Top five stories you may have missed on Thursday, 19 September 2013

Here are the top five stories you may have missed on Thursday, 19 September 2013

Jem mall closes for checks after first-floor ceiling collapses

Yahoo Newsroom - The first-floor ceiling of Jem mall in Jurong East collapsed on Wednesday night. (Photo courtesy of Toh Ee Ming)
Yahoo Newsroom - The first-floor ceiling of Jem mall in Jurong East collapsed on Wednesday night. (Photo courtesy of Toh Ee Ming)

A 50-metre stretch of Jem mall's first-floor ceiling collapsed Wednesday, forcing staff to evacuate its shoppers. Three women suffered minor injuries. The new shopping mall in Jurong East will remain closed until safety checks have been carried out. Authorities are investigating the cause of the incident.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ceiling-at-jem-mall-in-jurong-east-collapses-163436256.html

Body found along Kallang River bank

Yahoo Newsroom - The body of a man was found in Geylang on Thursday morning. (Yahoo file photo)
Yahoo Newsroom - The body of a man was found in Geylang on Thursday morning. (Yahoo file photo)

The body of a man was found on Thursday morning lying on a grass patch along the Kallang River bank. Police said they received a call for assistance at 10:24am, and paramedics pronounced the man dead on the scene. The police have classified the case as an unnatural death and are investigating.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/body-found-along-kallang-river-bank-085823315.html

Nigerian wins Muslim beauty pageant rival to Miss World

The newly crowned Muslimah World 2013 Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola (C) of Nigeria speaks to the audience during the Muslimah World competition in Jakarta on September 18, 2013
The newly crowned Muslimah World 2013 Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola (C) of Nigeria speaks to the audience during the Muslimah World competition in Jakarta on September 18, 2013

A Nigerian woman won a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta Wednesday. The beauty pageant, described as a riposte to the Miss World contest that has sparked hardline anger in the country, had 20 contestants, who were all required to wear headscarves and catwalk in embroidered dresses and stilettos.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/muslim-beauty-pageant-challenges-miss-world-133149341.html

McDonald’s McEverything: Man Creates Monster Sandwich from All 43 Varieties (and Survives)

US blogger eats all of McDonald's 43 sandwiches at the same time, calling it McEverything. (Yahoo Shine photo)
US blogger eats all of McDonald's 43 sandwiches at the same time, calling it McEverything. (Yahoo Shine photo)

US blogger Nick Chipman has tasted all of McDonald’s 43 sandwiches at the same time by combining all of them together, dubbing it the “McEverything”. It has always been his dream to eat the multi-sandwich since launching his blog DudeFoods a few years ago, but he was worried about annoying the servers.
http://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/shine-food/mcdonald-8217-mceverything-man-creates-monster-sandwich-43-173500222.html

Dairy Queen employee's honorable actions praised online

US employee at fast food restaurant admired for paying a visually impaired person for the money he dropped. (Getty Images)
US employee at fast food restaurant admired for paying a visually impaired person for the money he dropped. (Getty Images)

When a visually impaired customer accidentally dropped a US$20 bill (S$24.88) at a fast food restaurant in the US, a lady picked it up and kept it. After an employee, Joey Prusak, confronted her about her “disrespectful” misdeed, she denied that she had taken his cash. The employee then gave his own US$20 bill to the customer.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dairy-queen-employee-s-honorable-actions-praised-online-172305933.html