Weird News

Baby birthed roadside

In Beijing, a woman was forced to give birth roadside in 106-degree weather, after being kicked out of her taxi cab less than a mile away from the hospital. The reason for the cab’s refusal? The driver said that it would bring him bad luck for the year.

New Neanderthals on their way

A Connecticut company and German researchers broke new ground in developing the genome of a Neanderthal man. As research persists, they eventually may be able to revive the species via gene implantation into a human egg. Any takers?

Robbers make off with cheese

A $1,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can catch the thieves that broke into the Dupont Cheese Factory in Marion, Wis., earlier this week. Instead of money, the burglars took off with more than 300 pounds of sausage, bacon and beef, along with more than 100 pounds of cheese and several cases of beer.

New kind of fondue

In Montreal, a woman has pled guilty to channeling her inner Lorena Bobbitt after setting her boyfriend’s privates ablaze. After a heated argument, the woman says that she lit her sleeping boyfriend’s penis on fire with fondue fuel, which resulted in third-degree burns. The woman has yet to serve any jail time.

Puppy parties begin a new trend

Dogs can now party with their human counterparts thanks to the new trend of doggy cocktail parties. These company-sponsored parties, which started in Los Angeles, are quickly becoming the new way for people to socialize and buy pet products at the same time. Expect to see canine cocktails and “yappie hours” coming to a town near you.

Panty bandit snoozes in video store

Joseph Greenquist, 18, of Londonberry, N.H., was found in Durham, asleep on the couch of a local video store, wrapped in a drape and wearing nothing but a pair of women’s underwear. Though initially assumed to be the victim of a prank, police later identified and arrested Greenquist on charges of breaking into apartments near the University of New Hampshire campus and stealing undergarments.

Resort offers donkeys with an ‘I do’

Now, prospective brides and grooms can fulfill their dreams of partying like animals at their wedding, thanks to a resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico, that offers a “Mexican Donkey Bar Cocktail Party” package. The package provides sombrero-clad donkeys that will walk around with saddlebags filled with ice, beer, wine and liquor.