http:///255/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Ledger-Enquirer.com en-us Copyright 2008 Ledger-Enquirer.com AP Weird News 60 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:25:10 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Ledger-Enquirer.com http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/421331.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/421331.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:22 EDT This small northeastern Georgia town's population boom is frightening. In a bid to break a world record for scarecrows and scare up some fun for the fall season, thousands of straw-stuffed newcomers are creeping across town. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/420891.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/420891.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:27 EDT Spanish revelers have pelted each with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual food fight. Town hall says an estimated 40,000 people took part in the hour of messy fun in the village of Bunol near Valencia. The ritual dates back to the 1940s. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/420561.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/420561.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:31 EDT This one-horse town is looking like becoming a no-horse town. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/419515.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/419515.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:31 EDT A 1991 Chevrolet Silverado that has traveled more than 1 million miles is still on the market, its owner says, though it failed to fetch the premium price that he had hoped for. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/419423.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/419423.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:57 EDT A judge has decided that a suburban Seattle woman who registered her Australian shepherd-terrier mix to vote has spent enough time in the legal doghouse. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/419173.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/419173.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:34 EDT Firefighters were right on top of this blaze. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/418299.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/418299.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:37 EDT Some people may lose sleep on the job or even lose the stapler off their desk. Dane Keane loses fingers. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/418339.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/418339.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:31 EDT The evidence in his office gave the judge pause: a half-eaten apple and some very distinctive footprints. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/417891.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/417891.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:52 EDT If only Goldilocks had a cockapoo. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/417744.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/417744.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:03 EDT It was the little engine that couldn't - because it was thirsty for fuel. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/417075.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/417075.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:01 EDT Auctioneers preparing for a backyard estate sale Saturday morning made an explosive discovery among the china and other items up for bid - a suitcase full of military-grade explosives. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/416759.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/416759.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:05 EDT An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413967.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413967.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:28 EDT The owners of Yoda - a cat with four ears - could use a couple extra hands to answer their telephones. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/414970.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/414970.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:23 EDT Fort Hays State University has fired its debate coach for losing his temper at a tournament, engaging in a videotaped shouting match that included pulling down his shorts to expose his underwear. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/414622.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/414622.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:53 EDT When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/414153.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/414153.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:25 EDT This presidential race was no contest: John McCain sped to the finish while Barack Obama was reluctant to leave the starting point. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413634.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413634.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:59 EDT David Hayes' granddaughter just asked him to hold her Barbie rod and reel while she went to the bathroom. He did. And seconds later he landed the state record channel catfish at 21 pounds, 1 ounce. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413932.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413932.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:29 EDT A woman and her accountant husband who claims he's developed a formula for lottery picks have each claimed $350,000 jackpots - twice. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413729.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413729.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:20 EDT A Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/411987.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/411987.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:29 EDT Some furniture inspected by customs agents at the Arizona-Mexico border gives new meaning to the term "entertainment centers" - they were allegedly used to hide $2.7 million worth of marijuana. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413419.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413419.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT A man said his friend's raccoon went crazy before it attacked him. Police say Steven Hines called police early Tuesday morning to report that he had been bitten. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413260.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413260.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT Bay County Sheriff's deputies were forced to use a Taser to subdue an escaped emu named Plop-Plop. The large female bird escaped from a farm last weekend and on Monday, she holed up with some horses and goats in a pen. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413416.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413416.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT You've heard of man bites dog. What about, dog saves cats? A two-year-old dog that had been turned over to the Nevada Humane Society's shelter in Reno is being credited with rescuing six abandoned kittens. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413417.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413417.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT Police said a man called 911 and reported a robbery after a gas station employee refused to give him his money back for an unopened box of condoms. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/412602.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/412602.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT The Lake County sheriff is behind bars - voluntarily. Sheriff Mark Curran said his goal is to talk to inmates so he can see the jail from their perspective. That way he can try to solve potential problems, such as safety issues, and better understand the inmate experience, he said. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413267.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413267.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT A 22-year-old man was back behind bars about 12 hours after he was released from jail, accused of stealing a car and beer and leading police on a high-speed chase. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/412557.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/412557.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT Lose a bet, kiss a horse. That's how Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen found himself kissing a 3-year-old sand-colored horse named Reno. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413268.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413268.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT A Grafton woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines. Heidi Dalibor, 20, told the News Graphic in Cedarburg she ignored the library's calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413414.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413414.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25 EDT There are loyal customers, and then there's Joseph Macko. The 84-year-old Flint man has bought or leased a new Cadillac every year since 1955, the year Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif., and Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413442.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/255/story/413442.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:20 EDT It sounds like this cow had a beef with the bear. Neighbors spotted a cow and a wild bear nuzzling noses Sunday and playing in a pasture. The bear later dashed away, but no one's sure whether the cow wanted the pasture for herself or more playtime.