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 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:05:55 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141847.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141847.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:29 EDT A 26-year-old Philadelphia man suspected of impersonating a priest while visiting a wounded police officer was arrested on Monday. The man was charged with criminal trespass and false impersonating. Investigators said he posed as a Roman Catholic priest last month and entered a hospital's intensive care unit to visit Officer Richard Hayes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141791.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141791.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:39 EDT There's more to Michigan than the mitten. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141565.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:09 EDT Want to spend a night in jail? And how about paying for the privilege? The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department in eastern Missouri has come up with a novel way to pay for mattresses at a new jail addition. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141544.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141544.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:59 EDT A 51-year-old man told a police officer he was naked in a northern Indiana cemetery because he had taken off his wet clothes after checking on his in-laws' grave and then wanted a closer look at some flowers. The officer was off duty and jogging through Rice Cemetery in Elkhart Sunday afternoon when he saw the naked man get into a truck and drive away. The officer later tracked down the Mishawaka man from his license plate number. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141524.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141524.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:39 EDT Gainesville police are seeking an employee who tore up the fast-food restaurant, damaging cash registers and ruining some meals after he was fired. Sgt. Belva McClinton said a warrant was being prepared Tuesday for a 20-year-old man on criminal mischief charges. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141493.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141493.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:29 EDT For some state employees, going to work really stinks. Aging sewer pipes are being blamed for a rotten smell at the Manuel Lujan Sr. Building, which was built in 1974 and houses the state Taxation and Revenue Department as its main tenant. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141492.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141492.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:29 EDT Police have arrested a couple allegedly caught smoking marijuana while waiting in the drive-through line at an Arby's restaurant with their 1-year-old in the back seat. A restaurant employee noticed the aroma late Friday and called 911, then had the couple wait for their order of chicken as police sped to the scene. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141473.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141473.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:24 EDT A man has been charged with public intoxication after authorities said he was walking along Highway 11 with a pair of panties hanging out from his unzipped pants. According to The Daily Post-Athenian, 31-year-old man told deputies he had been at a pool party and stole them from a nearby home early Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141400.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141400.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:39 EDT The band's managers want to meet with an Ohio heavy metal fan who said he has listened to the latest Judas Priest album every day for more than a year. Jim Bartek of Maple Heights said that's a lot of listening when you consider the album "Nostradamus" is an hour and 45 minutes long. But the 49-year-old truck shop employee said you can hear it over and over and always hear something new. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141383.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141383.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:34 EDT Police said a homeowner in Maine used a beer to entice an intoxicated intruder to leave. The intruder apparently didn't realize that it was a nonalcoholic beer. Bar Harbor police said the homeowner awoke early Monday to find 22-year-old Scott Cote in the bedroom and used the beer to convince him to carry on. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1140866.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1140866.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:34 EDT Deputies say a man suspected of kidnapping a woman used an ATM card with his name on it to pop open a lock at her Wyoming home, and then left the card behind. Sweetwater County authorities say 20-year-old Martin Joseph Adams was arrested last week on suspicion of kidnapping, battery and burglary. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141357.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1141357.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:14 EDT A romantic wedding in the Tuscan countryside ended with injuries after an attempt to launch the bride's bouquet from a plane brought down the tiny aircraft. Italian police say two people were hurt in the crash of the ultralight plane after the bridal bouquet they launched got caught in the aircraft's rear rotor. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1137245.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1137245.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:00 EDT Brenda Bailey is still on a roll. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1137243.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1137243.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:50 EDT The car was a-rockin', and the law went a-knockin'. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1139140.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1139140.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:54 EDT Authorities in south Alabama say a gas station employee used a cricket bat to chase away a would-be robber who brandished a toy gun. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1137740.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1137740.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:27 EDT Authorities say a parolee who robbed a Michigan bank was caught when he tried to hitch a ride from an undercover police detective. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136801.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136801.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:40 EDT A suburban Philadelphia man has agreed to take anger management classes for blaring a pornographic soundtrack to chase away kids playing outside his home. Michael Buck was arrested May 31 at his upscale Phoenixville cul-de-sac after irate neighbors told police they could hear the sexually explicit audio a block-and-a-half away. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136516.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136516.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:30 EDT A long-haul trucker from southeastern Idaho has created a new trucking-themed board game inspired by his hours on the road. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136468.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136468.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:15 EDT The car was a-rockin', and the law went a-knockin'. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136453.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1136453.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:55 EDT Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.