Offbeat News

4:41 AM
18-March
2010 Drunk Man Fined For Exposing Himself To Female OfficerA British man has been fined $900.00 after he drunkenly swung his genitals at a female British police officer.
Topics: human interest, offbeat, curiosity, World

11:52 PM
17-March
2010 Man Leaves Five-Week-Old Baby In The Oven Overnight, Blames MarijuanaA Kentucky man was arrested for leaving a 5-week-old baby in the oven overnight. The man had been drinking whiskey and smoking marijuana. The man blamed his behavior on the marijuana which he believed was laced with hallucinogens.
Topics: human interest, offbeat, curiosity, crime, crime, law and justice, United States

11:49 PM
17-March
2010 Police Arrest Oklahoma Man For Watching Porn In Church, Stealing LaptopsAn Oklahoma man broke into several churches so he could watch porn. He also stole numerous laptops. During one incident, he ran up a $300 phone sex bill.
Topics: human interest, offbeat, curiosity, crime, theft, crime, law and justice, United States

8:45 PM
17-March
2010 Parking Lots With Solar Panel Roofs Charge Electric BikesJapanese electronics giant Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has opened two parking lots with solar panel roofs to charge bicycles powered by its eneloop lithium-ion batteries.
Topics: science and technology, renewable energy, human interest, offbeat, environmental issue, technology, curiosity, World

8:44 PM
17-March
2010 French Satellite Finds Exoplanet The Size Of JupiterAn international team of astronomers at the French space agency CNES announced Wednesday the discovery by the CoRoT space telescope of an exoplanet about the size of Jupiter some 1,500 light years from Earth.
Topics: science and technology, human interest, scientific exploration, offbeat, curiosity, World

   

6:38 PM
17-March
2010 Obese Woman Strives To Be Bigger Person...LiterallyA New Jersey woman weighing more than 600 pounds seeks to be named the world's heaviest living woman. The woman has fans that send her food in an effort to help the woman gain the necessary 400 pounds to reach her goal.
Topics: human interest, offbeat, curiosity, United States

6:34 PM
17-March
2010 BART Train Splits In TwoA BART train headed to San Francisco International Airport broke in two in the Transbay Tube on Tuesday morning. No one was hurt as the train automatically stopped but commuters were delayed as the cars were removed from the tracks.
Topics: human interest, disaster and accident, transport accident, offbeat, curiosity, railway accident, United States

10:20 PM
16-March
2010 Thieves Haul Away $75 Million Prescription Drugs From Eli Lilly WarehouseDaring thieves have broken into an Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield, Connecticut and stole some $75 million worth of prescription drugs in the largest ever theft in the town, according to police.
Topics: human interest, offbeat, curiosity, crime, theft, crime, law and justice, United States

6:44 PM
16-March
2010 French Railway Operator SNCF Accidentally Posts Disaster Scenario On WebsiteFrench railway operator SNCF mistakenly posted a training exercise scenario on its website on Tuesday stating that more than 100 people had been killed by an explosion.
Topics: human interest, offbeat, curiosity, World

3:28 PM
16-March
2010 Burglar Belted By Black BeltA burglar met his match when he tried to break into the house of a man who is a confirmed black belt in martial arts.
Topics: human interest, offbeat, curiosity, crime, crime, law and justice, United States