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Priest Apologizes for Unholy Facebook Language
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LONDON (AP) — A British priest has apologized for some unholy language on his Facebook page, his bishop says.
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Biker Loses License for 170 mph Ride
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RAVENA, N.Y. (AP) — A 25-year-old upstate New York man has admitted driving his motorcycle at 170 mph as he tried to get away from police who caught him speeding on the Thruway.
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Malaysian 'WWW1' license plate sells for $165K
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:45AM May 28, 2012 CommentKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The World Wide Web has inspired a bidding war in Malaysia — on license plates.
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Park of animatronic dinosaurs opening in NJ
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:16PM May 25, 2012 CommentSECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — A new family attraction featuring more than 30 animatronic dinosaurs opens this holiday weekend on 20 acres of woods and grass in northern New Jersey.
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NYC's famed Algonquin cat, Matilda, is back
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:00AM May 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Matilda the cat is back at work at New York City's Algonquin Hotel.
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Streaker at Cardinals game says he lost a bet
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:40AM May 25, 2012 CommentST. LOUIS (AP) — A streaker who ran naked onto the field during a Cardinals game says he did so because he lost a bet.
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City of Pied Piper fame again faces rat problem
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:17AM May 25, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — The German city of Hamelin may be in need of another Pied Piper — it seems the rats are back.
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Ill. man who renamed himself Led Zeppelin II dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM May 25, 2012 CommentBETHALTO, Ill. (AP) — He was known as George Blackburn for most of his life, but after his divorce last fall he wanted to start life over. So Blackburn changed his name to Led Zeppelin II.
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Northern California man finds giant oyster
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:09PM May 24, 2012 CommentEUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A northern California man who's been searching for years for a record-sized oyster appears to have found one.
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Police say roving cows drank Mass. backyard brews
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:24PM May 24, 2012 CommentBOXFORD, Mass. (AP) — Police say a roving group of cows crashed a small gathering in a Massachusetts town and bullied the guests for their beer.
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Tornado doesn't stop Kansas couple's wedding day
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:13PM May 24, 2012 CommentKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In the plains of central Kansas, tornadoes are so unremarkable that guests barely flinched as a barrel-racing bride wed her bull-riding groom with a twister dropping from the sky just miles away.
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Woman Finds Bike She Lost 42 Years Ago
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:02PM May 24, 2012 CommentA young woman rides a bike.
WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — The little girl thought she had lost her new bike forever when she tumbled off a rickety bridge over a muddy stream in Wellfleet, Mass., 42 years ago.
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Cougar Reluctant to Leave Cage
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:44PM May 24, 2012 CommentEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife agents in Washington state were ready to release a captured cougar back into the wild, but it didn't want to go.
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Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:49PM May 24, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004.
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Police: British bandits foiled by glued-up bills
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:09PM May 24, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Three bandits were foiled in Britain when their attempt to pry open a stolen cash box ran up against a new security system that slathered the bills with glue.
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SF official says Ouija board comment was joke
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:07AM May 24, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco supervisor who said he consulted a Ouija board before a vote now says he was joking — and the only spirit he was summoning was the spirit of humor.
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Pa. Men Mistook Bible for Purse in Snatching
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ARMAGH, Pa. (AP) — Police say two western Pennsylvania men mistook a woman's Bible carrying case for a purse when they tried to snatch it from her, knocking her to the ground.
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Wis. theft victim uploads video of suspected thief
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:34PM May 23, 2012 CommentMILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man whose camcorder was briefly stolen has found a way to get back at the suspected thief: He uploaded to YouTube a video that the suspect took with the camera, a clip in which the man reveals his name, shows his face and admits he stole the camera.
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Moon Chips From Vegas Casino Mogul Sent to NASA
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This Saturday, March 19, 2011 photo shows a full moon over Pembroke, N.Y. at its closest point to the Earth since March 1993.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon.
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Tales of lunar rocks through the years
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:32PM May 23, 2012 CommentLAS VEGAS (AP) — The saga of lunar rock traveling from the first moon landing in 1969 to the Las Vegas Strip in 1987 and back to NASA in 2012 recalls other moon rock stories. Here are a few:
