Odd News

Car slams into store on camera

A black Grand Cherokee lost control on Route 20 and smashed through the front of a Four Mile country store.

Deer drinks beer

A Chinese deer has become the local party animal in northern China's Shandong province after developing a taste for beer.

Escaped prisoner 'faster than Jonah Lomu'

A bold prisoner jumped the dock at Auckland District Court and made a bold bid for freedom, but was brought down by security guards in a nearby street.

Playboy bunny beats 'Mr T' to gravy wrestling title

More than 1000 people have flocked to the Rose N' Bowl pub in Lancashire for the annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships.

Football star's million-dollar hair

Most of us have insurance for our cars, homes and other valuables, but what about your hair?

Man shot after dump truck police chase

A New York man driving a dump truck led police on an hour-long chase over roads, rails and yards that ended with the suspect being shot.

Calls for probe into puppy throwing girl

An animal rights group in Bosnia has called on authorities to investigate a claim that a disturbing video of a young woman throwing six newborn puppies into a river was filmed in the Balkan country.

School makes kookaburra 'fun', not 'gay'

Australia has a reputation as one of the world's most gay-friendly countries - unless you're learning about a kookaburra.

Drunk woman's shortcut excuse 8 hours too late

A drunk woman trapped in a school this morning told police she was taking a shortcut because she needed to get home before her curfew - which began almost eight hours earlier.

Woman blames supermarket for knife in yoghurt

A rusty knife blade wasn't quite what Merial Mitchell was expecting when she opened her yoghurt, but that's what she got.