Full moon out? The Weird News thread

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Caller Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Radio Station For Not Playing His Song
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/3 ... 89314.html

The Most Amazing Thing You'll Ever See On A Motorcycle
http://www.gadling.com/2011/10/02/its-a ... in-russia/

She Took Walmart To Court -- Over 2 Cents
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/3 ... 89509.html

Hairy, Crazy Ants Invade From Texas To Miss.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 90185.html

Whale Found Beached In Grassy England Field
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 90694.html

Unicyclist Balances On Top Of Beer Bottles
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/3 ... 89508.html

One Man's Passion For Buying Crap From The Back Of Comic Books
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/3 ... 88346.html

Junkyard Owner Wanted To Dress As Bear, Maul Ex-Girlfriend To Death
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/2 ... ird%20News

Woman Arrested For Driving Golf Cart Drunk To Buy Scarecrow
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/2 ... ird%20News

French Feminists Want To Ban The Word 'Mademoiselle'
http://www.worldcrunch.com/french-femin ... selle/3842

Flying Magic Carpets To Become Reality?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/3 ... ird%20News

Man 'Treed' By Police For 9 Hours
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29349794/detail.html

Woman Sentenced To 15 Days In Jail For Choking Walmart Greeter
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/o ... ter/nDyFm/

Teen 'Sexting' Turns Illegal In Florida Starting On Saturday
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state ... 88434.html

Dog Didn't Qualify As Carpooler For Alleged DUI Driver
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29350836/detail.html

Trump casino offers $25K plastic surgery prize
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20110929/D9Q2BI281.html

Baby alligator found in dumpster
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... 62008.html

Man Arrested 8 Years To The Day After Incident
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29352622/detail.html

Plane Hits Ferris Wheel In Australia; No One Injured
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29361503/detail.html

Cow Nipple Dress Sparks Controversy
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/293 ... etail.html

Stranded Man Survives For 6 Days On Leaves, Water
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29347253/detail.html

4-Year-Old's 911 Call Saves Mom's Life
http://www.kcci.com/news/29351449/detail.html

Student Catches State Math Test Error
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29 ... etail.html

Rift leads to rival pumpkin weigh-ins
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/02/ ... 317597599/

Bikini parade offers priceless advertising
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/02/ ... 317594161/

Beer man suspended for joking with player
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/02/ ... 317593779/

NYC couple raising hens in apartment
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/02/ ... 317591536/

Drunk man steals ambulance, crashes it
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/02/ ... 317585144/

Mayor rejects idea to move 1-ton crocodile
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/02/ ... 317580404/

N.M. balloon festival sets world record
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/02/ ... 317579021/

Artist ordered to paint over mural beaver
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/01/ ... 317501000/

88-year-old Italian woman fights off thief
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/01/ ... 317485031/

Police: Pumpkin thief injured man
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/01/ ... 317456000/

Has SoCal's 'Geezer Bandit' struck again?
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/01/ ... 317484914/

Dog escapes kennel, takes train home
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/01/ ... 317454200/

MP's wife guilty of 'catnapping'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/01/ ... 317448063/

Retiree who faked death gets 6 years
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/01/ ... 317447060/

Owner tracks stolen boat 2,500 miles away
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/09/30/ ... 317417774/

Stringless 'do rag' uses Velcro
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/09/30/ ... 317405440/

Doctors reattach hiker's thumb
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/09/30/ ... 317402251/

Three brothers share same birthday
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/09/30/ ... 317371400/

Crunchy crickets going mainstream in Australia
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/crunchy-cricke ... 26794.html

U.S. company turns gun lovers' ashes into ammunition
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-company-turn ... 27271.html

Nestle ad first to pitch at canine customers
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/nestle-ad-firs ... 35475.html

Guard's finger bitten off at Ukraine city council debate
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/guards-finger- ... 43352.html

Snafu as China space launch set to US patriotic song
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/snafu-china-sp ... 51563.html

Children's Cave Art Dates Back 13,000 Years
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/childrens-cave ... 05119.html

Britain's cure for economic slowdown - drive faster
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/britains-cure- ... 06818.html

Designer creates home out of a dumpster
http://swns.com/designer-creates-home-o ... 01423.html

Schoolgirl has rugby ball-sized tumor removed
http://swns.com/schoolgirl-has-rugby-ba ... 01403.html

Report: Bleeding man exposed himself before fighting officer
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 1917.story

The Birdman of St. Pete: YouTube video nabs bird-releasing burglar
http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/213009 ... ured-birds

DUI suspect congratulates arresting deputies
http://www.ocala.com/article/20110930/N ... g-deputies

Man charged with stealing Fire Rescue equipment
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/sep/30/ ... alm-beach/

80-lbs. of pot, $95K in cash found during a VOP arrest
http://www.dailycommercial.com/092411drugs

Threatening blog post traced to police computer
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/26/2 ... ening.html

Jail for family who googled murder to get granddad's riches
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/techno ... 1l1es.html

22 year old man (with no criminal record) + 2 ounces cocaine = 36 year prison term. Sounds fair
http://blogs.star-telegram.com/crime_ti ... w-man.html

When escaping from the back of a police car remember, it's leave the handcuffs, take your ID; not leave your ID, take the handcuffs
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/10/02/ ... %E2%80%99/

You know it's time to move out when your mom injures your girlfriend by throwing a Holy Bible at her face
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/gi ... -holy.html

College students fined for a) public drunkenness, b) noise violations or c) collecting money for kids with cancer?
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... _dona.html

Yaa. I finally made it to the top of Mount Kilimanja...ACK...THUD
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -dead.html

Are those hummingbirds in your pants, or are you just happy to see me? Oh wow, hummingbirds
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/09/28/man- ... underwear/

Calling someone fat and tellling them "I knew you were a joke when you came in" because they didn't buy anything isn't good customer service
http://consumerist.com/2011/10/australi ... -care.html

Some Maine gas stations short-changing customers at the pumps, officials say
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/02/b ... cials-say/

Woman discovers boyfriend is actually lesbian sex offender. Awkward (w/pics)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ITO%3D1490

Rich people in nice Chicago neighborhood try to run out poor family that lived there long before the neighborhood was nice, call SWAT team to do it
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/colu ... 3Fpage%3D1

State of Iowa rules that a business owner's contest giving prizes to the employees who guessed correctly in the game "Guess The Next Cashier Who Will Be Fired" was illegal and demoralizing
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/articl ... CFrontpage
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Beat It -- Or Not: Vegas To Unveil MJ Slot Machine
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29362405/detail.html

Daycare Fight Fueled By 'Good Morning' Comment, Police Say
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/29373198/detail.html

Teens Arrested In Bikini Barista Robberies, Sexual Assault
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29375184/detail.html

Perry Reacts Quickly To Report Of Offensive Name At Hunting Lease
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-pol ... 91739.html

Grandma, Granddaughters Charged In Burglary
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ap/kids-famil ... ary/nDygD/

Girl Banned From Wearing Rosary At School
http://www.ketv.com/mostpopular/29367988/detail.html

Woman Named World's Fittest
http://www.kcci.com/r-video/29371821/detail.html

'Super Commuter' Bikes 23 Miles To Work
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/2 ... etail.html

Bear Chases Dog Into Home, Attacks Couple
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29377005/detail.html

Mom, Crying Baby Kicked Off Bus
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29376620/detail.html

World Record Set For Largest Nachos: 3,999-pounds
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29371940/detail.html

Pinky Promise May Save Young Dad's Life
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29347843/detail.html

Lost girl's glowing necklace helps rescue
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/03/ ... 317669614/

Homecoming queen kicks winning field goal
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/03/ ... 317668945/

NYC man buys "Rat Island" for $160K
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/03/ ... 317668558/

New York rooster beloved by most neighbors
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/03/ ... 317665788/

Youth in handcuffs turns self in
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/03/ ... 317662310/

Daredevil in death-defying cliff edge stunt
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video--daredev ... stunt.html

Belgium officials ordered to clock in and out for smoke
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/belgium-offici ... 44947.html

Chinese Guru Creates World’s Largest Naan
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/03 ... gest-naan/

12-Year-Old Boy Stops Jewelry Shop Robbery
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

Couple Set World Record By Marrying Each Other 100 Times
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 92158.html

NYC Fire Department Hires First Transgender Firefighter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

(Walk) Around The World In 4,015 Days: Traveler To Complete 11-Year Journey
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

California Prisoners Prolong Hunger Strike -- By Eating
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

Set Your Phasers On Stunned -- Leonard Nimoy Attends His Last 'Star Trek' Convention
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 92761.html

Boy Pulls Out Teeth After Dad Delayed Making Dental Appointment
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 92607.html

Man Rips Out His Own Eyes During Church Service
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

Fossil Fool: Dig Up A Skull, Get Banned From National Parks
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 92562.html

Wish You Had A Girlfriend? New Texting Service Fakes A Relationship
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

Georgia Town Makes Money Off Saggy-Pants Fines
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/10/03/cri ... nts-fines/

Terror: Man arrested for violent nunchuck attack
http://www.abc-7.com/global/story.asp?s=15587123

Report: Man threatens woman with machete after she refuses sex acts
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct ... er=popular

Deputy arrested on grand theft charges
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime ... 86099.html

Kapow! HOA president's mailbox explodes
http://seminole.wtsp.com/news/news/8319 ... ts-mailbox

Fired man sets fire to car, deputies say
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct ... er=popular

Man accused of stealing $600 in quarters
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/sep/27/ ... 0-in-from/

Doctor must pay $820,000 for groping his assistant
http://www.wtsp.com/investigators/artic ... assistant-

Seven bodies dumped at bus stop in Mexico, reportedly did not have exact change
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44752902/ns ... -americas/

Couple who filmed themselves forcing spider into toddler's mouth are jailed
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ailed.html

Huge silicone breast saves woman from husband's knife
http://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/ ... _breast-0/

Youth induces swoons as he impersonates Bieber
http://www.toledoblade.com/Music-Theate ... ieber.html

Note to wealthy businessmen: Do not cheat on your Playboy covergirl girlfriend after giving her a blank check, she might just cash it
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mone ... tcc0y27tnI

In a last ditch attempt to be taken seriously, Occupy Wall Street (TM) protestors are now dressing up as zombies. Yeah, this is totally not just a hipster party
http://news.yahoo.com/wall-street-prote ... 07979.html
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Woman says husband's hospital records were sold
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/wom ... old/nDzxR/

Two arrested for embezzling funds from cops
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29386778/detail.html

Police: Couple locked boy in coffin
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29381978/detail.html

Bottled water only relief for some in Pacific
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111004/D9Q58CJO0.html

Man, 75, Ticketed For Cursing
http://www.koco.com/news/29383321/detail.html

Man's Halloween Decorations Prompt 911 Call
http://www.wxii12.com/news/29385187/detail.html

Celebs help students get up for school
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/04/ ... 317763080/

Missing cornerstone was taken by sheriff
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/04/ ... 317761915/

Authorities seek 'Butterfingers Bandit'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/04/ ... 317760061/

School aims for flu shot record
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/04/ ... 317760041/

Clerk error leads to $25M lottery win
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/04/ ... 317754008/

Man arrested, released, arrested again
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/04/ ... 317753680/

Students want leaf blowers banned
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/04/ ... 317717000/

Man admits attacking teen over game
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/04/ ... 317711600/

Nobel Prize committee had the wrong number: US winner
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/nobel-prize-co ... 01364.html

Snoop Digs Record-Breaking Vegetable
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/snoop-dogg-dig ... 24954.html

Qualify first, drink later: Coach tells players
http://news.yahoo.com/qualify-first-dri ... 17912.html

More beer, fewer brawls at Germany's Oktoberfest
http://news.yahoo.com/more-beer-fewer-b ... 47529.html

Girl Swallows Gold Necklace Hidden in Muffin
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/04 ... en-muffin/

Man Who Eats Rat In Facebook Video Goes Free
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 94767.html

World's Shortest Living Cat Gets A Big Honor From Guinness
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 94232.html

How Will The White House Respond To 'We The People' Demands For Full Disclosure On ETs?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 87721.html

Bonsai Bandit Escapes With 'Priceless' Mini-Forest
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

World's Scariest Mugshot?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

Boy To Officer He Stabbed: 'You Are A Hero Even To Me'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

Report: Woman's busy hands in her shorts concern deputies
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_wi ... ed-of.html

Report: Man tried to hire killer for $10,000 over fight — during a youth sports game
http://www.bradenton.com/2011/10/03/354 ... ed-to.html

Man re-arrested for auto theft in jail's parking lot — moments after being released
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafe ... ot/1195010

‘Son of Elvis’ accused of abusing elderly dad with lit cigarette
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 7362.story

Bandits made holes in walls between a chain of stores
http://www.ocala.com/article/20110929/A ... ?p=1&tc=pg

Whale suffering from gunshot wound washes ashore in Jersey. Sadly, this has nothing to do with Snooki
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... 9ef8bfd191

Woman accused of trying to poison husband with Mexican food. Lucky for him he did not eat the whole enchilada
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articl ... rying.html

Pizza delivery man turns in pot user
http://www.denverpost.com/news/marijuana/ci_19036976

