http://www.kansascity.com/343/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2012Kansas City Star Weird News 60 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:13:03 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3420765/nyc-sewage-plant-to-offer-valentines.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3420765/nyc-sewage-plant-to-offer-valentines.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:41 CST It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day. 30606 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3419386/stolen-car-suspect-tries-to-hide.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3419386/stolen-car-suspect-tries-to-hide.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:57 CST A suspect in an auto theft was arrested Thursday after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Westwood neighborhood. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3419636/hundreds-ask-vt-to-keep-prank.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3419636/hundreds-ask-vt-to-keep-prank.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:36 CST Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers? 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3418745/pakistani-man-fights-police-over.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3418745/pakistani-man-fights-police-over.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:56 CST Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a fisherman. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3418952/necklace-flushed-down-toilet-returned.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3418952/necklace-flushed-down-toilet-returned.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:51 CST A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3417844/ex-ca-mayor-admits-stealing-mixer.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3417844/ex-ca-mayor-admits-stealing-mixer.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16 CST The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3416327/trooper-irate-driver-hit-man-with.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3416327/trooper-irate-driver-hit-man-with.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:32 CST The Washington State Patrol says an irate driver apparently whacked a man in the shoulder with a small sledge hammer in a road rage dispute. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3416934/judge-buy-wife-flowers-then-take.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3416934/judge-buy-wife-flowers-then-take.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:52 CST A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/07/3416152/alaska-man-accused-of-trying-to.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/07/3416152/alaska-man-accused-of-trying-to.html#storylink=rss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32 CST Authorities in Alaska say a man threatened to teach "crackheads" how to make "electromagnetic distortion devices" unless the state paid him $85,000. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413069/montana-man-fined-1k-for-instigating.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413069/montana-man-fined-1k-for-instigating.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:27 CST A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/05/3411442/chicago-college-offers-class-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/05/3411442/chicago-college-offers-class-on.html#storylink=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:22 CST A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/05/3412096/chopper-makes-emergency-landing.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/05/3412096/chopper-makes-emergency-landing.html#storylink=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:37 CST Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3407904/kobayashi-downs-record-337-wings.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3407904/kobayashi-downs-record-337-wings.html#storylink=rss Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:32 CST Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3407680/wrong-number-call-helps-ohio-woman.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3407680/wrong-number-call-helps-ohio-woman.html#storylink=rss Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:27 CST A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3407715/pet-elk-denied-re-entry-to-pennsylvania.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3407715/pet-elk-denied-re-entry-to-pennsylvania.html#storylink=rss Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:52 CST A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3407727/sheep-herding-swedish-bunny-becomes.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3407727/sheep-herding-swedish-bunny-becomes.html#storylink=rss Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:12 CST Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/02/3407159/man-admits-to-jumping-on-backs.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/02/3407159/man-admits-to-jumping-on-backs.html#storylink=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:57 CST A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/01/3405079/lions-apparently-not-enough-to.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/01/3405079/lions-apparently-not-enough-to.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:52 CST With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/02/3406469/inmate-adds-pig-image-to-vt-police.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/02/3406469/inmate-adds-pig-image-to-vt-police.html#storylink=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:37 CST A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/02/3407093/mont-man-starts-police-chase-as.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/02/3407093/mont-man-starts-police-chase-as.html#storylink=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:42 CST A 55-year-old Montana man who says he "always wanted" to be part of a police chase can check that off his bucket list. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/01/3403476/after-traffic-stop-ohio-woman.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/01/3403476/after-traffic-stop-ohio-woman.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:17 CST A woman's speeding got her a warning from an Ohio state trooper but wasn't enough to keep her grandchild from being born in her car. 30607