Weird California

WATCH: Bear Crashes Middle School Graduation

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 06.01.2012

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A young black bear threw a graduation ceremony at a California middle school into temporary chaos this week when it wandered onto school property. ...

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DRUG TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT: Drug Dealer Texts Cop To Move Methamphetamine

AP | Posted 05.31.2012

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- Police say a drug dealer mistakenly sent messages to a California central coast police officer in an attempt to sell methamphet...

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Jumping Frog Jubilee Gets Some People Hopping Mad

thechive.com | Posted 05.25.2012

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Every year since 1928 in Calaveras County, California, the ‘Jumping Frog Jubilee’ has been an essential part of the annual fair. The extreme s...

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MARIJUANA MYSTERY: 8,068 Pounds Of Pot Found Floating In Ocean

Posted 05.21.2012

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U.S. Coast Guard officers are scratching their heads over 8,068 pounds of marijuana found floating in bales Sunday near Dana Point Harbor in Californi...

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Four Tons Of Marijuana Pulled From Ocean

Newser | Posted 05.21.2012

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After receiving a tip yesterday, Harbor Patrol agents in California pulled about 160 bales of marijuana from the ocean off the coast of Orange County....

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'UFO Phil' Planning Network Show For 'Real Aliens'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.14.2012

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A California man who contributes to the popular paranormal show "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory has plans for television that may seem out-of-th...

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RECORD BREAKER: You Won't Believe Where This Vinyl Record Lands

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 05.10.2012

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A group of college students in Pasadena, Calif., has found a new use for old vinyl records: As the basis for incredible stunts. Recently, the guys ...

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Man Drives Van Off Cliff To Elude Police

Posted 04.24.2012

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A California woman was forced to jump from a speeding van, because her husband was driving towards a cliff in order to escape from police. Malibu ...

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Rattlesnake Bites Man, Man Beats Rattlesnake With Golf Club

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.12.2012

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Rock beats scissors -- golf club beats rattlesnake. So Kenny Ngo realized after he was bitten by a venomous baby rattler in his kitchen on Tuesday....

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Humming, Hovering Diamond-Shaped UFO Pays Southern California A Visit

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 04.10.2012

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Many UFO reports seem to focus on objects described by witnesses as either shaped like a diamond, saucer, or disc, or as very bright -- almost blindin...

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WATCH: Tube Travel May One Day Take You From D.C. To Beijing In Two Hours

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 03.31.2012

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Some people spend their life watching the tube, but Daryl Oster is spending his trying to get people to travel in one. With experience that include...

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Ninjas Robbed Medical Pot Delivery Man?

Newser | Posted 05.26.2012

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Police in California are on the hunt for two men dressed as ninjas who allegedly robbed a medical marijuana delivery man on Friday. The man says he...

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Homeless Man Poses As A Woman For Medical Care

Posted 03.17.2012

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A homeless man in California is accused of stealing a woman's identity for 13 years and racking up more than $100,000 in medical care expenses. Pol...

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Preacher Admits He Was Wrong About End Of World

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.09.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — A California preacher who convinced thousands of followers that the world would end has posted an online letter conceding he has...

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Soccer + Rugby + Stun Guns = Ultimate Tazer Ball

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 03.01.2012

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There's electricity in the air at any athletic event. But a few athletes in San Diego, Philiadelphia, Toronto and Los Angeles would rather supply the ...

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Calif. Man Killed 20 Rabbits At Work, Gets 3 Years Probation

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 02.27.2012

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Some people use their work breaks to make a phone call or smoke a cigarette. Not Shea Johnson. When Johnson, 22, a driver for Fox Rent-A-Car near n...

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Look Out President Obama: Alien Abductee Says He Will Assume Presidency Without A Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.14.2012

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UFO Phil, a self-appointed intergalactic frontrunner for president, announced today he has been granted authority to assume the job without waiting fo...

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Princess Demands Billions For 'Titanic' Copyright Infringement

Posted 04.17.2012

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An Imperial Beach woman named Princess Samantha Kennedy claims the script of the movie "Titanic" unlawfully draws from her unpublished biography and l...

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Man Arrested For Allegedly Cooking And Eating Cats

AP | Posted 04.17.2012

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — In a case that has shocked even investigators, a California man is in jail for allegedly cooking and eating cats. Jason L...

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Dad Gets Restraining Order Against 4th-Grade Bully

Newser.com | Posted 03.27.2012

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A Southern California dad has taken out a restraining order against a classmate of his fourth-grade son who he says threatened his boy with a knife. ...

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Walt Disney Kidnapped Richard Nixon

Mental Floss | Posted 01.19.2012

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Everyone knows that Elvis Presley once met Richard Nixon, but Walt Disney went one better. When Nixon was Dwight D. Eisenhower's Vice President, he...

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Woman Offers Sex For McNuggets

Posted 01.18.2012

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This couldn't have been a very happy meal. Police arrested a woman outside a McDonald's in Burbank, Calif. after she allegedly offered sex to a cu...

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10-Year-Old 'Flip The Circus Boy' Dies In Accidental Hanging (VIDEO)

HuffPost Crime | David Moye | Posted 01.13.2012

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The mysterious death of a 10-year-old street performer has taken center stage in Bellingham, Wash. Caleb Kors -- better known as "Flip the Circus B...

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Man Breaks Into Home And Attempts To Cuddle

Posted 01.10.2012

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Sometimes, you just need a snuggle. Police in Southern California say that a man broke into his ex-girlfriend's home early Sunday morning so that h...

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LOOK: Car Lands On Roof

Posted 01.05.2012

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He won't want to give up that parking spot. Police in California say that a man driving a stolen vehicle at unsafe speeds struck a rock and then a ...

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