http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/weird weird news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030613_tex_copper_theft/penny-ante-tiny-copper-thefts-felony-texas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030613_tex_copper_theft/penny-ante-tiny-copper-thefts-felony-texas/ 15:07:00Z Aman Batheja For the past year and a half, stealing a penny in Texas has been a felony under state law. Lawmakers didn’t set out to target the smallest of small-time thieves, though. It happened inadvertently in 2011 when they passed a bill aimed at curbing the growing problem of metal theft. 2013-03-06T15:07:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122112_mayan_new_age/mayans-new-agers-praise-new-dawn-mexicos-chichen-itza/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122112_mayan_new_age/mayans-new-agers-praise-new-dawn-mexicos-chichen-itza/ 03:13:00Z Keith Dannemiller Was it just another solstice marking the beginning of winter? Or the dawn of a new era, as predicted by Mayan priests?(slideshow) 2012-12-22T03:13:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121112_mmj_arrest/one-dope-over-line-extra-mmj-plants-grow-into-pot-bust/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121112_mmj_arrest/one-dope-over-line-extra-mmj-plants-grow-into-pot-bust/ 18:00:00Z Dylan Smith An extra medical marijuana plant (or seven) grew into a pot bust for a Sierra Vista woman on Friday when she pulled over-the-line plants from their pots and tossed them outside as police were responding to a domestic violence call. 2012-12-11T18:00:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/080212_quidditch/real-life-quidditch-looks-become-olympic-sport/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/080212_quidditch/real-life-quidditch-looks-become-olympic-sport/ 17:21:00Z Corie Stark Increased respect and visibility for the game have given confidence to players across the globe to set their sights on quidditch becoming a part of the magnum opus of sports: the Summer Olympics. 2012-08-02T17:21:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061412_police_impersonation/tpd-warns-police-impersonators/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061412_police_impersonation/tpd-warns-police-impersonators/ 23:31:00Z Dylan Smith Tucson police have received multiple reports in the past six months of a man and woman dressed as police officers pulling over motorists. The pair, who are not law enforcement officers, have used a vehicle equipped with emergency lights and a siren. 2012-06-14T23:31:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050512_cinco_de_mayo/the-facts-cinco-de-mayo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050512_cinco_de_mayo/the-facts-cinco-de-mayo/ 17:43:00Z Daniel DeFraia It’s Cinco de Mayo, and for millions of Americans that means drinking Corona instead of Bud Light. But the holiday has an interesting history, even if it is misunderstood by millions. 2012-05-05T17:43:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_cbp_forbidden_fruitf/border-agents-seize-forbidden-fruit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_cbp_forbidden_fruitf/border-agents-seize-forbidden-fruit/ 17:14:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 46-year-old Florida man found himself in hot water on Tuesday when he tried to bring fruit into the United States. Forbidden fruit, that is. And some pork rinds. 2012-04-27T17:14:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_worst_best_jobs/lumberjack-worst-job-computer-programmer-best/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_worst_best_jobs/lumberjack-worst-job-computer-programmer-best/ 20:10:00Z David Trifunov CareerCast.com suggests lumberjack is the worst job you could have in 2012, while computer programmer ranks at the top. 2012-04-11T20:10:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041012_taxes_car_crashes/study-fatal-car-crashes-increase-tax-deadline-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041012_taxes_car_crashes/study-fatal-car-crashes-increase-tax-deadline-day/ 23:17:00Z Samantha Stainburn The risk of dying in an auto accident as a driver, passenger or even a pedestrian increases 6 percent on tax-deadline day compared with a day from a week earlier or a week later . 2012-04-10T23:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040512_pets_sleep/sharing-bed-with-pets-could-mean-better-sleep/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040512_pets_sleep/sharing-bed-with-pets-could-mean-better-sleep/ 23:20:00Z Global Post An Australian study has found you are more likely to get a good night sleep if you share your bed with a pet rather than another person. 2012-04-05T23:20:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033012_conservatives_science_poll/survey-most-conservatives-place-little-trust-science/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033012_conservatives_science_poll/survey-most-conservatives-place-little-trust-science/ 22:49:00Z Global Post Only a small minority of conservatives now say they place a “great deal” of trust in science, according to a survey published Thursday. 2012-03-30T22:49:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030812_heart_drug_racism/study-heart-drug-may-combat-racism-as-side-effect/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030812_heart_drug_racism/study-heart-drug-may-combat-racism-as-side-effect/ 17:38:00Z Global Post A common heart disease drug may also alter subconscious racial attitudes, a new study has found. 