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, 26 May 2012 02:31:39 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/25/3626913/city-of-pied-piper-fame-again.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/25/3626913/city-of-pied-piper-fame-again.html#storylink=rss Fri, 25 May 2012 08:19 CDT The German city of Hamelin may be in need of another Pied Piper - it seems the rats are back. 30606 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/25/3626883/priest-apologizes-for-unholy-language.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/25/3626883/priest-apologizes-for-unholy-language.html#storylink=rss Fri, 25 May 2012 07:04 CDT A British priest has apologized for some unholy language on his Facebook page, his bishop says. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/25/3627644/park-of-animatronic-dinosaurs.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/25/3627644/park-of-animatronic-dinosaurs.html#storylink=rss Fri, 25 May 2012 17:17 CDT A new family attraction featuring more than 30 animatronic dinosaurs opens this holiday weekend on 20 acres of woods and grass in northern New Jersey. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/23/3624675/police-british-bandits-foiled.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/23/3624675/police-british-bandits-foiled.html#storylink=rss Wed, 23 May 2012 18:42 CDT Three bandits were foiled in Britain when their attempt to pry open a stolen cash box ran up against a new security system that slathered the bills with glue. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3626120/plane-door-lands-on-south-florida.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3626120/plane-door-lands-on-south-florida.html#storylink=rss Thu, 24 May 2012 16:14 CDT Federal authorities are investigating how a private jet's main cabin door became an unconventional hazard at a South Florida golf course. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3625745/cougar-reluctant-to-leave-cage.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3625745/cougar-reluctant-to-leave-cage.html#storylink=rss Thu, 24 May 2012 12:27 CDT Wildlife agents in Washington state were ready to release a captured cougar back into the wild, but it didn't want to go. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3626140/police-say-roving-cows-drank-mass.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3626140/police-say-roving-cows-drank-mass.html#storylink=rss Thu, 24 May 2012 16:29 CDT Police say a roving group of cows crashed a small gathering in a Massachusetts town and bullied the guests for their beer. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3625794/mass-woman-finds-bike-she-lost.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3625794/mass-woman-finds-bike-she-lost.html#storylink=rss Thu, 24 May 2012 13:04 CDT Editors: 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3626245/northern-california-man-finds.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3626245/northern-california-man-finds.html#storylink=rss Thu, 24 May 2012 17:14 CDT The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about a California man finding a massive oyster. The story is outdated and based on information originally published in 2008. No substitute story will be filed. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3625315/sf-official-says-ouija-board-comment.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3625315/sf-official-says-ouija-board-comment.html#storylink=rss Thu, 24 May 2012 08:37 CDT A San Francisco supervisor who said he consulted a Ouija board before a vote now says he was joking - and the only spirit he was summoning was the spirit of humor. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3626004/tornadoes-didnt-stop-kansas-couple.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/24/3626004/tornadoes-didnt-stop-kansas-couple.html#storylink=rss Thu, 24 May 2012 14:39 CDT In the plains of central Kansas, tornadoes are so unremarkable that guests barely flinched as a barrel-racing bride wed her bull-riding groom with a twister dropping from the sky just miles away. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/23/3623535/city-official-consults-ouija-board.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/23/3623535/city-official-consults-ouija-board.html#storylink=rss Wed, 23 May 2012 08:08 CDT A San Francisco supervisor says he consulted a Ouija board before city leaders voted on whether to recommend naming a Navy ship after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/23/3623921/wis-theft-suspect-records-himself.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/23/3623921/wis-theft-suspect-records-himself.html#storylink=rss Wed, 23 May 2012 11:52 CDT A Wisconsin man whose camcorder was briefly stolen has found a way to get back at the suspected thief: He uploaded to YouTube a video that the suspect took with the camera, a clip in which the man reveals his name, shows his face and admits he stole the camera. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/23/3623514/6-year-olds-wander-from-pa-school.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/23/3623514/6-year-olds-wander-from-pa-school.html#storylink=rss Wed, 23 May 2012 07:58 CDT Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are investigating an impromptu field trip of sorts that occurred when two 6-year-old students wandered away from their school and walked to the city's Children's Museum a few blocks away. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/22/3621990/ore-workers-awarded-332k-in-onsite.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/22/3621990/ore-workers-awarded-332k-in-onsite.html#storylink=rss Tue, 22 May 2012 08:33 CDT Two workers who claimed they were forced to urinate in a bucket have been awarded $332,000 after a jury found they were fired for complaining to Oregon regulators about the lack of an onsite toilet. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/22/3622543/silicon-valley-tech-exec-accused.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/22/3622543/silicon-valley-tech-exec-accused.html#storylink=rss Tue, 22 May 2012 14:53 CDT A Silicon Valley software executive put fake bar codes on Lego sets at various Target stores, bought the toys at a steep discount, then sold them online for thousands of dollars, authorities said. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/22/3622834/iowa-man-with-zebra-parrot-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/22/3622834/iowa-man-with-zebra-parrot-in.html#storylink=rss Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08 CDT An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/22/3621881/ohio-family-hopes-stolen-swine.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/22/3621881/ohio-family-hopes-stolen-swine.html#storylink=rss Tue, 22 May 2012 06:28 CDT A life-size swine statue is back at home after disappearing in the city once dubbed "Porkopolis." 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/21/3620895/tons-of-pot-found-floating-off.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/21/3620895/tons-of-pot-found-floating-off.html#storylink=rss Mon, 21 May 2012 14:39 CDT Authorities say three and a half tons of marijuana have been found floating in the ocean off Southern California. 30607 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/21/3621276/mafia-style-end-for-australias.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/21/3621276/mafia-style-end-for-australias.html#storylink=rss Mon, 21 May 2012 20:14 CDT Australian officials wanted to get rid of some commemorative mugs that misspelled President Barack Obama's name. And boy, did they ever. 30607