http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/weird weird news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T07:23:02+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/ 23:10:00Z 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. 2011-10-28T23:10:43+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/ 03:13:00Z 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. 2011-10-28T03:13:06+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/ 22:52:00Z 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. 2011-10-20T22:52:31+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/ 18:49:00Z 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. 2011-10-18T18:49:36+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/ 21:05:00Z 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. 2011-10-13T21:05:08+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/ 16:31:00Z 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. 2011-10-09T16:31:48+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/ 17:41:00Z Global Post King crabs — 3-feet-wide red monsters that devour everything in their path — have invaded Antarctica. 2011-09-14T17:41:33+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/ 19:59:00Z 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. 2011-09-12T19:59:07+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/ 23:29:00Z 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. 2011-09-11T23:29:25+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/ 01:26:00Z 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. 2011-09-08T01:26:31+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/ 22:50:00Z Global Post Scientists have created the smallest electric motor ever: one made from a single molecule. 2011-09-05T22:50:21+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/ 17:26:00Z 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. 2011-09-01T17:26:10+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/ 15:36:00Z Global Post The headless remains of Australian criminal Ned Kelly were identified 130 years after he was hanged for murder. 2011-09-01T15:36:14+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: 08:55:000 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-%30GMT%14:%55:%00%Q 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/ 20:58:00Z 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. 2011-08-25T20:58:09+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/ 23:58:00Z 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) 2011-08-21T23:58:15+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/ 21:27:00Z 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. 2011-08-18T21:27:48+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/ 20:44:00Z 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. 2011-08-18T20:44:31+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/ 14:40:00Z Global Post A cannibal infamous for digging up and consuming the corpse of an old woman is ready for love, the Jakarta Post reports. 2011-08-12T14:40:13+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/ 15:27:00Z Global Post Authorities at Lake Tahoe have identified the remains of a scuba diver who disappeared in the lake’s waters 17 years ago. 2011-08-09T15:27:21+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/ 18:54:00Z Global Post Facebook recently added “Expected: Child” to its list of friends and family tags but has received some criticism over the move. 2011-08-04T18:54:50+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/ 23:59:00Z Global Post A woman accused of spraying sheriff’s deputies with breast milk has been sentenced to two years of probation. (with video) 2011-08-02T23:59:19+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/ 11:33:00Z Global Post An Indian man hospitalized with stomach pains has shocked doctors who found he had parts of the female reproductive system. 2011-08-02T11:33:32+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/ 21:04:00Z 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. 2011-08-01T21:04:54+00:00