2012-03-08T17:38:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030312_cheating_death/cheating-takes-toll-your-ticker/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030312_cheating_death/cheating-takes-toll-your-ticker/ 21:29:00Z David Trifunov An affair of the heart has new meaning after researchers found men who die during sex are more likely to be cheating, an American Heart Association study says. 2012-03-03T21:29:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021412_germany_shitstorm/shitstorm-voted-germans-best-english-loanword/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021412_germany_shitstorm/shitstorm-voted-germans-best-english-loanword/ 21:43:00Z Siobhan Dowling A jury of German academics has named “shitstorm” 2011’s best English loanword, saying the word “fills the gap in the German vocabulary that has become apparent through changes in the culture and public debate. 2012-02-14T21:43:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011312_bath_salts_nola/bacteria-eat-arm-bath-salts-user/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011312_bath_salts_nola/bacteria-eat-arm-bath-salts-user/ 05:20:00Z Global Post A New Orleans woman attacked by flesh-eating bacteria after injecting the increasingly popular drug “bath salts” has had her arm and shoulder amputated. 2012-01-14T05:20:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010512_santorum_google/rick-santorums-google-problem-nsfw/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010512_santorum_google/rick-santorums-google-problem-nsfw/ 23:31:00Z Samantha Stainburn Some voters who took to Google to find out more about GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum the morning after the Iowa primary didn’t end up any the wiser — the first result is a link to a vulgar definition. 2012-01-05T23:31:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120711_zuckerman_photos/zuckerberg-takes-hit-from-facebook-security-flaws/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120711_zuckerman_photos/zuckerberg-takes-hit-from-facebook-security-flaws/ 18:45:00Z Global Post Mark Zuckerberg’s private photos — of him at home with girlfriend Priscilla Chan, meeting Obama ... holding a live chicken by the legs — have leaked onto the internet following the discovery of yet another security Facebook flaw. 2011-12-07T18:45:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120111_mayans_endofworld/world-not-ending-2012-scientists-say/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120111_mayans_endofworld/world-not-ending-2012-scientists-say/ 17:30:00Z Sarah Childress Remember those Mayan heiroglyphics that were supposed to forecast the apocalypse for next year? Turns out somebody got the translation wrong. Oops. 2011-12-01T17:30:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112811_mexico_zombies/zombies-invade-mexico-city/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112811_mexico_zombies/zombies-invade-mexico-city/ 18:44:00Z Sarah Childress Mexicans claimed they reached a world record number of people dressed as zombies Sunday, when nearly 10,000 people staggered through Mexico City, dripping with fake blood, rotting plastic flesh and smudged mascara. (with videos) 2011-11-28T18:44:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110811_white_house_aliens/white-house-sorry-no-aliens-space/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110811_white_house_aliens/white-house-sorry-no-aliens-space/ 19:28:00Z Global Post Is there life on Mars? If there is, the U.S. government isn’t admitting it. The White House has released an official statement saying that there is “no evidence that any life exists outside our planet.” 2011-11-08T19:28:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102811_hssa_beagle_kittens/beagle-plays-mom-4-orphaned-kittens/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102811_hssa_beagle_kittens/beagle-plays-mom-4-orphaned-kittens/ 22:10:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 4-year-old Beagle named Railey recently found herself playing mother to four orphaned kittens when her family took in the 2-week-old felines. 2011-10-28T22:10:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102711_facebook_lollipop/take-this-lollipop-and-get-creepy-stalker/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102711_facebook_lollipop/take-this-lollipop-and-get-creepy-stalker/ 02:13:00Z Mariya Karimjee A creepy man in a dimly lit room stares at his computer screen while stalking your Facebook page. He clicks through some of your more embarrassing moments, documented only for your friends. Your only misstep? Allowing a page with a giant blue lollipop to access your Facebook information. 2011-10-28T02:13:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102011_oldest_weapon_america/oldest-weapon-america-identified/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102011_oldest_weapon_america/oldest-weapon-america-identified/ 21:52:00Z Samantha Stainburn A spear tip embedded in a mastodon bone indicates that humans were hunting in North America 13,800 years ago – 800 years earlier than previously thought. 2011-10-20T21:52:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101811_amazon_actress_imdb/actress-sues-amazon-revealing-age-imdb/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101811_amazon_actress_imdb/actress-sues-amazon-revealing-age-imdb/ 17:49:00Z Kyle Kim An unnamed actress is suing Amazon.com for more than $1 million for showing her age on the company’s Internet Movie Database site, the AP reports. 2011-10-18T17:49:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101311_colombia_sex_strike/women-end-sex-strike-colombian-town/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101311_colombia_sex_strike/women-end-sex-strike-colombian-town/ 20:05:00Z Stephanie S. Garlow Women in a small Colombian town can finally return to the bedroom.The women have been on a “sex strike” since June to demand that the road connecting their town to the rest of the country be paved. 