Latest and Breaking Bizarre and Weird News and Top Stories - July 8
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Music legend Glenn Miller mysteriously disappeared over the English Channel in 1944 on his way to play a concert for US troops in Paris. Now, a historian says newly discovered documents help explain what happened to him.
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You can ask god for salvation, but you can thank dog for your arrest. Police dogs in New England are being trained to sniff out child pornography as state police in Massachusetts and Rhode Island fight back against a growing network of t...
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Police in Mount Vernon, Washington, killed an agitated Angus cow that rampaged through town, tossing a police officer into the air and tap-dancing on a patrol car. The Skagit Valley Herald reports (HTTP://IS.G...
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An aspiring model in Louisiana just updated her portfolio... with her mugshot . Devan Serpa , 28, was arrested July 3 in connection with a June 27 shooting. Police in Morgan City said that multiple shots were fired into two cars and a re...
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Many of us have dreams of traveling the world. A more specific group, it turns out, has a more particular fantasy -- dancing through it, backwards. Artist and world traveler Ian Bennett did just that, jamming through meadows, mountains, ...
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — Police are trying to figure out why three men walked into a CVS pharmacy in Atlanta's northern suburbs and stole $2,000 in soap and other personal care items. Authorities say the men were filmed by surveillance ...
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ROCKLEDGE, Fla. (AP) -- Thousands of gallons of Red Bull spilled onto Interstate 95 in central Florida after two tractor-trailers collided. The Florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened Monday evening near Rockledge. Troopers say th...
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A man accused of murdering his wife briefly escaped from a Missouri jail when a deputy allowed him and other inmates to watch July 4 fireworks. Jason McClurg, the so-called "Kool Aid Killer" who allegedly poisoned his wife with the sweet...
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Move over, all you teens with your pithy breakup texts . This is how we used to do breaking up back in the '90s: "Well, chow, babe!" ? You can't get much cooler than that. h/t Instagram Keep in touch! Check out HuffPost Divorce on Facebo...
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Before Warren G. Harding became president of the United States, he was involved in a 15-year love affair with a woman named Carrie Fulton Phillips. On July 29, a century after the affair, approximately 1,000 pages of love letters written...
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Rule No. 1 for being a classy sports fan: Don't celebrate the injuries of your opponents. And if you must celebrate them, don't do so publicly -- especially not while hoisting a replica of your injured opponent's spinal cord in the air w...
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Keith Gordon definitely sticks out in a crowd. Of course, that happens when your entire face and most of your body is covered in tattoos. Five years ago, Gordon, a 58-year-old office administrator in London decided to get as much of his ...
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A couple weeks ago, comedian Brett Domino had us laughing when he taught the world how to make a hit pop song . Plus, his hilarious insights earned him over a million views. However, since we all want to keep sharpening our musical skill...
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You've heard the story of the tortoise and the hare, but what about the tortoise, the ball and the dog? The speedy tortoise in the video above lives in Italy , according to the Facebook user who posted the clip, and is just trying to bru...
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Method actors be crazy. Everybody knows that Christopher Walken devours six live doves before each take, and that Daniel Day-Lewis owns and makes liberal use of a time machine to research all of his roles. But there's nothing that says m...
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Commemorating its 40th anniversary, Six Flags Great Adventure unveiled the tallest drop ride in the world over the holiday weekend. Jeanne Yurman reports.
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Yuko Asakusa has worked as a geisha for three quarters of a century. At 91 she says she will keep working until she takes her last breath. Jeanne Yurman reports.
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A part time soccer-loving cabbie in Ramstein, Germany dresses like a superhero while driving a car covered in the country's black, red and yellow. Jeanne Yurman reports.
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London-based Shadow Robot Company has developed a robotic hand that uses 3D cameras and force sensors to determine how best to grip a given object. The company is already taking orders for their Dexterous Hand, with the makers seeing gre...
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In tiny NY village, 26 votes could mean victory Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/TMqvtq ) that two elections in Dering Harbor are headed to overtime Tuesday after a pair of 25-25 ties.
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Nerves can have a crippling effect on learner drivers when they get to test day, with some students undertaking unusual rituals.
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Take a look at some of the most creative and hilarious cap decorations.
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Set in the rolling coastal hills 6 miles south of Cambria, the ranching village dates back to the mid-1800s when the region thrived on cheese and butter production. The Excelsior Cheese Factory, which built the town's first creamery buil...
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Record holder for longest cherry pit spit does it again at annual contest in Michigan. Linda So reports.
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A spoof project to raise $10 to make a potato salad quickly nets thousands of dollars as people chip in around the world.
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Summer camp no longer means just swimming, arts and crafts or roasting marshmallows. Check out these 8 crazy and fun ways to spend the summer!
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Brian Krause took top honors with a distance of 80 feet, 8 inches, said Monica Teichman, who runs the market at Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire, just north of the Indiana state line. The Krause family has won 26 of 41 of the contest...
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The 29-year-old Monona police officer captured the title Friday after he slung his 103-pound wife over his shoulders and completed the obstacle course in a minute flat. With the victory he takes home $525 — plus his wife's weight in beer...
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The 51-year-old Michigan performer's act includes setting off 10,500 firecrackers attached to his body, The Detroit News reported (http://bit.ly/VrI3fO ) Saturday. The gravel pit scale operator from Pinckney doesn't get paid for his perf...
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are searching for a man they say swiped seven American flags from homes on Independence Day. The thefts happened at about 5:30 a.m. Friday in Brooklyn's Windsor Terrace neighborhood. Police say Saturd...
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HELSINKI (AP) — A Finnish couple has narrowly won the 19th World Wife Carrying Championships — a quirky competition in which men race to be the fastest while carrying a female teammate. Finland has established itself as a prime venue for...
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If you are lacking space but have an abundance of swagger, then these ten amazing secret pools are definitely for you.
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Joey "Jaws" Chestnut gobbles 61 hot dogs to retain his title, while women's division winner, Miki Sudo, scoffs 34.
