chocolate regularly had the highest levels of desire, arousal and satisfaction from sex. But for men, the findings of a British study were not so good. In the chocolate/sex study, urologists from Milan's San Raffaele hospital questioned 163 women about their consumption of chocolate and their sexual fulfilment. "Women who have a daily intake of chocolate showed higher levels of desire than women who did not have this habit," the study found. "Chocolate can have...