2011-10-13T20:05:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100911_matador_gored/bull-gores-spanish-matador/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100911_matador_gored/bull-gores-spanish-matador/ 15:31:00Z Global Post A bull gored a Spanish matador, ripping apart the man’s face as it tore through his jaw and gouged out his eyeball in front of an audience on Friday. 2011-10-09T15:31:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091411_antarctica_crabs/king-crabs-invade-antarctica/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091411_antarctica_crabs/king-crabs-invade-antarctica/ 16:41:00Z Global Post King crabs — 3-feet-wide red monsters that devour everything in their path — have invaded Antarctica. 2011-09-14T16:41:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091211_lost_penguin_dead/is-happy-feet-penguin-dead/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091211_lost_penguin_dead/is-happy-feet-penguin-dead/ 18:59:00Z Global Post The young emperor penguin, Happy Feet, who showed up in New Zealand and quickly became an international celebrity might have been eaten alive after being released into the ocean in August. 2011-09-12T18:59:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091111_tiger_kills_mate/tiger-caught-deadly-love-triangle/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091111_tiger_kills_mate/tiger-caught-deadly-love-triangle/ 22:29:00Z Global Post After months of suffering through a feline love triangle, a female tiger has choked her mate to death at an El Paso Zoo, and the attack came only a few hours after the two tigers had been seen nuzzling each other. 2011-09-11T22:29:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090711_tattoo_ink/tattoos-raise-inkling-concern/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090711_tattoo_ink/tattoos-raise-inkling-concern/ 00:26:00Z Brett Israel A study published in July suggests that phthalates and other chemical ingredients in tattoo ink may be responsible for allergic reactions and infections. More concerning, these newly found chemicals raise unanswered questions about more serious, long-term risks such as skin cancer. 2011-09-08T00:26:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090511_molecule_motor/electric-motor-made-from-single-molecule/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090511_molecule_motor/electric-motor-made-from-single-molecule/ 21:50:00Z Global Post Scientists have created the smallest electric motor ever: one made from a single molecule. 2011-09-05T21:50:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090111_toes_amputated/man-pinned-by-trailer-amputates-own-toes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090111_toes_amputated/man-pinned-by-trailer-amputates-own-toes/ 16:26:00Z Global Post A Colorado man was forced to cut off his own toes after he found himself trapped under a 6-ton trailer in a remote part of the state. 2011-09-01T16:26:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090111_ned_kelly_body/headless-remains-aussie-outlaw-ned-kelly-idd/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090111_ned_kelly_body/headless-remains-aussie-outlaw-ned-kelly-idd/ 14:36:00Z Global Post The headless remains of Australian criminal Ned Kelly were identified 130 years after he was hanged for murder. 2011-09-01T14:36:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082911_pruning_shears_eye/updated-mans-sight-saved-after-shears-impale-eye/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082911_pruning_shears_eye/updated-mans-sight-saved-after-shears-impale-eye/#When: 07:55:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: University Medical Center trauma surgeons saved an eye and the life of an 86-year-old Green Valley man who fell on pruning shears that pierced his eye socket and neck, said Ann Cisneros, a UMC spokeswoman, Monday. 2011-08-30T07:55:58-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082511_gaddafi_condi/gaddafis-condi-rice-photo-album-found/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082511_gaddafi_condi/gaddafis-condi-rice-photo-album-found/ 19:58:00Z Global Post Libyan rebels looting Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli have discovered an album filled with photos of former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. 2011-08-25T19:58:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082111_airshow_deaths/3-die-air-show-accidents-us-uk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082111_airshow_deaths/3-die-air-show-accidents-us-uk/ 22:58:00Z Global Post In the latest in a quick succession of air show tragedies in the United States and United Kingdom, a wing walker at an air show near Detroit fell to his death Sunday. (with video) 2011-08-21T22:58:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081811_depardieu_pee/depardieus-oui-oui-sends-anderson-cooper-into-laughing-fit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081811_depardieu_pee/depardieus-oui-oui-sends-anderson-cooper-into-laughing-fit/ 20:27:00Z Global Post The incident reduced CNN’s Anderson Cooper to a giggling, teary mess, barely able to squeak out “Sorry, this has never happened to me” as he recounted “news” of Gerard Depardieu being thrown off an Air France flight for urinating in the middle of a packed cabin. 2011-08-18T20:27:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081811_texas_vampire/teen-vampire-bites-woman/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081811_texas_vampire/teen-vampire-bites-woman/ 19:44:00Z Global Post A Texas teenager claiming to be a 500-year-old vampire with a “need to feed” has been charged after allegedly breaking into a woman’s home before biting and hitting her. 2011-08-18T19:44:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081211_cannibal_love/who-wants-marry-cannibal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081211_cannibal_love/who-wants-marry-cannibal/ 13:40:00Z Global Post A cannibal infamous for digging up and consuming the corpse of an old woman is ready for love, the Jakarta Post reports. 