Iowa woman accused of blackmailing TLC show
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- An Iowa woman has been charged with extortion in an alleged plot to get Discovery Communications Inc. to cancel the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" or pay her $10,000.
Bizarre News
NYC parade record? 5,438 tons of confetti in 1945
NEW YORK -- New York City's sanitation commissioner says he expects to see about 40 tons of paper showered on the New York Giants during their Super Bowl victory parade up the Canyon of...
Catwoman shows her claws in L.A. brawl
LOS ANGELES -- Tourists and Los Angeles natives alike were treated to a show starring Catwoman Thursday afternoon.
Toothless Pa. bank robber says she needed dentures
WAYNESBURG, Pa. -- A woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and told police she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures.
Lions apparently not enough to keep intruders out
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system.
NJ camel predicts Giants will win the Super Bowl
LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- People use all sorts of ways to try to predict the winner of the Super Bowl: comparing regular season records, judging who looked stronger in the post-season run-up to the big game, or watching the betting lines from Las Vegas oddsmakers.
Giant pair of legs ordered taken down outside house
UNDATED -- Is it art or just ugly? A pair of female legs in retro stockings are “stepping out” into controversy in one New York town.
Mexico police: robber rode skateboard to banks
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico City police say they have arrested a would-be bandit who role his skateboard to bank robbery attempts.
Painting squirrel goes viral
A squirrel's fondness for painting is winning him fans.
Air Jordan shoe collection heisted from NC home
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Charlotte, N.C., man says 30 pairs of Nike Air Jordan sneakers still in their boxes that he's been collecting since middle school have been heisted.
Guest at Ohio dog pound was a real pig
PAULDING, Ohio -- A dog pound in northwest Ohio has said goodbye to a guest more appropriate for a barnyard.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop arrested
MADISON, Wis. -- Authorities in southern Wisconsin are facing a tongue twister thanks to the arrest of Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop.
1793 penny fetches $1M at Fla. auction
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A one-cent copper coin minted in 1793, the first year that the United States produced its own coins, has fetched $1 million at a Florida auction.
Horse left at Amish-area Walmart needs home
SOUTH RUSSELL, Ohio -- Wally the Walmart horse is looking for a new home.
Pastor opens tattoo parlor inside church
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A Michigan pastor has opened a tattoo parlor inside his church.
Jan. 4 birthday runs in the family in Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Jan. 4 birthdays have been running in one Ohio family for four generations.
Idaho spud truck rolls on side, mashing potatoes
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- A spud-hauling truck has rolled onto its side in Idaho, dropping its cargo like a hot potato.
Not as many dead birds in Ark. town this year
BEEBE, Ark. -- Authorities in a central Arkansas town say about 100 blackbirds died on New Year's Eve after being spooked by fireworks, far less than the thousands that perished there a year ago.
Vehicle smashes into Tenn. house -- again
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee National Guardsman had his Christmas Eve interrupted by news that a vehicle had smashed through his house -- in the exact same spot another one did nearly two years ago.
Found stranded in Europe, turtle released off Fla.
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Marine experts have released an endangered turtle into the Gulf of Mexico three years after the creature became stranded in Europe.
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