Offbeat News
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Man shows off Guinness' tallest mohawk in NYC park
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:01PM September 12, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Guinness World Records is calling it the tallest mohawk in the world.
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Police: Pa. woman offered roadside stripteases
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:22AM September 12, 2012 CommentUNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A southwestern Pennsylvania woman has been jailed on charges she was flagging down motorists and offering to take off her clothes for cash.
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Cops: Man tried to pay bartender with his own card
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:34AM September 12, 2012 CommentMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police in Miami Beach say a homeless man broke into a car, stole a credit card and then tried to use it to buy a beer — from the bartender the card belonged to.
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Pa. man makes no bones about buying 2 skeletons
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:18AM September 12, 2012 CommentSCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A pair of skeletons for sale at a Pennsylvania auction house went for more than a couple of bones.
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Salton Sea fingered as culprit of big Calif. stink
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:30PM September 11, 2012 CommentSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — After a day of "odor surveillance" and other scent-based sleuthing, Southern California air quality investigators confirmed Tuesday what they had already expected — that a pungent, rotten-egg aroma that stretched across the region came from the Salton Sea.
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Western NY boy, 8, takes mom's car for a ride
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:33AM September 11, 2012 CommentCHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say 8-year-old boy escaped injury after taking his mother's car for a spin through his suburban Buffalo, N.Y., neighborhood and hitting several objects before his joy ride ended on a neighbor's lawn.
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Sri Lankan diamond saga: Swallowed gem was fake
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:46AM September 11, 2012 CommentCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's diamond-swallowing saga took an unexpected turn Tuesday when police revealed the stone swallowed by a visitor at a gem exhibition was a fake and they are searching for the real stone valued at $13,000.
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Man arrested after meth offer texted to officer
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:06AM September 07, 2012 CommentLEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man apparently trying to get the most bang for his drug-purchasing buck accidentally texted a narcotics detective while he searched for people to join him in a methamphetamine buy.
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RI neighbors: Cussing cockatoo violates noise law
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:48AM September 07, 2012 CommentWARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman has been accused by her neighbors of violating an animal-noise ordinance by training her cockatoo to cuss.
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Magic store owner gets 2 yrs; made cash disappear
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:36AM September 07, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — The owner of a Massachusetts magic store has been sentenced to two years in prison for making more than $560,000 disappear from a longtime customer's credit card account.
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Police: Man broke into deli, stole cash and meat
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:45AM September 07, 2012 CommentDICKSON CITY, Pa. (AP) — A bag of stolen cold cuts has landed a northeastern Pennsylvania man in the cooler.
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Mich. lovebirds rescued after elaborate proposal
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:54PM September 06, 2012 CommentCASEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan sheriff's deputies can expect wedding invitations in their future for rescuing a couple who became stranded on an island during a meticulously planned, elaborate marriage proposal that apparently accounted for everything but bad weather.
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Police: Pa. man nabbed in toilet theft scheme
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:45AM September 06, 2012 CommentWINDBER, Pa. (AP) — Police say a western Pennsylvania man's toilet theft scam didn't end with a clean getaway.
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Polar bear, wolf vie to be Alaska Zoo 'president'
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:21AM September 06, 2012 CommentANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — You thought Barack and Mitt were fierce presidential candidates? Try Ahpun the polar bear and Denali the wolf.
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Kitten goes for 100-mile ride on NY woman's bumper
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:58PM September 05, 2012 CommentPLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A woman says a 6-week-old kitten hitched a ride on the outside of her vehicle as she drove about 100 miles over upstate New York roads.
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1.5 carat meal: Man swallows diamond in Sri Lanka
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:35AM September 05, 2012 CommentCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A man visiting a gem exhibition in Sri Lanka's capital swallowed a 1.5 carat diamond in front of the owner and was taken by police to a hospital, where an X-ray showed the $13,000 stone inside him.
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Chairs placed by Eastwood cutout on Calif. trail
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:53PM September 04, 2012 CommentGLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — These days, wherever you see Clint Eastwood, an empty chair is sure to follow. Even if you're on a hike.
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Scorpion sting leaves Arizona woman with huge bill
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:56PM September 04, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman is wondering what hurt more: getting stung by a scorpion or seeing her hospital bill after treatment.
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Police: Buffalo man tried to eat bogus $50 bills
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:32PM September 04, 2012 CommentDARIEN, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 35-year-old man tried to swallow several counterfeit $50 bills after he was caught trying to use the bogus money at a New York amusement park.
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UMass students nosh on 6,700-pound seafood stew
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:59PM September 04, 2012 CommentAMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts has again welcomed students back to campus with a world record-breaking culinary treat.
