From YahooNews: 
How not to open a grenade…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian man died Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion […]

From The Washington Times: 
Lawn mowers injure 9,400 under age 20
An average of 9,400 children and teens are treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments annually for lawn-mower injuries, a U.S. study finds.
Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy in the Columbus Children’s Research Institute at Columbus Children’s Hospital also find that 25 percent of […]

From The Havre Daily News:
Man injured in fireworks hijinx
A Whitefish man was critically injured early Tuesday while allegedly using fireworks to blow up mailboxes with a friend. Ian Reynolds, 18, and Charles How, 18, were setting off fireworks in mailboxes set in a heavy stone masonry structure when the accident occurred around 12:30 a.m, authorities […]

 
I wonder if his girlfriend is reconsidering now?  
Do you suppose she’s thinking “Wow, ok yea, I see what you mean by taking risks.  Ok let’s get married!”  Or is she running out the door, afraid of the possibility of any potential kids inheriting the Goofball / Darwin award gene from this guy?
From YahooNews:
Naked man takes […]

From YahooNews: 
Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God
KIEV (Reuters) - A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.
“The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’, lowered himself by […]

 
From NEWSDAY.COM: 
Teen Says Friend Asked to Be Hit With Car
CHESTERTON, Ind. — A 17-year-old boy who police said asked a friend to hit him with a car “for fun” was still hospitalized Tuesday with a broken leg.
Michael Morris, a junior at Chesterton High School, was in fair condition at Porter hospital, spokeswoman Robin Carlascio said.
His […]

From WISTV.COM:
Officials: Sumter man attempts to steal copper from electrical pole
(Sumter) April 25, 2006 - A Sumter man was found in critical condition after officials say he tried to steal something from an electrical pole.
Barely conscious and trapped between transformers is where Sumter police found Wayne Odom.
His stepfather says a bad crack habit led to […]

 
From YahooNews:
Oregon Man Survives 12 Nails to the Head
By SARAH SKIDMORE
PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon man who went to a hospital complaining of a headache was found to have 12 nails embedded in his skull from a suicide attempt with a nail gun, doctors say.
Surgeons removed the nails with needle-nosed pliers and a drill, and […]

 
From MSNBC.COM:
5-hour nude chimney stay ends with arrest
Man locks himself out, tries flue entry, gets stuck; police suspect drug use
HAYWARD, Calif. - Police arrested a man who spent five hours naked and stuck in the chimney of his stepmother’s California home.
Police say Michael Urbano locked himself out of the house early Saturday morning and decided […]

 
From AZCentral.COM:
Worker peering into elevator shaft decapitated
PITTSBURGH - A construction worker was decapitated by an elevator car Thursday as he peered into a freight-elevator shaft, police said.
The accident happened at the site of a nine-story former warehouse that is being converted into 140 apartments for students at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
(more here)

From The Chattanoogan.COM:
Neighbors In Gunbattle After One Shoots Other’s Dog
Two Catoosa County neighbors got in a gunbattle after one shot the other’s dog, Sheriff Phil Summers said.
One man was transported to Erlanger Medical Center after the gunplay on Sunday night.
The shooting occurred about 8 p.m. after the victim’s dog was shot by a neighbor. The […]

From The San Jose Mercury News:
Ventura teacher’s hand severed when paperweight explodes
VENTURA, Calif. - Part of a teacher’s hand was blown off when a 40 mm round the instructor used as a paperweight on his desk exploded in his classroom.
Robert Colla struck the round with an object Monday afternoon while teaching 20 to 25 students […]