Offbeat News
-
Wash. crows blamed for 'suspicious powder' scare
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:39PM July 17, 2012 CommentEDMONDS, Wash. (AP) — A fire spokeswoman says blame the crows for a "suspicious powder" scare at Washington state intersection that detoured traffic for more than an hour.
-
Residents warned: 6-foot lizard loose in Colorado
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:49PM July 17, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — A sheriff has warned residents in a tourist town northwest of Colorado Springs that a strong, aggressive 6-foot lizard that eats small animals — including dogs and cats — is on the loose in the area.
-
Bobcat that broke into Washington prison to be OK
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:38PM July 17, 2012 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — Security is tight at the Monroe Corrections Complex to keep 2,400 Washington state prisoners locked up, but it couldn't stop a bobcat from breaking in.
-
NYC bus driver catches girl who fell 3 stories
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:11PM July 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City bus driver was being hailed as a hero for saving a 7-year-old girl who fell three stories from an air conditioning unit outside a Brooklyn building.
-
Cat makes 6-mile trek back to NH home
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:19AM July 17, 2012 CommentBEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — Animal rescue league officials say they don't know how a black cat walked about 6 miles in three days to find his way back home in New Hampshire.
-
Utah man uses obituary to confess indiscretions
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:06AM July 17, 2012 CommentSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 59-year-old Utah man who wrote his own obituary before he died last week used the opportunity to come clean.
-
90-year-old Maine man skydives for first time
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:34PM July 16, 2012 CommentPITTSFIELD, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who learned how to use a parachute as a Navy pilot during World War II has finally made his first jump — at age 90.
-
Alaska town: Feline mayor is the cat's pajamas
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:44AM July 15, 2012 CommentTALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) — The mayor of a sleepy Alaska town is feline fine.
-
Weather stops tandem lawn chair balloon flight
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:56PM July 14, 2012 CommentBEND, Ore. (AP) — A gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons made a hard landing Saturday after aborting their flight due to thunderstorms — but their craft kept flying.
-
Wash. state trooper ends up with baby deer in car
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:18PM July 13, 2012 CommentBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper who responded to a report of a deer killed by a truck on Interstate 5 ended up with a 2-month-old fawn in his car.
-
Hawaii attorney convicted in ear licking case
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:09PM July 13, 2012 CommentLIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A judge called a Hawaii attorney convicted of harassment a "dirty old man" for licking a client's ear.
-
Ohio woman turns 90, celebrates on roller coaster
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:05PM July 13, 2012 CommentMASON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman has spent her 90th birthday doing one of her favorite things: whizzing around the tracks of a roller coaster at 80 mph.
-
Police: Naked man crashes through Texas mall
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:30PM July 13, 2012 CommentDALLAS (AP) — Police say a naked man crashed a pickup truck into a Dallas mall, then drove over a few kiosks before stopping to try on clothes.
-
Faithful see Virgin Mary in tree, flock to NJ city
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:51PM July 13, 2012 CommentWEST NEW YORK, N.J. (AP) — People are flocking to a tree in northern New Jersey where some say they see the image of the Virgin Mary.
-
2-faced kitten dies in RI; had 4 eyes, 24 toes
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:13PM July 13, 2012 CommentPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A kitten with two faces born days ago in Rhode Island has died.
-
California pain doctor duped by dog X-ray in sting
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:16PM July 13, 2012 CommentGLENDORA, Calif. (AP) — Investigators say a Southern California doctor saw enough from an X-ray to prescribe pain killers to an undercover cop but missed the tail showing it was an image of a dog.
-
Surfing goats ride waves in Southern California
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:37AM July 13, 2012 CommentSAN ONOFRE STATE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Two goats named Goatee and Pismo are wowing California beachgoers with their surfing skills.
-
Judge Overturns La. Town's Fortunetelling Ban
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:18AM July 13, 2012 Comment
Psychic and Tarot card reader Otis Biggs reads a spread of Tarot cards as a positive sign for New Orleans' future.
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a central Louisiana ordinance banning fortunetelling, palm reading, astrology and similar activities in the city of Alexandria.
-
Stray dog dispute heads for Portland courtroom
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:28PM July 12, 2012 CommentCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — A Portland man says a 45-pound dog that leaped the fence of his house last year and vanished is named "Chase."
-
Dogs from NY, Virginia wed at charity extravaganza
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:08PM July 12, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — We double-dog dare you to check this out.