2011-08-12T13:40:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080911_scuba_diver_body/scuba-divers-body-found-after-17-years/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080911_scuba_diver_body/scuba-divers-body-found-after-17-years/ 14:27:00Z Global Post Authorities at Lake Tahoe have identified the remains of a scuba diver who disappeared in the lake’s waters 17 years ago. 2011-08-09T14:27:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080411_facebook_baby_tag/facebook-under-fire-baby-tag/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080411_facebook_baby_tag/facebook-under-fire-baby-tag/ 17:54:00Z Global Post Facebook recently added “Expected: Child” to its list of friends and family tags but has received some criticism over the move. 2011-08-04T17:54:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080211_breast_milk_sprayer/woman-gets-probation-spraying-breast-milk-cops/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080211_breast_milk_sprayer/woman-gets-probation-spraying-breast-milk-cops/ 22:59:00Z Global Post A woman accused of spraying sheriff’s deputies with breast milk has been sentenced to two years of probation. (with video) 2011-08-02T22:59:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080211_indian_man_vagina/man-complains-stomach-pains-vaginal-parts-found/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080211_indian_man_vagina/man-complains-stomach-pains-vaginal-parts-found/ 10:33:00Z Global Post An Indian man hospitalized with stomach pains has shocked doctors who found he had parts of the female reproductive system. 2011-08-02T10:33:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080111_xbox_death/brit-blames-sons-death-xbox/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080111_xbox_death/brit-blames-sons-death-xbox/ 20:04:00Z Global Post A British man whose son died from deep vein thrombosis which he attributes to playing games on his Xbox for up to 12 hours at a time is campaigning for better awareness of the issue. 2011-08-01T20:04:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072711_metal_disability/swedes-metal-music-habit-declared-addiction/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072711_metal_disability/swedes-metal-music-habit-declared-addiction/ 19:23:00Z Global Post In Sweden, a headbanger has succeeded in having his heavy metal music obsession declared an addiction that requires state disability benefits. (with video) 2011-07-27T19:23:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072711_cougar_crossing/wild-cougar-crossed-us-incredible-journey-before-its-death/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072711_cougar_crossing/wild-cougar-crossed-us-incredible-journey-before-its-death/ 16:14:00Z Global Post A wild cougar, also called a mountain lion or puma, found dead on a Connecticut road is thought to have trekked 1,500 miles from South Dakota — the longest-ever recorded journey by a land mammal. (with video) 2011-07-27T16:14:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072211_economy_penis_size/does-penis-size-matter-economic-growth/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072211_economy_penis_size/does-penis-size-matter-economic-growth/ 17:03:00Z Thomas Mucha Today, thanks to the world wide web and Google, those interested in either (or both) penis sizes and the global economy can find economic papers with titles like this: Male Organ and Economic Growth: Does Size Matter? 2011-07-22T17:03:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072211_mexico_whale_sharks/hundreds-whale-sharks-meet-off-mexican-coast/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072211_mexico_whale_sharks/hundreds-whale-sharks-meet-off-mexican-coast/ 16:35:00Z Global Post Hundreds of whale sharks, the largest fish in the world, have met up for their annual summer congregation in the Gulf of Mexico. 2011-07-22T16:35:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071211_ironman_laser/iron-man-fanatic-invents-laser-weapon-like-tony-starks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071211_ironman_laser/iron-man-fanatic-invents-laser-weapon-like-tony-starks/ 21:40:00Z Global Post A German lab technician who watches the film “Iron Man” and its sequel, “Iron Man 2” — starring Robert Downey Jr. — every week, has built a hand-held laser, or ‘repulsor-beam weapon,’ like that invented by Tony Stark, the film’s main character. (with videos) 2011-07-12T21:40:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071211_hitler_blow_up_dolls/hitler-gave-blow-up-sex-dolls-nazi-soldiers-author-claims/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071211_hitler_blow_up_dolls/hitler-gave-blow-up-sex-dolls-nazi-soldiers-author-claims/ 21:10:00Z Global Post Did Adolf Hitler supply Aryan blow-up sex dolls to discourage his troops from sleeping with disease-ridden French prostitutes? 2011-07-12T21:10:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071211_gonorreah_untreatable/scientists-warn-untreatable-strain-gonorrhea/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071211_gonorreah_untreatable/scientists-warn-untreatable-strain-gonorrhea/ 19:17:00Z Global Post Scientists are warning of a new, untreatable strain of gonorrhea, discovered in a sex trade worker in Japan. 