http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Weird News 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:41:18 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1345614.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1345614.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:47 EST Police say a bank robbery suspect in Ohio may have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1345288.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1345288.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:57 EST An unidentified driver managed to perform an unintentional stunt at a shopping mall's alley on Friday night, in Fort Lauderdale. <bR><bR> Fort Lauderdale rescue and police surrounded the bizarre scene: A car facing up while balancing on a support wire for a utility pole. The driver managed to exit the car. No one was hurt. <Br><bR> The driver failed to see the support wire for the utility pole, while making a sharp turn at a dark shopping mall's alley near 17th st. Causeway and Cordova Road. The car was stuck behind the Winn Dixie. <bR><bR> <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_iQLB8wDfNQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_iQLB8wDfNQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344730.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344730.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:42 EST Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344404.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344404.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:26 EST The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed. The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunctioned and that she was actually due no more than $2 from the operation in Macon County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344242.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344242.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31 EST Wichita police arrested a pregnant woman after she allegedly robbed homes after asking residents for help. Police said the woman, who is eight months pregnant, had been telling people in west Wichita that her car broke down and she needed to call someone for a ride. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344226.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344226.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21 EST A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344224.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344224.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21 EST A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344212.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1344212.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16 EST Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1343732.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1343732.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11 EST A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342890.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342890.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11 EST California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342859.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342859.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36 EST An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing. Indianapolis police arrested the suspect at Arlington High School on Tuesday after receiving a tip from a television viewer saw surveillance video on a newscast. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342753.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342753.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:06 EST A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. Albert Perkins, 40, admitted Thursday that he stole more than $3,100 from First Federal Bank in Kansas City on May 7. Prosecutors said that after he ordered a teller to give him all the $100 bills, he placed his wallet on the counter and handed her a plastic bag. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342829.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342829.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:11 EST A 2-year-old in north Mississippi has done something few toddlers can: He helped his mother give birth to his brother. Bobbye Favazza told The Commercial Appeal she went into labor this past Friday and gave birth on the family's living room couch in Olive Branch. She said her toddler, Jeremiha Taylor, got her a towel and caught the baby before firefighters arrived to cut the umbilical cord. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342602.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342602.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:21 EST A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342475.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342475.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06 EST Intrepid Ohio State University researchers have learned students don't just party in a campus lake during rituals before the annual Michigan game. They also potty there. Thousands of students will jump into Ohio State's Mirror Lake Thursday night, ahead of Saturday's football game between the Buckeyes and Wolverines. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342462.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342462.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01 EST Fargo police said a man ran over a light pole and punched a police officer in the mouth when the officer tried to arrest him. Police Sgt. Mark Lykken said police got a report about 2 a.m. Thursday that a pickup hit a light pole and pulled into a nearby parking lot. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342433.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342433.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:51 EST A man accused of using a squeegee to hit another man during a fight over who was first in line at a gas pump was due in court on charges. The man, Hector Chavez, 21, was to be arraigned Friday in Faulkner County Circuit Court on a second-degree battery charge. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342020.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342020.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31 EST A person in a chicken costume ruffled the feathers of Durango's city council as its members discussed rules for backyard fowl. At a council meeting Tuesday, someone in a chicken costume quietly entered the council chambers just as the mayor was discussing a recently-passed backyard hen ordinance. The costumed chicken took a few turns, flapped its arms, then took a seat in the nearly empty gallery. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1341182.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1341182.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:05 EST A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made of themselves burglarizing homes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342032.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1342032.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:31 EST A town on New York's Long Island is hoping for better attendance at its 16th annual holiday boat parade this year by restoring "Christmas" to the event's name.