Offbeat NewsNews on Offbeat continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Inmate leaves toilet paper rose after jail escape- June 27, 2008 VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) -- Crawford County authorities say an inmate escaped the county jail and left behind a rose fashioned out of toilet paper because he felt sorry for breaking out.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/inmate-leaves-toilet-paper-rose-after-jail-escape?... Man sought by Conn. police hits troopers' garage- June 27, 2008 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- A man being sought by police for questioning in a series of traffic accidents was arrested after crashing his truck in a state police garage in Connecticut.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/man-sought-by-conn-police-hits-troopers-garage?fro... For sale: The gruesome research of Britain's most famous pathologist- June 27, 2008 A woman who had a fatal reaction to a shampoo during a haircut at Harrods and a man given hydrochloric acid instead of whisky in a London pub are some of the newly discovered records of Britain's most famous ...http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/for-sale-the-gruesome-research-of-britains-most-fa... Woman's 'Wing House' takes flight in Malibu- June 27, 2008 MALIBU, Calif. (AP) -- The neighborhood already has a house that scientists say looks like a giant atom smasher, and nearby there is another that is perched on a cylindrical tower and looks like a flying saucer.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/womans-wing-house-takes-flight-in-malibu?fromrss=1 Tot Uses Song To Call 911, Get Mom Help- June 27, 2008 A 3-year-old girl used a simple song her mom made up to teach her how to call 911 to summon help when the woman fainted.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/tot-uses-song-to-call-911-get-mom-help?fromrss=1 Monument to enema treatments opens in Russia- June 27, 2008 A monument to the enema, a procedure many people would rather not think about, has been unveiled at a spa in the southern Russian city of Zheleznovodsk.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/monument-to-enema-treatments-opens-in-russia?fromr... Goodwill Painting Sells for $40,000 at Maryland Auction- June 26, 2008 An old painting that was dropped off at a rural Maryland Goodwill store this spring was pulled aside by sharp-eyed store employees for their manager Terri Tonelli to research.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/goodwill-painting-sells-for-40-000-at-maryland-auc... Animal shelter accidentally euthanizes wrong dog- June 26, 2008 The nearly 2-year-old black lab escaped from home and bit a woman. But Junior's punishment wasn't supposed to be a death sentence.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/animal-shelter-accidentally-euthanizes-wrong-dog?f... Ypsilanti man charged in fork, chicken attacks- June 26, 2008 An Ypsilanti man is accused of stabbing his mother with a fork and assaulting a second woman with 10 pounds of frozen chicken.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/ypsilanti-man-charged-in-fork-chicken-attacks?from... Roofers find human skull in Utah attic- June 26, 2008 Roofers have made an unsettling discovery while working on a house in Tooele, Utah.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/06/roofers-find-human-skull-in-utah-attic?fromrss=1 |