2011-07-12T19:17:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071111_worms_sex/sex-study-will-give-you-something-squirm-about/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071111_worms_sex/sex-study-will-give-you-something-squirm-about/ 19:23:00Z Global Post A new study on the sex life of, yes, worms, sheds light on just why all Earth’s creatures, great and small — humans included — started having sex with each other. 2011-07-11T19:23:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070611_shakespeare_pot/drug-testing-shakespeare-did-he-or-didnt-he/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070611_shakespeare_pot/drug-testing-shakespeare-did-he-or-didnt-he/ 18:37:00Z Global Post A South African anthropologist asks for permission to open the literary legend’s grave to perform analyses that could explain whether or not the bard got his inspiration from smoking pot, among other questions. 2011-07-06T18:37:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070611_mexico_police_women/ad-sexy-policewomen-mexico-draws-flak/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070611_mexico_police_women/ad-sexy-policewomen-mexico-draws-flak/ 18:25:00Z Global Post A help-wanted ad for women to join an all-female tourist police force is drawing flak from women’s rights groups — it specifies that applicants be aged 18 to 26, 5-foot-5 with weight proportional to height, and in good physical and mental health. 2011-07-06T18:25:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070511_korea_penis_size/hands-not-feet-might-give-clues-penis-size/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070511_korea_penis_size/hands-not-feet-might-give-clues-penis-size/ 17:56:00Z Global Post A team of South Korean researchers come up with what may be a reliable guide: predicting penis length by comparing index and ring fingers. 2011-07-05T17:56:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062811_sf_pet_buying_ban/san-francisco-weighs-ban-sale-pets/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062811_sf_pet_buying_ban/san-francisco-weighs-ban-sale-pets/ 14:21:00Z Global Post San Francisco, named for the patron saint of animals, is considering a ban to stop the sale of pets — including cats, dogs, snakes, birds, hamsters and even goldfish — in a bid to end animal cruelty. 2011-06-28T14:21:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062711_penguin_lost_surgery/happy-feet-penguin-gets-help-from-top-surgeon/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062711_penguin_lost_surgery/happy-feet-penguin-gets-help-from-top-surgeon/ 21:27:00Z Global Post One of New Zealand’s top surgeons volunteered to operate on the young penguin from Antarctica that appeared in the country last week and has since captivated the world. 2011-06-27T21:27:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062711_amazon_unknown_tribe/uncontacted-tribe-found-deep-brazil-rainforest/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062711_amazon_unknown_tribe/uncontacted-tribe-found-deep-brazil-rainforest/ 18:48:00Z Global Post Officials from Brazil’s Indian affairs agency, Funai, say they have confirmed the existence of a previously unknown indigenous group in the western Amazon, one of the remotest corners of the rain forest. 2011-06-27T18:48:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062611_penguin_lost_ride/penguin-lost-new-zealand-offered-ride-home/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062611_penguin_lost_ride/penguin-lost-new-zealand-offered-ride-home/ 15:31:00Z Global Post As Happy Feet got treated at the zoo hospital, New Zealand investment adviser Gareth Morgan offered to take the penguin, who lost its way swimming and ended up on a New Zealand beach, by boat to Antarctica next February. (with video) 2011-06-26T15:31:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062411_modified_pot/genetically-modified-pot-license-print-money-colombia/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062411_modified_pot/genetically-modified-pot-license-print-money-colombia/ 17:27:00Z Freya Petersen Genetically modified pot seeds from Amsterdam, grown on pot farms and in greenhouses in Colombia, are fetching 10 times the price of regular marijuana. 2011-06-24T17:27:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062311_dead_woman_wakes/woman-wakes-up-own-funeral-dies-shock/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062311_dead_woman_wakes/woman-wakes-up-own-funeral-dies-shock/ 20:20:00Z Global Post A Russian woman woke up to discover she had been declared dead and was being prepared for burial — and promptly died of a heart attack brought on by the shock. 2011-06-23T20:20:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062311_cross-dressing_airplanes/cross-dressing-phoenix-business-traveler-youtube-hit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062311_cross-dressing_airplanes/cross-dressing-phoenix-business-traveler-youtube-hit/ 18:01:00Z Freya Petersen “Howard” — 65-year-old Phoenix man is a cross-dresser who regularly boards planes dressed only in women’s underwear and heels. He says he does it to make business travel more fun. (with videos) 2011-06-23T18:01:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062211_penguin_lost/young-penguin-gets-lost-ends-up-new-zealand/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062211_penguin_lost/young-penguin-gets-lost-ends-up-new-zealand/ 21:57:00Z Global Post A young penguin apparently got lost while swimming near Antarctica and ended up 2,000 miles away on a New Zealand beach. 