News: After inconveniencing tons of legal citizens, Alabama's tough new immigration law finally leads to the capture of a guy from Yemen, leading supporters to brag about how effective it is. Weird news: He's legal
http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/10/man_det ... under.html

Sesame Street to introduce new poverty-stricken muppet. I guess living in a garbage can just isn't poor enough on Sesame Street
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/ ... character/

Worried about university fees? Then lap dance your way to a debt-free degree: club boss's message to hard-up students
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... dents.html

Doing this daily could make you go blind. Don't worry men, it's not what you think
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/10/0 ... latestnews

Arguing that drunk driving is only a violation if you hit someone? Yeah, that'll go over well with the cops
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-police-m ... 424.column

100-year-old requests a male stripper for her birthday
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -23464687/

"A Cumming man has been sentenced to serve one year behind bars for peeping over women's bathroom stalls at the Suwanee public library". Well that makes sense
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2 ... hind-bars/

Although it usually works on Scooby-Doo, in real life it's hard to escape the cops using a trap door
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/tr ... -meth.html

Food labels may not tell you everything, like Peeps contain pork-derived gelatin
http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/inde ... you_e.html

"Amanda Knox: GUILTY." Daily Mail makes slight reporting boo-boo
http://www.shortlist.com/home/daily-mai ... -rotator-3

Cowabunga, dude! Hawaii seeks to approve surfing as a high school sport
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/04/us/hawaii ... pt%3Dus_c2

Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Interrupt a man's fishing with a military rescue operation and you might want to watch out for bullets
http://www.kgor.com/cc-common/news/sect ... le=9200098

Once again, West Virginia drivers are the nation's most likely to prepare dinner by running it over
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-1 ... -says.html

Wanna stay dry in Chicago? Stand under Marilyn Monroe's skirt
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -rain.html
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City bans man's 'Thriller' plans
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317839017/

Authorities seek cake-stealing bear
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317838628/

Suspect's phone left at scene of shooting
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317838247/

Pantsless man, 18, arrested at messy home
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317842044/

City nixes anti-swearing laws
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317839485/

Police dog bites naked suspect
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317837819/

Suspect identified by underwear
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317837305/

Police stop man using laptop while driving
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317801600/

Students raise thumbs instead of hands
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317799800/

Cable thefts disrupt trains, and a village
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/05/ ... 317789461/

Building Features Images Of People In Neighborhood
http://www.wgal.com/video/29393466/detail.html

Dinosaur Tracks Uncovered
http://www.4029tv.com/news/29393569/detail.html

Plump Pumpkin Weighs 1,176 Pounds
http://www.wbaltv.com/video/29396329/detail.html

NM fraternity finds severed goat head on porch
http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/201110 ... 6TE02.html

English Student Lengthens Tongue To Speak Korean Better
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/05 ... ak-korean/

Swiss speedster trapped by his own mobile phone
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/swiss-speedste ... 10052.html

GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Human Shish Kebobs In The Making
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 94255.html

Up To 750 Meteors An Hour This Saturday, Hard To See Because 'The Moon Sucks'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... ird%20News

Beer Finally Flows LIke Water At 'World's Only Dry Oktoberfest'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 96502.html

Expedition Starts At NC Site Of Blackbeard's Ship
http://www.aol.com/2011/10/05/blackbear ... ird%20News

Love bites: Man predicts his criminal demise after breakup with girfriend
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_wi ... r-may.html

New attraction? Gator hugs
http://www.news-press.com/article/20111 ... |text|Home

Report: Mom with kids in pickup tells deputy she's tired from ‘drinking a lot yesterday’
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 7959.story

Sex offender blames escape attempt on vegetarianism
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29400453/detail.html

Gun Rights Group Argues For Right To Bring Guns To Worship
http://www.ajc.com/news/gun-rights-grou ... 95189.html

Sources: Officer Was Racing To Lunch Before Fatal Crash
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/so ... ash/nDz2M/

Quarry Gunman Was TV Host, Preached Non-Violence
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29398069/detail.html

Woman Stops Home Invader With Frying Pan
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/w ... pan/nD2MC/

Police: Being Obvious Helped Couple Commit Mail Thefts
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29398036/detail.html
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Woman, 80, trapped between bed and wall for 4 days
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111006/D9Q6V5K00.html

Facebook status feud results in Texas man's arrest
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111006/D9Q721P00.html

Man pleads guilty to offering semen-tainted yogurt
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111006/D9Q6VCSO1.html

Police: W. Pa. robber prayed with disabled victim
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111006/D9Q6QMOO2.html

NY man kills deer with shovel after jumped inside
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111006/D9Q6R4A80.html

NY police dept. asks suspects to take survey
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111006/D9Q6PFM00.html

Another report of bus driver ejecting mom, child
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111006/D9Q71DOG0.html

Driver drags distressed woman lying in dark parking lot
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29407941/detail.html

Woman Arrested For Trespassing At 'American Idol' Auditions
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29409167/detail.html

Police Searching For Vehicle Linked To Suspicious Substance
http://www.wjactv.com/news/29409498/detail.html

Westboro Baptist Church Tweets Protest Of Steve Jobs Funeral Via IPhone
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/10 ... ia-iphone/

Michael Jackson Rock A "Thriller" For Man
http://www.wptz.com/video/29400944/detail.html

OnStar Helps Deliver Baby On Roadside
http://www.wxii12.com/video/29406386/detail.html

Cat Shot By Teen Finds Way Home
http://www.kcci.com/news/29399243/detail.html

Surgeon Crafts Cigar Box Guitars
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29405343/detail.html

Police: Cell Phone Thief Posts Photo Of Himself On Victim's Facebook Page
http://www.ajc.com/news/henry/police-ce ... 95531.html

iPhone app snaps photo of thief
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317918690/

Bridge stolen in Pennsylvania
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317945596/

Costume shops stock up on Sheen
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317918593/

Fla. rep. wants to end dwarf-tossing ban
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317916709/

Italian PM jokes about 'Hot Chicks' party
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317916346/

Burglars turn victim in for child porn
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317915476/

Mountain lion removed from Colo. campus
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317914696/

Barber accidentally shot in buttocks
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317914154/

Firefighters won't be disciplined for porn
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/06/ ... 317888000/

Russia's Putin and Medvedev are children's book heroes
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/russias-putin- ... 25303.html

Tear gas? Woof! It's Sausage the Athens riot dog
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tear-gas-woof- ... 35519.html

CCTV captures man walking through glass window
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/error--cctv-ca ... indow.html

German fashion designer makes clothes from milk
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/german-fashion ... 04708.html

Environmentalists pitch voyage in sea of tsunami debris
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/environmentali ... 50777.html

Women Shower in China Window Display
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/06 ... w-display/

First Lady To Attempt Guinness World Record
http://www.aol.com/2011/10/06/michelle- ... 98022.html

Curry-Eating Contest Sends 2 To Hospital
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 97076.html

Street Artist Turns Mark Zuckerberg's Trash Into Sculpture Series
http://paloalto.patch.com/articles/zuck ... rary-art#c

Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 95317.html

American And Russian Scientists Hunt For Siberian Snowman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 94268.html

Caught! Sausage shoplifter, age 84
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_wi ... crime.html

Father-son good samaritan team tackle one man crime spree
http://volusia.org/sheriff/press/110149.htm

Nudist biker club owner plans to open nudist resort
http://www.gainesville.com/article/2011 ... 9776?tc=cr

Good idea: free-range chicken farm. Bad idea: free-range daycare
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/arti ... -shut-down

Helpful hint from Muncie Police: "the train's never really in the wrong" in collisions with trains
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/201 ... 7/1002/rss

In England, you can now hire a lawyer at the supermarket. Quality of legal services expected to rival that of British food
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/10/06/a-l ... n-england/

Man prances around in skimpy thong outside a Baptist church to win a $300 bet. Which won't come close to paying his bond
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/bap ... man-987654

If you are still pondering what the double rainbow could mean, get ready to have your mind blown by the DOUBLE-double rainbow
http://news.yahoo.com/quadruple-rainbow ... 04833.html

Drunk aide to Massachusetts governor gets pass from Boston police before driving through suburb where they don't know who he is
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/ ... index.html

Tampa's new $3.5 million computer system fixes parking tickets, sending the people who actually pay them to jail. You're doing it wrong
http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/214143 ... up-in-jail

This is not the correct way to teach a Kindergartener how to tie a knot
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... sroom.html

One DC restaurant has finally found an answer to the age-old question: Beer or ice cream?
http://wtop.com/%3Fnid%3D109%26sid%3D2576531
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Police: Man impersonating cop pulls over real cop
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111008/D9Q7SO981.html

Police say man robbed bank, then went for pizza
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111009/D9Q8GIBG3.html

Minn. woman accused of robbing home to buy porn
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111008/D9Q8E0301.html

Man hurt in hunt for Christmas wreath sues in-laws
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111008/D9Q89UDO0.html

Family had more than 200 cats in one house
http://www.ajc.com/news/coweta-family-h ... 96559.html

If you fall for bank 'smishing' scams, you're out of luck
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29421923/detail.html

Muslim Woman, Town Settle Lawsuit Over Her Hijab
http://www.ajc.com/news/muslim-woman-do ... 96672.html

May Be Only A Matter Of Time Before 'Hairy Crazy Ant' Bugs Georgia
http://www.ajc.com/news/may-be-only-a-1196676.html

FBI, Police Investigate Suspicious Substance At Florida Home
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/fbi-p ... 01204.html

Sex Therapist Ordered To Stop Treating Women
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime ... 01304.html

Grieving Teen Shoots At Grandma Behind Funeral Home
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29417665/detail.html

Duo Charged With Bilking $340,000 From Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Trust Find
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime ... 00206.html

Cops Say Goodbye To Crown Victorias And Are In The Market For New Cars
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/cops- ... 01160.html

Police: Mom Let Girl Crawl Across Railroad Tracks
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29417492/detail.html

Moose Rescued From Swimming Pool
http://www.wmur.com/news/29426522/detail.html

Woman: Haunted House Chainsaw Cut Me
http://www.wlwt.com/news/29428080/detail.html

Police Search For Serial Pooper
http://www.wesh.com/video/29421553/detail.html

Fan Throws Hot Dog At Tiger Woods
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29434937/detail.html

Justin Bieber's Haircut Cost Me $100,000!
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29417193/detail.html

Death Toll From Tainted Cantaloupes Rises To 21
http://www.kmbc.com/health/29420935/detail.html

Gloucester, Mass., to rebuild Greasy Pole
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/09/ ... 318185244/

High winds add to excitement at Flugtag
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/09/ ... 318181372/

'Dictionary of Men': Men defined by type
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/09/ ... 318139282/

Steve Jobs' turtlenecks in demand
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/08/ ... 318105548/

France bans ketchup in schools
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/08/ ... 318062600/

Woman finds bottled message, knows sender
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/08/ ... 318060800/

Police: Psychic made girl steal jewelry
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/08/ ... 318057200/

'Anna Rexia' costume upsets groups
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/ ... 318011089/

UFO sightings reported in Missouri
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/ ... 318002254/

Man arrested for masturbating, burglary
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/ ... 318002026/

Town spends $1,000 on rubber chickens
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/ ... 318001247/

Police: Woman pulled gun over late package
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/ ... 317976200/

Woman spared jail for assault on 'witch'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/ ... 317963200/

Woman gets 18 months for sinking yacht
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/ ... 317961942/

Killer Sharks Invade Golf Course In Oz
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/killer-sharks- ... 05533.html

Dutch coffee shops face new curbs on cannabis sale
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/dutch-coffee-s ... 13895.html

Dutch rail plan to introduce "pee-bags" on short-hop trains
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/dutch-rail-pla ... 35124.html

German fashion designer makes clothes from milk
http://news.yahoo.com/german-fashion-de ... 02881.html

Turkish Police Stung After Smugglers Release Bees
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 02516.html

California Man Plans To Build UFO Gas Station On Alcatraz Island
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 99255.html

Two-Headed Turtle's Owner Divided Over Surgical Separation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 98754.html

Inmates's Flushing Caused Sewage Spill In Homes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 00201.html

It'll Grow On You: The National Beard And Moustache Championships
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 97143.html

fhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/beard ... 97143.html

World's 'Crappiest' Bike Runs On Your Poop
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 00111.html

Will Arkansas Town Drop Turkeys From Planes For This Year's 'Cruel' Event?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 00527.html

911: Strip-club patron complains about being kicked out
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 5288.story

PU: Diaper dumper on the loose
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 0605.story

Woman, with kids in car, tries to run over husband
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/oct/06/ ... -tries-to/

Teen struck mom in face when not allowed to drive parents' car, deputies say
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct ... wed-drive/

FloriDUH: Man with 35 convictions arrested again
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/oct/07/ ... record-of/

Shoplifter tried to get away in a stolen motorized cart, deputies say
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafe ... rt/1195524
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Mayor on motorized couch as KY city spoofs ranking
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111010/D9Q9E1402.html

2 hospitalized after fight over dead deer in Pa.
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111010/D9Q9DR802.html

Thieves snag valuable horse hair in Mont.
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111010/D9Q9G9U82.html

19 hospitalized in Walmart bleach fight
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/10 ... ach-fight/

High-speed police chase ends with driver jumping in river
http://www.wtov9.com/news/29439803/detail.html

