Offbeat | 12-year-old girl runs NY half-marathon by mistake

A 12-year-old western New York girl has wound up running 10 extra miles after she got into the wrong road race. Lee Adianez Rodriguez had registered for the 5K race that

Offbeat | Andra Day to appear on 40 million Coke cups at McDonald’s

The Grammy-nominated singer’s image and lyrics from her standout single “Rise Up” will appear exclusively on more than 40 million Coca-Cola cups at select McDonald’s throughout the country, Coke officials

Offbeat | Rhino follows worker to staff yard at Denver Zoo

A greater one-horned rhino was able to leave part of its enclosure at the Denver Zoo and wander into a yard occupied by staff and volunteers. The Denver Post reports (dpo.st/1rqgu72)

Offbeat | Video of Army airborne drop shows Humvees falling from sky

A U.S. Army airborne exercise in Germany is attracting more than a million viewers on social media after a video surfaced showing a Humvee breaking free of its rigging and

Offbeat | McDonald’s quashes all-you-can-eat fries reports

McDonald’s Corp. is quashing reports that a coming Missouri restaurant will test all-you-can-eat fries, saying the endless spuds will be available for a limited time only to promote the site’s

Offbeat | Missing ingredient for millennials: Down payment savings

Short of savings and burdened by debt, America’s millennials are struggling to afford their first homes in the face of sharply higher prices in many of the most desirable cities. Surveys

Offbeat | Madrid mayor: Dog poop culprits may have to clean streets

Dog owners in Madrid beware: Pick up after your pooch or face working as a street cleaner. Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena is warning dog owners they’ll face stiff fines or possibly

Offbeat | Angry Chinese construction workers duel with bulldozers

Police in northern China say an argument between construction workers escalated into a demolition derby-style clash of heavy machinery that left at least two bulldozers flipped over in a street. In

Offbeat | With this rigatoni, I thee wed: The First Pastafarian wedding

The wedding rings were made of pasta, the ceremony was held on a pirate boat, and when it came time for the kiss, the bride and groom slurped up either

Offbeat | NZ: So long, suckers! Inky the octopus makes an amazing escape

He squeezed and pushed his way through a tiny gap in the mesh at the top of his tank and slithered 2 meters to the floor. Then he made a

Offbeat | Country artists condemn LGBT laws, but labels silent

Several country music artists and songwriters have condemned proposed laws that critics say discriminate against LGBT people, but anyone looking for reaction from the record labels and production companies on

Offbeat | US: Goat wanders away from home, goes on Starbucks run

Rohnert Park police Sgt. Rick Bates says dispatchers received several calls Sunday morning about a goat named Millie wandering around a strip mall on the city’s eastern edge. Bates says employees

Offbeat | Dubai’s Islamic authorities issue fatwa against WiFi theft

Dubai’s top religious authorities say that stealing WiFi from your neighbor would not be proper Islamic conduct. That’s according to a religious edict — known as a fatwa — from Dubai’s

Offbeat | 3 rescued island castaways spelled ‘help’ with palm fronds

In a scene straight from Hollywood, or a New Yorker cartoon, a U.S. Navy plane spotted the word “help” spelled out in palm fronds on a beach on a deserted

Offbeat | French lawmakers vote on punishing prostitutes’ clients

France’s lower house of parliament holds a final vote this week on a bill against prostitution and sex trafficking that bans buying sex, not selling it. Customers would face fines

Offbeat | Chinese news agency tells readers to ignore April Fools’ Day

China’s Communist Party has a new target in its campaign against pernicious Western cultural influences: April Fools’ Day. “The so-called Western April Fools’ Day does not conform to Chinese cultural traditions

Offbeat | Croatian police probe massive theft from its headquarters

Croatian police are investigating the reported theft of 280,000 euros (USD320,000) and two kilograms of gold — all snatched from the force’s headquarters. Helena Biocic of the police media office confirmed

Offbeat | Yves Saint Laurent creative director Hedi Slimane leaves

Yves Saint Laurent’s Hedi Slimane has left as the brand’s creative director. French company Kering SA said in a statement Friday that Slimane, 47, had ended a four-year mission to reposition

Offbeat | Rhode Island governor says ‘Iceland’ video may draw tourists

Rhode Island’s governor says people searching for Iceland online are finding her state instead because of a goof in its tourism video and she’s hoping they’ll visit. The state’s tourism video

Offbeat | Smithsonian to include 2 Cosby items in new history museum

After facing criticism for an exhibit of works from Bill Cosby’s personal art collection, the Smithsonian plans to include two items related to him at its new African-American history museum.

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