Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe HOTELS OFFERS HOW TO BE 'METROSEXUAL' For men who want to be a "metrosexual" -- a sophisticated man who is fashionable and well-groomed -- Loews Hotels is introducing the "Metro Man" package. Advertisement A sort-of crash "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," the package will help any man polish his look, improve his culinary skills and refine his taste. The Metro Man makeover is a 24-hour transformation available at select Loews Hotels nationwide, featuring a two-hour tasting meal; which includes a cooking, wine and drink-mixing lesson with the hotel's Chef, and an etiquette lesson by the hotel concierge. There's also a grooming session featuring a manicure or pedicure, haircut and shave, and a consultation with a personal shopper. DRINKING CONTEST WINNER DIES A Russian man died after winning a drinking contest. He consumed several pints of vodka and all five contestants had to receive hospital treatment for alcohol poisoning. The prize for winning the drinking contest was 10 bottles of vodka, reported the London Telegraph. However, the Itar-Tass news agency says Volgodonsk police are charging competition officials with involuntary manslaughter. Russians frequently down about a quart of vodka at one sitting, but last year 40,000 Russians died of alcohol related illnesses. Advertisement BRIDE-TO-BE SURVIVES DEER BREAK IN Laura Lee Nicholas heard her window crash and thought it was burglar so she buried herself under her covers -- but peeked out she saw a deer in her bedroom. Police used a dog-catching poll got the 1-year-old deer out the window. The deer, uninjured, had bled from the glass and urinated over her clothes and desk items, while broken glass was all over the place, and her computer was damaged, North Dakota's Grand Forks Herald reports. The 21-year-old student is getting married in May, and the room had been filled with wedding flowers and other decorations until a week ago, when she put everything in storage. A wedding dress she designed had been hanging in the room the day before. ROBBER NEEDED EYEHOLES A California bank robber forgot to make eyeholes in his mask and it hurt his getaway. Stephen David Walker has been identified as the man who entered the Oak Valley Community Bank in Modesto, slightly lifting the front corner of the flannel cloth so he could see the floor, according to detective Tom Blake. After making off with an undisclosed amount of cash, the teller says the man made his way toward the door, the Modesto Bee reports. Advertisement "But he forgets which side the door hinges were on," Blake says. "He walks into the steel door frame, bangs his head into the frame and knocks his hat off."
