Copyright 2012 http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 21:22:43 -0400 Wed, 16 May 2012 21:22:43 -0400 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Margate-Firefighters-Rescue-Raccoon-Stuck-on-Dumpster-151771455.html Wed, 16 May 2012 16:21:12 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/stuck+raccoon.jpg
Firefighters went to Monarch High School to deal with a reported gas leak Tuesday morning, noticing the helpless raccoon afterward.

Photo Credit: Photos Courtesy Margate Fire Rescue

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A duck that fell down a chimney into a scorching fire will live to quack another day.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Turkey-Probes-Dead-Bird-It-Suspects-Is-Israeli-Spy-151681355.html Wed, 16 May 2012 12:29:52 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-High-School-Teacher-Charged-For-Pocketing-Prom-Funds--151616725.html Tue, 15 May 2012 18:05:00 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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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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.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Seedy-Bear-Accused-in-Garage-Theft-151501445.html Tue, 15 May 2012 06:39:05 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.

Photo Credit: Berkeley Heights Police

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Parkland-Authors-Pens-Shades-Of-Grey-Book-Gets-Confused-With-Fifty-Shades-Of-Grey-151472165.html Tue, 15 May 2012 15:29:57 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/shades+of+grey.jpg
Susanne Jacoby-Hale got more than she bargained for when she named her book "Shades of Gray."

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Monroe-County-Sergaent-Puts-Chicken-Nugget-On-EBay-151413405.html Tue, 15 May 2012 12:54:18 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/chicken+nugget.jpg
Sgt. Dennis Coleman is trying to raise money for Keys Cops For Kids

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Bounty-Hunter-Gets-Serial-Killers-Mayoral-Endorsement-151357325.html Mon, 14 May 2012 10:45:25 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/padilla.jpg
A Sacramento mayoral candidate is touting a new killer endorsement.

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]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Boynton-Beach-Man-Beat-Girlfriend-Because-He-Didnt-Like-Her-Stew-Report-151214455.html Fri, 11 May 2012 22:54:33 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/Timothy+McTigue.jpg
Boynton Beach Police arrested a man after he beat his girlfriend because he didn’t like her stew, The Palm Beach Post reported.

Photo Credit: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Scientists-May-Resurrect-Beer-From-an-19th-Century-Shipwreck-151115415.html Fri, 11 May 2012 12:26:01 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Mayan-Skull-Believed-Magical-Takes-a-Tumble-at-Hands-of-Scientists-151112155.html Fri, 11 May 2012 09:42:09 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Endangered-Florida-Panther-Kitten-Recovers-At-Tampa-Zoo-151018625.html Thu, 10 May 2012 17:51:45 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/panther1.jpg
The kitten has been using a specially-made cart to learn how to work again

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Florida-Child-Porn-Suspect-Stabs-Computer-With-Samurai-Sword-150976045.html Thu, 10 May 2012 13:32:54 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/180*120/sword4.jpg
Man in underwear slashed at computer as agents searched home: Affidavit.

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Can you hear the judge now?

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Guam-Combats-Snake-Invasion-with-Poison-Laced-Mice-Airdrops-150790385.html Wed, 09 May 2012 12:27:04 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Wifes-SUV-Rams-Husband-Who-Tried-to-Block-Her-From-Voting-Police-Say--150763055.html Wed, 09 May 2012 10:22:58 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/Voted-Sticker-P2.jpg
It’s just politics, people.

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]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-26-Million-Stradivarius-Cello-Broken-150654435.html Tue, 08 May 2012 16:06:04 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Underage-Busted-Bouncer-Stolen-Fake-ID-Bar-Driving-License-150625795.html Tue, 08 May 2012 13:15:07 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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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Thousands of college students got a rude awakening when they were unceremoniously, and erroneously, kicked out of a Michigan university.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Two-Men-Caught-On-Video-Stealing-Male-Enhancement-Supplements-Cops-150464365.html Mon, 07 May 2012 16:57:45 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/enhancement.jpg
Authorities said the men may have committed similar thefts at other stores

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Yuri-Ticuic-Fight-Wife-Cold-Soup-Siberia-Woods-Haystack-Month-150465975.html Mon, 07 May 2012 14:36:02 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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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]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Stray-Snake-Sabotages-Substation-150425525.html Mon, 07 May 2012 10:21:52 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/snake_722x406_2216470229.jpg
The responsible reptile knocked out power to 10,000 people.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Man-Busted-After-Mowing-Lawn-in-Loincloth-150158415.html Fri, 04 May 2012 10:12:53 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Deputy-Fired-for-Making-Inmates-Dance-to-Usher-Song-150145745.html Fri, 04 May 2012 08:16:07 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/150065115.html Mon, 07 May 2012 08:54:47 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/213*120/cedricleonardlivingston.jpg
Cedric Leonard Livingston allegedly shot five times at two roosters, officials said.

Photo Credit: Palm Beach Sheriff's Office

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Clearwater-Man-Arrested-for-Animal-Sex-Photos-Cops--150033365.html Thu, 03 May 2012 13:21:48 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/160*120/jail2.jpg
Eric Antunes was charged with possession of child pornography and for animal cruelty, officials said.

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All dogs go to heaven but this one is headed to prison first.

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]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/NATL-Diners-Restaurant-Hostage-Tip-Police-La-Fisherman-Jasmine-Marks-149990665.html Thu, 03 May 2012 11:24:09 -0400 http://media.nbcmiami.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.

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