March certainly came storming in like a lion, at least where weird news is concerned.
The plight of former Miss Delaware Teen USA Melissa King continued to arouse interest.
King resigned her crown last week after she was accused of making a porn video, but said the allegations were false.
However, this week, the production company who issued the first sex scene released a video of what appears to be the pageant winner reading a legal release on camera, where she identifies herself as "Melissa King."
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Sex of a different nature popped up in Brazil where an online sex store called Sexônico is currently holding a bidding war for the virginity of Valentina, Brazil's first life-like sex doll.
So far, the bids for the faux lady's flower have surpassed $105,000, but that includes a night in the presidential suite of a Sao Paulo motel, a candlelit dinner with French champagne and an aromatic bath with rose petals. Oh, and lingerie for the sex doll.
That isn't the only weird thing that happened involving alcohol this week.
James White, a student at the University of York in England, was officially banned from owning a pet for eight years after he drunkenly fried up his roommate's hamster.
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White told the Court that he could not remember the details of the incident.
"What happened that night is still shrouded in mystery," he said.
With any luck, White learns his lesson, but a high school student in Pittsburgh claims she learned a different kind of lesson from computer technology instructor Michael White (no relation).
The son added his own special sauce: vomit, but Smith insisted he eat the whole concoction -- barf and all -- and allegedly beat the child when the kid blanched.
The 42-year-old resident of Rockville Centre, N.Y. suffers from seizures and other neurological problems, and claims he as a defense mechanism against the taunts of his neighbor, Daniel O’Hanian, who allegedly called him names like "retard."
The neighbor filed a claim against Schiavelli and, as laughable as it sounds, the judge declined to throw out the complaints. That means Schiavelli, who lives with his mother, could face $500 in fines or 30 days in jail.
Although some claim radiation is why the rats are so big, rat experts told The Huffington Post that there are several species of rats that can grow to large sizes if left unchecked.
As LSU rat expert Dr. David Baker put it: "During the Middle Ages, black rats in Europe reportedly grew large enough -- and children were small enough -- to carry off babies. Those had to have been some big rats."
We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
What was the best weird news story of the week? You decide. Check out the gallery and vote below.
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