Teen admits story of robbery at knifepoint is false
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... 66706.html

'Superhero' Phoenix Jones arrested in assault
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29438278/detail.html

New law bans open carry of handguns in state
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29440920/detail.html

Soft Spot Costs Giant Gourd Pumpkin Glory
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29439089/detail.html

Man mistakes super glue for eye drops
http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/region ... z1aOIzyJDD

World's Oldest Car Sells For $4.6 Million
http://www.kmbc.com/nationalnews/29439035/detail.html

Every Day Halloween For Family
http://www.wlwt.com/news/29440143/detail.html

Teacher Surprised With Award, $25,000 Prize
http://www.4029tv.com/video/29422871/detail.html

Beard Champion To Compete For National Title
http://wgal.com/video/29424269/detail.html

700-pound statue stolen from park
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/10/ ... 318272279/

'Idol' audition ends in jail stay
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/10/ ... 318271680/

Judge to teens: 'Pull up pants'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/10/ ... 318271275/

Some find skywriting art project 'creepy'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/10/ ... 318270896/

Shop offers frozen popcorn
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/10/ ... 318268575/

Squirrel from Cardinals game captured
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/10/ ... 318267062/

Lawyer's license suspended over slurs
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/10/ ... 318266797/

New study on stinkbugs gets $5.7 million
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/09/ ... 318207444/

Hungarian police raid gun stockpile... from Brad Pitt film
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hungarian-poli ... 43224.html

Woman's marathon effort bears fruit
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/womans-maratho ... 03725.html

Mustache bet inspires Bayonne publicity stunt
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/lievremont-bet ... 13228.html

World’s Hairiest Man Promotes Dating Agency
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/10 ... ng-agency/

Theology Professor Says Earthlings Are 'Ready To Share A Pew With Aliens'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 98508.html

4 Arrested In Amish Beard-Cutting Attacks
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 03944.html

Father Attacked 'Lazy' Son With Sword, Cops Say
http://www.newser.com/story/130621/fath ... olice.html

Deer Crashes Through Virginia School Window (PHOTOS)
http://lakeridge.patch.com/articles/dee ... elementary

Giant 'Kraken' Lair Discovered: Sea Monster May Have Preyed On Creatures Bigger Than School Buses
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 03515.html

'Pothead Lollipops,' 'Pothead Ring Pots' Alarm Parents
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 03184.html

Bad timing: Off-duty deputy in line behind would-be thief, cops say
http://www.gainesville.com/article/2011 ... d-be-thief

Teens say cutting down trees 'better than drinking'
http://www.kval.com/news/local/131378498.html

Report: St. Cloud teen posed as nurse at 13
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/201 ... eers-nurse

DUI stop: Man thinks taco is ID
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_wi ... or-id.html

Report: Florida woman gets God's nod, will run for U.S. President
http://www.bradenton.com/2011/10/09/355 ... ni_popular

Daredevils enjoy jacuzzi suspended from 500ft high bridge
http://swns.com/you-having-a-bath-dared ... 61415.html

Cop keeps bad guy from shooting by giving him the finger
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationn ... inger.html

Leads in the case of the impromptu enema are still in the crapper
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/ene ... ase-984035

Iranian actress sentenced to 90 lashes for starring in the story of why she's about to receive 90 lashes
http://news.yahoo.com/website-iranian-a ... 46760.html

You know it's October when punks start dropping pumpkins off overpasses onto the cars beneath them
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/articl ... |text|News

The Department of Homeland Security catches four pedophiles in a 19-month long sting using a fake tourism website that portrays Canada as a safe haven for pedophiles. For some reason, Canada has a problem with this
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/s ... sting.html

You really need to get a life if your hobby is to secretly film men with prostitutes and then post the video on the men's Facebook pages. Bonus: Man who does this compares his mission to the 'Save the Whales' movement
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44830036/ns ... pNzFFZf-Iw

Omaha area hardware store boosts sales by opening up a "Zombie preparedness center" in the store, featuring things like chainsaws, water, and pickaxes
http://www.omaha.com/article/20111010/NEWS01/710109919

Police shut down train station due to coffee maker. Somebody needs to switch to decaf
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/v ... a_station/

Teen wears balaclava when going into bank to deposit funds from charity fundraiser. Hilarity ensues
http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/news/l ... 01805.aspx

Rough biker gang plunders Apple store. Bikers riding motorcycles and mopeds... wait what?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/10 ... _burglary/

Laptop DVD tray ejects six-inch spike through user's hand. Lucky it wasn't in his lap
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... 6ref%3Drss

Just in time for Halloween, a parked SUV with nobody in it mysteriously flips upside down. "It rolled on its own"
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/articl ... |text|News
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Teen runaway crashes stolen car through house
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29454156/detail.html

Drunken Driver Damages Home's Roof
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/29454664/detail.html

Man Confesses To Killing Girlfriend After Argument Over Dirty Dishes
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29453286/detail.html

Woman, 73, Tosses Coffee On Purse Snatcher
http://www.wdbo.com/news/news/local/wom ... her/nFFPx/

Haunted Hayride Actor Run Over -- Really -- By Wagon
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29443151/detail.html

The New Teen Rage: Drunken Gummy Bears
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/local ... ars/nD9Lb/

Police Find Pot Growing Operation In Car, Make Arrests
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... 66909.html

Phone linked to Facebook leads to burglary suspect
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111010/D9Q9JKKG1.html

Child Hospitalized After Drinking Energy Drink
http://www.wlky.com/news/29447252/detail.html

Town official: No 'Ta-tas' in town hall
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/12/ ... 318404600/

Library book returned after 25 years
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/12/ ... 318402800/

16-foot python on roof -- captured at last
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/12/ ... 318400704/

Tree house threatened by zoning board
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318378555/

Doctor apologizes for $73,000 ring lawsuit
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318364966/

Turkey 'hanging out' with park geese
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318364490/

Paper gets accidental traffic ticket fax
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318361986/

Robber used furnace filter to hide face
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318358338/

Burglar found sleeping in car
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318356004/

'Innuendo' Granny sexes up molasses
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318344151/

Electric bill overdue, Lights go out in Michigan city
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318339748/

Bike messengers race in Texas
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/11/ ... 318318200/

In US, innovation blazes new paths to the afterlife
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-innovation- ... 24875.html

French, Swiss men top smelly socks ranking: survey
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/french-swiss-m ... 25981.html

Hard-up Spanish town asks residents to sweep streets
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hard-spanish-t ... 19805.html

Chocolate lovers have fewer strokes - study
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/chocolate-love ... 13370.html

Plastic fantastic for Filipino Superman fan
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/plastic-fantas ... 00646.html

Assisted suicide machine for sale in Kevorkian auction
http://news.yahoo.com/assisted-suicide- ... 01187.html

Saddam Hussein Look-alike Says Iraqi Gang Tried To Kidnap Him For Porn Films
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 04877.html

Florida Dwarf: It's OK To 'Be Tossed'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/0 ... 98878.html

Seniors Hospitalized After Accidentally Ingesting Pot Brownies At Funeral
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 04868.html

Moms Bring Trash From Foreclosed Homes To Bank Of America
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 05624.html

Prison Porn Ban Sparks Inmate Protests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 05322.html

Girl Punished With Fire & A Dog
http://www.channel961.com/cc-common/new ... le=9238671

Baby Mix-Up At The Hospital Revealed 12 Years Later
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 05504.html

Survey Says: Bosses Four Times As Likely To Be 'Psychopaths'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 76562.html

Scientists '95 Percent' Certain They Found Evidence Of Siberian Yeti Snowman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 03639.html

Catfish seen swimming on Florida roads | VIDEO
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/15659149/201 ... rida-roads

Deputies: Man doctor shopped to get almost 11,000 pills
http://www.bradenton.com/2011/10/10/356 ... octor.html

Bad steering foils armed man's getaway in wheelchair, cops say
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 7156.story

Man accused of exposing himself at 7-Eleven
http://www.news-press.com/article/20111 ... |text|Home

Mom jailed in Etch A Sketch attack
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 8471.story

CDC Official Accused of Child Molesting, Bestiality
http://abcnews.go.com/US/cdc-official-c ... d=14713259

Where child sacrifice is a business
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15255357

Cops: Home invasion suspect accidentally killed himself
http://www.ajc.com/news/clayton/cops-ho ... 98626.html

You might be a redneck if...your capital city repeals the law making beating your wife illegal
http://cjonline.com/news/2011-10-11/cit ... ic-battery

No charges to be filed on police chief for hit and run while on patrol. He was just "confused". The confused defense, why didn't I think of that
http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-11/n ... rear-ended

Washington man sets world record as oldest person to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro
http://www.king5.com/news/local/84-year ... 41078.html

It's October, which means the annual Pumpkin Ale Wars have begun, pitting insufferable beer snob against insufferable beer snob
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive ... le/246434/

Man arrested for animal cruelty after capturing and decapitating a duck. Quote one witness at the scene "He's dethpicable"
http://www.news4jax.com/news/29451514/d ... t%3Dju_bn4

TV chef claims eating puppy meat is no worse than pork, and also likely to fetch more in the market
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink ... -pork.html

"Booty Lounge" stripper bus booted from Detroit
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/ ... 8518.shtml

Dumb: Single dad leaves five-month-old in his car. Dumber: While he's on a hot date. Dumbest: At McDonald's
http://blog.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/20 ... -date.html

U.S. citizen faces 15 years in jail after admitting to insulting the Thai royal family, because he posted the insult online while living in the U.S. state of Colorado years ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... nsult.html

A bunch of hacks try to 'erase' the New York Stock Exchange from the Internet "like four nine-pound weaklings running into a sumo wrestler"
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hack ... zDV6GWniMO

Stutterer Speaks Up in Class; His Professor Says Keep Quiet
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/educa ... _LO_MST_FB

Wal-Mart, Facebook announce new partnership, possible origin for the Borg Collective
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... 6785.story
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Family lost in Mass. corn maze calls 911 for help
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111012/D9QB161G2.html

Police: NM woman put ad on Craigslist to buy pot
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111012/D9QARDCO0.html

Authorities: 'Moss Man' fails to show up for trial
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111012/D9QASO4O1.html

Trap planned for wayward western Pa. gator
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111012/D9QAONP00.html

Hospital Prank Call About Nonexistent Critical Patient Leads To Woman's Arrest
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/ho ... est/nFFmx/

Suspect In Florida Murder Claims To Be A Vampire
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/s ... vam/nFFxC/

Small Plane Crashes On Turnpike
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state ... e=rss_news

Doctor Charged With Trading Drugs For Sex
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29463655/detail.html

Man Dared To Eat Slugs Gets Rat Lungworm Parasite
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/10 ... -parasite/

Former Jail Nurse Pleads Guilty To Having Sex With Inmates
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29461296/detail.html

High-Flying Gift For Teen Cancer Patient: Goodyear Blimp Ride
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/high- ... 09229.html

Harrisburg votes to file for bankruptcy
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/12/news/ec ... /index.htm

Man Dies In 500-Foot Radio Tower Fall
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29 ... etail.html

Snakes Slither Into School
http://www.wdsu.com/news/29466533/detail.html

January Snow Leads To Mini Baby Boom
http://www.wyff4.com/news/29467077/detail.html

Einstein Letter On Nazis Sells For Nearly $14K
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29458189/detail.html

Death Toll From Tainted Cantaloupes Rises To 23
http://www.kmbc.com/health/29467785/detail.html

Modern Plague Has Origins In Black Death
http://www.kmbc.com/health/29464917/detail.html

Michigan fan proposes at OSU stadium
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/12/ ... 318439523/

Drug seller wrong-number texts deputy
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/12/ ... 318438712/

Blogger seeks job in Jell-O shots
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/12/ ... 318436186/

Police: Robbery foiled by handwriting
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/12/ ... 318433415/

Woman ticketed 3 months after death
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/12/ ... 318433266/

Boy's Arm Ripped Off By Washing Machine
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/boys-arm-rippe ... 19545.html

Vienna puts private detectives on wayward taxis case
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/vienna-puts-pr ... 03098.html

Hawks to patrol Singapore shopping district: report
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hawks-patrol-s ... 29463.html

Belgian firm unveils new Top Gun flight simulator
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/belgian-firm-u ... 58070.html

France forces chefs to confess boil-in-the-bag fare
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/france-forces- ... 39725.html

Meerkats Not So 'Simples' As They Appear
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/meerkats-not-s ... 30990.html

Bus-ted: Marathon Man Admits Cheating
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bus-ted-marath ... 42332.html

China Introduces “Obama Fried Chicken”
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/12 ... d-chicken/

Two-headed Snake Shocks Tenn. Wildlife Officials (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 06849.html

Woman's Alleged Truck-Buying Trickery Uncovers Her Secret LIfe With Two Husbands
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 07356.html

Mom, Daughter Allegedly Robbed Bank Together
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 07386.html

Deer Terrorizes Tourists At London Park
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 07383.html

Las Vegas priest steals over $650k from parishioners to feed gambling habit. Talk about your holy roller
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... bling.html

Woman Sues Sex Toy Company After Horrifying Accident
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 07550.html

FloriDUH dating tip: Avoid jail on a first date
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_wi ... anned.html

