Tag: Offbeat
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Offbeat | Comedian posts fake animal facts around Los Angeles Zoo
Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo may have been greeted by some misinformation recently, courtesy of a comedian who posted fake facts about animals around the ... -
Offbeat | The Swiss army battles its latest foe: bedbugs in dorms
The Swiss army is working hard to fend off its latest foe: bedbugs. The defense department said this week that a parents’ day event planned for ... -
Offbeat | Behind famed hot dog contest, a whopper of a legend
Nathan’s Famous may be in the hot dog business, but for decades they’ve been peddling a whopper. Showmen behind Nathan’s annual Fourth of July hot dog ... -
Offbeat | German writes own obit, bans relatives from funeral
A German man has taken his grudges to the grave, telling relatives in a posthumous newspaper notice that some of them aren’t welcome at his funeral. ... -
Offbeat | US: Man saved from blaze by son’s cackling chickens
A Pennsylvania fire chief says some cackling chickens turned out to be cock-a-doodle-do-gooders. Creekside Fire Chief Pete Yacovone says David Wells escaped from his burning Indiana ... -
Offbeat | Horseback rider on NYC bridge is raising awareness of hunger
A cowboy who tied up traffic by riding a horse across a busy bridge connecting New York City and New Jersey says he is traversing the ... -
Offbeat | German court restarts trial after judge repeatedly nods off
A German court had to restart the trial of two men suspected of robbing a grocery store because a judge kept nodding off during the proceedings. ... -
Offbeat | US: Wife of nation’s lowest-paid governor takes waitressing job
The waitress bounded with a cup of chowder and a plate of fish and broccoli. It was Ann LePage’s first double shift at McSeagull’s, a bustling ... -
Offbeat | Zombie dog? Coyote? Mystery animal seen in cemetery
Police in New Hampshire say a macabre mammal spotted in a town cemetery is likely a mangy fox — not a “zombie dog” or mythical beast ... -
Offbeat | Bear that walks like a human re-emerges in New Jersey
A New Jersey black bear that walks upright on its two hind legs and has become a social media darling has re-emerged and has been captured ... -
Offbeat | Mystery brews in Atlanta: Someone stole a whole lot of beer
A mystery is brewing in Atlanta, where someone stole an ocean of beer. A brewery in the city says nearly 3,300 cases of beer went missing ... -
Offbeat | BMW seeks partners in race to build self-driving car’s brain
BMW is accelerating plans to acquire technology expertise in a race with the likes of Apple Inc. and Google to make cars smart enough to react ... -
Offbeat | 1,200-foot amusement ride proposed for NY’s Penn Station
Catching a train at New York’s crowded Penn Station is no thrill. But a development team has proposed a novel plan to overhaul the station: Build ... -
Offbeat | Colorado woman pries open mountain lion’s jaws to rescue son
Summoned by the sound of screams, a Colorado woman raced to her front yard to find a terrifying sight: A mountain lion was hunched over her ... -
Offbeat | Holy punch! Cyprus priest biffs groom’s backslapping brother
The best man slapped the groom on the back, which is an old Cypriot wedding custom. The priest punching the best man would be an innovation. ... -
Offbeat | Maine teacher who won USD1m award resolves shoplifting charge
A shoplifting charge against a Maine teacher who won the USD1 million Global Teacher Prize will be dropped if she meets terms imposed by a court. ... -
Offbeat | Seagull masala? Bird falls in vat of curry, turns orange
Officials at a wildlife hospital say a seagull turned bright orange after falling into a vat of chicken tikka masala in Wales. The gull was likely ... -
Offbeat | Uber driver returns lost money to World Series Poker player
A World Series of Poker player says he hit an “emotional jackpot” thanks to an Uber driver who returned his USD7,000 ante. Jacob Brundage, of Lakeland, ... -
Offbeat | Ukraine border guards discover bootleg alcohol pipeline
Authorities in Ukraine say they have foiled plans to ship bootleg alcohol from Moldova to Ukraine via a pipeline. The SBU security service said yesterday that ... -
Offbeat | More than 10,000 words have been cut from football laws
More than 10,000 words have been cut from the “Laws of the Game” ahead of the European Championship, but don’t expect the changes to make the ... -
Offbeat | Gravediggers compete in race judged on speed and style
Digging their way to the top, 18 two-man teams of Hungarian gravediggers displayed their skills Friday for a place in a regional championship to be held ... -
Offbeat | Forbes: Former richest self-made US woman now worth nothing
Forbes has revised the net worth of the woman it crowned America’s richest self-made woman last year from USD4.5 billion to nothing. Forbes says its estimate of ... -
Offbeat | Kayak completes solo voyage from Australia to New Zealand
Stuart Cleary set out in late 2014 to paddle solo from Australia to New Zealand. But in the end, it was his homemade kayak that completed ... -
Offbeat | Director: Zoo safe despite shooting of gorilla to save boy
The director of the Cincinnati Zoo says it remains safe for its 1.6 million annual visitors despite a weekend tragedy in which a gorilla was fatally ... -
Offbeat | No likes for Utah apartment complex’s Facebook requirement
Tenants at a Salt Lake City apartment complex are not giving “likes” to a Facebook-centric condition to their lease. KSL-TV reports (bit.ly/1XH25il) that tenants at City ... -
Offbeat | Three foreign tourists dead after boat capsizes in Thailand
Rescuers in Thailand searched Friday for a British man who was still missing after a speedboat packed with tourists capsized near the popular resort island of Koh Samui, ... -
Offbeat | Thai man bloodied but unbowed after intimate attack by snake
A Thai man is recovering from a bloody encounter with a 3-meter python that slithered through the plumbing of his home and latched its jaws onto ... -
Offbeat | Chewbacca Mom’s infectious laugh draws more than 137m views on Facebook
Before last week, Candace Payne’s infectious laugh was known only to her close friends and family. After she went into hysterics donning a toy Chewbacca mask ... -
Offbeat | In sync: Over 31,000 in China set world dance record
China’s dancing grannies have taken their moves to the record books. Guinness World Records says more than 31,000 Chinese participants have set a record for mass ... -
Offbeat | 12-year-old California student ready to start university
A 12-year-old Sacramento student who already has three community college degrees and has been accepted to two University of California campuses says he plans on studying ... -
Offbeat | 17 Taiwan tourists injured in train-bus crash in Switzerland
Seventeen tourists from Taiwan were injured when a German high-speed train collided with a tour bus in the Swiss lakeside town of Interlaken, Swiss police and ... -
Offbeat | A Finn idea: In Helsinki, a Burger King with a sauna
Finland’s Parliament has one. Nokia has one. And now a Burger King restaurant in downtown Helsinki has its own sauna. Hanne-Mari Ahonen, brand manager for Burger ... -
Offbeat | Texas woman sells ‘housebroken’ bison she let wander inside
A 1,000-pound “domesticated” bison that was allowed to roam in her owner’s Dallas-area home has moved on to pastures new. Bullet the bison was transported this ... -
Offbeat | First US penis transplant could bring hope to maimed soldiers
A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation’s first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. ... -
Offbeat | Caught: Philadelphia police van is disguised as Google Maps vehicle
Philadelphia police officers attached a large Google Maps logo to a surveillance van in an apparent attempt to disguise it as one of the company’s street-filming ...
