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BOCA RATON, Fla. - As far as anyone knew, Kenton Weaver didn't know how to drive a car and couldn't buy a plane ticket.
JOHNSTOWN, Colo. — When Hillary Cito began kicking for the Roosevelt High School football team, she would tuck her hair into her helmet so opponents wouldn’t know they were playing against a girl.
PRICHARD, Ala. — Four years of fundraisers and contributions from the congregation are down the drain after thieves stole all the building materials — steel beams, tin sheets and everything else — for what was to have been a new church.
Lawmaker apologizes for insulting rival on TwitterA Canadian member of Parliament learned the hard way on Tuesday that insulting a rival legislator by Twitter is not a good idea, especially if you're sitting around the same table at the time.
News of the Weird: Back-to-nature sex, with vegan condoms and hand-cranked personal vibratorsFor some consumers, good environmental citizenship is important even when choosing among sex accessories.
The case of the disorderly order going to trialThe case of one of four teens who were cited after rapping their order at a McDonald's in Utah appears headed for trial.
$40,000 left at holy site - for safekeepingOperators of a Catholic shrine in Maryland thought they had been blessed with a big donation this month when a worker found $40,000 worth of rare coins on the grounds.
SoCal man blames dog for wife's shooting death - California - SignOnSanDiego.comMan blames his dog for causing wife's death
The Nooz: Palin action figure raises objectionsA roundup of odd news stories as reported by NBC's local affiliates across the nation:a Connecticut company courts sexism charges with its Sarah Palin Sexy Schoolgirl action gigure, a TV photographer delivers a baby who wouldn't wait, and more.
Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffinBill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he's got the custom-made beer-can casket to prove it. "I actually fit, because I got in here," said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights.
Bison, not Bigfoot, stomped through CanadaPerhaps he is still stomping around somewhere, but a DNA test has confirmed that a hair found in the Yukon earlier this month did not fall off Bigfoot. It came from a bison.
Rotting deer carcasses in Pa. yard raise stinkHundreds of rotting deer carcasses in a southwestern Pennsylvania yard are causing a stink among the neighbors.
Trapped thief drops pants in bungled burglaryHe wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break into a supermarket in Portugal stayed stuck fast in a tiny window until he was rescued by police and the fire brigade.
Overdue library books returned 51 years laterA high school librarian in Phoenix says a former student at the school returned two overdue books checked out 51 years ago along with a $1,000 money order to cover the fines.
Urn with veteran's ashes stolen from vanAn urn containing the ashes of a decorated Korean War veteran has been stolen from a van the soldier's family rented to attend his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Chavez tells Venezuelans: Do sit-ups, eat wellPresident Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that "there are lots of fat people" in Venezuela and advised his supporters to exercise and eat healthy to trim their waistlines.
Cops: Drunk man took lawnmower on beer runPennsylvania State Police say a man was drunk when he hopped on a lawn tractor and drove it to buy more beer.
Fla. man arrested for calling 911, asking for sexFlorida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes.
Texan drives $1 million sports car into marshesA man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston.
Principal bans students from saying 'Meep!'Who knew "Meep!" was a four-letter word? The word has been banned at Danvers High School in Massachusetts after students said it to repeatedly interrupt school.
Tallest man unveils largest gingerbread cookieThe world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo.
What a steal! Madoff's homes get price cutAsking prices for homes once occupied by Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff in Manhattan's Upper East Side and in Palm Beach, Florida, have been cut, after about two months on the market.
Invention washes away sins - without flu fearsAn Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu -- an electronic holy water dispenser.
1.5 pounds of metal pulled from man's stomach"They call me the hardware store," says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru.
Watermelon auctioned for $6,100 in JapanA black jumbo watermelon auctioned in northern Japan fetched a record 650,000 yen (US$6,100) Friday, making it the most expensive watermelon ever sold in the country - and possibly the world.
N.C. school selling test scores to raise fundsA middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money.
Booked! 12 charged in public library theftsAuthorities say 12 people checked out pricey textbooks from a public library system outside Washington and sold them for quick cash.
Woman drives into aquarium at Tampa airportThe driver and the child in her lap survive when a pickup slams into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport. The tropical fish were not so lucky.
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