Report: Man "wanted some"; but got shot instead
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/oct/11/ ... ion-a-man/

Bonded out: Porn star charged with animal cruelty
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/10/11/po ... d-on-bond/

Protip: Think twice before poking a dead bear with a hunting knife
http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/215079 ... tric-shock

Home wanted: Shelter dog travels on two paws, not four
http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2 ... s-not-four

Report: Woman shoots, kills nude bow-and-arrow-armed intruder
http://www.pnj.com/article/20111011/NEW ... |FRONTPAGE

Do your Saturday plans include a skull mask, a flare gun, robbing a hoagie shop and having mom drive the getaway car? If so, you're not alone
http://www.wvec.com/news/Alleged-robber ... 25093.html

Remember that bartender who shamed a guy on Facebook after he insulted her and stiffed her on a tip? Looks like she identified the wrong guy. Oops
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/20 ... t-bad-tip/

If you like collecting Saddam Hussein memorabilia, you can buy his shiny metal butt
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/sa ... 6165450776

Argument over barbecue ribs leads to an arrest for destruction of property, assault. Oh, Flor--wait, Iowa? Really?
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20 ... ads-arrest

Man in hospital for gunshot wound visited by his pregnant girlfriends who promptly start a knife fight
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... pital.html

1001 phone calls, 712 emails, egging his house, shattering several of the windows of his west Houston home, first with a tire iron, and then with a 5-foot sword. Hell hath no fury...
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas ... 215226.php

Who hasn't been found naked in a hotel bathtub while attempting to inhale the fumes from a fire extinguisher and scratching at your eye so intensely that it nearly gets ripped from the socket?
http://www.ocregister.com/news/woman-32 ... isher.html

Suicidal man said nothing was going right in his life, so he jumped off the top of a third story of a parking garage. He survived
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/man-ju ... 002e0.html

Vancouver restaurant bans peeing while standing up because of the men-can't-aim problem for their one unisex bathroom
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/10/1 ... anding-up/

It's never a good time to have a motorcycle collision, particularly when you're escorting the President of the United States
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/art ... de-collide

Things I would like to not have to worry about: Removing my contacts and having bits of my eye come with it
http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/ ... act-lenses

Tennessee lawmaker sponsoring bill to allow handguns in bars arrested for having a handgun while driving drunk
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/2 ... un-Arrest/

Dear Penthouse Letters, It all started when my Mom dropped me off at the hospital (I'm 15), and my nurse took me to the beach
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... olboy.html

School uses permanent marker to fill in lines shaved into student's hair. Amazingly, some people have a problem with this
http://www.ksla.com/story/15670845/scho ... -a-sharpie

Former FBI agent stops Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme [after he's arrested and charged]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cri ... _blog.html

Not news: teenage girls go riding around at high speed. News: around two countries. Weird news: in a stolen hearse, driven by one of their dads
http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/ ... _1_3140733

Man is heartbroken after his $150,000 Ford Escort is stolen. Wait, Ford what?
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Ow ... story.html

Veteran lies about receiving medals in order to feel like a hero, says he was addicted to the ego boost. Twist: He raised more money for veteran services as a fake hero than he did as a real veteran
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breakin ... ver_s.html

Man believes he is in heaven after finding a free beer truck
http://triblocal.com/buffalo-grove/2011 ... eer-truck/

Shave and a haircut, six dead
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local ... 27203.html

The Theory Supporting that Christopher Columbus Was Greek
http://usa.greekreporter.com/2011/10/11 ... was-greek/

Artist wants Oklahoma governor to hang nude pics of Susan B. Anthony in Governor's mansion. Apparently some peope have...wait nude pics of Susan B. Anthony?
http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-art ... 4137.story

After a great white shark knocks him off his surfboard, man does the logical thing and starts to surf the shark
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-north ... _stoo.html

Five paintings, stolen by thief named "Spiderman" and worth $135 million, including works by Picasso, Matisse and Modigliano, may have been accidentally destroyed by Garbage Man, Garbage Man, who crushed the art in a garbage can
http://www.thelocal.fr/1426/20111010/
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Police: Driver flipped license plate to save toll
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111013/D9QBJHGO0.html

Utah officials trying to evict reptile rescuer
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111013/D9QB4BBG1.html

Police: Marysville Navy man admits to killing cat with axe
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29476361/detail.html

Police: 'Satan' peed on house, rang doorbell, exposed self
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29476022/detail.html

College Athletic Director Defends His 'Excrement' Tweet
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/ ... tweet.html

Slaying Of Peewee Football Coach Devastates Program
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... 68211.html

Driver With Snakes Arrested On Ga. Interstate
http://www.ajc.com/news/cherokee/driver ... 99662.html

Police: Parents Storm Field During Children's Game
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/po ... ame/nFGDR/

2 More Amish Men Accused Of Cutting Hair, Beards Against Victims' Will
http://www.wtov9.com/news/29464983/detail.html

Judge Accused Of Trading Sex Acts For Favorable Sentences
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29461615/detail.html

Man Riding Horse Hit By Alleged Drunk Driver
http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/man ... d-d/nFGCz/

Parachute Problems Leave Base-Jumper Dangling
http://www.kcra.com/news/29473300/detail.html

Widow Comes Home To Ransacked House
http://www.wesh.com/news/29468942/detail.html

Woman Sues Over Misleading 'Drive' Trailer
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29472560/detail.html

100,000-Year-Old Art Studio Uncovered
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29476722/detail.html

Green Sidewalk Makes Electricity
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29472273/detail.html

Rioters who 'fess up get free spa day
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/13/ ... 318536225/

Las Vegas resort gets 'ice' skating rink
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/13/ ... 318523708/

La. drivers get incorrect refund checks
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/13/ ... 318522773/

Pittsburgh Steelers Troy Polamalu poses as wax sculpture
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/13/ ... 318518858/

Rhino escapes at Zoo Miami
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/13/ ... 318518806/

Lenin statue painted to look like cheese
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/13/ ... 318518398/

Runner, 100, preps for marathon
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/13/ ... 318517041/

Mall apologizes for dad, pictures incident
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/13/ ... 318494600/

China police arrest man for hugging wife-to-be
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-police-a ... 27559.html

San Diego ranked luckiest town in U.S.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/san-diego-rank ... 03251.html

After 350 years, Irish judges throw off their wigs
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/350-years-iris ... 18321.html

No sex please, we're British and over 60
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-sex-please- ... 08787.html

Minister dumps official letters in London park
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/minister-dumps ... 58131.html

Body Modification Trend in Japan Leads to “Bagelheads”
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/13 ... agelheads/

Wild-West Bandit Steals Security Cameras With Lasso
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 07761.html

Man trespassed to get his hands on cow manure, cops say
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/oct/10/ ... ure-faces/

Woman repeatedly rammed boyfriend's apartment
http://www.theledger.com/article/201110 ... PAGE?tc=ar

How do you get a Space Shuttle from the airport to a museum? Well, you start by tearing down trees, power lines, and traffic lights
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... 0388.story

When you're trying to figure out what's clogging the pipes down at the wastewater treatment plant, you're probably not guessing a 32-inch eel
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut ... 9818.story

When you breed a goat with a sheep, is the baby called a geep or a shoat?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... 3D10758918

Identical twin mothers give birth less than an hour apart
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... apart.html

Six-year old on school bus complains she isn't feeling well, so bus driver does the only rational thing, and leaves her at a stranger's house
http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local ... b=Winnipeg

Architects in Mexico manage to turn 65 floor skyscraper inside out and upside down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... round.html

New poll finds that almost one tenth of parents regret the name they've given their child. I'm certain the numbers would be much higher if celebrities had been included
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parentin ... l-2579685/

Kentucky man who doesn't want anyone to know the sites he browses sues Facebook on behalf of 150 million Americans
http://abovethelaw.com/2011/10/did-face ... bably-not/

Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your mugger's health
http://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2011/ ... er_pe.html

Drunk driving cop discovers limit of professional courtesy when witnesses see him have his blood-soaked girlfriend switch seats to take blame for crash
http://www.telegram.com/article/2011101 ... /FRONTPAGE

Man eats nothing but roadkill for the last 30 years, to avoid having to shop at the supermarket. Surprisingly not from Alabama
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... YEARS.html

Famous last words, literally: "Honey, the gun isn't loaded. Watch"
http://www.wjrr.com/cc-common/news/sect ... le=9247741

Grocery store recalling its own brand of "Moose Tracks" ice cream because while it shows a picture of ice cream with peanuts, it doesn't say on the carton it contains peanuts
http://qctimes.com/news/local/ice-cream ... 03286.html

Father and son arrested and charged with..ah, you'll never make it past the mugshots anyways
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/9421 ... n-teacher-

Black magic sperm? Gang of women arrested for drugging, kidnapping and raping men to steal their semen
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ds-newsxml

Screw you guys, I'm going home: Adventurous Alfie, 3, flees first day of nursery and walks home to his mother
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... e-mum.html
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Police: Calif. men sold guns from hot dog stand
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111014/D9QC93L01.html

Colorado says state champion goat failed drug test
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111014/D9QC7ML00.html

Brothers charged with stealing western Pa. bridge
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111015/D9QCU8981.html

Animal shelter calls mechanic for cat stuck in van
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111014/D9QCBCLO2.html

Man says Gold's Gym wouldn't hire him because he's overweight
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29490433/detail.html

Company Demonstrates Hydrogen Fuel Source
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local-c ... rce/nFHK8/

Entire City Loses Water After Valve Rupture
http://www.wtov9.com/news/29498090/detail.html

FBI Seeks 'Mr. Magoo Bandit' In Bank Robberies
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29499158/detail.html

Deadly Violence Erupts At Hells Angels Leader's Funeral
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29497266/detail.html

Janitor Finds Mentally Disabled People Locked In Basement; 3 Arrested
http://www.kmbc.com/nationalnews/29500120/detail.html

Police Find Truck Hauling 189 Boxes Of Pot
http://www.kcra.com/slideshow/news/29490484/detail.html

NYC artist proposes giant spider on bridge
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/16/ ... 318801447/

Woman reunited with half-blind cat
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/16/ ... 318801129/

Theme park serves cockroaches for contest
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/16/ ... 318786239/

Lake Orion hosts 4th annual Pumpkin Launch
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/16/ ... 318787686/

Boys, 13 and 10, suspected in holdups
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/16/ ... 318741163/

Boy, 4, takes SUV on wild ride
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/15/ ... 318718546/

Italian retiree must prove he is alive
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/15/ ... 318697457/

Former owner wants cut from hockey stick
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/15/ ... 318663800/

Irish art gallery to display T-shirts
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/15/ ... 318662000/

Weeping statue draws devotees
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/14/ ... 318632129/

Police: Man hit ATM over fee
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/14/ ... 318628401/

Church keeps prayers going for 12 years
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/14/ ... 318615815/

Oprah distributes Beetles
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/14/ ... 318612567/

Village considers eating behind wheel ban
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/14/ ... 318610436/

French mayor bans 'Dumpster-diving'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/14/ ... 318606298/

Italian police arrest 'blind' hairdresser
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/14/ ... 318604807/

Vietnamese woman cuts off Taiwan husband's penis
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/vietnamese-wom ... 59707.html

Austrian flyer rescued twice in two weeks off same cliff
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/austrian-flyer ... 44620.html

Thai city offers bounty for fugitive crocodiles
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/thai-city-offe ... 23504.html

Knuckledusters, imitation firearms, knives found in British parliament weapons haul
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/knives-cosh-fo ... 34429.html

Publicity-seeking streakers to face fines at London Olympic Games 2012
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/publicity-seek ... 47070.html

Malaysian polygamy club 'encourages group sex'
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/malaysian-poly ... 02126.html

Sleeping Austrian alerted to fire by cats
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sleeping-austr ... 47741.html

N.Y. artist can paint nude models only after dark
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/n-y-artist-pai ... 44985.html

Uzbekistan bans 'naming streets after people'
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/uzbekistan-ban ... 31943.html

Radiation Hotspot Traced To Old Bottles
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/radiation-hots ... 15539.html

Woman climbs 70-foot high castle wall to save admission fee
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/newsroom/do ... 00581.html

Thailand’s New Year Breaks New Record for Water Pistol Fight
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/15 ... tol-fight/

Buddhist Temple Discourages Ways of Ladyboys
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/14 ... adyboys-2/

Bike That Runs on Feces Unveiled in Japan
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/14 ... led-japan/

Bullet That Killed Lincoln Gets A New Home
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 13800.html

Is Your Phone A Piece Of Crap? -- Study Finds High Rate Of Fecal Matter On Cellphones
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/16 ... 10922.html

Unusual House Pet Discovered During Suburban Drug Bust
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 12558.html

Park Owner Admits Covering Up Death Of Pete The Moose
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 13100.html

Colorado's Biggest Haunted House, Shut Down
http://www.dailycamera.com/lafayette-news/ci_19108301

Carnitas, Beef Or Bugs? Edible Insect Food Cart Launches
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 11549.html

Speak Like Yoda, Do You? Language Experts Say Our Ancestors Did
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 10720.html

Man Sues Burger King Over Needles In Burger
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 11480.html

Bean counter? Father stabs son multiple times over lima beans
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/r ... olice-say-

School-bus attendant, 70, who bit teen charged with abuse
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 5338.story

