Gina DeJesus covered her head but gave a thumbs-up sign to the hundreds of well-wishers who applauded and cheered in front of her mother's house in Cleveland, Ohio. Earlier today Amanda Berry, wearing the same hooded sweatshirt, entered her sister's home with her six-year-old daughter Jocelyn.

Jodi Arias says that she would prefer to be given the death penalty rather than life in prison after she was found guilty of first degree murder. Now because of her emotional state, Arias is now reportedly on suicide watch as she awaits her sentencing hearing tomorrow.

Brazilian woman, Elisangela Borborema Rosa, 28, (left) miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon. Officials said that the woman's husband was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, firing a harpoon that hit her spine (right).

A girlfriend who felt as though she was being ignored got her own back on her chatterbox boyfriend by pouring a drink over him at a baseball game. As the kiss-cam came around at the Fresno Grizzlies baseball game, the boy is seen ignoring his date as she gestures for his attention. Finally, she can take no more and gives her guy a soaking.

As part of the top-secret project thought up by the CIA in the 1960s to spy on Soviet officials, a surgeon implanted a microchip in the ear canal of a cat (not pictured) and a small radio transmitter at the base of the animal's skull (right), hiding a wire antenna in his long grey-and-white hair. But the experiment believed to have cost $20million was scrapped when the ill-fated furry spy was run over by a cab after being tasked with picking up a conversation between two men in a park.

Nancy Grace of HLN and Ashleigh Banfield of Newsroom were standing no more than 30 feet away from one another while CNN producers manipulated the footage to give the appearance of a satellite interview. The blatant visual gimmick aired Tuesday morning as the two correspondents reported on the latest details behind the horrific Cleveland kidnapping story and pretended they were conducting a remote interview.

Giant African land snails are making their way into Houston, Texas, and residents are being warned that the over-sized creatures are dangerous to touch because they may carry meningitis. Local scientists warn that anyone who comes in contact with one of the snails should wash their hands thoroughly to ensure that they do not catch the harmful parasitic disease.

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NEW How closely do you check your receipts? Sure you check the amount you're being charged and how much to tip but do ever check the rest of what's written on your bill? This collection of hilarious receipts should encourage everyone to spend more time looking at the bits of paper you get back at restaurants, bars and stores, because they might be just as funny.

Kansas officials say victim Kaylie Bailey (top right), 21, was last seen with her baby daughter, Lana, May 1 on her way to visit her boyfriend, Andrew Stout, 30, on a farm in Ottawa, where he lived with several roommates. Bailey, Stout and Steven White (bottom left) were discovered dead after concerned friends visited the farmhouse and smelled a horrible odor. Officials are now seeking public's help in locating 18-month-old Lana (bottom right), who was reported missing.

Shocking new data has found that suicide rates in several states have increased dramatically in the past decade, with Wyoming and North Dakota showing the most troubling rise. Wyoming reported an increase of just under 78.8 per cent. Closely behind was North Dakota, with 70.5 per cent.

Eugene Esters is alleged to have shot 33-year-old Jennifer Johnson four times, including twice as she lay mortally wounded, on Dec. 5, 2011. As Esters, 48, stood over his victim he told her, 'Now, go put that on Facebook,' her mother testified on Tuesday at the start of his murder trial. Johnson's brother is Chris Johnson, insert, cornerback for the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.

Kevon Mayberry, an 11-year-old boy from Nashville, lost his foot after a train ploughed into him on Sunday night. But his family know that he is lucky to survive. Kevon's aunt, Dianna, said that her nephew's injuries are a lesson to all children not to play on the tracks.

His band The Beatles were arguably the most famous musical group of all time. But on Tuesday night, Paul McCartney was more about the grasshoppers as he found his stage invaded by a swarm of the insects during a concert in Goiania, Brazil. The 70-year-old musician was forced to complete his three-hour performance as clouds of the Esperanca Grilo creatures buzzed around him.

The animal's owner, Alix Sundy (top right), of Galt, California, said Jiblet (left) has always been friendly and loved when people petted her. Now, the battered, limping swine flinches and hurries away whenever someone touches her. Jiblet, who has been renamed Survivor since the attack, was supposed to be shown at the Sacramento County Fair (bottom right) along with her porky companion, Rolo, at the end of May.

Paul Forziano, 30, and Hava Samuels, 36, who are based in Long Island, New York, have launched a lawsuit in a bid to overturn the decision, with the help of their families. The case contends that the bride was informed that she didn't have the 'mental capacity' to consent to sex while the groom was told he would be 'incapable' of living as a married person.

A Chicago woman tragically died after choking on a hot dog at a baseball game. Teacher, Maureen Oleskiewicz, 28, was with her brother when she suddenly fell to the floor on Sunday. He didn't realise at the time that his sister couldn't breathe.

Braylee Rice of Marian, Indiana left class at 8:45 a.m. and was found hanging from the bleachers outside McCulloch Junior High School more than an hour later at 10:17 a.m. Rice's older sister, who goes by 'Moka,' said her sister was driven to suicide by bullies at school.

The first flying car called the Transition, made by Massachusetts-based firm Terrafugia, is due to go on sale as early as 2015. The company has also unveiled plans for a new TF-X model that will be small enough to fit in a garage, and can take off from a vertical position.

The family of Dennis Copping (pictured inset) have held out hope that bones located three miles from the perfectly-preserved RAF plane in the Sahara are those of the airman. After months of waiting and receiving mixed messages from the Ministry of Defence, they have now been told that it is not possible to extract DNA from the remains. The news has been met with frustration by Flight Sergeant Copping's nephew, John Pryor-Bennett, who had been about to fly to Egypt to provide a comparative DNA sample.

These incredible pictures which have been discovered by historians show what is believed to be the world's first playground swing Wicksteed Park, Kettering. It was built 90 years ago and shows children swinging enormous heights off the ground, with no safety surface underneath should they fall.

The size eight sandals, said to be worth £15,000, pictured left, form part of an £250,000 pounds archive of material relating to the Indian hero that is being auctioned by Mullocks in Ludlow, Shropshire. Other lots include a shawl, hand-woven by thread that Gandhi, pictured inset centre, spun himself, pictured right, his bedsheet, prayer beads and photographs.

Video games normally give the user a feeling of complete control - from fighting gangsters to driving a sports car, the player is normally in charge. But this game turns the tables on users - as they are at the mercy of a guillotine. Players don goggles and place their heads over a board, making them feel as if their neck is on a chopping block when they play 'Disunion'. By looking through the goggles, a simulator creates the effect that the user is surrounded by a crowd, and when they look down they can see a bucket, where their head will drop once they've faced the chop.

Czeslaw Kaminski, 69, allegedly started a fire in the basement of his home and threw two gas cylinders on top of the property in the village of Chechlo Drugie, near Lodz, in central Poland. But he failed to leave in time and was caught in the blast when the house was blown up. He was taken to hospital by an air ambulance where his condition was described as critical.