Offbeat News

2:19 PM
20-November
2009 Georgia Plans To Lay Bulldog Mascot To RestThe University of Georgia Bulldogs will have to find a way to defeat the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday night without the support of their beloved mascot Uga VII. The 4-year-old purebred white English Bulldog died suddenly Thursday night due to heart problems.
Topics: United States, Offbeat

1:06 PM
20-November
2009 Albinos In Africa Being Hunted For Their Human Body Parts To Be Used In Witchraft ConcoctionsDozens of witchcraft-related murders of albinos in Tanzania and Burundi have created a sense of frear and panic in the regions. Albino populations are systematically being hunted down by groups bent on a mystical quest.
Topics: Health, Offbeat

7:20 PM
19-November
2009 Two Calgary Kids To Explore 'Unique' Homework Plan After Striking Deal With ParentsHomework, the bane of student life, is now a thing of the past for two Calgary students. The students have their parents - who are lawyers - to thank for getting the St. Brigid Elementary Junior High School to agree to a differentiated homework plan.
Topics: Offbeat

6:18 PM
19-November
2009 Dining Establishment On Parliament Hill Adds Seal Meat To MenuOttawa's top political figures have eaten public raw seal meat in order to support Canada's seal hunt trade under fire from the European Union. More Canadian politicians will have the opportunity to do the same with the inclusion by the Parliamentary Restaurant of seal meat to its menu.
Topics: Canada, Environment, Offbeat

5:16 PM
19-November
2009 Filipina Congresswoman Sworn In Two Years After ElectionsThe lone district of Malabon City-Navotas was represented by a new, and according to a tribunal rightful, lawmaker on Thursday, when Josephine Lacson-Noel was sworn in more than two years after she contested election results that declared the incumbent, Alvin Sandoval, winner.
Topics: World, Offbeat

   

4:26 PM
19-November
2009 Santa May Not Answer Letters This YearMany children will be in for a big disappointment this year, as their letters to Santa Claus may not be answered because of stricter guidelines implemented by the United States Postal Service.
Topics: United States, Offbeat

3:44 PM
19-November
2009 Wife Consistently Fails to Kill Husband...Three TimesA South Florida woman attempts to kill her husband not once, not twice, but three times ... but fails miserably. Dalia Dippolito is currently on house arrest for the unsuccessful murder attempts on her husband's life.
Topics: United States, Offbeat

3:38 PM
19-November
2009 Israeli, Palestinian Olive Crops Beset By Theft And ViolenceIn Israel and the Palestinian territories, the olive is part of the Mediterranean diet and its oil has been valued since ancient times. But this year mother nature has provided a poor harvest, driving up both the price of the olives and the level of friction between those fighting over what few olives that are left.
Topics: World, Environment, Offbeat

3:34 PM
19-November
2009 Saudi Clerics Told to Keep Sermons ShortSaudi authorities have told the kingdom's imams to shorten their Friday mosque-sermons to prevent unnecessary congestion in places of worship. The instructions are the latest in a series of measures taken by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs to safeguard the health of worshippers against the H1N1 virus ahead of the Hajj.
Topics: World, Offbeat, Health

3:04 PM
19-November
2009 Filipino Residents Cook At Dump Oozing With MethaneResidents of Marikina City have turned a dump into a kitchen as methane seeping from the ground there is used to cook food and boil drinking water.
Topics: Offbeat, World