Weird News

Most people would only worry about being crushed by a buffalo out in the wild. It turns out the animals can be dangerous when they're mounted on walls, too. 

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An Arizona man who bluntly expressed his displeasure about being called to jury duty has landed himself in legal hot water.

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Boston parks officials are hoping the public can overcome the gross-out factor and get used to the thought of having a bite to eat in a former public restroom. 

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After a Tennessee police department let its Web site expire, the site was snatched up by a new owner -- a man who uses it to gripe about traffic cameras that issue speeding tickets.

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An Elvis impersonator wearing a red jump suit has filed for office as the running mate of a gubernatorial candidate seeking Minnesota's GOP nomination. 

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British Airways has apologized for a picture in a company magazine that showed a boarding pass in the name of Osama bin Laden. 

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Experts are taking no chances with an Asian cobra, not even one found in a box with the message, "I am no longer venomous." 

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The Pittsburgh Penguins are looking for 250 students to help with an important task and there's only one major requirement: You must know how to flush a toilet. 

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Bomb squads from around New Mexico got a chance to sharpen their skills by using a remote-controlled robot -- not to blow things up, but to make pancakes. 

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The guys from Maine who became online celebrities by creating geysers from Mentos candies and Diet Coke say they have harnessed that power to create a "rocket car." 

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You can hear Alex Hansen's truck coming. Or going, which was the case when thieves drove it away from his Longview, Wash., home. 

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Authorities say two people in their 70s were found buried under mounds of trash in their home on Chicago's South Side. 

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It wasn't quite man-bites-dog, but there were men and there were dogs and there was biting. 

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Two women have been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle crystal methamphetamine inside a Bible to a Walker man jailed in the Livingston Parish Detention Center. 

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A deck of cards and a bit of luck helped decide who will likely be the next sheriff of Nebraska's Morrill County. The nine of hearts Milo Cardenas drew Monday beat Travis Petersen's six of spades, giving Cardenas the Republican nomination for sheriff. Since no Democrats ran for sheriff, Cardenas is likely to win in November's election.

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Authorities say a Philadelphia woman hid in a coffin at a central Pennsylvania funeral home to escape custody. 

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A maritime expert says a 12-foot giant oarfish -- the world's largest bony fish -- has been found in Swedish waters for the first time in 130 years.

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Two gospel singers are facing multiple charges after authorities say they played uplifting music for several Georgia churches, then stole some $100,000 worth of speakers, microphones and other equipment.

• Police: 'pilgrims' didn't pray, they smuggled

An 87-year-old Connecticut woman doesn't have to split her share of a $500,000 lottery jackpot with the 84-year-old sister she hasn't spoken to since they began fighting over the cash, a judge ruled.

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• Woman accused of making son smoke
• Utah man, 84, accused of running over relative

Officials said a customer who struck a gun-toting man on the head with two beer bottles foiled a robbery at a truck stop off Interstate 95 in Virginia.

• Police: Pa. pair forced man into boxers over drugs

A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty to impersonating an FBI agent after fooling her former neighbors in northern Virginia into taking jobs as her assistant.

Dramatic video footage has emerged of a father saving his infant son by clutching steadfastly to him as a car strikes the man.

It's been a wild night at a Skid Row shelter in Los Angeles. The Union Rescue Mission offered a dinner Monday night of tacos made from wild elk, deer, sheep, pig, black bear and antelope.

• Moth-munching bird finds perch at Twins ballpark

Police in Lincoln, Neb., said they suspect they've captured the "toilet paper bandit," who concealed his face by wrapping his head with toilet paper during a robbery.

• Minnesota city stops giving free doggie bags

Forget brunch. Sports promoters in Lima, Peru, are honoring its mothers by inviting them to slip on gloves and head protectors and try to punch each others' lights out.

A Colorado man who claimed he was trying to defend himself from a mugger when he shot himself in the groin has been convicted of illegal discharge of a firearm.

Truck on fire? Forget calling 911. Craig Brown of Carlton just drove a few more blocks to the McMinnville (Ore.) fire station.

Four years ago, a Tampa area high school freshman told his Spanish teacher he'd wear the same pair of sneakers every day until graduation.