Two actors have broken ankles and feet during rehearsals for the absurdly malfunctioning Spider-Man musical. Now another actress suffered a concussion from a falling rope. Anyone who plans on seeing a preview of the show should bring first-aid kits.

Texas resident Aron Embry was talking on his Droid 2 smartphone when he heard a pop. He claims the phone had exploded in his ear. Embry was rushed to the hospital, where he got 4 stitches.

Leonardo DiCaprio was one of 193 drunken, terrified passengers stuck circling JFK after a Moscow-bound flight blew an engine during takeoff. He signed autographs after the emergency landing. Luckily for him, the passengers weren't all Titanic fans.

Yesterday an MTA officer was placing her gun in a weapon's locker and accidentally set it off. The bullet ricocheted and hit another officer in the gut. The cop is alright, but will never enter a locker room again.

Afghan dog Target became famous when she helped thwart a suicide bombing at a U.S. military base. She was adopted and brought to the U.S. But Target ran away last week, was caught by Animal Control and euthanized by mistake.

Rachelle Friedman's bridesmaids pushed her into a pool's shallow end, breaking her neck and leaving her paralyzed from the chest down. Now she can't marry her fiance because their combined income would cause her to lose her Medicaid benefits.

During a Sydney performance of "Seek and Destroy," Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is kicking balloons around the stage. He winds up, swings his foot, and—uh oh. Was that a child that just went flying?

Georgina Bloomberg, the daughter of New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, fell from her horse while riding in a tournament and suffered a concussion and fractured spine. She was unconscious immediately after the fall, but walked away under her own power.

A Parisian baby fell out the window of her parent's apartment, plummeted six floors, bounced off an awning, then landed in the hands of a doctor who happened to be walking by. He checked her out. She is now fine.

A reporter without a microphone must resort to using sign language and acting embarrassed. That's exactly what Tom Brown did after he tossed his microphone into the polar bear pit. Also inside, the humiliating follow-up the next day.

Two actors in Turn Off the Dark, the Julie Taymor-directed, U2-scored Spider-Man musical, have suffered injuries while rehearsing flying stunts. A dancer broke both wrists, another actor broke both feet. And you thought Mamma Mia! was dangerous(ly bad)!

Why do people keep loaded guns near their bed while they sleep? For every crime in progress this stops, another three or four guys probably shoot themselves while sleepwalking. Like this man, who shot himself in the knee.

So, videos of children being hurt aren't funny (except that they are, sometimes), but I bet you'll have a hard time not laughing at this. Watch a little girl yell, "Go!" to her dog, which he does. Then, she flies/falls.

Who knew that several of people losing their balance and dropping their video cameras could be so hilariously entertaining! Here's Chris Beckman's Oops, which recently took home the Vimeo Award for Experimental Short, in its full, schadenfreude-filled glory. Watch inside.

When Snooki was 17, she was riding a four-wheeler when she passed the resident hottie of her High School with his shirt off. She crashed, broke her bra, and was left laying on the ground with her boobs hanging out.

Mere moments after successfully completing his driving test, a Pittsburgh-area man drove through the front of the DMV, with the driving instructor still in the car. No one was hurt and it was ruled an accident. An unbelievably embarrassing accident.

A new study shows that accidents caused by texting drivers actually increases when the activity is prohibited by law. That's because people send text messages, but try to get sneaky about it. We suggest threatening thumb amputation for all offenders.

Jimi Heselden, the British man who owns Segway, died yesterday after accidentally driving a Segway over a cliff and into the River Wharfe in North Yorkshire. Local police said "he was pronounced dead at the scene." Heselden was 62. [Telegraph]

Your comedically terrible chain reaction of the day: A golfer who swung his iron and hit a rock sparked a 12-acre fire in California today. Flint and steel: It really works! [AP, image via Shutterstock]

Nicole John, the 17 year-old daughter of the US ambassador to Thailand, fell 22 stories to her death at a Manhattan house party last week. Her death's been ruled an accident. But the hand-wringing over her lifestyle's only begun.