Offbeat | USA: Aerosmith’s Tyler not really doing a strawberry farm show

NJ.com reports (bit.ly/1AymvkV) the rock star and “American Idol” judge was listed on concert websites ReverbNation and Eventful as performing a Saturday morning show at Windsor Farm & Market. Farm owner

Offbeat | Air France jet in near miss with giant volcano in Cameroon

Flight 953 took off from Malabo in Equatorial Guinea on May 2 and was cruising toward Douala, Cameroon’s largest city, when the pilot rerouted the Boeing 777 to avoid a

Offbeat | ‘Heroes’ welcome for Sweden’s Eurovision winner

Sleep-deprived and smiling, the 28-year-old singer-TV host arrived at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport draped in a Swedish flag and waving the Eurovision trophy. “I’ve longed for this moment for 10 years, and

Offbeat | Turkmenistan unveils massive gold-leaf statue of president

Turkmenistan has unveiled a grandiose gold-leafed statue of the president carrying a dove and riding atop a horse — a move aimed at burnishing the leader’s burgeoning personality cult. The 21-meter

Offbeat | Disney World tells riders to stop using selfie sticks

The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1B9pYRZ) reports a spokesman said this week guests can bring selfie sticks on the rides but must securely store them. Disney policy forbids visitors from using the sticks,

Offbeat: European officials sing “We Are the World” at NATO meeting

In a distinctly different note for a military alliance meeting, European officials ended a NATO meeting with a spirited rendition of “We Are The World.” Taking a break from issues such

Offbeat: Stockholm transit boss fined for shoplifting in Hong Kong

The chief executive of Stockholm’s public transit company has been caught shoplifting at Hong Kong’s international airport. Swedish public radio says Anders Lindstrom yesterday was fined the equivalent of 5,000 Swedish kronor

Offbeat: 700 cannabis plants found next to Berlin subway station

It wasn’t the world’s best-hidden marijuana plantation. Berlin police say they were were called to a subway station this week by a street cleaner who reported finding “numerous small plants that

Offbeat: Chinese billionaire gives France vacation to 6,400 workers

CEO Li Jinyuan said he was celebrating the company’s 20th anniversary by rewarding his staff and aimed for the world record in spelling out a phrase in human bodies. As their

Offbeat: Koala pays late night visit to Australian hospital

The marsupial casually strolled through the automatic doors of Hamilton Base Hospital in Victoria state at 3:30 a.m. on April 20, said Brigid Kelly, spokeswoman for the Western District Health

Offbeat | US: UC Berkeley’s Mark Twain project finds cache of new writing

In the letters, the man who would write The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, likened the city’s police chief to a dog chasing its

Offbeat: Oyez! Town crier at royal baby birth captures attention

And it wasn’t for the first time. Town crier Tony Appleton took to the steps Saturday outside London’s St. Mary’s Hospital to loudly proclaim the birth of Britain’s newest royal member,

Offbeat: Large tourist hotel abruptly closes in Puerto Rico 

A large hotel in one of the main tourist districts of Puerto Rico has abruptly announced that it will close. Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association President Miguel Vega says the

Offbeat | Romania: robbers trained to steal jewels, cars detained

The alleged leader was among those detained and prosecutors have asked for their arrest. “They were trained to break windows and steal very expensive watches in a short time, 30 seconds,”

Offbeat: US Supreme Court rejects appeal over fish pedicure ban

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a salon owner challenging a decision by local regulators to stop her from offering pedicures using fish that nibble dead skin

Offbeat: Egypt court sentences belly dancer for ‘insulting’ flag

Egyptian court has sentenced a popular Armenian belly dancer to six months in prison for “insulting the Egyptian flag” after she allegedly wore a tight dress in its red, white

Offbeat: Bosnians hope to break world record for biggest chicken stew

Some 100 cooks and volunteers used 1,000 kilograms of chicken meat and about 300 kilograms of vegetables to prepare the traditional dish, known as Bey’s soup, in the center of

Offbeat: Chimp Tushi turns drone-buster in Dutch Burgers’ Zoo

When the zoo sent a drone over the chimpanzee enclosure for a better look at how their 14 apes live, the response was swift. With the unfamiliar intruder coming close to

Offbeat: Manufacturing firm seeks to build world’s largest surfboard

WPRO-AM reports that Bristol-based mouldCAM is building the board for the Visit Huntington Beach campaign in California, which hopes to break the world record for the most people to catch

Offbeat: Selena’s estate sues record label over digital royalties 

The lawsuit was filed by Selena Quintanilla’s estate against UMG Recordings in U.S. District Court in New York on March 31, the 20th anniversary of the singer’s death. UMG declined

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