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Strange Stuff

"There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on." - Rod Serling

The world can be a wacky place. From the mysterious to stomach-churning to the just-plain-wacky, the best of the weirdest

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April 2008
- Turkmenistan Dumps Months Named After Heroes, Poets, Dictator's Mom
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Apr 25, 08 11:25 AM CDT
  
  In a step away from the legacy of its late dictator, who renamed each month after heroes, poets, and himself, Turkmenistan’s president urged a return to traditional month names, the Guardian reports. April had been named after Saparmurat Niyazov’s mother, while September was a reference to Niyazov’s spiritual book—but the new president, strengthening ties with the rest of the world, has decided to dump Niyazov’s system. More »
- Penguin Takes the Plunge in a Wetsuit
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 25, 08 7:10 AM CDT
  
  A wetsuit for a penguin might sound as useful as a fur coat for a bear, but it was just the thing for an elderly penguin at San Francisco's Academy of Sciences who was losing his feathers, reports AP. A suit designed by dive experts made it possible for Pierre, 25, to stop shivering and return to the chilly water. His penguin pals accepted his new look, and his feathers are sprouting again. More »
- No Rest for the ... Faithful? Italy's Padre Pio On Display
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 24, 08 7:35 PM CDT
  
  Beloved saint Padre Pio, exhumed in March after 40 years, is now on display in southern Italy, where 700,000 faithful have signed up to view his remains, BBC reports. The archbishop who ran the exhumation marveled at the body: “The knees, hands, mittens, and nails are clearly visible.” More »
- Kinky Sex Kills Hubby
  
  newser | ABC News | Apr 24, 08 4:03 PM CDT
  
  A sex game gone wrong apparently killed a Tennessee man last weekend, and his wife has been charged with reckless homicide. The woman tied her husband up, put a ball gag in his mouth, wrapped his head in duct tape, leaving only nostril slits to breath through—and left to spend the night with another man, authorities said. She returned 20 hours later to find him dead. More »
- Hilton Hit With Hyatt Ban
  
  newser | Sun (UK) | Apr 23, 08 11:05 AM CDT
  
  Paris Hilton is facing a worldwide Hyatt ban after she scrawled her name on a $12,700-a-night presidential suite's luxury wallpaper in Moscow, the Sun reports. The heirhead, who's on tour with her Good Charlotte boyfriend Benji Madden, was fined $7,100 for the "Paris Moscow 2008" graffiti gaffe, which she scrawled in black marker during a sexy photo shoot. More »
- Louisiana Pockets Ban on Droopy Drawers
  
  newser | Times-Picayune (New Orleans) | Apr 23, 08 10:27 AM CDT
  
  A proposed ban on saggy pants didn’t fly in Louisiana, where a Senate panel rejected the legislation as a violation of freedom of speech, reports the Times-Picayune . “This is a situation that is disgusting and needs state attention,” insisted the state senator pushing the bill. “I have the right to walk down the street and not see your dirty drawers.” More »
- Next for Blaine: Breath-Holding Mark, on Oprah
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 22, 08 2:10 PM CDT
  
  David Blaine, the magician and "endurance artist" is training to break the human breath-holding record April 30 on Oprah . He's already done it 16 minutes, 9 seconds in a test run, John Tierney reports in his New York Times science blog. New techniques have made it possible for the untrained to hold their breath longer than thought possible in the past. More »
- 'There's an Alligator in My Kitchen!'
  
  newser | St. Petersburg Times | Apr 22, 08 12:29 PM CDT
  
  A 69-year-old Florida woman called 911 after finding an 8-foot gator in her kitchen. The beast apparently crawled in through a porch screen door and an open sliding door, making its way through the living room and down a hall, reports the St. Petersburg Times . Authorities called a trapper, and the gator was caught without incident—except for being hurt slightly by a falling plate. More »
- Cop Saves Woman in Python's Death Grip
  
  newser | The Register Guard | Apr 19, 08 7:49 PM CDT
  
  A cop and several firemen struggled to rescue an Oregon pet shop owner after she stuck her hand in a python's cage, the Eugene Register-Guard reports. Teresa Rossiter was showing off 12-foot Darla to customers when the snake bit her, wrapped around her, and knocked her down. A policeman came to cut off the $850 python's head, but Rossiter begged him to find another way. More »
- UK Psychics Foresee Trouble
  
  newser | Independent (UK) | Apr 18, 08 2:05 PM CDT
  
  Britain’s mediums are consulting their crystal balls about a new EU law that might expose them to lawsuits, the Independent reports. A group of them marched up Downing Street today to deliver a 5,000-signature petition to No. 10, hoping to convince the government not to adopt the European measure. “What we have here is a fundamental attack on our right to practice our religion,” said one spiritualist. More »
- Civet-Digested Beans Yield $99 Espresso
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Apr 17, 08 5:19 PM CDT
  
