News From A Weird World
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NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
The world is full of weird news stories these days, those offbeat news stories that make you wonder what people were thinking, or what new "level of stupid" people can aspire to.
Every Wednesday I publish a series of articles on Yahoo Contributor Network that highlight some of the really bizarre stories from the past week.
The series is appropriately called News From A Weird World, and this lens contains a summary for each of the weekly editions.
Prior to September 2010, the articles used to be called Offbeat News, but I decided to change the name to give these stories a more unique identity. You can view the older Offbeat News articles on my lens Offbeat News
Contents at a Glance
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4TH MAY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- May 4th Is A Good Day To Stay Off The Roads In Australia
-- Mommy That Man's Got No Clothes On!
-- Deaf Men Stabbed Over Misunderstood Signs
-- What Not To Do When You Have Noisy Neighbors
-- Trips To The Cemetery Aren't Sacred Any More
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27TH APRIL 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Sex In Space? "Nyet!" Say The Russians
-- Tony Blair And Gordon Brown Not Invited To The Royal Wedding
-- The Royal Wedding Party Is A Great Knit
-- Big Brother Is Watching You And Your Tattoos
-- Robbery By Remote Control Didn't Pay Off
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20TH APRIL 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Kiki License Plate Is A Rude Word
-- What Daily Specials Do You Have?
-- It's Curtain Call Time In Polk County
-- Boy Loses Dog Burns Down House
-- Let's End This Week On A Happy Note
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13TH APRIL 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Join The US Army And Become A US Citizen
-- The Czech PM Snatches Pen
-- Police Attacked With Vacuum Cleaners During Clean Up Operation
-- He's Dead Five Times In One Day!
-- Beware Of Flying Fish
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6TH APRIL 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Fake Australian Wine Floods Market
-- Nazi's Invade The USA : It's A WWII Comedy Of Errors
-- A Pretty Potty Place To Find Phosphates
-- Not The Best Way To Throw Dogs Off Your Scent
-- Kids Banned From Playing Outside
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
30TH MARCH 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- How Does A Mom Party And Do Drugs?
-- Dad Drops Baby While Watching Parade
-- How Does A Teenage Girl Get A New Car These Days?
-- Message In A Bottle A Rare Find
-- Sorry There Is No Jewelery Here
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23RD MARCH 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- "Give Me A Kiss" : "No!" : BANG!
-- He's Just A Growing Boy But Watch Him Grow!
-- Supermarket Scrabble : Now That's My Kind Of Game
-- Guess Who Is Cashing In On The Royal Wedding
-- If You Pay To Pray The Nuns Say Hurray!
-- How Much Was That You Wanted To Insure My Car?
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
16TH MARCH 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- How Many British Just Don't Know Their Meat
-- Brighter Than Einstein And Only 11 Years Old!
-- Well That's One Way To Blow Your Inheritance
-- He Did What In A Chocolate Shop?
-- That's Rare : A Two Headed Turtle With Five Feet
-- Australian UFO Conference Canceled Due To The Weather
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9TH MARCH 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Woman Boards School Bus And Slaps Child
-- Mom Fights With Kids Over A Perm
-- Group Leader Tapes Boy To Chair And Turns Him Upside Down
-- When Is It Not Right To Be Appointed The Designated Driver?
-- How Do You Sabotage An Election In Nigeria?
-- At Last A Happier Story Out Of Christchurch, New Zealand
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2ND MARCH 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- I'm Stuck In A Jam Show Me The Way To Go Home
-- No More Sex And Drugs Parties For This Orlando Doctor
-- Dogs Sniffing Butts Can Sometimes Reap Rewards
-- Guess Who Got Arrested For Driving Under The Influence?
-- Boy Underwent Surgery Went To Heaven And Met His Dead Sister
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23RD FEBRUARY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Florida Mother Of The Year
-- When Whiskey And Ice Cream Don't Mix
-- Florida Bar Brawl Ends Up With Woman In Jail
-- What The Mold Inspector Saw
-- 39 Wives 94 Children And He Wants More
-- Mom Videos Under Age Kids Smoking
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
16TH FEBRUARY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Hoped For A Prince But Found A Frog
-- Kissing Their Way Into The Record Books
-- Show Me Your Breasts Cop Faces Arrest
-- He's Dead. Oh No He's Not. Oh Yes He Is.
