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Man Digs Up Mammoth Skeleton in Back Yard

He keeps the bones in his living room

(Newser) - Have you ever checked—really checked—your back yard for the remains of ancient prehistoric beasts? Because that's what an Iowa man found on his property two years ago, ABC 5 reports. "I got down on my hands and knees on the bank and I could see a...

Mom Arrested for Cheering at Graduation

Family says others were cheering, too

(Newser) - Shannon Cooper knew cheering was supposedly forbidden at South Florence High School's graduation ceremony, but when the time came, the South Carolina mom couldn't contain herself. "I got up and I said, 'Yay, my baby made it, yes!'" she tells WPDE 15 . "Just...

Cops Nab Saudi Princess Bailing on $7.5M Hotel Bill

Maha al-Sudani allegedly tried to run off at 3:30am

(Newser) - Etiquette lesson of the day, folks: Paying for things is generally considered polite, even if you're royalty and have diplomatic immunity. This lesson was apparently lost on Saudi Princess Maha al-Sudani (ex to Crown Prince Nayef ben Abdel Aziz), who was caught last week trying to sneak out of...

Firm Plans Reality Show —on Mars

4 visitors will reach planet by 2023, according to Mars One's plan

(Newser) - Combine a Dutch Nobelist, the co-creator of Big Brother, and a Mars-obsessed company, and what do you get? A reality show that follows the creation of the first human colony on Mars, of course. Mars One , as the company is called, plans to send four people to the planet by...

Pot-Smoking Mom Puts Baby on Car Roof, Drives Off

Catalina Clouser has been arrested for child abuse, DUI

(Newser) - Apparently it is not enough to protect babies with a good car seat: Catalina Clouser had her 5-week-old baby strapped safely in a car seat when she drove home just after midnight yesterday. Unfortunately, the mom, who unsurprisingly admits she was smoking pot beforehand, left both babe and car seat...

Pay Your Respects at Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s &#39;Flavor Graveyard&#39;
 Pay Your Respects 
 at Ben & Jerry's 
 'Flavor Graveyard' 
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Jun 2, 2012 7:20 AM CDT

Pay Your Respects at Ben & Jerry's 'Flavor Graveyard'

Vermont site features company's past misses

(Newser) - Ever find yourself missing Rainforest Crunch? How about Fresh Georgia Peach, or Wild Maine Blueberry? Console yourself by making a pilgrimage to Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard in Waterbury, Vermont. The cemetery features gravestones for flavors dead and gone, driven off store shelves because they sold poorly, were too...

Sheep Fall From Sky After Crash

No humans injured in weird Melbourne accident

(Newser) - Imagine, for a moment, that you're driving down the highway some night, minding your own business, when suddenly hundreds of sheep fall from the sky and smash into your windshield. That's what happened to motorists in Melbourne yesterday, as a truck carrying 400 sheep crashed and tipped over...

Breivik May Get Hired Jail Buddies

The goal: avoid hostage situation

(Newser) - If Anders Behring Breivik ends up in Ila Prison, he needn't worry about making friends: It's prepared to hire some for him. Norway doesn't allow extended solitary confinement, but prison officials don't want to risk allowing the confessed killer "normal contact with others," fearing...

Guy Takes Bite Out of Other Guy's Ear: Cops

Thomas Tomasello charged with assault

(Newser) - The week ends as it began: With news of a man biting another man's face. The latest in the recent string of truly disturbing crimes involves a Staten Island man who is accused of taking a bite out of another man's ear during a fight Wednesday. The problem...

Florida Candidate Changes Name to .Com Address

Meet VoteforEddie.com

(Newser) - On the congressional ballot in Florida this November, voters will see the name of one of the candidate's websites: VoteforEddie.com . That's because Eddie Gonzalez, a contender for the spot in the House of Representatives, legally changed his name to, yes, VoteforEddie.com, reports AP . "Since I'...

