Archive for September, 2010

Man jailed a year for vuvuzela assault

Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

An 18-year-old Zimbabwean who caused the loss of another man's eye in a fight over a vuvuzela was jailed for a year, a state-run daily reported on Friday....Source Related posts:Man jailed ... Read more..

Alberta Sewer Dig Yields Dinosaur Bones

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

Edmonton workers discovered last week the bones of three dinosaurs while digging a new sewer tunnel. The bones were found 120 feet (30 meters) underground by diggers Aaron Krywiak and ... Read more..

James Bond scriptwriter cast in role of real-life agent

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

The writer who helped bring James Bond to the big screen was investigated by MI5 as a suspected Communist agent, according to files made public for the first time today....Source Related ... Read more..

Report: 4 Million British Women, 3 Million Men Are Shopping Addicts

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

The recent global financial crisis and recession failed to stop at least seven million Britons from swiping their credit cards. According to a report by comparison website uSwitch, the ... Read more..

No holy streets for Pope

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

TAXPAYERS have been landed with a £22,000 bill to spruce up a city street where the Pope is going for lunch....Source Related posts:Pope Urges Priests To Blog To Masses Creepy crawly disrupts ... Read more..

Urine could be energy source of the future

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | 1 Comment »

It's a renewable resource, and approximately 10 billion litres are flushed away every single day around the world. But scientists say everyday urine should be conserved and used to heat ... Read more..

Rocking horse robber hunt

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

Police are hunting thieves who have made off with a hand-made rocking horse worth thousands of pounds....Source Related posts:Cape Teen Charged With Punching Police Horse Cowboy Gets DUI on Horse Horse rescued from ... Read more..

Slim pickings for fat pets

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

PET owners in the city whose dogs, cats and rabbits are overweight have until tomorrow to enter them in a pet slimming competition....Source Related posts:Owners to leave £26bn to their pets Poll ... Read more..

Bullet In Man’s Head Went Unnoticed For 5 Years

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

Doctors found a .22 caliber bullet lodged in the back of the head of a Polish man living in Germany for several years that had gone unnoticed for five years....Source Related ... Read more..

Man files $38-quadrillion lawsuit

Friday, September 24th, 2010 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

It's a roundabout tale, but what it amounts to is a Utah man is suing a group of would-be property owners for $38 quadrillion....Source Related posts:Man charged $23 quadrillion for smokes N.Y. ... Read more..