Hero Fisherman Gives Plastic-Trapped Turtle A Second Shot At Life

A hero fisherman went the extra mile after finding an olive ridley sea turtle trapped inside a plastic bag in the Arabian Sea. Amir Rahim was on board a tuna fishing boat 180 nautical miles off the coast of Karachi, Pakistan, when he spotted the.....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostJun 17th, 2016

Inmate sentenced for contraband-loaded football scheme

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- An inmate involved in a plan to toss a football filled with drugs and cellphones over the fence of a Michigan prison will spend an additional three to five years in prison.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressJun 14th, 2016

U.S. prison inmate can sue over removal of marbles from penis

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit in which a West Virginia inmate accused state prison officials of invading his privacy by surgically removing marbles he had implanted in his penis......»»

Category: weirdSource: reutersJun 7th, 2016

Fish Freaking LOVE To Eat Plastic, And That"s A Problem

We’ve known for years that microplastics -- tiny particles that include the microbeads sometimes present in products like face wash and toothpaste -- wind up in the stomachs of fish. What we didn’t know was how much the fish liked it. &ld.....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostJun 4th, 2016

77-Year-Old Congressional Candidate Busted With 180 Pot Plants

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Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostJun 1st, 2016

Man Accused Of Driving Through Memorial Day Cross Display

A 27-year-old man is accused of trashing a Memorial Day cross display in Henderson, Kentucky over the weekend. Anthony Burrus allegedly drove a Ford Thunderbird through a field of white, plastic crosses set up inside the city's Central Park to honor .....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostMay 30th, 2016

Pennsylvania county jail kept inmate 17 months too long

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Officials at a county jail in Pennsylvania say they mistakenly kept an inmate locked up 17 months too long.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressMay 25th, 2016

Chewbacca Mom’s Family Gets Own Masks And Are Our New #SquadGoals

Candace Payne made the entire Internet giggle last week, when she got positively giddy after trying on a now-famous electronic Chewbacca mask.  Well, she's back again. And this time, she has a mean Wookiee squad.  After the mom's video went vira.....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostMay 23rd, 2016

Tortoise Injured In Fire Gets New Hand-Painted, 3D-Printed Shell

It’s time to shell-ebrate! A tortoise that lost most of its shell in a forest fire got a 3D-printed prosthetic replacement, thanks to a team of specialists in Brazil, according to a press release translated by The Huffington Post.  The female t.....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostMay 23rd, 2016

Alaska inmate escapes, then comes back to try to free others

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- A minimum-security prisoner who escaped from a halfway house in Alaska came back three hours later, but it wasn't to turn himself in.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressMay 23rd, 2016

Chewbacca Mom"s infectious laugh draws more than 137M views

NEW YORK (AP) -- Before last week, Candace Payne's infectious laugh was known only to her close friends and family. After she went into hysterics donning a toy Chewbacca mask in a video she posted online, more than 137 million viewers know it .....»»

Category: Source: associated-pressMay 23rd, 2016

Chewbacca Mom"s infectious laugh draws more than 135M views

NEW YORK (AP) -- A Texas woman who spontaneously donned a Chewbacca mask she bought for a Facebook video says she feels like she deserves a gold medal after the post garnered more than 135 million views.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressMay 23rd, 2016

Seagull Steals Potato Chips From Coffee Shop Like It"s No Big Deal

Don't get in the way of a hangry seagull.  The seabirds are well-known for their bad behavior, especially when peckish. So that's presumably why no one bothered stopping this brazen specimen, which was caught on camera sauntering into a coffee shop a.....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostMay 22nd, 2016

Seagull Steals Potato Chips From Coffee Shop Like It"s Their Right

Don't get in the way of a hangry seagull.  The birds are well known for their bad behavior, especially when peckish. So that's presumably why no one bothered stopping this brazen specimen, who was caught on camera sauntering into a coffee shop and st.....»»

Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostMay 22nd, 2016

Texas woman and her Chewbacca mask go viral

(Reuters) - A Texas woman found fame this week after filming a Facebook Live video of herself in an electronic Chewbacca mask that racked up over 50 million views in less than 24 hours......»»

Category: weirdSource: reutersMay 20th, 2016

Reporter busted for defecating on lawn while covering a story

Maybe the story he was covering got him down in the dumps? Maybe the story he was covering got him down in the dumps?.....»»

Category: weirdSource: canoeMay 20th, 2016

Mom Puts On A Chewbacca Mask And Laughs Her Way To Viral Fame

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Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostMay 20th, 2016

Pizza restaurateur"s recipe for back-taxes : rob banks

LISBON (Reuters) - Saddled with back-taxes and other debts, an Italian restaurateur in Portugal left the pizzas aside, took a plastic replica pistol and held up a dozen banks to pay the tax man, court officials and local media said on Wednesday......»»

Category: weirdSource: reutersMay 18th, 2016

Police Chief Busted For Parking On Sidewalk Does The Honorable Thing

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Category: weirdSource: huffingtonpostMay 15th, 2016

Philadelphia police van is disguised as Google Maps vehicle

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia police officers attached a large Google Maps logo to a surveillance van in an apparent attempt to disguise it as one of the company's street-filming cars.........»»

Category: Source: associated-pressMay 13th, 2016