Archive: October 15, 2006 - October 21, 2006
Lunchtime Round-Up
From Spanish kings hunting drunk bears, to mouth-shaped urinals and hair stealing baggage handlers, here's your lunchtime binge of OFF/beat news.
By Emil Steiner | October 20, 2006; 12:10 PM ET | Comments (5)
This Week In OFF/beat Crime
From vibrator thieves, to gun-toting grannies and mayoral carjackers, we proudly present this week in OFF/beat crime.
By Emil Steiner | October 20, 2006; 12:48 AM ET | Comments (21)
Breakfast Bender
From second amendment crazed immigrants to Kazakhstan's bank spelling blunder, here's your breakfast binge of OFF/beat news.
By Emil Steiner | October 19, 2006; 7:44 AM ET | Comments (15)
Recess Restrictions
Not It! An elementary school in Attleboro Massachusetts has just approved a ban on the beloved schoolyard game "tag." Do such new provisions put children at an even great risk?
By Emil Steiner | October 18, 2006; 11:25 PM ET | Comments (11)
Iron Mike's "Girlie Comeback"
If you've been waiting for an opportunity to see Mike Tyson punch a girl, this could be your lucky day! The 40-year-old former heavyweight champ is giving up his day job training on the Vegas Strip to launch a comeback tour, which he says may include bouts with women.
By Emil Steiner | October 18, 2006; 10:53 PM ET | Comments (14)
Green China?
With Starbucks, Lamborghini dealerships, and millionaires cropping up from Beijing to Shanghai, communist China isn't looking so red anymore. But a new collegiate golfing requirement leaves little doubt capitalism is in full swing.
By Emil Steiner | October 18, 2006; 10:40 PM ET | Comments (2)
Lunchtime Round-Up
From a drive-by crossbow shooting to an airline paying customers to fly, here's your lunchtime binge of OFF/beat news.
By Emil Steiner | October 18, 2006; 1:08 PM ET | Comments (1)
Reverse Jail Break
A drunk Norwegian guy got lost on his way home Friday night and ended up breaking into a jail six miles from his neighborhood. Can you say: Idiot of the Year nominee?
By Emil Steiner | October 17, 2006; 12:04 PM ET | Comments (1)
Breakfast Round-Up
From Croatian dentistry to the $45,000 toilet, here's your breakfast binge of OFF/beat news.
By Emil Steiner | October 17, 2006; 10:21 AM ET | Comments (2)
Turkmenistan Is For Lovers (Of Cults)
Turkmen President, and personality cult leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, is trying his hand at romantic poetry. This is his fifth work if you don't include his rewriting of Turkmenistan's history or his renaming of days and months of the calendar.
By Emil Steiner | October 16, 2006; 1:46 PM ET | Comments (12)
The Birds & The Bees, Don't Ask Don't Tell
The animal kingdom may be a lot gayer than people realize. According to a new exhibit at Oslo's Natural History Museum human homosexuality cannot be viewed as "unnatural" because just about all other creatures from giraffes to penguins swing that way too.
By Emil Steiner | October 16, 2006; 9:21 AM ET | Comments (236)
Soda Pisser Has Shy Bladder
22-year-old Anthony Mesa, who served 6 months for peeing in a customers Mountain Dew, is now claiming he can't take his court-ordered drug tests because he suffers from a "shy bladder."
By Emil Steiner | October 16, 2006; 8:41 AM ET | Comments (9)
