Bored with the mundane, highbrow ramblings we are all subjected to from news organizations such as the BBC, Associated Press and Reuters? Be advised, if you look a little closer you will find these news organizations feature the other side of the news as well. The stories that are often looked upon by editors as being to weird, off-color or humorous to be taken seriously find themself shuffled into the background of the main stream media news. These are not news items that consists of urban legend or reports that begin with sentences like "My friend's uncle's brother told him etc". These are for the most part verifiable from the source news reports. Seldom earth shattering or precedent setting, nevertheless these little tidbits of news are well worth the extra effort it takes to find them, if for nothing else the ironic entertainment value they offer alone. Granted the story about the math contest officials who made an error in addition and awarded the wrong team first place, or the story about the man making photocopies of his buttocks in the crowded lobby of a courthouse is not the stuff of which the Pulitzer Prize is made. Nevertheless, they make for some darn entertaining reading.

In addition to that the cerebellum gets a nice workout from the 'what on earth were they thinking' factor that inevitably accompanies this form of the news. So, if you have had a enough of the hard news for one day, take a brake and follow a link. The sentence or two that accompany the following links are just teasers, the full stories lie within.

AP Top Strange Headlines

"Streaker Disrupts Commonwealth Games - MANCHESTER, England (AP) _ A male streaker combined the 100 meters and the high jump at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday _ and even got a photo finish.""

USA-Today...Slightly off center News

"Man makes 3 photocopies of his buttocks-CLAYTON, Mo. .. Police arrested a man who allegedly dropped his pants in the crowded lobby of the St. Louis County Courthouse and made photocopies of his buttocks."

Chuck Shepherd's... News of the Weird

"A Muslim housewife in Florida filed a lawsuit after the state revoked her driver's license because she insisted that her identification photo reveal only her eyes"

Reuters..."Oddly Enough"

"Decline in Nudists Threatens Tourist Attraction - The naked sunbathers who once filled Munich's central park on warm summer days are turning their backs on Germany's famous open-air celebration to nudity."

Exploding Cigar... Current active weirdness

"Fugitive found wearing t-shirt identifying himself as a fugitive - Man was arrested Monday in Bremen, Indiana, during a routine traffic stop while wearing a bright orange shirt with the caption 'Fugitive, You never saw me.'"

CNEWS...Weird News from Canada.

"Man sues fast food chains ... NEW YORK (AP) -- A man sued four leading fast food chains, claiming he became obese and suffered from other serious health problems from eating their fatty cuisine."

eXoNews... eXoNews is The News Outside The News

"Was Ted Williams Cryogenically Frozen? July 9, 2002 (UPI) - The body of Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams has already been frozen, but his daughter said she will go to court to stop the cryogenics plan for possible regeneration, the Boston Herald reported Monday."

Weird News Online... News that's weird, funny and 100% true.

"State Math Contest Officials Make Addition Error Officials at the Iowa State Math Championship awarded the wrong team the first place prize due to a error adding up the scores."

uIdiot... News headlines and reports of other things you won't believe have happened.

"Woman jailed for overdue books wins release - A woman jailed for failing to return three overdue library books was released 11 days later after pleading guilty and agreeing to pay fines and court costs..."

ANANOVA - Quirky news report, photos and multimedia from around the world.

"Vibrating luggage passenger claims sex toy compensation - A Florida woman says airline staff made her hold up a sex toy in front of other passengers when her luggage started vibrating."