2011-06-22T21:57:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062011_winehouse/hello-athens-amy-winehouse-gives-worst-concert-history-belgrade/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062011_winehouse/hello-athens-amy-winehouse-gives-worst-concert-history-belgrade/ 20:26:00Z Global Post Amy Winehouse has canceled the next leg of her European tour, after an opening gig described as “the worst concert in the history of Belgrade.” (with video) 2011-06-20T20:26:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061611_iran_space_monkey/iran-launch-live-monkey-into-space/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061611_iran_space_monkey/iran-launch-live-monkey-into-space/ 17:41:00Z Global Post Iran, which has reportedly sent a monkey doll into space, plans to launch a live monkey aboard its Kavoshgar-5 rocket this summer, according to state television. 2011-06-16T17:41:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061511_vietnam_bear_bile/group-wants-ban-bear-bile-vietnam/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061511_vietnam_bear_bile/group-wants-ban-bear-bile-vietnam/ 20:28:00Z Global Post Vietnam should ban a type of massage oil that contains bear bile extract, says an international conservation organization that monitors trade in endangered species. 2011-06-15T20:28:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061511_assange_ebay_lunch/lunch-with-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-auctioned-ebay/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061511_assange_ebay_lunch/lunch-with-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-auctioned-ebay/ 20:05:00Z Global Post WikiLeaks is offering eight people the chance to dine with Julian Assange at “one of London’s finest restaurants,” The Troxy, as a fundraiser for the secretive website. 2011-06-15T20:05:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061111_airplane_brawl/brawl-erupts-30k-feet-barbados-flight/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061111_airplane_brawl/brawl-erupts-30k-feet-barbados-flight/ 17:20:00Z Global Post Nearly a dozen British vacationers were questioned by police Thursday, and three were arrested and fined, after an angry brawl broke out 30,000 feet up on a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Barbados. 2011-06-11T17:20:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/061011_anthonyweiner/prude-nation-weighs-anthonys-weiner/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/061011_anthonyweiner/prude-nation-weighs-anthonys-weiner/ 16:03:00Z Jimmy Zuma Anthony Weiner sexted with his pals and our collective head exploded. How embarrassing. 2011-06-11T16:03:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061011_france_hamsters/france-warned-over-treatment-hamsters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061011_france_hamsters/france-warned-over-treatment-hamsters/ 19:13:00Z Global Post France has been punished for not doing enough to protect its hamsters — specifically, the Great Hamster of Alsace. 2011-06-10T19:13:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060711_germany_notfunny/germans-voted-least-funny/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060711_germany_notfunny/germans-voted-least-funny/ 06:06:00Z Global Post Germans are the most unfunny nationality in the world, according to an international poll. Americans were voted the most hilarious over all and the Spanish were chosen as the most amusing Europeans, ahead of the Italians and the French, according to Reuters. 2011-06-08T06:06:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060311_al_qaeda_cupcakes/british-spies-replace-al-qaeda-bomb-plans-with-cupcake-recipes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060311_al_qaeda_cupcakes/british-spies-replace-al-qaeda-bomb-plans-with-cupcake-recipes/ 21:25:00Z Global Post British spies have reportedly baked al-Qaeda’s plans to recruit terrorists via a new English-language magazine by replaced bomb-making instructions on the website with recipes for cupcakes. 2011-06-03T21:25:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060311_cadbury_naomi_campbell/cadbury-gives-diva-demands/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060311_cadbury_naomi_campbell/cadbury-gives-diva-demands/ 21:05:00Z Global Post Kraft-owned confectioner Cadbury has apologized to Naomi Campbell after the supermodel threatened to sue them, claiming an advertisement comparing her to a chocolate bar was racist. 2011-06-03T21:05:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060211_oz_sharks_acdc/hells-bells-ac-dc-rocks-aussie-sharks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060211_oz_sharks_acdc/hells-bells-ac-dc-rocks-aussie-sharks/ 17:43:00Z Global Post Scientists in Australia are claiming that great white sharks, also known as white pointers, are attracted by music from the Australian rock band AC/DC — particularly “Shook Me All Night Long” and “Back in Black.” 2011-06-02T17:43:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060111_japan_butterfly/japanese-researchers-reveal-butterflys-secret-avoiding-sex/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060111_japan_butterfly/japanese-researchers-reveal-butterflys-secret-avoiding-sex/ 21:16:00Z Global Post The female small copper butterfly only mates once in a lifetime, and then closes her wings “to avoid sexual harassment” from male butterflies, Japanese researchers have found. 2011-06-01T21:16:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060111_monkey_witch/monkey-witch-burned-death-by-south-african-mob/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060111_monkey_witch/monkey-witch-burned-death-by-south-african-mob/ 14:29:00Z Global Post Animal welfare groups in South Africa have condemned the “barbaric” killing of a vervet monkey by a mob of township residents who said it was a talking witch. 