Tag: odd news

Pepsi and Chicken Flavored Lay's Potato Chips

Overseas markets have yielded a slew of weird and wacky snack flavors of late, particularly in the potato chip realm. The latest example: PepsiCo, which ... Full story

Frank Schnarr Allows Pot Smoking in His Sports Bar

Thanks to a successful ballot initiative last month, Washington state residents can legally smoke marijuana in the privacy of their living rooms as of Thursday.When ... Full story

IKEA Monkey Runs Around In Coat Outside Store In Toronto

An unaccompanied monkey wearing a stylish winter coat and a diaper surprised Sunday shoppers at a Toronto Ikea.The fashionable rhesus macaque, sporting a miniature shearling ... Full story

Russian Prime Minister Jokes About Secret Alien, Extraterrestrial Files

MOSCOW -- "Men in Black" agents K and J may be about to recruit a new Russian assistant: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.Medvedev has spoken about ... Full story

Man 'Punched Through JetBlue Plane Window Because He Was Not Allowed to Sit With His Mother'

A New Jersey man accused of punching and shattering a window on a JetBlue airplane as it departed Orlando, Florida last month was arraigned on ... Full story

Pizza Hut Perfume Makes Us Wish These 10 Other Entrée Fragrances Were Real

You know what smells awesome? Pizza. You know who's taking advantage of that? Pizza Hut. The restaurant's PR company posted a tongue-in-cheek question to its ... Full story

Hospital Visitor Handed Plastic Bag Containing Bloody Newborn by Mystery Woman

A man visiting hospital was left stunned when a woman pulled up at the entrance in her car, called him over and handed him a ... Full story

American Woman Celebrating Her 25th Birthday in Cancun is Killed by Falling Beam... 14 years After Her Sister Was Killed in Freak Accident

A young American woman celebrating her 25th birthday in Cancun was tragically killed in a bizarre accident after a ceiling beam fell on top of ... Full story

57 Maggots Discovered in Ear of Catherine McCann While She Was Under Care of $10,000-a-Month Nursing Home

The family of an elderly woman whose ear was infested with almost 60 maggots is suing her nursing home for negligence and emotional distress.Catherine McCann, ... Full story

Berkeley student's controversial column for college newspaper boasting of antics in library

The elite University of California, Berkeley has seen a blow to its uber-serious reputation with a controversial article from a student boasting about her marathon ... Full story

Epic weekend-long 125-mile traffic jam in Russia

 -- If you've ever griped about being mired in a traffic jam, there was proof this weekend in Russia that it could have been worse.Much, ... Full story

Darren Shore shooting: Police find alligators guarding marijuana, stripper pole

Darren Shore was arrested shortly after allegedly shooting his 30-year-old neighbor. But it was two 5-foot alligators, a marijuana grow operation, and a stripper pole ... Full story

Woman 'Befriended $30 Million Lottery Winner, Conned Him Out of His Money, Then Killed Him Before Burying Him in Concrete'

A woman is going on trial today charged with killing a Florida lottery winner.Jury selection in the trial of Dorice 'Dee Dee' Moore began yesterday. ... Full story

Ammunition Truck Driver Who Made Wrong Turn Freed From Mexican Prison

Dallas, TX – A North Dallas truck driver is free after an “honest mistake” landed him in a Mexican prison.Jabin Bogan was transporting a load ... Full story

The New Internet Craze: Milking