Offbeat News

7:11 PM
9-February
2010 American Airlines Charging For Blankets On Domestic, Some International FlightsPassengers on many American Airlines flights will have to pay extra if they want a blanket beginning May 1 when the company will remove blankets from coach sections of domestic and some international flights. The company cited economic pressures.
Topics: consumers, company information, economy, business and finance, travel and commuting, lifestyle and leisure, offbeat, human interest, United States

3:43 PM
9-February
2010 Tiger Woods & Rosie O'Donnell Make For Least Desirable Valentines According To New SurveyWho would want Tiger Woods to be their Valentine? Apparently, not many people.
Topics: celebrity buzz, offbeat, human interest, United States

3:16 PM
9-February
2010 O'Hare Wants To Use Cemetery For Runway ExpansionO'Hare International Airport could be getting a new runway as soon as the city of Chicago clears 5.3 acres of cemetery land and relocates 1,200 graves. The church to which the land belongs has 20 days to appeal the ruling. If the appeal fails, all graves must be relocated by spring of next year.
Topics: business (general), economy, business and finance, air transport, transport, offbeat, human interest, United States

5:02 AM
9-February
2010 British Girls Becoming Pregnant At Age TenAlthough a rise in teenage pregnancy rates is no longer a big issue in western society, a new trend is emerging in England and Wales regarding early conception that would still shock Britons.
Topics: health, offbeat, human interest, social issues (general), social issue, World

3:07 PM
8-February
2010 North Korean Government Releases Detained United States Missionary; Robert Parks Back HomeRobert Park, the American missionary detained in N. Korea for over a month is back in America with his family. Park was captured as he crossed the border from S. Korea carrying letters demanding certain political prisoners be freed.
Topics: people, human interest, government, politics, offbeat, United States

2:13 PM
8-February
2010 Angry Army Father Arrested After Allegedly Waterboarding 4-Year-Old DaughterA U.S. soldier has been arrested after he allegedly water boarded his daughter for not being able to recite the alphabet all the way through to the end. The soldier has a history of anger issues, and he has used this method of punishment a handful of times on his 4-year-old child.
Topics: crime, crime, law and justice, offbeat, human interest, abusive behaviour, social issue, United States

11:54 AM
8-February
2010 Ohio Strip Club Raises Funds For Haiti With Lap Dances For CharityA strip club in Toledo, Ohio raised $1,000 in donations for Haiti's earthquake victims through a lap dance.
Topics: offbeat, human interest, earthquake, disaster and accident, United States

11:22 AM
8-February
2010 TV Network Fined For Killing, Eating Rat In Reality ShowFor allowing contestants of a reality game show to kill and eat a jungle rat, a British TV network was fined and made to pay $4,845, local reports said Monday.
Topics: offbeat, human interest, World

10:22 AM
7-February
2010 Ambassador At Very LargeUp until just over a month ago, His Excellency Miangul Akbar Zeb had lived an esteemed life as one of Pakistan's most senior diplomats. However many Arab states reject the senior diplomat whose name refers to large male genitals in Arabic
Topics: Diplomacy, Politics, Offbeat, Human Interest, People, World