2011-06-01T14:29:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053111_monalisa_skeleton/scientists-find-possible-mona-lisa-skeleton/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053111_monalisa_skeleton/scientists-find-possible-mona-lisa-skeleton/ 16:07:00Z Global Post Archaeologists excavating beneath an ancient nunnery in Florence may have found the skeleton of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the 16th century woman who is believed to have been the model for the world’s most famous painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” 2011-05-31T16:07:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052611_liger_cubs/puppy-love-dog-nurses-liger-cubs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052611_liger_cubs/puppy-love-dog-nurses-liger-cubs/ 18:04:00Z Patrick Winn Two newborn ligers, the spawn of a male lion and a female tiger, are nursing on dog milk. Their tiger mom has ditched her cubs for reasons officials at the XiXiakou Wildlife Zoo in eastern China can’t quite explain. 2011-05-26T18:04:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052611_balloon_man/man-blows-up-like-balloon/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052611_balloon_man/man-blows-up-like-balloon/ 14:35:00Z Global Post A trucker from New Zealand, Steven McCormack, said he blew up “like a balloon” after an air hose pumped air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch. 2011-05-26T14:35:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052511_mexico_prison_bar/mexican-inmates-live-high-life-with-prison-bar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052511_mexico_prison_bar/mexican-inmates-live-high-life-with-prison-bar/ 17:57:00Z Global Post Police have discovered a well-stocked bar at a prison in northern Mexico that served booze to inmates and even had billiard tables for prisoners to play pool or snooker. 2011-05-25T17:57:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052411_saudi_driver_arrest/saudi-woman-arrested-driving/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052411_saudi_driver_arrest/saudi-woman-arrested-driving/ 13:58:00Z Global Post A Saudi woman was arrested—again—for driving her car, an act banned in the ultraconservative kingdom. Activists claim the authorities cracked down on Manal al-Sherif out of fear that her online campaign to encourage women to drive might gather steam. 2011-05-24T13:58:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052311_apocalypse_new_date/it-was-invisible-judgment-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052311_apocalypse_new_date/it-was-invisible-judgment-day/ 03:49:00Z Global Post Believers waited and waited for May 21, 2011: Judgment Day. Listening to the advice of radio host and preacher Harold Camping, they prepared for the day there would be a rapture and the believers would go to heaven, and the rest would be left to be killed off by natural disasters. 2011-05-24T03:49:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052211_tiger_scare_toy/uk-safari-mission-lands-stuffed-toy-tiger/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052211_tiger_scare_toy/uk-safari-mission-lands-stuffed-toy-tiger/ 19:31:00Z Global Post Police in southern England launched a large-scale operation, including a helicopter team with thermal imaging cameras, after reports of a white tiger stalking prey near a golf course in Hampshire. 2011-05-22T19:31:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052111_rapture_not/judgment-day-or-just-another-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052111_rapture_not/judgment-day-or-just-another-day/ 19:47:00Z Global Post American preacher Harold Camping has been insisting with absolute certainty that May 21, 2011, would be “Judgment Day,” a day when believers of Lord Jesus would be “raptured” to heaven and the rest of the world’s population would be killed off by earthquakes and other natural disasters. 2011-05-21T19:47:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052111_pope_statue/il-papa-or-il-duce-pope-statue-sparks-controversy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052111_pope_statue/il-papa-or-il-duce-pope-statue-sparks-controversy/ 16:32:00Z Global Post The Vatican on Friday slammed a giant new sculpture outside Rome’s main train station that portrays John Paul II but has been compared to the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. 2011-05-21T16:32:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052011_newzealand_hair/new-zealand-govt-minister-defends-dead-possum-hairdo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052011_newzealand_hair/new-zealand-govt-minister-defends-dead-possum-hairdo/ 14:45:00Z Global Post In the United States, Donald Trump’s mystifying combover is the subject of much speculation. In New Zealand, a government minister similarly mocked for having hair that resembles a ‘dead possum’ has come out swinging at his critics on YouTube. 2011-05-20T14:45:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051211_nigeria_polygamy/nigerian-man-married-107-wives/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051211_nigeria_polygamy/nigerian-man-married-107-wives/ 20:43:00Z Global Post Bello Maasaba, an Islamic faith healer, is presently married to 86 women between the ages of 19 and 64, after nine of his wives died and he divorced 12 for disobedience. 2011-05-12T20:43:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051111_shake_weight/shake-weight-report-best-local-tv-news-bit-ever/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051111_shake_weight/shake-weight-report-best-local-tv-news-bit-ever/#When: 07:52:000 Dylan Smith Updated: A series of three reports from KTLA is quite possibly the best bit of journalism committed by a local television news station, ever. It’s just too bad that Pulitzer Prizes aren’t awarded for broadcast reports. 