Two men arrested for pretending to be doctors at Boca vitamin shop
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-b ... 7308.story

Hotel fires worker for wearing US flag pin
http://www.news4jax.com/news/29487987/detail.html

Deputies: Teen attacked woman, threatened child — then demanded kiss
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct ... atening-c/

Nine bucks for a Budweiser? Ouch. Beer prices at all 31 NFL stadiums
http://www.fark.com/cgi/go.pl?i=6649556 ... ice-review

1st Gay Military Conference Organizers Urge Attendees Not to ‘Engage in the Debauchery for Which Las Vegas Is Known’
http://cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister ... debauchery

School funding has become so scarce that schools are now selling wall space to advertisers. No, really
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/ ... D124488489

Still no cure for cancer, but at least the American Cancer Society is refusing a half million dollar donation from atheists
http://www.examiner.com/humanist-in-nat ... m-atheists

Australian drinking establishments turn to rubber sidewalks to reduce injuries
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.d ... /111019815

Ever wonder what happens to all those obsolete public pay phones? Here is where they come to die. "This is the graveyard"
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... es16m.html

Airline to remove toilets in order to save money. Yes, it's Ryanair once again
http://www.everydaymoney.ca/2011/10/rya ... lanes.html

23-year-old political candidate goes topless in her election video. "It was the best way to attract young voters" (Safe for work, sadly)
http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php%3Ft%3D43696

Just another day of traffic stops in Australia: Women speeding, men dodging red lights, a 13 year old boy with rifles, 100 rounds of ammo, dragging a dead donkey
http://www.news.com.au/national/boy-13- ... 6167435077

Eau de irony: Perfume sold to fund cancer research may actually cause cancer
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312825
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Seattle officer with domestic violence unit arrested in domestic assault
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29511206/detail.html

Man accused of forcing daughter to sword-fight him
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29511281/detail.html

Monster Fish' Tale Ends In Conviction
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/monst ... 18785.html

Wedding Parties Brawl At Hotel
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29509089/detail.html

High School Coach Badly Beaten By Opposing Players
http://www.ajc.com/news/high-school-coa ... 03243.html

New Seniors' Flu Shot Carries Extra Jolt For Immune System
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/new-s ... 16848.html

Inmate grows 260-pound pumpkin
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29508666/detail.html

Pandas' Eating Habits Decoded
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29510032/detail.html

Cupcake-Tossing Wife Charged With Battery
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29506051/detail.html

Liberia's Human-Powered Wooden Trains
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/29 ... etail.html

Outrage After Toddler Run Over, Ignored
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29508399/detail.html

Couple Ties Knot At Zombie Festival
http://www.wpbf.com/entertainment/29505263/detail.html

Horse Works Puzzles, Plays Basketball
http://www.wpbf.com/news/29501793/detail.html

Utah cat survives two euthanasia attempts
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318885655/

Obama: Kid-in-a-candy-store-in-chief
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318885455/

Video gamers raise $1M for charity
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318879241/

Police: Thief hid ice cream in pants
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318877259/

Colo. teen finds 'out of state' visitor
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318875410/

la. bartender wins 'rumologist' position
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318875223/

Skydive teacher fired over freefall sex
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318874899/

Man, 104, donates ambulance to Israel
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318874342/

Android app alerts friends to arrest
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318873004/

Canadian claims world squash record
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318824195/

Florida man repeats as top oyster shucker
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/16/ ... 318823015/

Canadian completes round-the-world walk
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/16/ ... 318817704/

Hong Kong conviction over 'old man' plane disguise
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-conv ... 37171.html

Climate change spawns the incredible shrinking ant
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/climate-change ... 45051.html

Woman gets $4 compensation for Korean War death of brother
http://news.yahoo.com/woman-gets-4-comp ... 13612.html

Chinese Rush Hour: Chaos, Traffic and…Yoga
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/17 ... 80%a6yoga/

Hackers Post Pornos On 'Sesame Street' YouTube Page
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 15674.html

Drinking Game Ends With Man Trapped In Toilet Seat
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 15379.html

Strip Scrabble? Missing Tile Leads Player To Make Odd Demand At Championship
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 16155.html

Penguin 'Turns To A Life Of Crime'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 15762.html

Grandma Of The Year Award: Mom To Donate Womb To Daughter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 15829.html

This Woman Aged 50 Years In Days
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 11181.html

Cops arrest man with headless duck
http://www.news4jax.com/news/29451514/detail.html

Report: Man attacked child with machete
http://www.ocala.com/article/20111016/A ... /111019768

Accused ‘Santa burglar’ sacked
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/browar ... 9061.story

Report: Woman waited 3 hours to take child to hosptial for burns
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/fort-4 ... ptial.html

Concerns over the Taj Mahal's foundation have no foundation, says foundation
http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/play/alarmi ... %3Fpi%3Dpi

Gallup: Majority of Americans now favor legalizing marijuana. That's a record high
http://www.gallup.com/poll/150149/Recor ... juana.aspx

There are a lot of fun things senior citizens can do to pass the time. For example there's shuffle board, canasta, arson, bingo... Wait, what?
http://www.whnz.com/cc-common/news/sect ... %3D9263505

The infamous multiple-personality case known as Sybil was merely the creation of three women trolling the psychological community
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/16/sybil_e ... d_therapy/

Huge gold nugget worth $424,000 and shaped like boxing glove found in Russia
http://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/17 ... _nugget-0/

Pilot's mid-air horror after discovering speedometer had been sabotaged with glue
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -glue.html

Barbie gets a tattoo. Now she's not only America's most disproportionate fashion model, she's also a horrible hipster/socialite hybrid
http://theweek.com/article/index/220378 ... new-tattoo

Barber shaves "FOOL" into hair of man with severe learning disabilities. I pity him
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... l-cut.html

The Top 7 types of co-workers you want to kill at meetings. Yes, including the one who likes calling meetings
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/17/living/me ... pt%3Dhp_t2

McDonald's launching their own TV channel. Look for The Hamburglar Diaries, The Walking Grimace, and Ronald McDonald House, MD next spring
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... 2957.story
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Truck With Obama's Teleprompter Stolen
http://www.kmbc.com/nationalnews/29518785/detail.html

Death row dog missing from Oregon pet hotel
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111018/D9QEIPCG2.html

Swedish bird catcher convicted of animal cruelty
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111017/D9QE5BUO2.html

Sotheby's to sell real drawing by fake artist
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111017/D9QE0GP00.html

High school sets bathroom visit limit for students
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111017/D9QE7CMO3.html

Lasers And Computers Used To Realign Veterans' Tombstones
http://www.ktvu.com/video/index.html

Wash. Man Says Wife Tried To Cut His Head Off With Power Saw
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29512101/detail.html

SF Man Accused Of Attacking Brother With Power Drill
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29513325/detail.html

Judge Not Dropping Vehicular Homicide Charge In Jaywalking Mom Case
http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/judge-not- ... 04222.html

Real-Life 'Batman' Must Hang Up Tights
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29520712/detail.html

otel Worker Quits ... With Marching Band
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29517430/detail.html

Belafonte Was Meditating, Not Sleeping, in interview
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/295 ... etail.html

Ford Cars Will Read Txt Msgs To You
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/tech/inno ... topstories

Officer to face discipline over pot joke
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318964394/

School takes focus off 'Beer Grandma'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318961444/

Origin of Jobs' turtlenecks in question
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318960005/

Haunted houses go to 'war'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318959398/

Police: Drunk dad let girl, 9, drive
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318957970/

Hawk stuck in car grille rescued
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318957422/

Wedding couple poses with protesters
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318956100/

Couple marry at coffee shop
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318954828/

N.C. Bigfoot expert to lead hunt
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318924800/

Firefighters' pink shirts banned in public
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/18/ ... 318923000/

Thief steals bag, empty except for lunch
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/17/ ... 318897452/

Woman floored by an off-the-hook $200,000 phone bill
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-floored- ... 13547.html

rom Jakarta to Bangkok in two weeks - by rickshaw
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/jakarta-bangko ... 01056.html

For sale: oil rig with sea view and 20 rooms
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sale-oil-rig-s ... 44010.html

'Tutan-Alan' Donates Body For Mummification
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tutan-alan-don ... 01092.html

Cancer-stricken mother dies 23 days after giving birth to daughter she saved by refusing chemotherapy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -live.html

Far Right Party's 'Fascist Goat' Mascot Snatched
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/far-partys-fas ... 34768.html

Kites to power Belgian Antarctic record attempt
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/kites-power-be ... 40422.html

Los Angeles police "embarrassed" after gun cache stolen from SWAT training facility
http://news.yahoo.com/los-angeles-polic ... 02271.html

Hello Kitty Chainsaw: A Must for the Handy Serial Killer
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/18 ... al-killer/

Man Had 'Two Pizzas To Drink' Before Car Crash
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 18154.html

Fisherman Nabs Cyclops Shark
http://www.newser.com/story/131268/fish ... shark.html

81-Year-Old Crash Lands Plane In Mall Parking Lot
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 17923.html

Disabled Woman's Dog Held For Ransom; Kidnappers Demand Cash, Painkillers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 16618.html

Drunken woman drove 110 MHP, spit on officer, cops say
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/29509195/detail.html

Report: Man electrocuted while fishing
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafe ... th/1197278

Depression ups women's risk of dementia. Great, so now I'm sad and I don't know why
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-a ... 71563.html

Man Allegedly Beat Woman with Frozen Armadillo
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/unusua ... -Armadillo

TSA agents are great at letting nothing get through security screening. Except when you bribe one of them, then you can just walk through with 15 pounds of pot
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/10/ ... s-charges/

Men ask police for help after cocaine and pot are stolen
http://www.wtsp.com/news/watercooler/ar ... are-stolen

Man charged with setting house on fire when family refused to leave
http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/10/18/24 ... tting.html

'You tried to cut my head off': Saw-wielding wife held
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44940716/ns ... p3-91a7OIw

First grade class is having issues with too much kicking, scratching, punching and choking. And that's just from the teacher
http://wusa9.com/news/article/171226/77 ... hild-Abuse

New York moves to change test-grading rules to prevent rampant cheating...by the teachers
http://www.lohud.com/article/20111018/N ... CFrontpage

From the 'we really didn't need, ever' department: Paula Deen's butter flavored chapstick
http://dlisted.com/2011/10/17/things-ex ... d-lip-chap

Harold Camping says the world will end on Friday. This is not a repeat from May
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/18/141427151 ... end-friday

Beer in Space tour planned to begin in 2013. Because there's only one element in the universe that could possibly make the majestic view of the Earth from outer space even more god-like, and it's beer
http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/drink ... %3Fpi%3Dpi
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Small bear makes mess in Alaska grocery store
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111019/D9QF85EG2.html

Colo. house cat gets close look at mountain lion
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111019/D9QF58282.html

Girl's Face Slashed By Student On Bus For Not 'Moving Fast Enough'
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/sou ... g-f/nFJ2f/

Mayoral Candidate Accused Of Stealing Yard Signs, Quits Race
http://www.ajc.com/news/covington-mayor ... 05043.html

Plaque Honoring Harvey Milk Stolen In SF
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29524740/detail.html

Pit Bulls Escape, Kill Horse
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/pi ... ged/nFJYX/

Man Claims He Was Ticketed Rushing Wife To Hospital
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/man-s ... spi/nFJgj/

Mom Allegedly Attacks Son Trying To Stop Her From Driving Drunk
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/cop ... riv/nFJjm/

Ohio Mom Killed Directing Her Kids' School Bus
http://www.whiotv.com/ap/ap/ohio/police ... bus/nFJXT/

Bullied Student Was Hog-Tied In Pen With Steer, Mom Says
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/mother-bu ... s-w/nFJZg/

Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands
http://www.kcci.com/news/29528191/detail.html

Man Sheds 230 Pounds Without Surgery
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/ ... etail.html

Parents' Disney World Surprise For Kids Goes Wrong
http://www.wesh.com/themeparks/29529340/detail.html

Woman, 90, makes White Castle Hall of Fame
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/19/ ... 319050426/

Boy banned from bringing sax on bus
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/19/ ... 319049640/

Golf banned by Vietnam transport official
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/19/ ... 319047952/

DNA from poop leads to suspects
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/19/ ... 319047294/

Man used officer's identity for decade
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/19/ ... 319046953/

Police: Drunk dad let kids get towed
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/19/ ... 319046783/

Break-in prank lands French-Moroccans in Texas jail
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/break-prank-la ... 11285.html

Stomach this: Nigerians wait for actor's bowel movements
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/stomach-nigeri ... 56728.html

Roma basketball team in sponsorship talks with cheating website
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/roma-sponsorsh ... 42748.html

South Africa apologise for rule book error, coach stays
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/south-africa-a ... 05599.html

Cheeky thieves steal World Cup winner's watch
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cheeky-thieves ... 44616.html

S. Koreans nabbed over embassy scam
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mission-imposs ... 24906.html

S. Korean thief finally comes back from the dead
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/korean-thief-f ... 08034.html

Pickpockets nab Paris police chief's smartphone
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pickpockets-na ... 45233.html

Ice cream vendor gets prison for selling drugs with treats
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ice-cream-vend ... 13081.html

