Tiny porkers with a big price tag

Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:51 AM EST (the Mail online)

~Here piggy piggy...just about the cutest little guys I have ever seen.

odd-news, pets, micro-pigs, celebrity

Newest Clio commissioner, 19, aided by Facebook

Seeded on Mon Nov 9, 2009 12:28 PM EST ()

Mid-Michigan youth are continually being encouraged to get involved in their communities, but one local teenager took that to the extreme. He's the newest Clio City Commissioner, and he's just 19-years-old.

politics, commissioner, edward-mosher, facebook, vgs, elect, vote

Got A Crying Kid? Stick'em In A Baby Bucket

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:44 PM EST ()

It may look a little strange but it does wonders for soothing a crying infant and babies seem to to love it. When Amelia Wyant's son Jack was born she said she got the strangest baby gift from her sister.

health, baby, bucket, tummy-tub

'Hauntrepreneurs" scare the money right out of you

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:18 PM EDT (CNN)

Aurora, Colorado (CNN) -- Most businesses would hate to see their customers running out their doors, but in one suburban strip mall near Denver, Colorado, they are chasing the customers away -- with a chainsaw.

entertainment, halloween, spooky-houses, masks, costumes, fun

Woman recants story of West Virginia abuse

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:54 PM EDT (CNN)

"She is recanting her entire story," attorney Byron Potts told reporters in Columbus, Ohio, about his client, Megan Williams, who moved there after the incident. "She says it did not happen. She fabricated it."

us-news, megan-williams, hate-crimes, convictions, mental-illness, torture

One Christian's Perspective on Atheism

Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:33 AM EDT

It seems that the news is reporting on atheists more than ever. There have been stories about Atheist Ads to Adorn New York Subway Stations that will read "No God. No Guilt.

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religion

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Man Arrested, Claims To Be Meatloaf

Seeded on Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:31 AM EDT ()

Everyday can be Halloween...when costumes (or make up) go wrong! Mugshot included.

meatloaf, impersonator, arrest, odd-news

You have the right to remain clothed!

Seeded on Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:22 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Police say a Wisconsin woman stripped in front of her children in an attempt to avoid arrest for shoplifting, then scuffled with officers and exposed herself through a squad car window.

arrest, nudity, shoplifting, odd-news

12-year-old fights friend's cancer on the streets

Seeded on Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:40 AM EDT (CNN)

~Just a great article about showing some love! How one little gal is helping to make a difference.

us-news, good-news-wednesday

To stamp or not, that is the question...

Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:07 AM EDT

People running for office generally come out and shake hands and kiss babies. I imagine that is part of the job, networking with the voters. This morning as I entered the subway I was greeted by Michael W. Untermeyer who is running to fill the District Attorney position.

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technology, microstamping, da-office, michael-untermeyer, crime, gun-control

A Dog's Unending Loyalty

Seeded on Mon Oct 5, 2009 11:54 AM EDT (CBS News)

~With all the animal cruelty stories, here is something to counteract all the negativity...

us-news, dog, rescue

Prosecutors say judge did more than paddle inmates

Seeded on Mon Oct 5, 2009 9:56 AM EDT (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Herman Thomas had an enviable political record as a black Democrat elected and re-elected in a county overwhelmingly white and increasingly Republican.

us-news, odd

Fort Pierce woman throws table leg through window, chokes boyfriend when he won't buy her more Natural Ice beer, police say

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 2:31 PM EDT (TCPalm.com)

Natty Ice...ewwww. FORT PIERCE — A woman accused of throwing a table leg through the window of her home after her boyfriend refused to buy more beer faces a felony charge, according to a recently released arrest affidavit.

beer, battery, missile, odd-news

Only in New York! Museum of Vampyric Artifacts Opens Haunted House

Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:02 PM EDT (The New York Observer)

By day, the newest museum in town offers everything a New Yorker might expect—guided tours, worldly artifacts, meticulously curated exhibits. But by night, the exhibits come alive and your tour guide might just turn out to be a vampire.

odd-news, vampires, museums

You Were Warned

Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:02 PM EDT

Every morning I commute to work. I have about an hour to look at billboards. Every once and awhile a good ad campaign with catch my eye. This morning's ad was: You were warned 2012.

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entertainment, 2012

Neb. Man Who Smoked From Cat Bong Gets 90 Days

Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:51 PM EDT ()

Schomaker contends he's not an animal abuser. He told his probation officer that if he disliked an animal, he "would not be wasting pot on it."

odd-news

Judge OKs force feeding cult leader

Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:43 PM EDT (KRQE.com)

LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) - An imprisoned cult leader on a hunger strike won't be getting home-cooked meals from his followers and instead may be force fed through a tube, a District Court judge decided Wednesday.

us-news

Man Travels to Philly for Sex With Mom, Baby: DA

Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:44 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

When Anthony Taylor took a trip down the turnpike from New York to Media, Pa., he thought he was going to meet a mother and her new baby. Instead, he met police officers.

us-news

No Cruelty Charges For Cop Accused of Sex With Cows

Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:30 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

The rumors and jokes may never let up, but a former Moorestown, N.J. cop accused of having sex with cows, won't have to worry about any animal cruelty charges because a grand jury couldn't figure out how, exactly, five cows would feel about such an experience.

odd-news

Phila.'s Columbus Day Parade canceled

Seeded on Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:47 AM EDT (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philadelphia's 53-year-old Columbus Day Parade was canceled last night because of financial difficulties.

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