-- Couple Commits Crimes While Toddler Sleeps
-- Something Odd About Those Women I Bought Drinks For
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
9TH FEBRUARY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- British Woman Dies In Buttock Operation Tragedy
-- What's Worse Than Shooting Yourself In The Foot?
-- Who Kidnapped JR?
-- Well That Really Stinks!
-- How Do You Heat Your Swimming Pool?
-- I'm Not Moving To Malawi - Are You?
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
2ND FEBRUARY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This 1st Anniversary issue includes:
-- China Military Drill Dogfight Clip Isn't What It Seems
-- Shoplifting By Pensioners In Japan Hits Record Highs
-- Woman Kills Baby Who Interrupted Her Farmville Game
-- Run Out Of De-Icer? Use Pickle Juice
-- Fancy A Swim Off Palm Beach? You Might Want To Read This First
-- Wife Sets Man's Clothes On Fire
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26TH JANUARY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Rare Plant Blooms In Australia - However...
-- Australia Day Protests Over Invasion Day
-- Croc-o-dial Can't Stomach Mobile Phone Diet
-- The Perfect Companion To Take On Holiday With You
-- A Woman With A Strange Addiction
-- The Mystery Of The Miami Grand Piano
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
19TH JANUARY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Elderly Woman Bashes Burglar With Heirloom Walking Stick
-- What Irritates Motorists Most In The UK?
-- Distillers Try To Recreate Taste Of 100 Year Old Scotch Whisky
-- Pulpo Paul Is To Have A Shrine Built For Him
-- River Rescue After Woman Loses Grip On Sex Doll
-- How To Stop A Library From Being Closed
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
12TH JANUARY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Man In His 60's Steals Young Neighbors Underwear
-- Beware Of Pineapple Shaped Bookends
-- This Is One Woman Not To Be Messed With
-- Headline Of The Week
-- Crappy Commute Of The Week
-- Maybe Not The Best Way To Avoid Being Evicted
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
5TH JANUARY 2011
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Even Scotty Can't Save Enterprise Captain From This Fine Mess
-- Potty Trained Pigs Prevent Pollution
-- Pythons Get Married But It's Nothing To Do With Monty
-- Farmer And Wife Victims Of Mad Cow Disease
-- Somebody Stole Some Body
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
29TH DECEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- It's Now Ok To Foresee The Future In Romania
-- Beckham Is Now Allowed To Bend It In North Korea
-- North Korean's Find Where There's Muck There's Money
-- You Want Loyal Ling? Only Three Dollar
-- When Not To Punch A Homeless Man
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22ND DECEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Celebrate Christmas Catalan Style
-- Frozen Glasgow Dog Refuses To Leave Bus
-- Very Very Intestine But Stupid
-- High Tide At The United Nations Kicks Up A Stink
-- Mother Abandons Disabled Son At Sea World In Orlando
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15TH DECEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Pilot Ends Up Pooped After Historic Flight Crash Landing
-- Supermarket Thief Makes A Getaway In A Motorized Shopping Cart
-- Gun Store In Florida Is #10 In The Nation
-- Oh Where Oh Where Did My Kitty Disappear To?
-- Zimbabwe Wants To Send Cecil Rhodes Home
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8TH DECEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Driver Fined For Speeding On Both Sides Of The World By Same Cop
-- Spiderman Arrested In Germany
-- So Who Did Invent The Pavlova - Officially?
