http://www.kansascity.com/343/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star Weird News - Old 60 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:24:25 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252762/fugitive-in-la-attempted-murder.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252762/fugitive-in-la-attempted-murder.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 19:20 CDT A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251346/for-philadelphia-bicyclist-a-cat.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251346/for-philadelphia-bicyclist-a-cat.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 01:50 CDT For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251463/crane-accident-cuts-power-to-one.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251463/crane-accident-cuts-power-to-one.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 03:50 CDT One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4250893/surgeons-remove-tigers-basketball.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4250893/surgeons-remove-tigers-basketball.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30 CDT It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4247042/thailand-urged-to-explore-edible.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4247042/thailand-urged-to-explore-edible.html#storylink=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 07:24 CDT Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245196/ferris-wheel-ride-world-record.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245196/ferris-wheel-ride-world-record.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 06:55 CDT A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245375/greek-beach-evacuated-after-artillery.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4245375/greek-beach-evacuated-after-artillery.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:39 CDT A surprise shell has caused a big stir at a popular Athens beach. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241267/funeral-home-has-bicycle-hearse.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241267/funeral-home-has-bicycle-hearse.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 11:03 CDT An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240603/aussie-minister-sorry-he-liked.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240603/aussie-minister-sorry-he-liked.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 23:18 CDT An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240735/alaska-man-runs-onto-frozen-lake.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240735/alaska-man-runs-onto-frozen-lake.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 00:28 CDT Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240998/birth-of-anteater-has-conn-zoo.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240998/birth-of-anteater-has-conn-zoo.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 07:48 CDT An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4238707/coin-tossing-breaks-tie-in-philippine.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4238707/coin-tossing-breaks-tie-in-philippine.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 00:07 CDT What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4239083/wash-state-woman-spots-stolen.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4239083/wash-state-woman-spots-stolen.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 08:27 CDT A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later - in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4239868/fleeing-ore-man-pleads-to-be-pulled.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4239868/fleeing-ore-man-pleads-to-be-pulled.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 14:12 CDT Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. They did. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238142/deer-smashes-pa-bus-windshield.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238142/deer-smashes-pa-bus-windshield.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 17:42 CDT A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4236168/stinky-corpse-flower-blooms-again.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4236168/stinky-corpse-flower-blooms-again.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 23:07 CDT A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell has bloomed again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open soon, a spokeswoman said. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4236667/conn-chef-planning-to-feast-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4236667/conn-chef-planning-to-feast-on.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 07:17 CDT Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4236696/nh-city-sues-parking-meter-robin.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4236696/nh-city-sues-parking-meter-robin.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 07:37 CDT The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4234971/correction-kenya-sandal-animals.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4234971/correction-kenya-sandal-animals.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 12:37 CDT In a story May 8 about artisans in Kenya who turn old sandals into art objects, The Associated Press included two paragraphs that closely paralleled the wording of an earlier story on the subject by the Voice of America. Inclusion of such material should have been attributed to VOA. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4234376/man-charged-in-overnight-feast.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4234376/man-charged-in-overnight-feast.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 06:22 CDT Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251774/council-members-abstain-from-vote.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251774/council-members-abstain-from-vote.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 10:10 CDT Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes. 30606