French minister's mis-directed 'tweet' raises eyebrows
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/french-ministe ... 57305.html

Silver-screen strategy nets New York robbers $217,000
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/silver-screen- ... 50211.html

Lions, Wolves and Bears Escape Ohio Exotic Animal Farm; Owner Found Dead
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 19286.html

Imams and Ulemas Boycotting DJs at Indian Weddings
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/19 ... -weddings/

Yes, This Man Is Eating A Live Scorpion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 19489.html

Man With 100-Pound Scrotum Seeks Donations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/1 ... 18260.html

Report: Deputies find drugs after man gropes around buttocks
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_wi ... ested.html

Leapin' Lizards: One man takes a stand against pet store
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/pe ... izard.html

Lost cell phone used in ransom scam, deputies say
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/sp ... ansom.html

'Occupy George': Print data about US wealth disparity on one dollar bills and spread the information
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/19/datavi ... eorge.html

The Pentagon has launched a campaign to educate soldiers about a new terror threat: kittens
http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2011/1 ... y-kittens/

Study: Most women have bisexual tendencies. We are at giggity alert red
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/stud ... l-2584654/

Crane game?: Thief uses crane to steal Jeep from NW Indiana car lot
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 6344.story

Louisiana law makes it illegal to buy second hand goods with cash
http://www.klfy.com/story/15717759/seco ... dealer-law

No, I don't know when the next bus comes through here, but the next car comes through here... right... now!
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article ... 223981.php

Off-duty cop robbed of his wallet, badge, dignity
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 8358.story

Good news: Your daughter announced her engagement. Bad news: She's 15, missing in Mexico, and is pregnant. Weird news: Announced it all on Facebook
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... exico.html

Personal trainer sits for six months in fattie's ass groove on the couch to learn what it is like to be unhealthy
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/w ... e-2583990/

Attention shoppers, for sale this Christmas we have a yurt, only for $75,000
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/1 ... TV20111018

The next big thing in food? Blood. "There is no reason why properly inspected blood couldn't be in our supermarkets right there next to the frozen dinners." I blame Twilight
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/foo ... le2204999/
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MC Hammer Launching Own Search Engine
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/295 ... etail.html

Hawk with nail in head still free in San Francisco
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111020/D9QFRNNO0.html

Stolen panties prompt investigation in New Mexico
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111019/D9QFLOOO0.html

Wash. governor moves to Sesame St. for Halloween
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111019/D9QFM2IG2.html

Calif Christian Group Now Sees End Of World Friday
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29541832/detail.html

Beach Patrol Captain Fired Over Employee Sex
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state ... 24426.html

Photographer Sues Apple, Saying Apps Stole Her Photos
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/ ... apple.html

Do You Know This Man? Police Say 80-Year-Old Doesn't Know Who He Is
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/do-yo ... 24863.html

Elderly Woman Loses $4,000, Diamond Rings In 'Pigeon Drop' Scam
http://www.ajc.com/news/elderly-woman-l ... 06380.html

Grad Student Turns Trash Into Buildings
http://www.ajc.com/news/grad-student-tu ... 06322.html

20 gnomes taken from central Pa. yard
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29541181/detail.html

Bathroom at Chicago's Field Museum voted number one. Also looks great for number two
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8400222

Bandit wearing Spider-Man mask foiled by clerks
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8399167

Police: Naked Teen Runs Into Home, Gets In Child's Bed
http://www.kmbc.com/news/29542901/detail.html

Deputies Break Down Door To Wrong Home
http://www.wdsu.com/news/29543532/detail.html

Truck jackknifes, dumps load of 2,500 chickens across highway. Road closes until CHP can pullet off
http://www.kcra.com/news/29537217/detail.html

Bagged Salads Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
http://www.kmbc.com/health/29543041/detail.html

"Organic" eggs extra organic in terms of salmonella, so they're being recalled
http://www.clickondetroit.com/health/29 ... etail.html

Boy, 10, plans world's largest crayon
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/21/ ... 319182200/

Wedding photographer rescues fish
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/21/ ... 319180400/

N.J. candidate: Sex tip was 'great'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319150370/

Expert: UFO reported in South Dakota likely a meteor
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319130342/

Employees give unusual absence excuses
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319129548/

Dogs headed home after 850-day quarantine
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319129048/

Woman's bike sold by thrift store
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319127969/

Chinese chemistry song an online hit
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319127158/

Police: Thief claimed items were cursed
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319126481/

Survey: Britons ask Google before family
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319126206/

Golf-themed cemetery opens in Wash.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319095800/

Boy, 3, called 911 when mother fell
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/20/ ... 319094000/

Mother, wife, daughter share birthday
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/19/ ... 319069737/

Man mistakenly sent size 1450 slipper
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/man-mistakenly ... pper-.html

Man jailed after trying to turn feces into gold
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/man-jailed-aft ... gold-.html

UK satire's scourge of power: Private Eye hits 50
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-satires-sco ... 32356.html

"Man-flu" is real to a fifth of British women
http://news.yahoo.com/man-flu-real-fift ... 51471.html

Half-dead Snake Advised ‘Complete Bed Rest’ after Operation
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/20 ... operation/

It's Great To Live In A Haunted House (If You Can Turn It Into A Business)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 93410.html

Bones Popping Out Of The Ground At Iowa Cemetery
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 22017.html

Hacker Admits Interrupting Super Bowl With Porn
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 22799.html

Clowns Gather In Mexico To 'Laugh For Peace'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 22343.html

Fight To The Death Over Jack Kevorkian's Art Erupts
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 21013.html

Robot Beats Rubik's Cube Champ, Sets World Record
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 20024.html

Brothers arrested after drugs found in baby crib
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/oct/18/ ... -drugs-in/

Beer pong player busted after urinating from roof
http://www.gainesville.com/article/2011 ... roof&tc=ar

Report: Man mugs pregnant ex-girlfriend
http://floridakeyssheriff.blogspot.com/ ... riend.html

Cops: Woman got a quarter in bagel shop burglary
http://www.gainesville.com/article/2011 ... p-burglary

Game Over, This is the World’s Greatest Baby Costume
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/10/gam ... by-costume

Navy to Kick Out 64 Sailors for Drug Use From Fleet That Buried Bin Laden
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/20/na ... p=trending

Man posed as federal agent to dodge debt. Because you're reading this here, you can safely assume that his plan had some major flaws
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/10/ ... %26or%3Dtn

Former DC tax examiner admits to examining $400,000 a little too closely
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/for ... story.html

Advertising your home narcotics business by putting up fliers around the neighborhood that say, "Heroin for Sale" with your name and address can lead to arrest. Who knew?
http://www.kgw.com/news/Portland-home-r ... 57893.html

Police officer tried to ignore the woman who called him to sell drugs, but man, she just wouldn't stop calling
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20 ... 7CHome%7Cp

NHTSA investigating reports that Mini Coopers are smoking hot
http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2011/ ... ine-fires/

DHS now has powers to simply take over a New York City street because of an arrest for peaceable conduct by a middle-aged writer in an evening gown
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/naomi- ... y-law.html

To find extortionist, police follow the slowly moving bucket
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2011 ... RONTPAGE|p

Women Plead Guilty To Giving Children Beer and Cocaine
http://wusa9.com/news/article/171541/28 ... ld-Cocaine

Good: School calls parents to say the bus carrying their special-needs children home will be a little late. Bad: Does not tell them it's because the driver passed out, crossed oncoming traffic and crashed into a tree
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-parents-n ... 3957.story

Gallant knows when to say when at the local bar. Goofus throws an umbrella stand through the window when the bar refuses to serve him
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-b ... 2523.story

Just in time for Christmas: Replica AK47 bb guns
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/201 ... -rcmp.html

Police taser naked man at wedding after nobody wants to wrestle him to the ground
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/ ... n_gun.html

School lets six-year-old named Cloud drift away, out of their building, across a four-lane highway and into a neighborhood while his mother waits in the office to pick him up
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-sixyearol ... 9662.story

Bad: Your sister is murdered. Cool: You set up a charity walk in her memory: Worse: You get gangrene in the process and have part of your leg amputated
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n ... d-15381158

Today's Melbourne weather forecast: Balmy with a strong chance of GIANT SNAKES
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/sn ... 6172257340

Five stabbed at 'welcome home from jail' party
http://www.fark.com/cgi/go.pl?i=6661196 ... nd_courts/

Voting for the world's worst airport to sleep at is completed. Let's open the Manila folder and see the winner
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-tr ... o-sleep-at

Taiwanese woman finds out she has testicles
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNew ... 25322.html

Former cable installer moves to the middle of nowhere and is outraged that he can't get cable internet
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article ... 227166.php

School district rewards A+ students with bracelets containing pictures of naked women. Attempts to recover bracelets but "has so far gotten only a handful back"
http://news.yahoo.com/florida-school-sc ... 05346.html
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It's 2011 and still no flying cars. We do have bicycles that play vinyl records, though
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/20/feat ... d-out-the/

Indiana identical twins give birth on same day
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111022/D9QHI1BO3.html

Mo. man tracks down classic car stolen in 1995
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111022/D9QH17IO2.html

NH authorities help porcupine with arrow in back
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111021/D9QGOHCO0.html

NJ candidate's 'whore-in-bedroom' advice panned
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111021/D9QGR91O3.html

Bear feasts at candy store in Tenn. mountains
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111020/D9QG8SEO1.html

Police: Kids rode with body of slain mentally disabled woman
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29554380/detail.html

Science Fiction-Style Sabotage A Fear In New Hacks
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29563787/detail.html

Nudists Find Haven At Ranch
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/nud ... 28911.html

Police Encounters Missed 'Pure Evil' In Multi-State Abuse Case
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/polic ... 28940.html

High Schools Broke Rules To Meet Performance Standards
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-high-sc ... 08111.html

Hospital Employee Faces Charges In Records Theft
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29560150/detail.html

Four Nonprofit Employees Charged With Extorting ''Donations'' From Prospective Home Buyers
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime ... 27691.html

Wrongfully Jailed Woman Sends City Notice Of Intent
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/wrongful ... ent/nFK9h/

Pharmacist Fools Burglar With Candy, Laxatives
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/pharmaci ... ves/nFK77/

Hanford worker taken for ride in portable toilet
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29551386/detail.html

Tattooed Barbie? No Way, Some Say
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29549022/detail.html

And The Most Stolen Food On Earth Is...
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29553264/detail.html

Did 'Idol' Winner Flub Anthem Lyrics?
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/295 ... etail.html

Officers try to solve NM pumpkin patch crimes
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8402048

Supersize me! Restaurant offers 338-pound burger
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8400664

Ukulele Players Attempt World Record
http://www.kitv.com/news/29561669/detail.html

Marriage vows follow 100th birthday
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/23/ ... 319407031/

Zombie Crawlers mass in Denver mall
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/23/ ... 319405601/

Cougar spotted near home of Chicago Bears
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/23/ ... 319401296/

Kiwis cranking out penguin sweaters
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/22/ ... 319304552/

Police: Man stole iPhone from boy, 6
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/22/ ... 319268600/

Police: Woman dumped used condoms on store counter
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/22/ ... 319266800/

Charity cyclist: Return my stolen bike!
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/21/ ... 319238907/

Russian army officer sold vehicle as scrap
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/21/ ... 319209991/

Court: No molestation if victim slept
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/21/ ... 319209916/

Shelf crash destroys 6,810 wine bottles
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/21/ ... 319209755/

Berlin police arrest man who burnt more than 100 cars
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/berlin-police- ... 04668.html

Russian teen takes tram on joy ride
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/russian-teen-t ... 59283.html

NY may close bus service that makes women sit in back
http://news.yahoo.com/ny-may-close-bus- ... 18020.html

South Korean Farmer Gets Rich by Massaging Fish
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/22 ... ng-fish-2/

Brazil ET Video Claims To Be The Real Deal (Don't Bet Your Spaceship On It)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 25849.html

Murder Suspect's Alibi: 'I Was At The Crib Chilling, Smoking Some Weed'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 24566.html

Will Weiner Get His Way? Results Are In On San Francisco Nudity Ban
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 24533.html

Queen Mary Bartender Has Personal Ghost -- And He Looks Like Actor Kevin Spacey
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/2 ... 72578.html

Do Women Avoid Giving Birth On Halloween?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 24084.html

Fish Fart To Communicate
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 22665.html

'George Bush' And 'George Bush' Rob Seattle Bank
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 24194.html

Civics teacher runs afoul of new law for helping students register to vote
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/ ... versy.html

Knife-wielding man breaks up home card game, punches 68-year-old woman in face
http://www.bradenton.com/2011/10/21/358 ... ni_popular

Billiard battery: Man, 91, got beaten with a pool ball
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-boca-poo ... 4931.story

Mom charged with having 10 kids live amid filth, feces
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime ... 22360.html

Stranger passed out, vomited in woman's apartment
http://www.gainesville.com/article/2011 ... ment&tc=ar

Man arrested for holding flare gun to man’s head
http://floridakeyssheriff.blogspot.com/ ... lding.html

Women arrested after teen fight video found on YouTube
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/sp ... ht%20video

Stores across the country are pulling Ben and Jerry's Schweddy Balls flavor from the shelves, so CBS News uses this as an excuse to say Schweddy Balls as many times in one segment as possible
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/%3Fi ... ag%3Dstrip

