Offbeat News

In the past, bills have been introduced to prevent pedestrians from text messaging while crossing the street, though I am unaware of any that made it into law. Perhaps such a law would have saved this teen from a ton of embarrassment.

During the height of the swine flu panic, Afghanistan locked up its only pig. Yep, as a Muslim country, there was only one pig in the entire nation, in a zoo. He was sequestered for his own protection, but he's now been released.

Today is July 11th. Yes, that's 7-11, and as such, 7-11 stores are having a free Slurpee day, while supplies last. Yes, yes, it's somewhat corny (and to be honest I don't remember them doing this before, but apparently it's an annual event).

A couple with 16 kids has been found dead in Florida. Byrd and Melanie Billings were found shot to death Thursday night in their bedroom of their home in Beulah, FL, just west of Pensacola near the Alabama border.

In a video that went viral earlier this week, model and sometimes actress Heather Nichols was on the receiving end of some unusual interview behavior by UFC's Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Basically, he "dry-humped" her, on camera in the middle of the interview.

Oops again. This time the oops is on the media. While a widely circulated photo (above) seems to implicate both French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President Barack Obama in an ogling incident, further investigation by MSNBC shows (via video tape) the "look" was taken out of context.

Tom cat Basil staggered home after the horrific assault, and vets found more than 20 shotgun pellets in his body.

BRAVE Sandor Cevek has survived for 38 years with a rifle bullet lodged in his head.

Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge - literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet up in the air.

A southwest Florida woman was arrested after deputies said she assaulted her 71-year-old common-law husband after he complained about her cooking.

An Ohio man has his wedding band back - and is back in his wife's good graces - after the ring accidentally wound up in the till at a Texas tollbooth.

A Pennsylvania toddler did such a remarkable job of hiding during a game of hide-and-seek that the family had to call police and firefighters to help find her.

A Las Vegas man won a courtroom battle Wednesday with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles over his "HOE" license plate, which the agency tried to cancel on grounds that he was using a slang reference to prostitutes.

Ooops. Let's hope U.S. President Barack Obama has the same deal with Michelle that I do with my wife: looks are fine. Here's a photo of the Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy apparently checking out the nicely proportioned rear of a 16-year-old Brazilian junior G8 delegate, Mayara Tavares, at the G8 summit yesterday.

Obviously a feat of CGI, the Evian Roller babies YouTube video has gone viral. Released on July 2nd, the ad has been viewed over 5 million times already (adding together the U.S. and International versions).

"From the visionary creators of Office 2007 and 2003." Hilarious. This latest promo video for Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 features the grave of Clippy, the annoyingly helpful Office Assistant that thankfully vanished with Office 2007.

A Chinese woman finally has obtained permission to legally change her unusual name ... Chicken Dung.

A Chinese auction site, which is the equivalent to eBay, has recently banned a potential online seller from profiting from the sale of the saliva of pretty teenage girls.

Finally, it's a story involving sex with a minor that doesn't involve a teacher. Seriously, though, Summer Nelson, 28, has been charged with four counts of lewd conduct with a child, as of Monday.

A Polish woman has filed a lawsuit against an Egyptian hotel after claiming her teenage daughter got pregnant from using the pool.