Oddities

Oddities

• Sheriff: Calif. burglar was using sauna

  Authorities in Northern California say a man arrested in nothing but a trench coat and socks after a break-in told investigators he had been using the ... 

• Polite British vandal guilty of damaging cars

  A British professor who specializes in cities and urban life has been convicted of damaging luxury cars with graffiti that was surprisingly polite. 

• Detective: Prankster registered as Obama in 2008

  A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how an apparent prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama 

• Pa. detective: Prankster registered as 'Obama'

  A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how a prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama." Butler ... 

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  Ohio ex-teacher sues, says she fears young kids

  A former high school teacher is accusing school district administrators of discriminating against her because of a rare phobia she says she has: a ... 

• Amsterdam professors are sick en masse after party

  Was it the fish? An estimated 230 University of Amsterdam professors or their spouses got violently ill last week after the school's annual faculty ... 

• 'Stand closer to the rhino' results in grave wound

  When do you not listen to the African wildlife expert? When he tells you to stand closer to the rhino. That suggestion by a South African game park ... 

• Russian soldiers to trade foot wraps for socks

  A Russian official says it's time for the nation's soldiers to switch from foot wraps to socks. Since the late 17th century, Russian soldiers have ... 

• Court: Escape from Greek lockup was justified

  A group of illegal immigrants was justified in escaping from a police lockup last year because of the miserable conditions in their overcrowded cell, ... 

• Nev. manager wants to change city 'hamburger' logo

  The city manager in Henderson, Nev., says he wants to update the city's logo after it was mistaken for a hamburger. Jacob Snow tells the Las Vegas ... 

• World's oldest woman dies at 115

  A Japanese official says a woman in his town near Tokyo who became world's oldest living female just last month has died at 115. Koto Okubo died ... 

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  Fla. 'python challenge' draws about 800 hunters

  An armed mob set out into the Florida Everglades on Saturday to flush out a scaly invader. It sounds like the second act of a sci-fi horror flick but, ... 

• Passenger has baby aboard flight to Armenia

  A passenger has given birth aboard a plane flying to Armenia and named her daughter after one of the flight attendants who helped with the delivery. 

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  Large pet reptile found guarding Calif. pot stash

  Authorities in Northern California made a snappy discovery during a routine probation check: An alligator-like reptile named "Mr. Teeth," who was ... 

• Police: Fla. clerk's gun beats thief's cattle prod

  Authorities say a Florida Panhandle man has been arrested after he tried to rob a convenience store with a cattle prod but was thwarted by a clerk ... 

• Sweden seeks 2 Britons for smuggling garlic

  Swedish prosecutors have issued international arrest warrants for two Britons suspected of masterminding a smuggling ring involving Chinese garlic. 

• Mass. couple's wedding day is also town's ZIP code

  Couples often hold weddings on significant dates, but a Massachusetts couple has come up with a new way of remembering their ceremony. Cheryl Bennett ... 

• Man who rode horse while drunk gets time served

  A Florida man accused of riding his horse while intoxicated during a police chase has changed his plea and was sentenced to time served. The Daytona ... 

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  Ore. deputies: Wooden statue was a bear to steal

  A bear that weighs more than 200 pounds is missing, and it's not in hibernation. The sheriff's office in Washington County, Ore., says the wooden ... 

• Swiss court wipes slate clean on ancient farm debt

  A Swiss court has wiped out an annual debt that farmers have had to pay the Catholic Church to atone for a crime 655 years ago. Swiss public ... 

• Hot air balloon crashes San Diego backyard wedding

  A sunset wedding ceremony aboard a hot air balloon got off to a bumpy start when a gust of wind forced the pilot to make a crash landing in the yard ... 

• Hundreds hold Colo. vigil for elk killed by police

  The elk was honored with a makeshift memorial of candles, songs and stories. Several hundred people attended a vigil Sunday in Boulder, Colo., for the ... 

• Oregon beer lover makes brew for dogs: Dawg Grog

  An Oregon man who loves beer and loves his dog has concocted some hooch for the pooch. Daniel Keeton works at Bend's Boneyard Brewery tasting room and ... 

• Fast-food robber suspect returns to eat, is nabbed

  Officials say a suspected robber of a suburban Detroit restaurant who apparently returned months later to get some food is under arrest after being ... 

• Vt. town says woman's pigs in home must go

  A Vermont woman considers her pigs to be pets, but town officials say they're farm animals and have no business living in a residential neighborhood.