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  1. The skinny: Driver of stalled pickup finds slithering surprise under hood

    07/11/14 Bizarre News Times wires

    Snakes alive!

    A slithering surprise inside stalled pickup

    This image provided by the Santa Fe Police Department shows a 20-pound brown and yellow python that was found on an engine block Thursday July 10, 2014 in Santa Fe, N.M. The animal was taken to a local animal shelter with minor injuries. (AP Photo/Santa Fe Police Department) RPSB102

  2. Watch: Tampa Bay's most bizarre roadside attractions

    07/09/14 FloridaTimes staff writer

    Does Tampa Bay have the largest collection of weird roadside attractions in the world? It's hard to argue that it doesn't when we easily found 25 oddities right off the bat.

  3. Girlfriend of landscaper killed in wood chipper: 'There are no more tears'

    06/27/14 Human Interest Sun-Sentinel

    HOLLYWOOD — As a veteran landscaper, Hernan Gutierrez knew that working with a wood chipper was dangerous, his girlfriend recalled.

    Karen Gamez-Pereira poses with her boyfriend, Hernan Gutierrez, a landscaper who was killed by a wood chipper in Davie on Monday.
 [Courtesy of Karen Gamez-Pereira via Sun-Sentinel]

  4. Slideshow: 15 oddly compelling beach photos from our archives

    06/26/14 Bizarre News Compiled by Anne Glover, Times Staff Writer

    Do you ever go through your old family photos and think, "What the heck was going on here when this was taken?" That's what happened to us when we asked our archive director to find us some old beach photos. We got back some unexpectedly odd ones that we couldn't resist turning into a slideshow. Feel free to share and …

    The original caption on this photo mentions something about nostalgic promwear. Anyone feeling nostalgic over those overalls? Anyone?

  5. Prized Corvette stolen 30 years ago is found (w/ video)

    06/25/14 Human Interest Associated Press

    DETROIT — A man's prized Corvette that was stolen three decades ago in Detroit has been found in Mississippi.

  6. Family of little girl they say was kicked out of KFC denies report it's a hoax

    06/24/14 NationTimes staff

    The family of the 3-year-old girl who they claim was thrown out of a KFC restaurant in Jackson, Miss., are standing by their story despite a newspaper's report that it was all a hoax.

    KFC Corp. says it's investigating allegations that a restaurant employee in Jackson, Miss., asked a 3-year-old to leave because her facial injuries disturbed other patrons. The company is also giving $30,000 toward Victoria Wilcher's medical bills, a spokesman said Sunday. [Facebook.com/victoriasvictories]

  7. Drones will soon be available to USF students for projects

    06/20/14 Human Interest By Zack Peterson, Times Staff Writer

    TAMPA — The drone, no bigger than a pizza box, sat Friday in an open field.

    Maryellen Allen, an assistant director at the USF libraries, operates one of USF’s two new drones Friday in Tampa. The drones are capable of flying 400 feet above the ground.

  8. In China, dog meat festival brings clash of tradition, values

    06/20/14 NationAssociated Press

    BEIJING -- Residents in a southern Chinese city that has come under fire for an annual summer solstice festival in which thousands of dogs are slaughtered for food have held their feasts early to avoid attention.

    A vendor tortures a dog in front of animal rights activists in an attempt to demand money for the dog in Yulin city in southwest China's Guizhou province Friday. Animal rights activists have converged on the city in a bid to end a annual summer solstice festival in which thousands of dogs are slaughtered for food. (AP Photo)

  9. Video: Rescue dog Peanut named world's ugliest dog

    06/20/14 PetsTimes staff writer

    Meet Peanut, a 2-year-old mutt whose wild white and brown hair, bulging eyes and protruding teeth belie his sweet, energetic personality.

    Peanut, a two-year-old mutt poses in front of the winning trophies, after winning the World's Ugliest Dog Contest, at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, Friday, June 20, 2014, in Petaluma, Calif. Peanut is from North Carolina. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)

  10. Deputies say 450-pound Florida man hid coke, pot under fat folds (w/ video)

    06/16/14 Bizarre News Associated Press

    DELTONA — A Central Florida man who weighs about 450 pounds faces multiple charges after sheriff's deputies say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his "stomach fat."

    Christopher Mitchell, 42, is facing multiple charges after sheriff's deputies say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his stomach fat. {Associated Press]
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