-- Rudolph Does A Runner
-- Another Home Foreclosure Served But They Got The Wrong Owner
-- The Grinch Is At Work On The Florida Turnpike
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1ST DECEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Daytona Man Given Four Year Jail Sentence
-- Indians Have A Bone To Pick About Burial Ground Move
-- Happy Thanksgiving - You've Got A Leak
-- The Ultimate Gift For The John F Kennedy Fanatic
-- Spiderman Suffers A Few Sticky Moments On Broadway
-- Swedish Stomach Broadcast Sounds Bad
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24TH NOVEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Rolling Stone's Tongue Tattoo For A Pony
-- How To Eat Free At Top London Restaurants
-- Neighbor Arrested For Returning Stolen Ashes
-- Toddler Escapes From Home For Third Time
-- Woman Shoots Cat In Self Defense
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17TH NOVEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Federal Employee Seeks Girl He Met At A Party
-- Not Good To Be A Goldfish At The G20 Summit
-- Java Lovers Plead For Somewhere To Love
-- Free Accommodation In Manhattan With Full Air Conditioning
-- Airline Locks Toilets And Turns Out The Lights On Protesting Passengers
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
10TH NOVEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Teenage Burglar Gets Stuck In Air Vent
-- A Ray Of Sunshine For Russian Prisoners
-- Cell Phone Thief Leaves Behind A Trail
-- And The Father Of The Year Award Goes To
-- Poop Slinger Gets Caught In A Surveillance Trap
-- This Camera Thief Is Actually A Shark!
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
3RD NOVEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Fourth Grader Backpack Deemed Too Racy For School
-- Trapped Alligator Breaks The Record For Length In Florida
-- Lonesome High Rise Condo Man May Get Neighbors
-- Mother Leaves Baby Alone For Eight Hours While She Goes To Theme Park
-- Chinese Man Has Surgery To Remove Chopstick From His Stomach
-- Baby's Life Saved By Café Awning
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
27TH OCTOBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Is Kylie Minogue Set To Become A Mango?
-- Prostitutes Ordered To Make Themselves Seen Or Be Fined
-- Short Skirts Outlawed In Italian Town
-- Nine House Burglaries Committed By Six Children
-- Convenience Store Robber Gets Dressing Down
-- Shoplifters Leave Children Behind
-- Droopy Drawer Incident Causes Whole Family To Be Arrested
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20TH OCTOBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Multi-Millionaire Lord Sugar Given Winter Fuel Allowance
-- Believe It Or Not There Is A Tipsy Gene
-- Man Gets Arm Stuck Down Toilet
-- The Queen Cancels Christmas
-- Drunk Woman Falls From Moving Motor Home
-- Woman Spend Seven Hours Shoplifting In Wal-Mart
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
13TH OCTOBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Underwear Sniffing Landlord Taken To Cleaners
-- Idaho Tiger Habitat Given The Go Ahead But Tigers Not Allowed To Breed
-- The Pub Made Famous In Crocodile Dundee Is For Sale
-- Chinese On The Trail Of The Bigfoot
-- Older Than 52? Then You Must Be Grumpy
-- Teen Drives At 100mph With Kids In The Car
-- Thirteen Year Old Girl Poisoned Her Mother With Bug Spray
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
6th OCTOBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- How Would You Like To Own The World's Biggest Book?
-- Roll Up Roll Up, The Brazilian Congress Is In Session
-- Newcastle Doesn't Want Anyone To Be Seen Going In the Tardis
-- California Benefit Recipients Are Spent On Vacations In Florida
-- Man Takes Revenge On Neighbor With Weed Killer
-- Two Florida Moms Allowed Underage Daughters To Hold Drinking Parties
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
29TH SEPTEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- Well That Is One Way To Move A Carpet
-- That's A Fine Mess You Got Us into This Time
-- Vuvuzelas Are Set To Return At The Commonwealth Games
-- Stiletto Express Gets Into The Guinness Book Of Records
-- First Ambassador To The Aliens?
-- Pensioner With Automatic Prevents Robbery
-- Sky Diver Helps Raise Money For Alzheimer's
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
22ND SEPTEMBER 2010
NEWS FROM A WEIRD WORLD
This issue includes:
-- The Conservative Politician Who Meddled With The Occult
-- Giant Snake Found In Polish Toilet
-- Firefighters Have To Deal With Occupant Before Fire
-- Fake Doctor Fails To Give Woman A Perfect Butt
-- Britain Could Be The Worst Country In Europe
-- Oh No - Beatles Tribute Needs A Yoko
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
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crstnblue
Jan 18, 2012 @ 1:42 pm | delete
- Great topic! Thanks for laugh!
