Woman Finds Unclaimed Insurance Check From 1978

March 19th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

An 85-year-old South Florida woman who went looking for a photo of her ex-husband says she found a $17,500 insurance claim check from 1978 instead. Barbara Cosgrove found the check, dated Jan. 23, 1978, in an unopened envelope inside a nightstand drawer at her Lauderhill home. She said she doesn't know why she hadn't found the check sooner and had looked inside the drawer "a thousand times" before the discovery....Source
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Urologists: Get A Vasectomy Before NCAA Tourney

March 19th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

Are you a man planning to have a vasectomy? Urologists say this is the perfect time, as March Madness is set to start. Urologists say men should get vasectomies three days before the college basketball tournaments begin. They have been encouraging this for years....Source
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Robot bird rebooted in battle against pesky pigeons

March 19th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

THIS robot predator may look good but its high-pitched screech and flappable wings weren't enough to fool some particularly wily pigeons....Source
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Meet ‘Sparky,’ The Fire-Breathing Snowman

March 19th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

Nick Berte's snowman is a work of art, standing tall in front of the family's Bel Air home. "I was talking with my friend at work and talking about the other projects I did and he said it's not very impressive unless it has fire coming out of it, and I said, 'Well, I can put fire in it,'" he said....Source
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Dressed to fill as shop mannequins go from a size ten to curvy 16

March 18th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

DESIGNERS have been whispering it for months. Campaigners have been demanding it for years. But now curves really are back in fashion....Source
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11-Year-Old Whiz Kid Creates iPhone App

March 18th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

"There's an app for that." It's a phrase that has become part of American culture. Now, there's an app that was created by a clever and creative kid. At 11-years old, he's one of the youngest ever to develop an iPhone app....Source
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Attorney Awakened By Uninvited ‘Bed Buddy’

March 18th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

An attorney in Fort Myers, Florida, was startled when she woke up to find a man in her bed rubbing her. Allison David, 50, told authorities she was asleep in her home when she felt someone touching her. At first she dismissed it, thinking it was her daughter. But she soon got a rude awakening when she opened her eyes and saw a man in bed with her, according to reports. Police searched for the man using a canine unit but could find no trace of him, according to reports....Source
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“Freaking” Dance Canceled By School Officials

March 18th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

School officials in Michigan canceled a high school dance because students would not promise to refrain from "freaking," a provocative style of dancing....Source
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Wild Fight On Transit Bus Caught On Tape

March 17th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | 2 Comments »

An Oakland college student who shot video of a wild fight on an AC Transit bus said the altercation started because of a remark about shoe shining. "The white guy was asking the black guy for a shoeshine," said Iyanna Washington who shot the video with a small camera. "And I guess the black guy took it as a racist comment, like, 'Why's a black guy have to spit shine your shoes?'" The fight happened just before 3 p.m. Monday on Oakland's NL Bus line. The shoeshine statement started an argument that went back and forth for several minutes....Source

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Unemployed man chills out in extreme igloo

March 17th, 2010 Zan Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

Jimmy Grey says he's been out of work for almost a year and needed a project to stay busy....Source
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