Copyright 2012 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:24 -0700 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:24 -0700 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Lucky-Duck-Survives-Plunge-Down-Chimney-151736355.html Wed, 16 May 2012 10:10:08 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/194*120/PHOTO159348831169958454477main.jpg
A duck that fell down a chimney into a scorching fire will live to quack another day.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Turkey-Probes-Dead-Bird-It-Suspects-Is-Israeli-Spy-151681355.html Wed, 16 May 2012 09:29:52 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/124759261.jpg
It's a bird! It's an Israeli spy! It's a — well, it's probably a bird.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-High-School-Teacher-Charged-For-Pocketing-Prom-Funds--151616725.html Tue, 15 May 2012 15:05:00 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Money15.jpg
A former Ohio high school teacher has been charged for pocketing around $800 in prom ticket money.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Rattlesnake-Ambushes-Walmart-Shopper-Snake-Bite-Mica-Craig-151520655.html Tue, 15 May 2012 06:06:02 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/snake4.jpg
A Washington state man got an unpleasant surprise while shopping at Walmart when what he thought was a stick turned out to be a rattlesnake — and bit him.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Seedy-Bear-Accused-in-Garage-Theft-151501445.html Tue, 15 May 2012 03:39:05 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/berkeley+heights+bear.jpg
Wisconsin authorities are on the hunt for a sticky-fingered bear with a taste for sunflower seeds.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Bounty-Hunter-Gets-Serial-Killers-Mayoral-Endorsement-151357325.html Mon, 14 May 2012 07:45:25 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/padilla.jpg
A Sacramento mayoral candidate is touting a new killer endorsement.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Scientists-May-Resurrect-Beer-From-an-19th-Century-Shipwreck-151115415.html Fri, 11 May 2012 09:26:01 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/ShipWreckage.jpg
Finnish researchers say they may be able to replicate beer found on a shipwreck off the coast of Finland that sunk back in the 1840s.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Mayan-Skull-Believed-Magical-Takes-a-Tumble-at-Hands-of-Scientists-151112155.html Fri, 11 May 2012 06:42:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/484181-001.jpg
If the world ends this year, one German scientist just might feel a little guilty about it.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Phone-Man-Jailed-for-Taking-Call-in-Court--150928905.html Thu, 10 May 2012 05:51:08 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/gavel+722+x+406.jpg
Can you hear the judge now?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Guam-Combats-Snake-Invasion-with-Poison-Laced-Mice-Airdrops-150790385.html Wed, 09 May 2012 09:27:04 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/amd_mice-resize.jpg
Wildlife officials in Guam are dropping Tylenol-laced, parachute-equipped mice from helicopters in an effort to wipe out an invasive snake population.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Wifes-SUV-Rams-Husband-Who-Tried-to-Block-Her-From-Voting-Police-Say--150763055.html Wed, 09 May 2012 07:22:58 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Voted-Sticker-P2.jpg
It’s just politics, people.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-26-Million-Stradivarius-Cello-Broken-150654435.html Tue, 08 May 2012 13:06:04 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/212*120/BC4987-001.jpg
A Stradivarius cello at the Spanish Royal Palace was broken after an accident, The Associated Press reported on Monday. A spokesperson speaking under anonymity told the El Mundo Newspaper that the instrument fel...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Underage-Busted-Bouncer-Stolen-Fake-ID-Bar-Driving-License-150625795.html Tue, 08 May 2012 10:15:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Generic-Police.jpg
An underaged college student was busted trying to get into a bar with a driving license that didn't belong to him — but did belong to the bouncer checking IDs at the door.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-University-Accidentally-Gives-Entire-Student-Body-the-Boot-150562885.html Tue, 08 May 2012 04:00:27 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Fingers_Keyboard_Generic_Internet_Safety_02.jpg
Thousands of college students got a rude awakening when they were unceremoniously, and erroneously, kicked out of a Michigan university.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Yuri-Ticuic-Fight-Wife-Cold-Soup-Siberia-Woods-Haystack-Month-150465975.html Mon, 07 May 2012 11:36:02 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/125208577.jpg
A Siberian man angrily stormed off when his wife served him cold soup — only to get lost in the woods for more than a month, barely managing to survive.

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The responsible reptile knocked out power to 10,000 people.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Man-Busted-After-Mowing-Lawn-in-Loincloth-150158415.html Fri, 04 May 2012 07:12:53 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/lawnmower-generic-722.jpg
A Minnesota man was charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly mowing his lawn while clad in nothing but a loincloth.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Deputy-Fired-for-Making-Inmates-Dance-to-Usher-Song-150145745.html Fri, 04 May 2012 05:16:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/usher_2.jpg
A sheriff's deputy in Ohio has been fired for ordering jail inmates to dance to an Usher song in exchange for making phone calls and using a microwave.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Bad-Dog-Sentenced-to-Life-Term-as-Prison-Guard-Wolf-Hybrid-Chief-La-149990995.html Thu, 03 May 2012 06:03:37 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/wolf+hybrid.jpg
All dogs go to heaven but this one is headed to prison first.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Diners-Restaurant-Hostage-Tip-Police-La-Fisherman-Jasmine-Marks-149990665.html Thu, 03 May 2012 08:24:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/212*120/042709+restaurant+check+p1.jpg
Think twice next time you quibble with a restaurant's tip-included policy — lest you be held hostage.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Coyote-Turkey-Call-Hunter-Bill-Robinson-Maine-Attack-Bite-149979515.html Thu, 03 May 2012 04:26:06 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/122657935.jpg
A man hunting wild turkeys in Maine was trying to lure a turkey into the open with his imitation of a turkey's call — but his mimicry was just a little too good.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/This-Dorm-Room-Has-a-Party-Mode-149923375.html Thu, 03 May 2012 10:03:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/216*120/bradroom.jpg
Derek Low has created a ridiculously automated room at Cal.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Welsh-Duo-Pleads-Guilty-to-Sea-World-Break-In-Penguin-Theft-149842855.html Wed, 02 May 2012 09:18:01 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/135624570.jpg
Two of the three drunk men who allegedly broke into a Sea World in Australian last month to swim with dolphins and steal a penguin pleaded guilty to the charges against them Wednesday and were fined...

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Scientists have discovered the oldest red blood cells ever observed on the 5,300-year-old mummified body of iceman Ötzi, they said in a study published Wednesday.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Street-Dog-Becomes-Guide-to-Blind-Dog--149820105.html Wed, 02 May 2012 07:25:21 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/empty+dog+leash.jpg
Guide dog and blind dog both need homes.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/NATL-Woman-Nabbed-at-Airport-with-Bags-of-Cocaine-in-Hair-149807065.html Wed, 02 May 2012 05:39:04 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Cocaine-generic.jpg
Her suspiciously heavy hairstyle was the cops' first big clue.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Irate-Golfer-Accused-of-Driving-Cart-Into-Slow-Moving-Group-149711925.html Fri, 11 May 2012 12:47:14 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/golf-carts-generic.jpg
No fore here.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Indecent-Exposer-Hits-Association-for-the-Blind-149673625.html Tue, 01 May 2012 08:56:29 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/76518461.jpg
Police were on the lookout for a man who reportedly exposed himself to a woman inside a Pennsylvania building that houses the Bucks County Association for the Blind.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Dentist-Faces-Jail-Time-for-Removing-Ex-Boyfriends-Teeth-149521495.html Wed, 09 May 2012 04:29:14 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/dentist+office.jpg
This story was revealed to be a hoax.

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