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Man uses nail gun on self
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 the man survived with no serious lasting effects, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine last year when he fired the nails -- up to 5cm in length -- into his head. No one before is known to have survived after intentionally firing so many foreign objects into their head, according to the report.
■ United States
Restraining order for Sheen
A judge ordered actor Charlie Sheen on Friday to keep at least 90m away from his estranged wife, model/actress Denise Richards, and their two young daughters after Richards said in court papers he had been abusive and had threatened to kill her. Sheen denied the charge. The restraining order is the latest chapter in the stormy marriage between Sheen and Richards, 35, who filed for divorce from him last December, after less than three years of marriage. Richards said Sheen, the son of actor Martin Sheen, abused prescription drugs, gambled compulsively, frequented prostitutes and liked to look at pornography on the Internet. Sheen, in court papers, denied Richards' claims.
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