Category | Weird US News

Man Finds Missile Launcher While Gardening

Posted on 16 October 2009

Jarrette Schule was cutting down trees on his rural property in Comal County, Texas when he noticed a green metallic tube on the muddy ground. A closer inspection revealed a decal that read: “Guided Missile and Launcher, Surface Attack.”

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Woman Accused of Church Theft Blames Satan

Posted on 22 March 2009

An Arlington woman, 62, told detectives evil was at work when she allegedly forged more than $73,000 worth of checks to herself from the church where she was an administrative assistant.

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Psychic Business is Booming as Economy Tanks

Posted on 06 February 2009

As the economy goes South, Roxanne Usleman’s Psychic business is booming with visits from men in the business world, high-powered jobs, stock market and Wall Street.

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Woman Sues McDonalds Over Cup of Iced ‘Cleaning Solution.’

Posted on 06 February 2009

Caryl Jones ordered an iced tea at the drive-through of the McDonald’s near her Northwest Baltimore home. But that’s not what she got, according to her lawsuit. Instead she was served: “T”: Triazinetrione — Dichloro-s-Triazinetrione Dihydrate — better known as “McD Sanitizer.”

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Baby Jesus Thefts Thwarted by GPS Tracking Devices

Posted on 21 December 2008

LightningGPS, a leading supplier of GPS Tracking Devices, is offering free holiday rental of devices to schools and churches across the country to assist in keeping track of their nativity scenes.

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‘Karl Rove’s IT guru’ Mike Connell dies in plane crash

Posted on 21 December 2008

A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.

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Cardboard ‘Man’ Causes Armed Standoff

Posted on 01 December 2008

A cardboard figure of a person inside a Somerset County bank kept armed police at bay for 90 minutes.

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Father Finds Long-lost Son on MySpace

Posted on 29 November 2008

A Tucson father separated from his infant more than 17 years ago, has found his son on MySpace.

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Workers and Shoppers Trampled at Wal-Mart

Posted on 28 November 2008

A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island, New York Wal-Mart Friday morning seeking bargain sale items.

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Missing Dog Found After 5 Years

Posted on 24 November 2008

A Pleasantville, N.J., family said their pet dachshund, which went missing nearly five years ago, has been found by a Pittsburgh animal shelter.

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Cheetahs on a Plane: Animal gets loose in cargo hold

Posted on 31 October 2008

A Delta baggage worker got a bit of a fright before Halloween when she opened a jetliner’s cargo door and found a cheetah running loose amid the luggage.

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Man Sues God, Unsuccessfully

Posted on 16 October 2008

A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator’s lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn’t properly served due to his unlisted home address.

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Soccer Mom Carries Pistol at Child’s Games

Posted on 15 October 2008

A mother who angered fellow parents when she wore a holstered pistol at her 5-year-old daughter’s soccer game got her concealed weapons permit back yesterday after a judge overruled a sheriff’s decision to revoke it.

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Man Tries to Pay For Fast Food with Pot

Posted on 15 October 2008

A McDonald’s cashier called 911 after a Vero Beach drive-thru customer offered to pay for his meal with marijuana.

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Woman changes name to URL to protest dissections

Posted on 14 October 2008

A woman whose driver’s license now reads Dissection.com, Cutout — wanted to do something to protest animal dissections in schools.

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Man Pays To Fill Strangers’ Gas Tanks

Posted on 14 October 2008

A man surprises strangers at a gas station, offering to pay their tab if they “Pay It Forward.”

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Airport Luggage Checker Swipes Electronics to Sell on eBay

Posted on 13 October 2008

A TSA Luggage screener has been charged with the theft of hundreds of passenger’s electronics – items that he later tried to sell on eBay.

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Man Released from Jail Arrested Again in Jail Parking Lot

Posted on 08 October 2008

A man released from the Port Charlotte County Jail was arrested a short time later after he was caught burglarizing a vehicle in the jail parking lot.

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Virtual “Strip Searches” Hit US Airports

Posted on 06 October 2008

Travellers at New York and Los Angeles airports will be among the first in the world to be searched using a new body scanner which can see through clothes and create detailed images.

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World’s Fattest Man to Wed After Crash Diet

Posted on 03 October 2008

The world’s fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, said Wednesday that he would wed this month, after losing nearly half his original weight.

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