3 suspended over horse mix-up after male beats fillies

A 3-year-old filly named Ruby Queen had never won a race until she appeared to blow past the field as a 110-1 longshot at an Ohio horse track.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressDec 10th, 2015

Pakistan court filing asks British queen to return Koh-i-Noor diamond

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani attorney said on Thursday he has filed a court petition seeking the return of the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond Britain forced India to hand over in colonial times......»»

Category: weirdSource: reutersDec 3rd, 2015

Woman pleads guilty in South African court to trying to sell baby online

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A mother pleaded guilty in a South African court on Monday to having tried to sell her baby on the Internet for 5,000 rand ($346), the online news service News24 said......»»

Category: weirdSource: reutersNov 30th, 2015

Model Inmates Compete For Title Of Prison Beauty Queen

Model Inmates Compete For Title Of Prison Beauty Queen.....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostNov 26th, 2015

Tigers, piranhas may join Indonesia"s crocodile prison guards

When Indonesia's anti-drugs czar announced plans to guard a death-row prison island with crocodiles, the government rushed to explain that it was just a joke, but on Friday Budi Waseso said he was now thinking of using tigers and piranha fish too. When.....»»

Category: weirdSource: canoeNov 13th, 2015

Escape claws: Tigers, piranhas may join Indonesia crocodile prison guard

JAKARTA (Reuters) - When Indonesia's anti-drugs czar announced plans to guard a death-row prison island with crocodiles, the government rushed to explain that it was just a joke, but on Friday Budi Waseso said he was now thinking of using tigers and piran.....»»

Category: weirdSource: reutersNov 13th, 2015

Indonesia uses trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to control forest fires

Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol. Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol......»»

Category: weirdSource: canoeNov 11th, 2015

Pet Project: Indonesia considers crocodiles for prison guards

Machines have threatened human jobs for years, but in an odd evolutionary twist, death row prison guards in Indonesia now have to worry about crocodiles putting them out of work. Machines have threatened human jobs for years, but in an odd evolutionary.....»»

Category: weirdSource: canoeNov 11th, 2015

Indonesia uses trained elephants to control forest fires

SIAK, Indonesia (AP) -- Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressNov 11th, 2015

Student who went on mac and cheese tirade no longer at UConn

STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- A 19-year-old University of Connecticut student who went on a drunken, obscenity-laced tirade against food service workers for refusing to sell him jalapeno-bacon macaroni and cheese is no longer enrolled at the university and.....»»

Category: Source: associated-pressOct 21st, 2015

2 accused of trying to sell stolen dog _ to dog"s owners

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities in Southern California say two people were arrested after they allegedly tried to sell a stolen bulldog to the dog's original owners.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressOct 21st, 2015

Tiny Oakland house moved down street after owner"s death

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Years after a big city sprouted up around a tiny California house and its 87-year-old owner refused to sell the only home he'd ever known, heavy equipment rolled up to the lot.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressOct 19th, 2015

Student sorry for mac and cheese meltdown, says he"s ashamed

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A University of Connecticut student who went on an obscenity-laced tirade against food service workers when they refused to sell him jalapeno-bacon macaroni and cheese has apologized.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressOct 12th, 2015

Student sorry for mac and cheese tirade, says he"s ashamed

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A University of Connecticut student who went on an obscenity-laced tirade against food service workers when they refused to sell him jalapeno-bacon macaroni and cheese has apologized.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressOct 12th, 2015

Thai beauty queen to dress like a tuk-tuk at Miss Universe

BANGKOK (AP) -- The smoke-belching, ear-splitting, undisciplined rickshaws known as tuk-tuks are part of the chaos on Bangkok's clogged streets.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressOct 9th, 2015

China Is Genetically Engineering Mini Pigs To Sell As Pets

We'd all like our baby pets to stay perpetually tiny, but scientists in China are taking that desire to a whole new level. BGI, a genomics institute located in Shenzhen, announced in late September that it is genetically engineering miniature pigs to sell.....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostOct 5th, 2015

Oregon artist to sell image of Trump painted with menstrual blood

PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - An Oregon artist who used menstrual blood to paint an image of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Wednesday she would sell posters as well as the original, created in response to remarks by the billionaire ab.....»»

Category: weirdSource: reutersSep 16th, 2015

Prison ordered for Michigan man in dirty sock deal

ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) -- A man who tried to sell a backpack of dirty socks as marijuana has been sentenced to at least one year in a Michigan prison.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressSep 3rd, 2015

Carnegie Mellon Student Pleads Guilty To Making App That Would Spy On Android Phones

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Carnegie Mellon University student who hoped to sell enough malicious software to infect 450,000 Google Android smartphones pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal law meant to prevent hacking of phones and computers. But how many phones .....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostAug 26th, 2015

Man Tries To Sell Backpack Filled With Dirty Socks As Pot: Cops

A Michigan man allegedly tried to sell a backpack full of his dirty socks for $2,800. The would-be customers thought the backpack contained a pound of marijuana. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to .....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostAug 7th, 2015