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$22,000 Worth of Eggs Stolen in Puerto Rico

A thief in Puerto Rico has gotten away with the makings for one giant omelette.

Police in the U.S. territory say they are looking for someone who stole more than $22,000 worth of chicken eggs. They didn't specify exactly how many eggs are in the missing shipment.

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S. Korean Plastic Surgeon Faces Fine for 'Jawbone Towers'

A South Korean plastic surgeon faces a fine after building "bone towers" in his Gangnam district clinic filled with jawbone shards from hundreds of patients, a local official said Thursday.

The 60-centimeter-tall (23.6 inch) glass structures were filled with jawbone parts removed during surgery, said the official at the Gangnam district office in Seoul.

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Cement in Signal Box Shuts London Subway Line

It's a mishap that will cement itself in London transit lore.

A major line on the London Underground was largely shut down Thursday after fast-setting concrete leaked into signaling equipment.

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Goldie Hawn Gets Davos Meditating

If the million-dollar deals, schmoozing and champagne receptions begin to get a little stressful, the billionaire movers and shakers at Davos found a way to inner peace on Thursday with a session on meditation.

But this being the World Economic Forum in Davos, where celebs and world leaders rub shoulders in cushy conference rooms, it was no ordinary meditation panel, but one led by Oscar-winning U.S. actress Goldie Hawn.

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French Family Wins Right to Keep Adopted Fox

A French family has finally got permission to keep a young fox they had rescued after its mother was crushed by a car, following a marathon legal battle.

The saga of the little fox, named Zouzou, had made headlines in France and even prompted a support page on Facebook after the Delanes family was ordered to hand over the animal and pay a 300-euro ($409) fine.

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S.Africa Orders Removal of Rabbit from Mandela Statue's Ear

The South African government has ordered the removal of a rabbit that was secretly sculpted into a recently unveiled statue of Nelson Mandela, an official said Wednesday.

The artists who built the nine meter (30-foot), bronze colossus in Pretoria, added a rabbit into the ear of the statue, without clearance from government.

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Putin Plays Soviet Pop Song on Piano for Students

Russian President Vladimir Putin sat at a piano and picked out the melody of a popular Soviet-era song on Wednesday as a group of students sang along.

The strongman leader sat down at a grand piano at a top Moscow physics institute and played the song "Moscow Windows" while members of a male student choir joined in, the state RIA Novosti news agency reported.

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Self-Styled Polynesian 'King' Convicted for Issuing Fake Money

A self-styled "king" who claims to rule over an unrecognized "republic" in French Polynesia was convicted by a Tahiti court Wednesday for issuing fake money.

Athanase Teiri, a 59-year-old retired civil servant who describes himself as "Tanginui Hoe" (Tanguini the 1st), monarch of the fictitious "Pakumotu Republic", was not in the courtroom in Papeete to hear the verdict or the six-month sentence handed down to him.

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Study: Texting While Walking Impairs Stride, Poses Risks

Texting while walking impairs a person's ability to follow a straight line and keep a normal pace, and may pose risks to pedestrians according to a study out Wednesday.

Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia decided to study texting while walking since it appeared no one had actually scientifically analyzed how the modern preoccupation impacts a person's gait.

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Poll: People See Obama as Nice, So-So President

Taking stock of President Barack Obama at the five-year mark in his term, less than a third of Americans consider him to be an above-average chief executive. Nearly twice as many find him likable.

A new Associated Press-GfK Poll finds the president's personal image to be on the rebound after taking a hit during the government shutdown late last year, with 58 percent now sizing him up as very or somewhat likable. That's up 9 percentage points from October, just after the shutdown.

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