2011-05-12T07:52:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051111_tallest_building_suicide/man-commits-suicide-by-jumping-from-worlds-tallest-building/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051111_tallest_building_suicide/man-commits-suicide-by-jumping-from-worlds-tallest-building/ 22:45:00Z Global Post A man reportedly distraught after his boss refused to give him a vacation is believed to have crawled through an air-conditioning vent because there were no windows or balconies on the 147th floor of the 160-floor Burj Khalifa in Dubai. 2011-05-11T22:45:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051011_samoa_day_ahead/samoa-jump-day-ahead/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051011_samoa_day_ahead/samoa-jump-day-ahead/ 18:29:00Z Global Post The move will reverse a decision made 119 years ago to stay a day behind in order to facilitate trade with the United States, and will end Samoa’s claim to fame as the last place on Earth to see each day’s sunset. 2011-05-10T18:29:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051011_china_twoheaded_baby/two-headed-baby-born-china/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051011_china_twoheaded_baby/two-headed-baby-born-china/ 17:05:00Z Global Post Doctors said separating the twins, who have separate spines and esophaguses but share major organs, would be almost impossible. 2011-05-10T17:05:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050611_cat_loudest_purr/cat-sets-record-having-worlds-loudest-purr/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050611_cat_loudest_purr/cat-sets-record-having-worlds-loudest-purr/ 23:19:00Z Global Post Smokey, a 12-year-old British shorthair tabby, was recognized by Guinness for having a purr as loud as a vacuum cleaner. 2011-05-06T23:19:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050611_japan_kissing/japanese-device-provides-virtual-makeout-session/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050611_japan_kissing/japanese-device-provides-virtual-makeout-session/ 21:43:00Z Emily Lodish Tokyo’s Kajimoto Laboratory is working on a “kiss transmission device” that, when you hook it up to the Internet, facilitates a lip-locking experience with someone remotely. Computers would be able to read and store your ‘kissing information,’ then play it back on any given long and lonely night. 2011-05-06T21:43:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050611_nopantsday/keep-your-pants-off-its-no-pants-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050611_nopantsday/keep-your-pants-off-its-no-pants-day/ 18:09:00Z Dylan Smith Taking the notion of casual Friday to an illogical conclusion, the first Friday in May - that’s today for those of you not keeping score - is No Pants Day. 2011-05-06T18:09:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050211_bin_laden_compound_reviews/supposed-bin-laden-compound-getting-bad-reviews-from-guests/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050211_bin_laden_compound_reviews/supposed-bin-laden-compound-getting-bad-reviews-from-guests/ 16:46:00Z Dylan Smith The fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed is getting poor reviews from ‘vacationers.’ Mocking comments, written in the voice of disappointed guests, are being left on a Google Maps page devoted to a large walled compound in that city. 2011-05-02T16:46:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042811_texting_divorce/divorce-via-text-message-becomes-popular-tajikistan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042811_texting_divorce/divorce-via-text-message-becomes-popular-tajikistan/ 13:34:00Z Global Post A growing number of Muslim men in Tajikistan are using a simple, three-worded text message to divorce their wives, the Associated Press reports. Decades of shared families, responsibilities and commitments can be ended with a message reciting the words, “Talaq talaq talaq.” 2011-04-28T13:34:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042611_inmate_attack/inmate-assaults-officer-he-doesnt-want-released/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042611_inmate_attack/inmate-assaults-officer-he-doesnt-want-released/ 14:05:00Z Dylan Smith An inmate who wanted to remain in custody assaulted a Pinal County Detention Center officer last week, authorities said. Alexandro Guerrero, 26, attacked the officer “without provocation” while waiting in the booking area to be released on April 17. 2011-04-26T14:05:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042111_pot_tamales/pot-tamales-border-patrol-finds-marijuana-hidden-mexican-food/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042111_pot_tamales/pot-tamales-border-patrol-finds-marijuana-hidden-mexican-food/ 22:20:00Z Dylan Smith Two large pots of tamales were found to have a bit of extra spice by Border Patrol agents: they contained almost 30 pounds of marijuana hidden under the food, authorities said. 2011-04-21T22:20:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041211_marshall_home/no-contest-some-mayoral-race/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041211_marshall_home/no-contest-some-mayoral-race/ 13:50:00Z Ted Prezelski How does the media judge whether or not a wingnut candidate is worth covering? How do you set a standard for genuinely bat guano crazy, but don’t eliminate a candidate with odd-sounding ideas that, although out of the mainstream, are worth discussing? 2011-04-12T13:50:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032311_penis_size_map/penis-sizes-worldwide-yeah-theres-map-that/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032311_penis_size_map/penis-sizes-worldwide-yeah-theres-map-that/ 19:14:00Z Emily Lodish Well, finally. Thank you targetmap.com, a website with customized data maps, for a long overdue look at penis sizes around the world. 2011-03-23T19:14:06+00:00