Researchers find that, uh, psychopath's erm, speech patterns can, um, uh, give them away, uh, subconsciously, and all
http://www.livescience.com/16585-psycho ... guage.html

Eat Vegan to be ethical? Well guess how many creatures were killed in the making of your arugala salad.... at least 2 vertebrate per square inch, on a conservative estimate
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-myth-o ... age%3Dtrue

Married high school resource officer studying to be a minister and Army chaplain, wears uniform in a hotel room with a 17 year old prostitute
http://www.wistv.com/story/15771628/cpd ... licitation

First grader brings gun to school after ex-NYPD mom forgets she put it in daughter's backpack
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/201 ... s_gun.html

People pay eight times more for fish with a higher prestige name that can only be distinguished from the cheap kind by DNA testing
http://www.boston.com/business/articles ... our_plate/

Magnitude 7.2 earthquake knocks the stuffing out of Turkey
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/23/world ... arthquake/

The color pink doesn't exist. Wait... what?
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-t ... 6170794531

Pepsi introduces it's latest flavor, "Pepsi Pink", a strawberry-milk flavored cola
http://inventorspot.com/articles/meet_p ... vored_cola

Your mother is so ugly she has to drug an inmate in a men's prison to have sex with her. Bonus: She is a Wiccan chaplain with the last name of Witch
http://www.startribune.com/local/132359288.html

Turns out, Tennessee's Voter ID law is so strict, it won't allow a 91 year-old woman to get an ID because she couldn't stand in line for hours at the DMV
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.c ... nessee.php

"Existential anxiety" leads priest to skim from collection plate for 40 years, amassing a 1 million euros hoard. Weird: He never spent a cent of it
http://www.worldcrunch.com/when-priests ... -dime/3973

Blind dog needs new home. Fortunately, she has a seeing eye dog to help her find one
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird ... -23506859/
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Maine man's car goes 1 million miles
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111024/D9QILEC82.html

Tuxedo, NY exhibit celebrates 150 years of the tux
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111024/D9QILNDO0.html

Warning: What Looks Like Email From IRS Is Computer Virus
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29571186/detail.html

TSA Worker Finds 'Personal' Item, Leaves Note
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/10 ... news_to_me

TSA missed gun that falls out of bag at Los Angeles Int'l Airport
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/gu ... 08834.html

'Occupy' Demonstrator Stages Skyhigh Protest
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29570504/detail.html

Woman Steals 26 Boxes Of Condoms, Pregnancy Test
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/10 ... news_to_me

Police: Fake Deputy Wearing 'Sheriff' Vest Robbed, Carjacked Man At Gunpoint
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/pol ... int/nFLqr/

Ex-Teacher To Plead Insanity In Student Sex Trial
http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/news/n ... ase/nFLq7/

Church Provides Safe Haven For Victims Of Human Trafficking
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/rivie ... 30045.html

Ohio dentist offers to buy back Halloween candy
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8403183

Puppy Rescued After Trip On Top Of Train
http://www.wyff4.com/news/29570990/detail.html

Dog Saved By Mouth-To-Snout CPR
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29569363/detail.html

Robber Returns Cash To Woman
http://www.wgal.com/news/29569179/detail.html

Smartphone Detects Danger In A Heartbeat
http://www.kmbc.com/health/29570380/detail.html

Texas authorities: Stay away from pot farm
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/24/ ... 319485999/

Man suing for age bias says judge too old
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/24/ ... 319484336/

Horse rescued from covered pool
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/24/ ... 319483727/

Deer crashes into auto shop
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/24/ ... 319483166/

Injured owl rescued on Mass. Turnpike
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/24/ ... 319482994/

Man proposes on intercom at 32,000 feet
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/24/ ... 319480666/

Jewelry thief leaves name behind
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/24/ ... 319435371/

Man charged with exposing himself as Queen passes by
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/man-charged-ex ... 15795.html

Japanese Artist Sculpts Unique Creations out of Bananas
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/24 ... s-bananas/

Prison Loses Set Of Keys, Must Replace Every Lock
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 28073.html

74-Year-Old Woman Terrified During NASA Moon Rock Sting
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 28160.html

Millions Of Bees Escape From Overturned Tractor-Trailer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 28107.html

Guinness Won't Ratify Centenarian's Marathon
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 28529.html

Drug court head fired following groping complaint
http://www.theledger.com/article/201110 ... int-&tc=ar

Cops: Thief charged $717 at Burger King
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-burger-k ... 9003.story

Man charged with domestic battery in ‘kitty litter’ case
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct ... er=popular

Driving impaired with your child in the car? Don't try to use these excuses
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime ... 24937.html

Mom left boy in car to play at strip-mall casino, cops say
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 9392.story

When 90-year-old man's wife dies, he distracts himself from the sadness by becoming a stand-up comic
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/9 ... 6xvtA.cspx

Law enforcement to drug-dealing gang members: We see what you did there. And by "there" we mean your Facebook page
http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/rss.js ... %26spf%3D1

Why video games are key to modern science
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/23/tech/inno ... e-poptech/

Wisconsin town wants to ban cyclists and pedestrians from using public roads unless they register their travel plans in advance
http://articles.businessinsider.com/201 ... avel-plans

When sorting out the stuff of a recently-deceased relative, it's common to find little surprises, like the body of an old girlfriend
http://news.yahoo.com/autopsy-set-remai ... 09956.html

If you're camping and you try and scare your friends as they sit around the bonfire by making scary animal noises, don't be so good at it that somebody shoots you with a shotgun
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/ ... htene.html

When delivering cocaine after a few shots of rum, you probably shouldn't ask a cop for directions
http://www.eagletribune.com/haverhill/x ... up-in-jail

Old and busted: secondhand smoke. New hotness: secondhand television
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting- ... 50886060/1

Man reports UFO to police and points out that he isn't drunk or crazy, just concerned "it might be aliens or something"
http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/n ... 230180.php

Friends leave man stuck swinging at park for nine hours
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_191 ... ost_viewed

Esther Vickery dies one day before her 110th birthday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15421370

'Himalayan Viagra' Earns Bhutan's Yak Herders a Fortune
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat ... xdc-102411

ProTip: When cheating on each other, don't take your lovers to the same place
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics ... 6cid%3D349

How the West got wired: America marks 150th anniversary of the world's first social network
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... twork.html

There's nothing more comforting than watching workers repair the plane with duct tape just before you take off
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... -TAPE.html
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Bounty of brew for Brazilian jail holding police
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111024/D9QIMM7O0.html

Women Testify Teacher Had Defense Plan For Sex Accusations
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... 74250.html

Parent's Arrest Ends Football Game
http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/parents- ... 09565.html

Bank Sues Dr. J For $200K
http://www.ajc.com/news/bank-sues-dr-j-1209760.html

Doctor Accused Of Having Sex With Minor In Exchange For Prescription Drugs
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/doc ... ipt/nFMTD/

Pizza Delivery Driver Attacked With Brick
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29580678/detail.html

Teacher Allegedly Made Vodka Drinks And Had Sex With Two Boys, Student Testifies
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/cri ... 73832.html

Felony theft charges to be filed in Seattle schools scandal
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29581922/detail.html

Sibling rivalry as Ohio brothers vie for mayor
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8404882

Kentucky bridge is free, but must be set back up
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8404867

Cash Flying Across Highway
http://www.koco.com/video/29581381/detail.html

Sheep Keep Grass Around Solar Panels Trim
http://www.wgal.com/video/29579934/detail.html

Student Crowned National Yo-Yo Champion
http://www.wapt.com/video/29576591/detail.html

Miss Piggy Dons Designer Duds
http://www.kmbc.com/irresistible/29573721/detail.html

Missing Captain Morgan found in dorm room
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319570782/

Chicago beluga travels to Conn. to breed
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319572471/

Spiders gather atop Chicago skyscrapers
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319571897/

122-year-old church bell stolen
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319568815/

Woman spends $1,200 on poop scoop defense
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319564346/

Full-term baby surprises mom on moving day
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319563905/

Class helps spay/neuter rescued rats
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319531400/

Police: Robber waited in line at Starbucks
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319529600/

Smog dims shine of India's festival of lights
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/smog-dims-shin ... 59166.html

Man, 87, nabbed with 228 pounds of cocaine
http://news.yahoo.com/man-87-nabbed-228 ... 38279.html

Neglected zombies get their time ... in the shade
http://news.yahoo.com/neglected-zombies ... 09263.html

Zombies Attack Psychic Who Channels The Dead
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 29726.html

B-2 Stealth Bomber Mistaken For UFO
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 22472.html

How To Make Adorable Pikachus Out Of Taxidermied Rats
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 30697.html

Anybody lose a 10-ft. Lego man at the beach?
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20 ... each&tc=ar

Snuffed out: Man killed in fight started over cigarette
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/oct/22/ ... rted-over/

Man found with feces on him stole car, Collier deputies say
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct ... uties-say/

More than 50 tow trucks lead funeral procession
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/browar ... 5162.story

Sitter left newborn in car while shoplifting, deputies say
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/29572309/detail.html

Cash-strapped council erects 40ft golden monument
http://swns.com/cash-strapped-council-e ... 51337.html

Computer scientists crack the Copiale Cipher, dating from 18th century Germany; are now working on other mysteries, including the unsolved Zodiac Killer ciphers, the Voynich Manuscript, and why "The Simpsons" is still on TV
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... ce%2BNews)

Hammond man arrested second time in five years for computer-aided sexual solicitation
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/201 ... nd_ti.html

Are you smoking because you're depressed, or depressed because you're smoking? Here's comes the science
http://www.dc101.com/cc-common/news/sec ... le=9302105

No need to panic quite yet, but a dormant Bolivian super volcano is now inflating at a rate not seen in the modern era
http://news.yahoo.com/rapidly-inflating ... 05969.html

Hooker 'turns into donkey', court hears
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-6349-Ho ... /news.aspx

Ottawa taxi goes airborne, flips BMW, then lands on it
http://www.canada.com/health/Ottawa+tax ... story.html

Elvis, Elvis, Elvis, Elvis, Elvis, Elvis, Evlis... and Elvis have left the building
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebri ... alarm.html

Hopefully you already knew this, but researchers say that licking the pump handle at your local Gas-n-Go might not be a very smart idea
http://news.yahoo.com/gas-pump-handles- ... 16533.html

Man shot to death at his own surprise party
http://www.suntimes.com/news/8379456-41 ... party.html

Wisconsin lawmakers to vote on making malt liquor part of a well-balanced breakfast
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/ ... id/212857/

Methadone, ambesol, same thing when it comes to toddler teething, right?
http://www.wjrr.com/cc-common/news/sect ... %3D9299187

Man in gorilla mask and carrying a stun gun robs taco stand in La Mesa
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... .A.+Now%29

On the bright side, at least 4 out of 12 gun smugglers are NOT New York City police officers
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd ... F8itqxN9EJ

It's not a party until you have 300 students in one apartment. Ta-da
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article ... 234124.php

Man tries to flood his jail cell with toilet water. As expected, back up plan fails
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/fl ... oliet.html

From those sick minds over there at Burger King Japan: All-you-can-eat Whoppers coming in November
http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/eat/stuff-yo ... 6451?pi=pi

Illuminati symbols on American currency? Canadians up the ante by finding sex toys, naked women and secret codes on their new bills
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada ... 11663.html

Parolee with an ankle bracelet on walks into police station and asks to be arrested. And then it gets weird
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_19187553

L.A.'s "Love Ride" Grand Marshall Jay Leno joked about the fundraiser's untarnished safety record, and his desire to see "somebody go down". Guess what happened for the first time in the ride's 28 year history?
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/t ... -preceded-
collision,0,3626724.story

The most wonderfully insane shop-window sign you'll see all day
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/23/insane ... -sign.html
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Deputies free man stuck inside hollow tree trunk, not Keebler employee
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111026/D9QJN5680.html

Mass. college students revolt at vegetarian rumor
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111025/D9QJF7C00.html

Teen Found Chained To Bed In Florida Pot Bust
http://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/tee ... ust/nFNGN/

Woman Offers Condom To Attacker, Then Escapes
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29596785/detail.html

Haunted House-Goers Tricked Into Paying Fake Parking
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/ha ... ing/nFNB7/

Cops: 2 NM Men Tried To Steal 'Spaceship'
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/29591265/detail.html

Police Memo: Man Possibly Planning 'Columbine-Style' Murder-Suicide
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/29592049/detail.html

Cellphone Leads To Injured Hiker
http://www.ktvu.com/news/29593570/detail.html

Quran Burning Preacher Wants To Run For President
http://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/qur ... ent/nFM3t/

Heroin Sale Ends With 22-Year-Old Woman Paralyzed
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... local-news

Upstart wants to become the new anti-Facebook
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/26/tech/soci ... topstories

Taco Bell Fire-Bombed For 'Too Little Meat'
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29590785/detail.html

No treat: Pumpkin dump snarls Detroit-area traffic
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29593482/detail.html

Airline Finds Long-Lost Cat In Airport
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29592828/detail.html

Drunk 11-Year-Old Found At Occupy Protest
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29591720/detail.html

Tenn. dog missing for 3 months turns up in Mich.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8406222

