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Three Stooges Make Big Comeback!
Offbeat  (tags: Threestooges, clowns, lawmakers, prison, zoo, tubal-cain )

Stanley
- 801 days ago - care2.com
The Three Stooges have made a big comeback in Washington D.C. Bop em over the head with a new law. Poke em in the eyes with new taxes. Sock em in the belly with longer sentence.
Nebraska State Senator Sues God
Offbeat  (tags: lawsuit, bizarre, religion? )

Christy
- 807 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LINCOLN, Neb. - The defendant in a state senator's lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He's everywhere.
Duck! Here Comes Super Teacher!
Offbeat  (tags: culture, corporal punishment, bizarre, praised )

Christy
- 808 days ago - news.yahoo.com
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese teacher who threw a chair at his students was named "super teacher" by the local board of education despite having been reprimanded several times for using corporal punishment, a news agency said on Saturday.
Sniff Squad Seeks Objectionable Odors
Offbeat  (tags: humans, environment, unusual, science )

Christy
- 808 days ago - news.yahoo.com
OGDEN, Utah - The city bought a $1,475 olfactometer to sniff out odor violations following complaints at a dog-food factory. Three citizens volunteered to join a city sniff squad and will be trained to used the device.
Police: Irate Woman Throws Baby At Trooper
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, bizarre )

Cal
- 806 days ago - wbaltv.com
A Maryland mother was arraigned on drug and child abuse charges after police said she threw her 6-month-old child across a room at a police officer.
NASA Shuttle to Launch Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, NASA, lightsaber )


- 809 days ago - space.com
When the space shuttle Discovery launches the STS-120 astronaut crew in October, the force will be with them.
What Is Wikipedia, and What Is It Good For? By Dick Clark
Offbeat  (tags: information, politics, propaganda, culture, media )


- 817 days ago - lewrockwell.com
There are a lot of bad things said about "Wikipedia", the ninth most-visited destination on the internet...
FAA: Adventurer Fossett's Plane Missing
Offbeat  (tags: FAA, Adventurer, missing airplane, search, highway patrol, world, culture, interesting )

Barb
- 821 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Teams searched rugged terrain Tuesday for a plane carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon, but crews had little idea where the plane might be, federal officials said. ..
German House Crashed Into for the 10th Time
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, off-beat, weird, safety )

Patricia
- 821 days ago - abc.net.au
A German man says he fears he may have built his own tomb after a vehicle ploughed into his house for the 10th time. "If we stay, someone's eventually going to kill us. We're living in a time bomb," Manfred Sedlazek said.
Police Say Woman Lived With Dead Aunt
Offbeat  (tags: odd, bizarre, women, offbeat )

Patricia
- 819 days ago - hosted.ap.org
Oy! A Viennese woman lived with the mummified remains of her dead aunt for more than a year, police said Wednesday.
 
 
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