Oddly Enough

Cops Believe North Carolina Inmate Hid 10-Inch Revolver In His Rectum. Luckily, It Was Unloaded.

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:02:00 -0500

A man arrested this week in North Carolina may have stashed a .38 barrel revolver in his rectum, according to police, who reported that the unloaded 10-inch weapon was not discovered until after the suspect had been booked into a cell in the county jail.

Woman Jailed 10 Days For Having Messy Yard

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:56:00 -0500

A Mount Pleasant woman is serving 10 days in jail after failing to pay a $480 fine for having a messy yard.

Swastika earrings reportedly no longer for sale at Brooklyn jewelry store

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:31:00 -0500

The owner of a Brooklyn jewelry store criticized for selling swastika earrings will reportedly stop selling the controversial item.

NYC school employee fired for faking daughter’s death to get vacation time in Costa Rica

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:37:00 -0500

A New York City school employee forged a daughter’s death certificate to get extra vacation time in Costa Rica and has since been fired, according to a report by the school system.

Look, no hands! Italian driver caught on two phones

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:09:00 -0500

An Italian driver was stopped by astonished police in the southern city of Bari on Saturday when they saw him speaking on two phones with a handset in each hand and no control of the wheel.

Apples fall from the sky over UK town

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:15:00 -0500

Stunned motorists were forced to brake sharply to avoid the falling fruit, believed to be swept up by a vortex caused by freak weather conditions in Coventry.

Meet the North Dakota family of anti-government separatists busted by cops using a Predator drone... after 'stealing ...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:13:00 -0500

Meet the Brossarts, a North Dakota family deemed so dangerous that the local sheriff needed unleashed an unmanned Predator drone to help bring them in.

Man accidentally gives away life savings hidden away in donated suit

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:39:00 -0500

There's a cynical old saying that "no good deed goes unpunished." That adage has proved true for an elderly Illinois man who accidentally gave away his entire life savings when making a clothing donation to his local Goodwill.

On Santa's Naughty list! Frosty the Snowman arrested for 'brawling with police' during Christmas parade

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:19:00 -0500

Who says 'Frosty the Snowman' has to be jolly? A man in a 'Frosty the Snowman' costume was arrested Saturday during the annual Christmas parade in Chestertown, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He's accused of scuffling with police and kicking at a police dog.

Woman purchases turkey with '07 expiration date

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:07:00 -0500

A Nashville woman was surprised to find that she had purchased a turkey from a local grocery store that had expired four years ago.

'Christmas quality, Hanukkah pricing': Company accused over 'anti-Semitic' vodka billboard

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:03:00 -0500

A vodka company pulled down a New York billboard after critics called it anti-Semitic for playing on the stereotype that 'Jews are cheap.'

Thief Uses Crane to Lift Jeep off Lot

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:18:00 -0400

A thief used a crane to literally lift a Jeep Wrangler off of a northern Indiana car lot Sunday.

Lean times on the Thames: Big Ben slightly askew

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:54:00 -0400

Big Ben has a little bend. Experts say the neogothic clock tower - one of the world's most recognizable landmarks - is gently leaning to one side. Documents recently published by Britain's Parliament show that the top of its gilded spire is nearly 18 inches (nearly half a meter) out of line.

Floods wash sharks into golf course lake

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:54:00 -0400

Lawyers aren't the only sharks hanging around the Carbrook Golf Club. The Australian course's water hazard poses a danger--to more than just your game.

Connecticut Prisoners Begin Protest Over 'Unfair' Porn Ban

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:52:00 -0400

A group of prisoners has begun a letter-writing campaign to protest what they see as an unfair ban on pornography inside the state’s correctional institutions.

Hundreds of dirty diapers dumped along city streets

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:58:00 -0400

People in Lake Mary, an Orlando suburb, say someone has been throwing hundreds of dirty diapers along their streets for months, possibly years.

Boss held contest on which employee would be fired next

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:54:00 -0400

The owner of an Iowa convenience store chain has been called "the boss from hell" by a former worker who claims he offered prize money to employees who predicted which of their colleagues would be fired next.

Two scuba divers saved by passing yacht after charter boat left them to DIE at sea

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:25:00 -0400

Two terrified divers were left stranded in shark-infested waters when their charter boat disappeared. Paul Kline and Fernando Garcia Puerta had to cling to a buoy for two hours after surfacing from their late-afternoon dive in the Atlantic Ocean three miles from Miami and finding no trace of their boat.

Naked woman, 71, busted for car sex romp with man, 54

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:25:00 -0400

A naked 71-year-old woman and her equally clothes-free male companion, 54, were arrested last month for indecent exposure after a Michigan cop found them trysting in the back seat of a Buick Regal that was rocking gently and had its windows steamed over, according to a police report.

To boldly show: World's most expensive telescope takes first pictures of deepest space in quest for more knowledge of...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:25:00 -0400

This is the remarkable first picture taken by the new $1.3billion radio telescope sitting high in the Chilean Andes. It shows two galaxies colliding in a view no other telescope on Earth or in space could capture.