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 2010 MiamiHerald.com Weird News 60 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:25:14 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471740.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471740.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:02 EST A man accidentally shot himself in the leg shortly after leaving a Jupiter gun store. Police said the unidentified man went to Chuck's Guns and Ammo Monday afternoon, looking for batteries for the laser sight on a small handgun. When the man was back in his car, the gun accidentally fired, hitting him in the leg. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471615.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471615.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:42 EST A man police dubbed the Bicycle Bandit has admitted committing eight bank robberies in southern New Jersey and Delaware. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471494.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471494.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:46 EST An 11-year-old boy faces assault and weapon charges for trying to stab a classmate with a pencil over a math problem. Police in New Hartford, 80 miles west of Albany, said the boy was mad because a classmate kept trying to help him in math class on Monday. When the would-be helper wouldn't back off, police said the boy lashed out with a sharp pencil and inflicted a scratch treated by the school nurse. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471326.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471326.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:52 EST Los Angeles County prosecutors are looking into a complaint that the mayor of Carson cuts off public speakers at City Council meetings if he doesn't like what they're saying. David Demerjian of the district attorney's office said the complaint claims that Mayor Jim Dear hits the mute button on speakers before the three-minute time limit is up. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471312.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471312.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:47 EST A smelly problem is piling at trails around Jackson where people go hiking and cross-country skiing with their dogs. How big is this problem? Bridger-Teton National Forest officials say they recently counted 173 piles of dog waste around just one trailhead. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471298.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471298.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42 EST A bandit who likes to steal makeup from a well known drug store chain has returned after a six month absence. Chandler police said the "Blue Basket Bandit" attempted a theft Monday at a Walgreens store. Over the past two years, police said the thief has stolen approximately $10,000 worth of cosmetic merchandise from Walgreens stores around Chandler and neighboring cities. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471140.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1471140.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:41 EST A Roanoke man claims sheriff's deputies beat him in the city jail because of his burping. Thomas Scott Vandegrift made the allegations in a federal lawsuit filed last week against several deputies, the city, the sheriff's office and the sheriff. According to the lawsuit, the deputies were annoyed by Vandegrift's burping, which was caused by acid reflux. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1470884.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1470884.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:41 EST Authorities say a drunken man stole an ambulance from a Wisconsin ski area with the patient and paramedics still inside. The Dane County Sheriff's Department says emergency responders were treating a patient in the back of the ambulance at the Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard Area in Mount Horeb on Monday night. They say a 24-year-old Illinois man got into the vehicle and drove it around the parking lot. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1470080.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1470080.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:18 EST New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1469797.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1469797.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:38 EST New Castle County Police said a man pointed a gun at a neighbor who was shoveling snow on Saturday at the Hampton Walk Apartments. A man told police a neighbor came outside while he was shoveling, pointed a gun and threatened to shoot him if he didn't stop shoveling snow onto his car. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1469510.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1469510.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:41 EST Sheriff's deputies said a 17-year-old boy crashed his parents' car through the doors of Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, then drove it down the hall. The car finally stopped 75 yards later when it hit a security office. Two school workers were still on the property and heard the crash. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1469508.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1469508.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:41 EST An Ohio fire department says the smell of decaying radishes prompted calls from residents worried about a possible gas leak. Tiffin Township Volunteer Fire Department near Defiance in northwest Ohio responded to five reports of suspicious smells in the last 45 days. A field of oilseed radishes, planted as a cover crop that adds nutrients to the field, is near a natural gas compression station and a gas exchange station. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1469490.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1469490.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:36 EST Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1468940.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1468940.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:46 EST A strip club in Ohio has raised $1,000 for Haitian earthquake relief during what was billed as "Lap dances for Haiti." Marilyn's on Monroe in Toledo donated the $10 cover charges collected Saturday to ISOH (I-S-O-H)/IMPACT, an organization based in suburban Perrysburg that provides food and clothing for Haiti. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1466859.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1466859.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:38 EST An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak - using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1466513.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1466513.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:08 EST Police say a man suspected of stealing a bottle of Schnapps from a Wyoming grocery store didn't have the best escape route planned. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1466053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1466053.html Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:49 EST If you trust a rodent to predict when winter will end, how about an ape to guide your Super Bowl winner selection? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1465323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1465323.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:51 EST Central Illinois mechanic Dana Underwood makes the nooks and crannies of a car sound like a small-animal zoo. He's fished mice, snakes and rabbits out of automobiles - some alive, some not. Underwood's Thursday auto safari had a happy ending. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1465187.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1465187.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:40 EST A pot-smoking parolee in Colorado faces criminal charges for allegedly offering a cash bribe to try to pass a drug test. Police said a 34-year-old man tried Jan. 3 to bribe a state worker to allow him to use a device called a "Whizzinator" to pass a drug test he had to take while on parole. The man allegedly said he had a medical marijuana card, though officials couldn't confirm whether that was true. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1465185.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/1465185.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:40 EST Communication skills were clearly lacking in a woman who police said tried to rob two Memphis credit unions. She fled empty-handed both times. The Commercial Appeal reported the suspect is a short, thin black or Hispanic woman dressed in dark clothing with a red scarf.