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Offbeat News tagged with News

One Dead in Miley Cyrus Tour Bus Crash
Offbeat  (tags: transportation, crash, police, death, tour bus, news )

Lone
- 7 days ago - people.com
tour bus transporting Miley Cyrus's crew was involved in a deadly crash outside Richmond, Va., on Friday.
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The Galaxy Dress Embroidered With 24,000 LEDs That Is Guaranteed to Light Up Any Room
Offbeat  (tags: Women, Fashion, Galaxy Dress, Feminism, Art, News, Science, Technology )

Alisa
- 7 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Women could soon literally 'light up a room' thanks to a high-tech dress embroidered with 24,000 tiny LED bulbs.
3 comments
Shaming Undermines Justice
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, crime, signs, public, news )

Lone
- 10 days ago - blogs.usatoday.com
Across the country, judges and prosecutors and jailers are freelancing by imposing their own brands of retributive justice: forcing people to wear humiliating clothing, parade in public and even sleep in doghouses. The punishments are wildly
4 comments
Brazilian Man Turns Up Alive at His Own Funeral-As Is Customary in Brazil, the Funeral Was Held the Following Day.
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, odd, interesting, bizarre, auto, crime, humor, performance, police, safety, society, news )

Suzybell
- 18 days ago - metro.co.uk
A Brazilian man who was thought to have been killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family when he turned up alive at his funeral. Relatives of bricklayer Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a car crash on Sunday night, pol
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Snake Surprise as Reptile Slithers Across Windscreen
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, odd, off-beat, humans, interesting, bizarre, animals, performance, news, society, environment, safety )

Suzybell
- 18 days ago - metro.co.uk
Two men got a nasty surprise as they were driving their van - when a massive white snake slithered across their windscreen. The 4-foot-long albino reptile emerged from the bonnet of James Denton and Morne Aspeling's van as they drove back to their office.
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Night of 1000 Pumpkins Has Pixies, Fairies, Jimi Hendrix, Lucy and Ricki
Offbeat  (tags: Halloween, funny, humor, interesting, news )

Sally
- 26 days ago - newsblaze.com
Shannon Cheyne, Sutter Street Merchants manager, said We thought this would be a great event for families ... as you can see from the number of people ... it is a huge success.
1 comment
Weird America
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, humor, bizarre, unusual, humans, culture, funny, news )

Cal
- 28 days ago - cityguides.msn.com
12 strange landmarks and attractions in cities and towns across the country that might have you doing a double take
6 comments
USS New York: Navy's New Ship, Made With World Trade Center Steel, to Dock in City on Monday
Offbeat  (tags: navy, ship new york, will dock in ny, interesting, news )

Lone
- 29 days ago - nydailynews.com
Norfolk, Va. - It's the pride of the Navy - and it's finally heading our way. The New York, made with 7.5 tons of steel from the wrecked World Trade Center, is leaving its home port of Norfolk Naval Station
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Giant Gull Descends on Australian News Broadcast; Hilarity Ensues
Offbeat  (tags: animals, gulls, news, environment, birds )

Cher
- 29 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
We feel fortunate to be involved in news reporting behind the camera rather than in front of it -- and we've never felt more fortunate about that fact than we did when we saw this video, taken from a recent Australian news broadcast.
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Toronto Woman ID'd as Victim in Coyote Attack
Offbeat  (tags: news, animals, women, coyote, died )

Horselove
- 30 days ago - thechronicleherald.ca
A woman attacked by coyotes in the Cape Breton Highlands has died. RCMP Sgt. Brigdit Leger announced this morning that the woman had sustained serious injuries and died overnight.
15 comments
Unflappable Newsreader Ignores Giant Seagull
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, funny, seagull, news )

Neall
- 35 days ago - uk.news.yahoo.com
Australian newsreader Peter Hitchiner has been upstaged by a special guest during a bulletin - a giant seagull.
6 comments
Soupy Sales, Famed Comedian From the Golden Age of Television, Dead at 83
Offbeat  (tags: comedian, childhood, died from cancer, news )

Lone
- 35 days ago - nydailynews.com
Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced, pie-in the-puss comic beloved by the Baby Boomer generation, died Thursday night. He was 83
11 comments
Derailment Expected to Delay Evening Metra Trains
Offbeat  (tags: train derailment, rush hour, news, Hazardous Waste )

Lone
- 36 days ago - chicagobreakingnews.com
Evening rush-hour delays are expected on Metra's Southwest trains because of a freight train that derailed south of Union Station this morning
1 comment
Mohawk Tribe Promises No Questions Asked at Gun Buyback
Offbeat  (tags: Native Americans, guns, news, police, buy back )

Lone
- 36 days ago - standard-freeholder.com
CORNWALL - The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is offering, for the first time, a no-questions-asked gun amnesty aimed at promoting public safety and discouraging violent crime in Akwesasne.
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