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Bank Robber Uses Own Check In Robbery

Offbeat news stories A man robbing a bank demanded the money by writing a note on one of his own checks, authorities say. Not surprisingly, he was caught soon afterward.

Forest Kelly Bissonnette, 27, apparently tried to cover his name on the check, then handed the note to a teller Sept. 5 at the Bank of the West in Englewood, according to authorities.

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Posted by Elderberry on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 (19:57:26) (253 reads)
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Web Service Gives Alibis For Adulterers

Offbeat news stories Looking to get away for a weekend fling without getting caught? A new French company provides would-be adulterers with custom-made excuses that help take the danger of discovery out of cheating.

Founded six months ago by former private eye Regine Mourizard, Web-based Ibila can cook up invites to phony weekend seminars, fake emergency phone calls from work, invitations to nonexistent weddings _ anything to justify cheating spouses' absence.

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Posted by Elderberry on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 (19:53:37) (221 reads)
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The Mother of all Bad Neighbors

Offbeat news stories He doesn't just play loud music, authorities say. At all hours of the day and night, he has blasted police radio broadcasts, shrill oscillating tones, Spanish dance tunes and other noise from speakers he installed on the outside of his home at 336 Lathrop Ave. Police said they could hear the racket from 100 yards away.

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Posted by Elderberry on Thursday, January 19, 2006 (19:48:00) (517 reads)
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Be Careful How You Dispose of Mice

Offbeat news stories A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.

Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it.

"I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house," Mares said from a motel room Saturday.

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Posted by Elderberry on Monday, January 09, 2006 (01:18:08) (626 reads)
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Candidate for Father of the Year

Offbeat news stories A 34-year-old Jackson man has been charged with attaching an electric shock collar used to control the family dog to his 8-year-old stepdaughter's leg and shocking her because she was eating her breakfast too slowly.

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Posted by Elderberry on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 (20:21:10) (515 reads)
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Don't Mess with Nude People

Offbeat news stories A North Liberty man accused of chasing his neighbors with a sword after they complained about him standing nude in his front yard has pleaded guilty.
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Posted by Elderberry on Thursday, August 04, 2005 (16:53:38) (3891 reads)
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How Not To Pick Up Women

Offbeat news stories If you're gonna rob a pizza delivery woman don't call her later to ask for a date!

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Posted by elderberry on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 (23:23:52) (586 reads)
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Darwin Awards Candidate

Offbeat news stories NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Florida woman died attempting a gymnastics stunt from her hotel balcony, authorities said on Tuesday.

The officials said the 23-year-old woman was trying to do a handstand on the second-floor railing when she fell to the patio below.

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Posted by elderberry on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 (13:59:10) (482 reads)
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Modern day grave robber

Offbeat news stories In a case Columbia County Detective Wayne Smith calls "twisted and bizarre," a Sheboygan woman was arrested Tuesday night for stealing her boyfriend's remains from the Cambria Cemetery over 10 years ago.

Michael Hendrickson died at the age of 27 in 1992 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Hendrickson's family contacted law enforcement about three weeks ago because they received information his remains had been stolen.

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Posted by Elderberry on Saturday, October 30, 2004 (21:39:06) (482 reads)
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Ode to ancient Games, nudity and all

Offbeat news stories THE OLYMPICS may have returned to the land of their birth, but even as these games wind down, the stadiums in Athens remain eerily empty. So perhaps the organizers should take some lessons from the ancient Greeks. The hosts of those original Olympics never had trouble luring spectators: the games were packed for nearly 1,200 years.

The time has come to truly delve into the pagan past, and recreate the spectacle that made the Olympics such a crowd-pleasing hit for generation after generation.

The first step is obvious: All contestants should compete stark naked, slathered with olive oil.

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Posted by elderberry on Friday, August 27, 2004 (11:55:02) (475 reads)
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