<![CDATA[Kentucky.com -- Weird News]]> http://www.kentucky.com/523/index.html Kentucky.com, Lexington, KY en-us Copyright 2012 - Kentucky.com Weird News 60 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:22 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 dlawhead@herald-leader.com (Deedra Lawhead) <![CDATA[VW beetle police car pulls over pickup driver]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066896/vw-beetle-police-car-pulls-over.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066896/vw-beetle-police-car-pulls-over.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:23 EST A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle - at about 20 mph. The beetle won.

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]]> <![CDATA[Ky school officials say bedbugs at school a hoax]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066877/ky-school-officials-say-bedbugs.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066877/ky-school-officials-say-bedbugs.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:18 EST Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn't need a student's report of bedbugs at the school to make things worse.

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]]> <![CDATA[Retirement ends Ohio family's long-running service]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066875/retirement-ends-ohio-familys-long.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066875/retirement-ends-ohio-familys-long.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:18 EST Members of Hamilton police Chief Neil Ferdelman's family have held public safety jobs serving their southwestern Ohio city for 87 years straight, but that run will end with his retirement…

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]]> <![CDATA[NYC sewage plant to offer Valentine's Day tours]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063137/nyc-sewage-plant-to-offer-valentines.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063137/nyc-sewage-plant-to-offer-valentines.html Domestic Nonwashington Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:41 EST It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.

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]]> <![CDATA[Car theft suspect held after LA roof standoff]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062147/stolen-car-suspect-tries-to-hide.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062147/stolen-car-suspect-tries-to-hide.html Domestic Nonwashington Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:57 EST A suspect in an auto theft was arrested Thursday after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Westwood neighborhood.

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]]> <![CDATA[Hundreds ask Vt. to keep prank pig on police decal]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062313/hundreds-ask-vt-to-keep-prank.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062313/hundreds-ask-vt-to-keep-prank.html Domestic Nonwashington Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36 EST Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?

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]]> <![CDATA[Necklace flushed down toilet returned months later]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061927/necklace-flushed-down-toilet-returned.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061927/necklace-flushed-down-toilet-returned.html Domestic Nonwashington Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:51 EST A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet.

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]]> <![CDATA[Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061757/pakistani-man-fights-police-over.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061757/pakistani-man-fights-police-over.html International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:56 EST Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly…

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]]> <![CDATA[Ex-CA mayor admits stealing mixer to make pizza]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2061102/ex-ca-mayor-admits-stealing-mixer.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2061102/ex-ca-mayor-admits-stealing-mixer.html Domestic Nonwashington Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:16 EST The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home…

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]]> <![CDATA[Judge: Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060585/judge-buy-wife-flowers-then-take.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060585/judge-buy-wife-flowers-then-take.html Domestic Nonwashington Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:52 EST A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges.

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]]> <![CDATA[Trooper: Irate driver hit man with sledge hammer]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060062/trooper-irate-driver-hit-man-with.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060062/trooper-irate-driver-hit-man-with.html Domestic Nonwashington Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:32 EST The Washington State Patrol says an irate driver apparently whacked a man in the shoulder with a small sledge hammer in a road rage dispute.

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska man accused of trying to extort gov't]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059979/alaska-man-accused-of-trying-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059979/alaska-man-accused-of-trying-to.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:32 EST Authorities in Alaska say a man threatened to teach "crackheads" how to make "electromagnetic distortion devices" unless the state paid him $85,000.

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]]> <![CDATA[Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058111/montana-man-fined-1k-for-instigating.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/06/2058111/montana-man-fined-1k-for-instigating.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27 EST A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his…

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]]> <![CDATA[Chopper makes emergency landing at CA playground]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2057399/chopper-makes-emergency-landing.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2057399/chopper-makes-emergency-landing.html Domestic Nonwashington Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:37 EST Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood.

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]]> <![CDATA[Chicago college offers class on Occupy movement]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056924/chicago-college-offers-class-on.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056924/chicago-college-offers-class-on.html Domestic Nonwashington Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:22 EST A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement.

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]]> <![CDATA[Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054478/kobayashi-downs-record-337-wings.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054478/kobayashi-downs-record-337-wings.html Domestic Nonwashington Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:32 EST Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.

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]]> <![CDATA[Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054303/sheep-herding-swedish-bunny-becomes.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054303/sheep-herding-swedish-bunny-becomes.html International Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:12 EST Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the…

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]]> <![CDATA[Wrong-number call helps Ohio woman having stroke]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054287/wrong-number-call-helps-ohio-woman.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054287/wrong-number-call-helps-ohio-woman.html Domestic Nonwashington Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:27 EST A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.

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]]> <![CDATA[Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054293/pet-elk-denied-re-entry-to-pennsylvania.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054293/pet-elk-denied-re-entry-to-pennsylvania.html Domestic Nonwashington Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:52 EST A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to.

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]]> <![CDATA[Man admits to jumping on backs of student athletes]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/02/2053847/man-admits-to-jumping-on-backs.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/02/2053847/man-admits-to-jumping-on-backs.html Domestic Nonwashington Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:57 EST A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.

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