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Ladymermaid
Dec 6, 2011 @ 4:37 pm | delete
- I had never heard of weird news although I have definitely heard a lot of weird news over the years ;)
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ajgodinho Nov 6, 2011 @ 12:03 am | delete
- Wow, some pretty weird stories indeed. This is the first time, I'm coming across this. Great idea for a lens. I'll have to come back and read some more. Stay blessed! :)
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daria369
Oct 24, 2011 @ 12:28 am | delete
- Just reading the titles made me laugh so I had to check out some full stories. This is quite a collection you have here, hats down and blessed! :)
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aesta1
Sep 15, 2011 @ 8:03 pm | delete
- Weird but you made me laugh.
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DevBlue Sep 4, 2011 @ 4:13 am | delete
- Quite original and well presented.A lot of work must have gone in this. Thanks for sharing.
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darciefrench
Sep 3, 2011 @ 2:02 pm | delete
- So cool, thanks for letting me know about this lens. Blessed on the LDW quest bus, and to be featured on Folks With Weird Hobbies - perfect :)
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CruiseReady
Jul 17, 2011 @ 9:11 am | delete
- You are quite the blogger, Poddys... I don't know HOW you find the time to keep up with everything you do... and here's one more of yours I just discovered...
This is a cool lens.
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miaponzo
Jun 20, 2011 @ 3:22 pm | delete
- You always have some hilarious or totally strange news for people!!! Where the heck do you find it???? :)
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Pukeko
May 15, 2011 @ 8:08 am | delete
- What a great idea to do this for a blog series. I think I will be doing one like this for my blog.
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momsfunny Apr 15, 2011 @ 3:55 pm | delete
- Great stuff here, thanks
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A-Redneck
Apr 10, 2011 @ 5:13 pm | delete
- I love weird oddities and offbeat news. Keeps my heart ticking ;)
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dc64
Apr 5, 2011 @ 5:31 pm | delete
- I could spend all day reading this stuff. Really nice work you do, and so funny!
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pastella
Apr 1, 2011 @ 6:23 pm | delete
- Lots of offbeat stories here. You really have some great ideas about interesting lenses, and creativity seems to flow from you. Best wishes.
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vallain
Mar 24, 2011 @ 7:33 am | delete
- I favorited this so I could come back whenever I needed a good laugh. You sure find some great, goofy news stories to feature.
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d-artist
Mar 24, 2011 @ 7:30 am | delete
- Yes Tony these are weird stories and some really funny...Thanks for putting them together...it shows the world is a weird & funny place, although amidst all this some sad in themselves
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Positivevibestechnician
Feb 13, 2011 @ 12:24 pm | delete
- i had to lens roll this with my always something to laugh about lens i really enjoyed yours!!
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bbug
Feb 12, 2011 @ 9:12 pm | delete
- Some are fun some are sad, all are rather weird.
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Irenemaria
Feb 9, 2011 @ 9:07 am | delete
- I wish that you could make a lens of wonderful, beautiful events in this lovely world ;)
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mulberry
Jan 15, 2011 @ 1:16 am | delete
- On my. Well, if everyone was like me, we would have nothing to read about, scratch our heads, and what not. Fun to read about these people, but glad they don't live next door.
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Jack2205
Jan 14, 2011 @ 7:32 pm | delete
- I like to read weird news stories. Blessed by a Squid Angel.
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GuyB Jan 12, 2011 @ 6:41 pm | delete
- It would be hard to make up this stuff! Funny
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yourgoldenfuture
Jan 12, 2011 @ 3:59 pm | delete
- interesting topic :-) funny what the news reports
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Dec 19, 2010 @ 6:52 pm | delete
- Now this was a very nice place to visit today...great for a giggle. Hope you are having a fantastic holiday season :)
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