  You might look for a $99 espresso shot in a crowded Italian café before the second floor of a London department store. Yet it's the latter where you'll find the cup brewed from two of the world’s rarest coffee beans, one of which is sniffed out and, er, digested by an Indonesian civet, the Guardian reports. But is the java foodie paradise or marketing racket? More »
- Vegas Ricin Man Arrested After Hospital Stay
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 16, 08 5:05 PM CDT
  
  Roger Bergendorff, hospitalized in February for exposure to the toxin ricin, was charged today in Las Vegas in what authorities say was an "exotic idea" to strike at foes—and not a terror plot, the AP reports. Bergendorff, 57, faces charges including possession of a biological toxin, traces of which were found in his hotel room Feb. 26—while he was in a coma. More »
- In Video, Teens Force Toddler to Smoke Pot
  
  newser | WCSH (Portland, Maine) | Apr 16, 08 12:11 PM CDT
  
  Two Ohio teens have been arrested after police acquired a video in which they forced a toddler to smoke pot, NBC reports. The video, in which the smoking babysitters pass the pipe to the 18-month-old, was recovered after it was left inside a camcorder sold to a pawnshop. The teens face charges of child endangerment and distributing narcotics to a minor. More »
- Jilted Wife Takes Divorce to YouTube
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 16, 08 11:40 AM CDT
  
  Divorce has a new weapon: YouTube. The former-actress wife of a millionaire theater impresario took to the Internet last week in a teary six-minute video in which she claims her older hubby is evicting her from their Park Avenue pad after years of refusing her sex despite owning porn, condoms, and Viagra, the AP reports. May not play in divorce court, but it's scored 287,776 hits. More »
- Yankee Stadium Gets Celestial First Pitch Tomorrow
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Apr 15, 08 6:59 PM CDT
  
  The New York Yankees' final season at Yankee Stadium will see another first tomorrow night, the Daily News reports, with a US astronaut throwing out the first pitch—via video link from the International Space Station. Garrett Reisman, a 40-year-old New Jersey native and lifelong fan of the Bronx Bombers, will do the honors against the hated Boston Red Sox. More »
- Poop Scoopers Rake It In
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Apr 14, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  The economy might be slowing, but one man's poop-scooping business is, well, piling up. A sixth sense for sniffing out the goods is earning Ron Johnson's Poo-B-Gone $75,000 yearly, the Chicago Tribune reports. Pet owners who are too busy or grossed-out to handle their dogs' waste pay up to $25 a week to avoid doing the dirty deed. More »
- Waterboarding at Work Heads to Utah Court
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 14, 08 11:45 AM CDT
  
  A Utah sales rep is suing his company after his boss waterboarded him as a “team-building exercise” outside a Provo office park, the Washington Post reports. Sure, the man volunteered, but he says he had no idea what he getting himself into. “I’m not getting any air,” Chad Hudgens says. “The sensation that’s going through my head is ‘I’m going to drown.’” More »
- NYPD Cop Accused in 3 Heists
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Apr 12, 08 8:13 PM CDT
  
  A New York cop nabbed for robbing a bank this week may have committed two other heists last year, the NYPD said today. Christian Torres, a transit officer described by NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly as “a model cadet,” will be charged in New York after proceedings wrap up in Pennsylvania—where he allegedly stole $113,000 at a bank Thursday. More »
- Verdi, Naked and Anti-American
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Apr 12, 08 6:51 AM CDT
  
  A German staging of Verdi’s “A Masked Ball” leaves Uncle Sam wearing little but a mask, Der Spiegel reports. In a rebuke of US capitalism, the production parades naked retirees on a set of the World Trade Center's ruins, and offers a female singer with a Hitler mustache saluting the audience, the Daily Telegraph reports. "One has to introduce new elements" into Verdi's all-too-well-known opera, director Johann Kresnik says. More »
- Tampa Cops Tase Brawling Pitcher
  
  newser | St. Petersburg Times | Apr 11, 08 8:40 PM CDT
  
  Police Tased Rays pitcher Al Reyes twice today in a Tampa, Fla. bar before arresting him for unlawful violence, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Cops say Reyes was celebrating his birthday when he picked a fight, took a punch, and "began to spit blood on the people in the area." Reyes expressed regret before tonight's game, saying, “I tried to have a good time on my birthday." More »

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