Couple Gives Waiter $5K Tip
 Couple Gives Waiter $5K Tip 
May 30, 2012 4:48 PM CDT

Couple Gives Waiter $5K Tip

Houston server's car had been destroyed in storm

(Newser) - An antidote to all those stories about terrible tippers : A waiter at a Houston restaurant just pulled in one for $5,000. Two of his regulars, a married couple, finished their meal and handed Greg Rubar the wad of cash, reports local station KHOU . Rubar says the couple had heard...

Miami Face-Eater Identified

Rudy Eugene only had minor arrest record

(Newser) - The Miami man shot dead as he chewed off another man's face has been identified as 31-year-old Rudy Eugene. He had a criminal record but nothing on the scale of Sunday's crazed attack, the Miami Herald finds. He was arrested on a battery charge when he was 16,...

Elvis Tomb to Be Auctioned
 Elvis Tomb to Be Auctioned 
May 29, 2012 12:30 AM CDT

Elvis Tomb to Be Auctioned

Presley's body spent 2 months in Memphis crypt

(Newser) - Elvis has left the crypt—and now there's room for a fan. A crypt in a private Memphis mausoleum where Elvis Presley was briefly entombed after his death in 1977 will be auctioned off next month, reports E! Online . The bodies of Elvis and his mother, Gladys, spent about...

Cops Shoot Naked Guy Eating Man's Face on Highway

Bizarre fight occured by Miami highway

(Newser) - Some things can neither be made up or erased from one's psyche, and this one falls under both categories: A naked man was shot to death by police in Miami yesterday as he was chewing another man's face off on a highway off-ramp, reports the Miami Herald . A...

New Rule for Beijing Public Toilets: Only 2 Flies

China's capital seeks to clean up bathrooms

(Newser) - The Chinese government is implementing new rules to spruce up its capital city's notoriously dirty public bathrooms. The weirdest of the bunch: a toilet in Beijing can be home to a maximum of two flies, reports the BBC . It's not clear how rigidly the measures will be enforced,...

Unabomber Updates Status in Harvard Magazine

Under awards: 'Eight life sentences ...'

(Newser) - In the alumni magazine for Harvard University you can find class notes on the lives of Supreme Court justices, titans of industry, Nobel laureates, and … serial killers. The recent issue of the mag features an "update" from former student Ted Kaczynski, class of 1962—otherwise known as the...

Cop Accused of Breaking Into House, Doing Laundry

Jason Rocco apparently didn't have time to go to the laundromat

(Newser) - Weird: A Pittsburgh-area police officer is accused of breaking into a neighbor's home. Weirder: Officer Jason Rocco allegedly did so ... so he could wash his clothes. A local station reports that the home's owner noticed his electric bill was unusually high, given that he hadn't lived in...

Wedding Uggs: Worst Idea Ever?
 Wedding Uggs: 
 Worst Idea Ever? 
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May 23, 2012 10:29 AM CDT

Wedding Uggs: Worst Idea Ever?

Reactions range from the horrified to the delighted

(Newser) - Uggs have never been more sartorially controversial than they are right now: The Australian shoemaker has unveiled a new line of wedding Uggs , causing many a blogger and Twitter user to express their horror at the very idea. But not everyone is saying "I don't." Some reactions:...

A Zebra, Macaw, Iowa Guy Walk Into a Bar ...

Human later busted for drunk driving

(Newser) - An Iowa animal lover says he was just enjoying the wild life with his pets. But police say he was drunk and shouldn't have been tooling around with his zebra and a macaw. Jerald Reiter, 55, walked into a Dubuque bar to refuel with his unusual buddies, but the...

High-Tech Executive Accused of ... Lego Theft

Silicon Valley exec used his own bar codes at stores, say cops

(Newser) - Legos? The San Jose Mercury News weighs in with the tale of a Silicon Valley executive accused of using his high-tech skills to steal, yes, Legos. Lots and lots of Legos. Thomas Langenbach of software giant SAP allegedly created his own bar codes, then made the rounds of local Target...

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