Tag: Offbeat
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Offbeat | ‘This is impossible:’ New York man wins his 2nd USD1m lottery
A construction worker who won USD1 million in a lottery scratch-off game four years ago has defied enormous odds by hitting a $1 million jackpot again. ... -
Offbeat | 50 years after riot, publisher asks Rolling Stones to return to Lynn
A newspaper publisher is asking the Rolling Stones to return to town 50 years after they cut short a show during a thunderstorm, leading fans to ... -
Offbeat | US: Leaping sturgeon knocks boater unconscious on Florida river
Wildlife officials say a Florida man was knocked unconscious by a sturgeon that leapt into his boat on the Suwannee River during a fishing tournament. The ... -
Offbeat | These beasts are beauties: India holds bovine beauty pageant
Even beasts can be beautiful. Hundreds of cows and bulls walked the ramp in a north Indian town Saturday in a bovine beauty pageant aimed at ... -
Offbeat | London’s new Muslim mayor joins Holocaust memorial
London’s newly elected Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, has joined an annual memorial to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first official act ... -
Offbeat | The fireman’s pole is history – at least in Vienna
The fireman’s pole is history — at least in Vienna. Firefighter spokesman Lukas Schauer says the last pole in the Austrian capital was removed recently, marking ... -
Offbeat | Cross-bearing ‘Jesus’ arrested at Apple store for trespass
A man who calls himself “Philly Jesus” has a new cross to bear: He was arrested at a Philadelphia Apple store on a trespassing charge. Philly ... -
Offbeat | Albania hopes to lure tourists with Communist nuclear bunker
Who doesn’t want to see a formerly top-secret Communist nuclear bunker? A facility that was designed to keep Albania running after a nuclear attack is the ... -
Offbeat | Professor puts CV of his failures online to give perspective
A Princeton University professor has published a CV of his career failures as a way to give perspective to students who are feeling discouraged. Johannes Haushofer ... -
Offbeat | Rotary Club: Winner of rubber duck race can dine anywhere in the world
A rotary club in a small Massachusetts town is gearing up for its annual rubber ducky race in which the winner’s prize is a free dinner ... -
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 ... -
Offbeat | Andra Day to appear on 40 million Coke cups at McDonald’s
Andra Day wants to inspire people to rise up while drinking a Coke. The Grammy-nominated singer’s image and lyrics from her standout single “Rise Up” will ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Offbeat | NZ: So long, suckers! Inky the octopus makes an amazing escape
Inky the octopus waited until it was dark and the staff had gone home from the National Aquarium of New Zealand before making his move. He ... -
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 ... -
Offbeat | US: Goat wanders away from home, goes on Starbucks run
Police say a goat apparently needed a caffeine fix when it wandered into a Starbucks in Northern California. Rohnert Park police Sgt. Rick Bates says dispatchers ... -
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 ... -
Offbeat | 3 rescued island castaways spelled ‘help’ with palm fronds
The men rescued in this tale of three castaways were not named Tom Hanks, or Gilligan, or Robinson Crusoe. Though they might as well have been. ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Offbeat | US Police: We’d go to next Easter egg hunts after weekend mess
Police in a Connecticut town say they’d want to be present at future Easter egg hunts at candy company Pez’s visitor center after a hunt over ... -
Offbeat | Special delivery: Cat sent by mail by British owners survives eight days in box
A tough Siamese cat named Cupcake has survived eight days cooped up in a box after accidentally being sent through the mail by her British owners. ... -
Offbeat | After 27 years, Nobel panel condemns Rushdie death threats
The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the Nobel Prize in literature, has condemned an Iranian death warrant against British writer Salman Rushdie, 27 years ... -
Offbeat | Elephant dung at Prague Zoo morphs into a new form: paper
At first, their elephant dung was sold to gardeners as fertilizer. Now Prague Zoo has come up with a new use for it: making paper. The ... -
Offbeat | Thieves in Sweden appear to blow up building for ATM cash
Robbers in Sweden are suspected of blowing up the walls of a building in an apparent effort to empty an ATM. But police say they’re not ...
