Mall man cave

A Chinese mall believes it has a solution to a problem plaguing female shoppers everywhere: what to do with your husband during a trip to the mall. A new service rolled out by the Global Harbour mall in Shanghai provides “husband storage” pods where wives can leave uninterested mates to play video games or nap during a shopping trip. The mall currently offers the service for free, but does plan on charging a fee in a few months once the idea has caught on.

Piled high

It may not be unusual for an elderly person to have dry eyes. But when an unidentified 67-year-old woman complained to doctors at Solihull Hospital in England that one of her eyes was very dry, they noticed a bluish mass on her eye. Upon inspection, doctors determined that the woman had been living with 27 contact lenses stuck to her eyeball for an unknown length of time. “We were really surprised that the patient didn’t notice it because it would cause quite a lot of irritation while it was sitting there,” ophthalmologist Rupal Morjaria told Optometry Today.

Doughnut fever

A West Ashley, S.C., Krispy Kreme store celebrated the franchise’s 80th anniversary by offering a dozen glazed original doughnuts for 80 cents on July 14. The response from doughnut lovers changed everyone’s day: The long line of cars at the store reportedly spilled out onto Savannah Highway, with locals claiming traffic backups began at 6 a.m. and lasted the entire day. “Everybody is getting to work late because of this,” commuter Jere Young told the Post and Courier. “They literally should just line up orange cones all the way down … and have a designated doughnut lane.”

Picture this

A selfie photograph at a Los Angeles art exhibit turned destructive in early July. Surveillance footage from The 14th Factory exhibit revealed an unidentified woman crouching in front of a display to take a picture of herself. She lost her balance, tumbled backward, and caused a domino effect of display crashing into display. The accident completely destroyed three art pieces and partially damaged many others. The estimated cost of the damage: $200,000.

Phone finder

If you lose your cell phone in a trash chute, don’t look too hard to find it. That seems to be the lesson from a July 23 incident in Washington, D.C., in which an unidentified man reportedly leaned into a trash chute to look for his cell phone—and fell down into the chute. The man apparently found either his phone or another one and called authorities from inside the chute at 3 a.m. Firefighters arrived at the scene, pumped fresh air down the chute, and then used a harness to pull the man to safety. They said the man was uninjured.

Tumbling down

Demario Webster of Winter Haven, Fla., tried to get away from police on July 11, but his plans fell through. Webster, 32, escaped a police officer at his door by climbing into the attic of the Abbey Lane Apartments. There he crawled over a few apartments and was apparently hoping to slip out of the building undetected. But that’s when the ceiling gave way and Webster crashed down into a neighboring apartment’s shower. Alarmed by the racket, the neighbor called out to police, “He’s in here,” and authorities arrested Webster for violating his probation and resisting arrest.

Your brain on drugs

David Blackmon of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., did what most people would do when their valuable property has been stolen. On July 23, he called 911 to report the robbery. But for most people the stolen goods don’t include a quarter-ounce bag of cocaine. When Blackmon allegedly told an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy that someone had broken into his car to steal $50 and the bag of cocaine, the deputy took a look into the car and spotted some cocaine, a crack rock, and a crack pipe. Blackmon now faces charges of possession of cocaine and resisting arrest without violence.

Buckeye test

To the delight of his family and friends, Zach Lawrence still hates Michigan. The lifelong Ohio State football fan was able to articulate his disdain of the Wolverines despite suffering a severe head injury overseas in March that left him in a coma. In July, while recovering in Columbus, Ohio, doctors asked him to use a yes-or-no button to respond to a question: “Do you like Michigan?” Lawrence pressed the button for “no” twice. In the ensuing weeks, Lawrence has made more progress, such as opening his eyes, giving a thumbs-up, and holding a pencil.

Kicked out

Dispatchers sent Corpus Christi, Texas, police to make a withdrawal from a Bank of America location on July 12, but it wasn’t money they were after. A contractor working to repair an ATM became locked in the branch’s service room and resorted to slipping a handwritten note out through the ATM’s receipt slot. A bank patron saw the note and phoned police. Eventually police officers and the contractor’s supervisor were able to kick down the door and free the man.