http://www.macon.com/weird//index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2008 Macon Telegraph Weird News 60 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:27:18 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/weird//story/397316.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/397316.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:26 EDT Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/397211.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/397211.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:45 EDT A Wisconsin man who posted a video online showing him and his father shocking each other with a stolen stun gun has been sent to prison. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396885.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396885.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:08 EDT A man tore the head off an Adolf Hitler wax figure at Madame Tussauds' new branch in Berlin in what appeared to be a symbolic protest on the museum's opening day Saturday, police said. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396416.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396416.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:08 EDT Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396684.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396684.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:28 EDT A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396414.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396414.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:58 EDT A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396386.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396386.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:53 EDT Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396494.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396494.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:48 EDT Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395915.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395915.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:42 EDT Joey Chestnut reclaimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396199.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396199.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:37 EDT A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure that took him through three northwestern Indiana towns. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396127.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396127.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:53 EDT Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395997.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395997.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:38 EDT An 1851 artillery gun carried into battle by Arkansas military school students who joined the Confederate Army was unveiled in its home state Thursday after nearly 150 years. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396051.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/396051.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:48 EDT A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395987.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395987.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:38 EDT An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395732.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395732.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:18 EDT A Duluth man is under arrest after he called police on a cell phone from a purse he had just allegedly snatched. Police arrested the 29-year-old man on Wednesday. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395670.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395670.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:18 EDT Police in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff are looking for the gunman who robbed a man on Monday night, then gave him a hug before fleeing. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395646.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395646.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:18 EDT One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains - a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/394493.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/394493.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:06 EDT Police say a South Florida woman stole a couple's cat to get them to return her dog. Linda Urioste's black Labrador was recently picked up by animal control officers and later adopted by Jutta Hollar and her husband. http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395295.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395295.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:04 EDT Looking for work in all the wrong places? http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395153.html http://www.macon.com/weird//story/395153.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:10 EDT Like many Americans, Kent Couch plans to settle into a lawn chair during the Fourth of July weekend. Unlike everyone else, his feet will dangle high above the lawn.