Offbeat News

Florida officials say one passenger chased another down the aisle of a county bus during a fight over news of Michael Jackson’s death. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says 54-year-old Henry Wideman was released Saturday on $5,000 bond on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A phone number for him rang unanswered….Source

Drugs shaped like Snoopy, Transformers and President Barack Obama’s head recently showed up on Kansas City area streets, adding to a trend that worries police and health experts. Colorful Ecstasy pills started showing up last year shaped as Homer and Bart Simpson, Ninja Turtles and other characters. As more of the pills that look like vitamins or candy go out locally and nationwide, they put children at great risk, police and experts said…Source

A woman pleaded no contest last week to prostitution charges, accused of agreeing to be paid for services with a box of chips by a man who said he was a Frito-Lay employee. According to the police report, undercover officers noticed Smith “trying to catch a date” by flashing her headlights at SE 33 and Robinson. Officers said they followed Smith’s car and found her with her blouse open and found a man in the passenger seat pulling his pants up…Source

This lobster will catch your eye, but not because you’re imagining its tail dipped in butter. It is bright orange and yellow, even though it’s never been near a boiling pot. Specialists tell The Boston Globe it’s called a “yellow lobster” and it’s one in 30 million…Source

Two Hawaiian men pleaded guilty Wednesday to first degree animal-cruelty charges after they allegedly stole an 8-month-old puppy, took it home and butchered it, the Honolulu Advertiser reported. In exchange for their guilty plea, police dismissed a second charge of theft against Saturnino Palting, 48, and Nelson Domingo, 49, the newspaper reported…Source

I’m sure you remember the faux report of a finger found in Wendy’s chili, so every report like this has to be taken with a grain of salt. That said, Swiss police are investigatng a report of a condom found in a child’s Happy Meal…Source

A Serbian union official who chopped off his finger and ate it in a protest over wages that in some cases have not been paid in years, said Monday he did it to show how desperate he and other workers were. “We, the workers have nothing to eat, we had to seek some sort of alternative food and I gave them an example,” Zoran Bulatovic told Reuters. “It hurt like hell.”…Source

A runaway bull was captured on security cameras doing some “on the hoof” shopping in an Irish supermarket. The animal had been at the local mart in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, when it escaped and made off through the town, paying a visit to Cummins’ SuperValu, where it made its way through the store, sending a few customers on the run…Source

Willa Chen has a knack for tough tests. The Detroit News reported Saturday that the 17-year-old senior at southeast Michigan’s Canton High School got perfect scores on the ACT — and the SAT — and the PSAT. ACT Inc. spokeswoman Mary Owens says it’s “quite an accomplishment.”…Source

Don’t bother knocking if the dumpster is rocking. That’s what Saanich police found out early Friday, while following up on a call of “suspicious persons.” A Saanich police officer arrived at a parking lot where he heard noises coming from a large garbage dumpster. The officer called out to the people in the dumpster, but no one responded…Source