Offbeat News

An Australian hospital will temporarily close its doors so the building can be fumigated for an infestation of poisonous spiders

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Buddy is a sleeping beauty: Reddish brown, he's usually asleep on his back, snoring loudly with his large tongue lolling out.

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ATLANTA (AP) --Cars passing O'Terrill's pub screech to a halt at the sight of a 300-pound, waist-high robot marked "SECURITY" rolling through downtown long after dark.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A state Senate panel rejected a bill on Tuesday that would make it a crime to wear one's pants too low, even as Cajun-country towns around Louisiana have been banning saggy pants from their streets.

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Some people get jittery about mice in the kitchen. Authorities say 69-year-old central Florida woman found an 8-foot long alligator prowling in her kitchen late Monday night.

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A sheriff's spokeswoman says a grizzly bear has killed a trainer at a private animal training facility in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles.

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An injured construction worker who sued a New York hospital and emergency room staff for giving him an unwanted rectal exam will not receive compensation.

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What? No mushrooms?

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) -- Police have arrested a pizza parlor manager on charges alleging he sold marijuana out of his drive-through window in Fort Smith, Ark.

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SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) -- Another round and amen! Beer was on tap and a mechanical bull inspired the sermon as a new church held its inaugural service in a western Ohio bar.

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