Car Crashes Inches From Sleeping Woman
http://www.koco.com/news/29588943/detail.html

Police: Man Videotaped Secretary Under Desk
http://www.wmur.com/news/29591731/detail.html

Soldier Serves Wife Chick-fil-A Surprise
http://www.wesh.com/news/29594797/detail.html

Police: Girl, 5, backed SUV into neighbor's yard
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/27/ ... 319704200/

Author: 'Text speak' replacing old words
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/27/ ... 319702400/

Police: Drunk parents had boy, 9, drive
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/27/ ... 319700600/

Woman sends nude photos to ex-lover's wife
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319678264/

Student: Nude photo scammer at it again
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319677785/

Pennsylvania corn maze honors Sept. 11
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319674511/

Americans eat 25 pounds of candy per year
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319659434/

Snake found in Toronto apartment's toilet
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319657543/

Chicago to host 'Jersey Shore' conference
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319651214/

Dutch artist behind washed-up Lego man
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319650587/

Eateries mark Greasy Foods Day
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319650565/

Russian town cooks largest porridge
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/26/ ... 319650299/

Model rocket engines detonated by bomb squad
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/25/ ... 319580198/

Tree Towers: World's First 'Forest In The Sky'
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tree-towers-wo ... 56748.html

Man dials 999 mistaking the moon with a UFO
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/man-dials-999- ... a-ufo.html

'Joe the Plumber' plunges into US Congress race
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/joe-plumber-pl ... 21496.html

Croatian doctors remove healthy kidney in hospital mix-up
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/croatian-docto ... 11775.html

Whopping fine in Italy on parked car dating back to 208 AD
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/whopping-fine- ... 05861.html

Philippines gets world's largest Ten Commandments
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/philippines-ge ... 49082.html

Business Secretary Cable, scourge of tax-dodgers, fined over tax
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cable-scourge- ... 45126.html

Vibrator quip gets US airport security agent in hot water
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/vibrator-quip- ... 23726.html

New Fad in Japan Promises to Make Your Teeth Look Worse
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/10/25 ... eth-worse/

Baby Doll Saves Family From Burning House
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 33447.html

Indiana Family Finds Bones, Chemicals And Gruesome Photos In Attic
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 33559.html

Super Broccoli Designed To Fight Heart Disease
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 32538.html

Superstition Keeps Richest Man Out Of Billion-Dollar House
http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2011/10/ ... lar-house/

Drag Queens Celebrate D.C.'s Weirdest Halloween Tradition: The High Heel Race (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 31934.html

Your girlfriend comes home early at the same time another girl you met on Craigslist arrives at your apartment. Do you: C) Call the cops to report a burglary in progress?
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/new ... an.Excuse/

Home invasion, Niceville style
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/reside ... aring.html

Reddi-wip thief suspect not smart as a whip
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_wi ... board.html

Unwanted kiss draws battery, false imprisonment charges
http://www.gainesville.com/article/2011 ... rges&tc=ar

Doc who won $189-million Powerball is lucky again
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features ... 4750.story

If you're going to display a pro-atheist billboard with a quote from Thomas Jefferson, first make sure Jefferson actually said the quote
http://www.ocregister.com/news/jefferso ... e-one.html

I want a boob reduction - but my husband won't let me
http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/real ... -23517427/

Hot babe arrested for DUI while wearing slutty referee uniform punches out cop, poses for awesome mug shot
http://badjocks.com/2011/10/26/woman-in ... -mug-shot/

If the father of your unborn child crashes into a liquor store while trying to evade police, and runs off leaving you stuck in the car - you may have made some bad life choices
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/5 ... lton-crash

Dog rips ear off W. Phila. woman having seizure
http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-26/n ... eizure-ear

Doctor sold painkillers out of Starbucks cafes, authorities say
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-painkill ... 4692.story

From the state that brought you "911: lost in a corn maze" comes the terrifying sequel: "911: lost in an apple orchard"
http://www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/ ... z1byi5cicl

Radioactive used cars now being sold in Japan. Oh, those Japanese and their crazy brand of try-anything consumerism
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/weird ... 14218.html

Woman demanding rules for online classified ads after her mother's $400 purse (overflowing with money, jewelry and passport) stolen from unlocked home and posted online for $50
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns ... tolen.html

58th variety: Your ketchup just got an UPGRADE
http://consumerist.com/2011/10/heinz-to ... tchup.html

Ohio police arrest woman wearing nothing but fishnet stockings, g-string panties and a pair of high heels after a harrowing 128 mph high-speed police chase. Sounds like my kind of woman, crazy, almost naked and fast
http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2011/10/2 ... ice-chase/

The worst gang fight in a decade between the Hells Angels and the Vagos was over A) Drugs, B) Guns, or C) Pumpkin Spice Lattes
http://news.yahoo.com/worst-california- ... 31726.html

The NYPD is shadowing two types of people: Those with American-sounding names, and those with foreign-sounding names
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/1 ... chang.html

Mother who exposed dirty fast food play areas gets banned from McDonald's. Is that supposed to be some kind of punishment?
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Lab-tests- ... 92808.html

After robbing the pizza delivery man of his wallet and eating the pizzas, be sure not to leave the box in your car
http://www.610wiod.com/cc-common/news/s ... %3D9306569

Man charged with stealing $130,000 from employer to pay for Internet porn
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/ ... id/212941/

The natural-gas boom has led to old-west style hell-raising, and an increase in violence, rapes, robbery, cattle rustling, rapes, and thefts
http://hosted2.ap.org/WWLAM/54828a5e8d9 ... e652e237d5

Little boys aren't allowed to join the Girl Scouts? What if they dress like a girl? Still no???
http://www.9news.com/news/article/22630 ... ts-told-no

Rite Aid ad groped by sex offender. Yes, you read that correctly
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_19194291

In this day and age don't donate galvanized pipes to Goodwill because somebody is bound to mistake them for pipe bombs
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/oct/ ... down-port/

Store sends autistic girl a $25 gift certificate to apologize for asking her to leave because of her service dog. Guess what happened when she went back to use it
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ ... e-dog.html

Cops stop you as you walk down the street and ask if you have any drugs on you. The wrong thing to say is: A) I need a lawyer? B) I need a lawyer? C) I need a lawyer? D) Just less than an ounce of weed?
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/po ... pants.html

So apparently, if you offer up a reward then you actually have to pay it. Even when it's $1 million
http://www.shortlist.com/home/singer-re ... for-laptop

Trucker discovers that a body on the roof does not qualify him for the carpool lane
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/pos ... _blog.html

Food allergy jihadists set up alternative Halloween in abandoned parking lot in Tuscon. Naturally, they've outlawed costumes, pumpkins, and candy, but children will certainly thrill to the awesome spectacle of tar fumes and 120 degree heat
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/ ... od_fun.php

Woman in Taiwan clicks Facebook 'like' button, now being sued for defamation. 'Like' this story at your own risk
http://ozsoapbox.com/taiwan/taiwanese-m ... ton-click/

Not news: Young people running up gambling debts. News: Police fear they could be forced into shoplifting and street-fighting. Weird news: Gamblers are aged five, playing marbles
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Childre ... story.html

"Live grenade found in office safe" Glad to hear the grenade is safe, what about the people in the office?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 7791.story

PETA: Because killer whales at SeaWorld are slaves, that magically makes them protected under the 13th amendment. Wait, what?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45038868/ns ... vironment/

The Missouri Department of Conservation would like to warn hunters and other nature enthusiasts about various outdoor dangers this season, including snakes, mountain lions, zombies and bears
http://mdc.mo.gov/zombies
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Ohio police: Dashcam shows nearly topless speeder
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111028/D9QL32N80.html

Pa. firefighters get flu shots and parking tickets
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20111028/D9QL2NJG2.html

Flyers propose alternative pledge of allegiance -- to 'earth,' 'interdependence'
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29605888/detail.html

Police: Party bus driver provided alcohol to students
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29606785/detail.html

Man, sans arm, enters office after using self-made guillotine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29606539/detail.html

FBI Investigating Alleged Amish Beard-Cutting Attacks
http://www.prod.wtov9.com/news/news/fbi ... tta/nFNmN/

Mother Drops Child From Burning Building Into Arms Of Stranger
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/ma ... ing/nFNPf/

Charges Dropped Against Driver Who Ran Over People As He Drove Into Orlando Crowd
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/cha ... ple/nFNmK/

Prince Charles Says He's Related To Original Vampire
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/10 ... l-vampire/

Crossing Guard Jumps In Front Of Boy As Car Darts At Them
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/cro ... hem/nFNDh/

Toy Gun Warning Issued In Advance Of Halloween
http://www.wpxi.com/money/29595492/detail.html

Study: Flu Shots Less Effective On Obese People
http://www.ajc.com/news/study-flu-shots ... 10565.html

Netflix Uses 32% Of Internet Bandwidth
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/27/tech/web/ ... topstories

Justices strike down Snohomish Co. car horn honking ban
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29604351/detail.html

Burglars leave dead deer in western Pa. church
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29604524/detail.html

Husband's Excuse For Being Late: 'I Won The Lottery'
http://www.wyff4.com/r/29601490/detail.html

Measles Cases At 15 Year High In U.S.
http://www.kmbc.com/health/29607057/detail.html

Officer sues over hair on bagel
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/28/ ... 319790600/

Police: Gym teacher faked bomb threat
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/27/ ... 319745416/

Beagle mix survives gas chamber
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/27/ ... 319745038/

Police: Couple left crack in motel freezer
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/27/ ... 319743510/

Police: Burglar left dog behind
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/27/ ... 319743278/

Victim meets burglar in bar
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/27/ ... 319741400/

New Zealand PM snubs queen for hobbits
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/zealand-pm-snu ... 33794.html

Performance artist gives birth in NY gallery
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/performance-ar ... 10087.html

Judge Who Used Penis Pump In Court Will Lose Pension
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/2 ... 35274.html

Woman Goes Directly To Jail After Monopoly Attack
http://www.newser.com/story/131998/woma ... ttack.html

Deputies: Driver hit baby stroller after neighbor told him to slow down
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafe ... wn/1198462

Cops: Man poured gas on fiancée, tried to kill her. All because...
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 8570.story

Woman's birthday gift... jail jumpsuit
http://www.gainesville.com/article/2011 ... jail&tc=ar

If you're going to steal a sammich, have a plan. Stealing a forklift for a getaway vehicle is not a plan, by the way. (With creepy mugshot)
http://www.wtae.com/news/29609287/detail.html

When trafficking underage girls over state lines you may want to do it in something a little less obvious then a gold painted van that says "Ho Hauler" on it
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-201110 ... 4475.story

Apparently, Target's loss prevention program missed that "just loading up a cart and walking out of the store" scenario
http://www.kens5.com/news/Ex-employee-t ... 88948.html

St. Louis board strips permit from sadomasochism club
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt ... 0f31a.html

15 hand grenades, 1 mortar shell, 1 stick grenade, 18 military and parachute flares, 1 light anti-tank weapon found in home
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-201110 ... 4733.story

Pilferer pinched for pot possession post pumpkin pitching
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-demo ... d_w_1.html

Wrongfully convicted nonmurderer allegedly charged with purported ostensible assault
http://www.canada.com/news/calgary/Davi ... story.html

Crime does seem to pay - $200,000 given back to cocaine dealer
http://www.news.com.au/national/crime-d ... 6178957384

Man Vows To Masturbate In Every Starbucks Bathroom In NYC, Document Results
http://gothamist.com/2011/10/27/man_vow ... ry_sta.php

Lost hiker wrote name, social insurance number, and date of birth on his arm, possibly in attempt to make shortest episode of CSI ever
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/27 ... -faltered/

There's "lost it," and then there's "332 wounds inflicted with a metal bar, hammer, wrench, knife, rope and mannequin peg lost it"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bri ... story.html

Oh... the people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/ ... 3719?P=313

Entire high school football team penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct
http://www.omaha.com/article/20111027/NEWS01/710279871

Student goes to principal to express he's been having suicidal thoughts. Principal has student's belongings searched, finds gun. Police arrest student. Problem solved
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/29595105/detail.html

Man repeatedly calls 911 from down the street from his house, claiming to be lost and demanding a ride. Cops are happy to oblige
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/26/n ... %3Dpolbeat

The kennel where two kids were found was actually cleaner than the house. The kids are reportedly healthy, well fed, no worms
http://www.omaha.com/article/20111027/NEWS01/710279883

Flight 209 now arriving Gate 8...Gate 9, Gate 10... Gate 13, Gate 14, Gate 15... Gate 23, 24, 25
http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/dram ... 6178269176

Raccoon cooking leads to meth maker’s arrest
http://midtown.wmctv.com/news/crime/627 ... ers-arrest

Best use of a Knights of Columbus hall. Ever
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/26/n ... quet-hall/

Girl on Way To Driver's License Test Crashes Into Exam Building
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat ... xdc-102711

Good: Booze. Bad: Pub brawl. Good: Ambulance. Bad: Nicotine withdrawal. Good: Stop for a smoke break. Bad: Stagger drunkenly into traffic
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... lance.html

Unless emergency procedures have changed, complimentary vaginal exams are usually not part of the ambulance ride to the hospital
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-n ... g-patients
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