Offbeat News

4:30 PM
6-November
2009 Escaped Circus Elephant Sideswipes CarAn elephant escaped from a circus in Enid, Okla. Wednesday, sideswiping a car while running along the road.
Topics: Offbeat

1:26 PM
6-November
2009 The Sky Is Falling: Mysterious Ice Chunks Hit Chicago HomeThe Dowd family dinner was interrupted Wednesday night when their whole house shook as it was pelted by huge chunks of ice.
Topics: Offbeat, Travel, United States

12:27 PM
6-November
2009 Japanese Gangster Opens Fire On Three Debt Collectors, Then Commits SuicideA Japanese gangster turned the tables and a weapon on three would-be debt collectors. After he wounded the men, he killed himself.
Topics: World, Offbeat

11:20 AM
6-November
2009 New Mom Sarah Jessica Parker Relishes The Smell Of Dirty DiapersSarah Jessica Parker loves the smell of dirty diapers. The 'Sex and the City' actress - who has five-month-old twin daughters, Loretta and Tabitha, with her husband Matthew Broderick - loves everything about being a mother, especially the less glamorous jobs.
Topics: Offbeat

10:51 AM
6-November
2009 Dartmouth Scientist Uses Modern Technology To Authenticate Iconic Oswald PhotoDartmouth computer scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Farid, employing digital forensics, believes the photo that many had said was faked was almost certainly not altered.
Topics: Science and Technology, Offbeat

   

10:46 AM
6-November
2009 Atlanta Man Rescues One Dog, Ends Up With TenAn Atlanta man rescued a stray dog in late September, which surprised him a few days later by giving birth to nine puppies in his backyard.
Topics: Good, Offbeat, United States

10:11 PM
5-November
2009 Algal Foam Kills 10,000 Seabirds Off Washington State PeninsulaAlgal foam killed more than 10,000 seabirds in Washington state's Olympic Peninsula in mid-September, according to a marine biologist and seabird specialist of the University of Washington.
Topics: Environment, Science, Offbeat

7:06 PM
5-November
2009 Search For Missing Florida Baby Ends Underneath Sitter's Bed, Child Found UnharmedA five-day search for a missing 7-month-old baby girl from Florida ended Wednesday when police found her alive inside a box hidden underneath the bed of her babysitter in the town of Chipley.
Topics: United States, Offbeat

6:36 PM
5-November
2009 Worlds First Arabic Speaking Robot Constructed in UAENamed after a 11th Century Muslim doctor and philosopher, the world's first Arabic speaking robot has come to life in the Gulf. Ibn Sina, as the new robot is called, was designed by a team at the Interactive Robots and Media Laboratory at the United Arab Emirates University.
Topics: Offbeat, Technology

4:14 PM
5-November
2009 Auditor General Says Ottawa Has No Emergency Response PlanThe criticism that the federal government is unprepared for a second wave of Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic appears to hold water, with Canada's Auditor General Sheila Fraser pointing out in her report released Tuesday that Ottawa's emergency response plan is still in the draft stage after six years.
Topics: Canada, Health, Offbeat