Latest offbeat news

• NYC sewage plant to offer Valentine's Day tours
  7:41 a.m.

  It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.

• Man fights police over 40-foot shark
  6:44 a.m.
• Ex-mayor admits stealing mixer to make pizza
  6:44 a.m.
• Car theft suspect held after LA roof standoff
  2/9/12
• Necklace flushed down toilet returned months later
  2/9/12
• Hundreds ask Vt. to keep prank pig on police decal
  2/9/12
• Judge: Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner
  2/8/12
• Trooper: Irate driver hit man with sledge hammer
  2/8/12
• Alaska man accused of trying to extort gov't
  2/7/12
• Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase
  2/6/12
• Chopper makes emergency landing at CA playground
  2/5/12
• Chicago college offers class on Occupy movement
  2/5/12
• Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl
  2/4/12
• Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit
  2/3/12
• Man starts police chase as part of bucket list
  2/3/12
• Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.
  2/3/12
• Man admits to jumping on backs of student athletes
  2/2/12
• Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals
  2/2/12
• Lions apparently not enough to keep intruders out
  2/2/12
• Toothless Pa. bank robber says she needed dentures
  2/1/12
• Albatross found in LA freed to fly home to Hawaii
  1/31/12
• Man rescued after being stuck in mud for 3 days
  1/31/12
• NY inmate guilty of seeking $890M in tax refunds
  1/27/12
• Embarrassing 'SHCOOL' sign replaced in city
  1/26/12
• Artist plans to bury 727 jetliner in desert
  1/26/12
• Museum: Rare coin may be Roman brothel token
  1/26/12
• Wyoming 19-year-old fined $200 for doughnut theft
  1/25/12
• AZ inmate arrested for refusing to leave lockup
  1/25/12
• Beaver to stay despite toppling trees in city park
  1/25/12
• Ore. man released from prison arrested in bank job
  1/25/12
• Book' em Danno: Turkey busts into Deadwood library
  1/24/12
• NYC officials dodge blame over 'SHCOOL X-NG' sign
  1/24/12
• Cop fired for violating city's non-smoking policy
  1/24/12
• Cops: Mass. woman stole soda just for can deposit
  1/24/12
• No to love: Uzbekistan nixes Valentine's Day shows
  1/24/12
• Alaska woman, 85, uses shovel to fend off moose
  1/23/12
• No joke: 3-inch nail removed from Ill. man's brain
  1/21/12
• Ill. man jokes after nail removed from his brain
  1/21/12
• Mexico police: robber rode skateboard to banks
  1/20/12
• Utah school passes on 'cougars' as mascot
  1/20/12
• Ill. man didn't know he'd shot nail into his brain
  1/20/12
• Urinating cat, not fire, caused smoke in home
  1/20/12
• Robbery suspect used infection threat, police say
  1/20/12
• Phoenix transient accused of skinning, eating cat
  1/19/12
• Goat missing from Minnesota Nativity found safe
  1/19/12
• Year of dragon raises hopes for stock rally
  1/18/12
• Fugitive's suit against Kansas hostages dismissed
  1/16/12
• Principal warned over high-tech anti-cheating idea
  1/16/12
• Critics seek to cut gas chamber after cat survives
  1/15/12
• Out of room, Mass. man gives up 94 hamsters
  1/14/12
• Ore. farmer's stolen rabbits returned
  1/14/12
• Wis. man arrested for playing too much cowbell
  1/13/12
• Utah man gets lost class ring back 45 years later
  1/13/12
• Air Jordan shoe collection heisted from NC home
  1/13/12
• 420 pounds of cow brains seized at Cairo airport
  1/13/12
• Facebook campaign wants all presidents named Havel
  1/13/12
• Dutch use F-16s to pursue criminal suspect
  1/13/12
• Japan police nab inmate after underwear jailbreak
  1/13/12
• Russian buys crates, gets Kalashnikov content free
  1/13/12
• Police ticket boy after toy motorcycle hits SUV
  1/12/12
• Ind. theft suspect threatens to eat police, dogs
  1/12/12
• Guest at Ohio dog pound was a real pig
  1/12/12
• HK stockbrokers protest plan to trim lunch break
  1/12/12
• Pope gets rare, scaled visitor at general audience
  1/12/12
• Woman disputes TSA portrayal of her cupcake
  1/12/12
• Alleged carjacker arrested when he stops for gas
  1/11/12
• Thai official's behavior at airport causes uproar
  1/11/12
• Police arrest convicted felon with gun in her bra
  1/10/12
• TSA defends confiscation of Mass. woman's cupcake
  1/9/12
• Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop arrested in Wis.
  1/9/12
• Bear spray empties Baptist church in Anchorage
  1/9/12
• Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop arrested
  1/8/12
• Crocodile invites self into Australian home
  1/8/12
• 1793 penny fetches $1.38M at Fla. auction
  1/7/12
• Calif. school workers win lottery prize - again
  1/6/12
• Pastor opens tattoo parlor inside Michigan church
  1/6/12
• Pastor opens tattoo parlor inside Michigan church
  1/6/12
• Pa. grandma says she was duped by stranger's seeds
  1/6/12
• Police: woman disguised to steal from neighbors
  1/6/12
• Couple finds $4,500 wedding ring in dog's stomach
  1/5/12
• Florida man reunites with lost kitty in Colorado
  1/4/12
• Run ends for Ohio man's Secret Santa bearing pies
  1/4/12
• Jan. 4 birthday runs in the family in Ohio
  1/4/12
• Firefighters pull back in fear of venomous snakes
  1/4/12
• Man who escaped Calif. prison in fire truck caught
  1/3/12
• Idaho spud truck rolls on side, mashing potatoes
  1/3/12
• Norwegian beach briefly carpeted with dead herring
  1/3/12
• Official: CA prisoner steals fire engine to escape
  1/2/12
• Wis. Polar Bear Club head makes 60th icy plunge
  1/2/12
• Not as many dead blackbirds in Ark. town this year
  1/1/12
• Dead blackbirds fall again in Arkansas town
  1/1/12
• Cops: Man tried to use $1M bill at NC Walmart
  12/31/11
• PETA seeks memorials to cows killed on Ill. roads
  12/30/11
• Caviar cache found in Russian morgue
  12/30/11
• 2 face indecency charges after nude McDonald's run
  12/30/11
• Vehicle smashes into Tenn. house - again
  12/29/11
• Christmas message lands Boston worker in hot water
  12/27/11
• Lamb born on Christmas Eve at Ohio nativity scene
  12/27/11
• Mass. woman says TSA confiscated frosted cupcake
  12/24/11
• Rocky Road: Ice cream spill freezes Ind. traffic
  12/24/11