Kansas City Star: Weird News http://www.kansascity.com/343/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Weird News 60 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:45:49 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com Peacock hitches ride with pair along Pa. roadway http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718750.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718750.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:46 CDT Picking up hitchhikers can be risky, but this one in northeast Pennsylvania was a bird of a different feather. Jerry Dimick and a friend were driving along Route 307 near Clarks Summit on Wednesday when they spotted a peacock standing by the edge of the road. In Portland, Ore., parking laws include police http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718208.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718208.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:51 CDT Portland police are not above the parking laws, even if they're hungry. Boy, 11, bites pit bull to fend off attack http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718808.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718808.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:46 CDT An 11-year old boy is in Brazil's media spotlight after sinking his teeth into the neck of a dog that attacked him. Local newspapers reported on Thursday that Gabriel Almeida was playing in his uncle's backyard in the city of Belo Horizonte when a pit bull named Tita lunged at him and bit him in the left arm. Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718202.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718202.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:31 CDT A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. Deputies intercept text message to capture suspect http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718984.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/718984.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:01 CDT After catching one of two people wanted in a series of break-ins, deputies in North Carolina let their fingers do the chasing to catch a second suspect. Stolen motorcycle found after 34 years in N.J. http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717457.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717457.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:38 CDT Prosecutors say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was stolen nearly 34 years ago in Rhode Island has surfaced in central New Jersey. The 1971 Sportster was purchased on eBay for $2,400 by Michael Meistrell of Cranford. Bubble burst? Off-Broadway show's suds stolen http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717723.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717723.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:38 CDT The bubble might have burst for off-Broadway's "Gazillion Bubbles Show." Someone has stolen the show's specialized soapy bubble solution, which takes two months to make. 'Pantyhose Bandit' causes sheer annoyance in Mass. http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717252.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717252.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:33 CDT Dozens of pairs of pantyhose have been left near a Milford school bus stop - causing sheer annoyance in the neighborhood. The pantyhose - sometimes new, sometimes used - has been left on Camp Street for more than two years. They're almost always black and queen sized. 117 cats, raccoon, and rabbit found at Omaha home http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717566.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717566.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:33 CDT Humane society workers have found 117 cats, a raccoon and a rabbit in a north Omaha house. The discovery came Wednesday after Council Bluffs, Iowa, police caught the 54-year-old woman who lives at the house reportedly stealing cat food. Officials say she smelled like cat urine. Teacher lasts 20 hours on carnival ride, wins $1K http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/716216.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/716216.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:49 CDT A Minnesota high school teacher has lasted 20 hours on a carnival ride to win the Ride the Tide Challenge at the Mall of America. Couple claim mysterious noise plagues their house http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717262.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717262.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:33 CDT Bob and Leona Ehrfurth say the noise that's been plaguing them for two years sounds something like a rumbling motor, with a subtle vibration that won't quit. Then it stops - especially when they try to show city officials or acoustic experts what they're hearing. Pet rabbit credited with saving couple from fire http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717631.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/717631.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:58 CDT A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne. Woman runs sword into foot during Wiccan ceremony http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715652.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715652.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:00 CDT A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a central Indiana cemetery. RI cops arrest man with 0.491 blood alcohol level http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/716221.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/716221.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:11 CDT State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/713821.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/713821.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:03 CDT Police say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in. Kyle Burress, 25, and Allen Pierce, 27, have been charged with second-degree burglary. Suspected bomb turns out to be string cheese http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715403.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715403.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:02 CDT A piece of string cheese made to look like a bomb forced the temporary closure of a Centerville grocery store. Police were called to Dick's Market over the weekend for a report that a someone had left a device covered in duct tape near a dry ice cooler. Man finds second long python in Maine in a week http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715426.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715426.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:41 CDT A man is having trouble sleeping since he found a python snake about 9 feet long under the engine of his pickup truck. Harley Burgess's shocking discovery Saturday is the second of its kind in less than a week in Maine. NY man earning $100K lived in company paint shed http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715874.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715874.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:21 CDT A New York state report says a maintenance man who earned $100,000 last year working at a psychiatric center has been living for free in a paint shed on company grounds and even had his mail delivered there. Suspected thieves run out of gas at Goodwill store http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715405.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715405.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:07 CDT Three men suspected of stealing from a Goodwill store in Cookeville ran out of gas before making it out of the parking lot, police say. Rhode Island police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715428.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715428.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00 CDT State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Wayward porcupine saved on interstate with shovel http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715415.html http://www.kansascity.com/450/story/715415.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:07 CDT A porcupine that wandered onto the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 in Spokane and found itself trapped has been rescued by a Washington state transportation worker with a very long-handled shovel.