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Weird Massachusetts

Woman Allegedly Assaults Sandwich Maker Over 'Too Many Pickles'

Posted 05.14.2013 | Weird News

If you pick a peck of pickled peppers, this chick might punch you in the face. Tina Drouin, 49, turned a little sour when a sandwich maker in Quinc...

Jesus Christ! Sign From Above Found Down Low

Posted 03.26.2013 | Weird News

Move over Shroud of Turin, there's a new theological tarp in town. What looks like a paint-stained cloth to some is nothing less than the glorious...

Thief Stuffs PBR Cans Down Pants, Claims They're His Penis: Cops

Posted 03.06.2013 | Weird News

And he would've gotten away with it, too, if -- no, no he wouldn't have. Jonathan Scull, 26, allegedly tried to steal two cans of beer from a liquo...

You'll Never Guess What Caused This Car To Explode

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 01.29.2013 | Weird News

A keyless remote was the key to how a 2012 Honda Civic suddenly exploded in the parking lot of a Stoneham, Mass., shopping center Sunday afternoon. ...

Air Force Can't Explain Diamond-Shaped UFO

Lee Speigel | Posted 01.25.2013 | Weird News

It's taken over two weeks for the Air Force to suggest that a UFO reported over Massachusetts may have only been a huge cargo plane, but even they're ...

Man Gets Ticket After Getting Run Over By Own Truck

Posted 11.28.2012 | Weird News

This guy just can't catch a brake. A Lynn, Mass. man was issued a traffic citation on Monday after being run over by his own pickup truck. Polic...

RANSOM NOTE: If You Want To See The Rest Of The Flamingos...

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 09.07.2012 | Weird News

Arthur O'Neil is not exactly tickled pink after having 40 flamingo statues stolen from his yard in the last four months. O'Neil, a retiree in Mansf...

Girl Bitten By Rabid Bat After Stranger Tells Her To Hold It

Posted 07.25.2012 | Weird News

Beware of strangers bearing bats. Ten-year-old JoJo Keefe of Spencer, Massachusetts was with her family at a local park last week when she and some...

Alleged Thief Got Stuck Under Garage Door During Attempted Robbery

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 06.27.2012 | Weird News

Manuel Fernandes allegedly attempted to rob a Rent-A-Center in Brockton, Mass., and instead he had nine hours of his life stolen from him. Police s...

These People Swear They Won't Pay A Fine For Cursing

AP | Posted 06.26.2012 | Weird News

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. -- Several dozen people have held a profanity laced rally to protest a Massachusetts town's bylaw allowing police to hand out $20...

RABBIT RUCKUS: This Statue Has War Veterans Hopping Man

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 06.17.2012 | Weird News

War veterans in Dedham, Mass., are up in arms ...

BOVINE BROUHAHA: These Party Crashing Cows Drank Up The Suds

AP | Posted 05.25.2012 | Weird News

BOXFORD, Mass. -- Police say a roving group of cows crashed a small gathering in a Massachusetts town and bullied the guests for their beer. Boxford ...

Woman's Torso Sent To The Wrong Address

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.23.2012 | Weird News

Part of a dead woman's body was mistakenly sent to the BJ's Wholesale headquarters in Westborough, Mass. on Friday -- all because of an itty bitty shi...

WATCH: This Is The World's Fastest Robot

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012 | Weird News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A four-legged robot known as the Cheetah lived up to its name on Monday, setting a new land speed record for legged robots by ...

WATCH: This Is The World's Fastest Robot

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012 | Weird News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A four-legged robot known as the Cheetah lived up to its name on Monday, setting a new land speed record for legged robots by ...

PHOTOS: Rhode Island Bakery Offers 'TSA-Approved' Cupcakes

Posted 01.17.2012 | Travel

UPDATE, 1/17: Baker Kelly Colgan emails HuffPost Travel to report that one of her cupcakes successfully passed TSA screening at T.F. Green Internation...

TSA Defends Confiscation Of Mass. Woman's Cupcake (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 03.10.2012 | Weird News

PEABODY, Mass. -- The federal Transportation Security Administration is defending its decision to confiscate a frosted cupcake from a Massachusetts wo...

Weird Advertisements Bring Together Classical Music And Crime Scene Cleanup

Reuters | Posted 02.26.2012 | Weird News

By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Who says beautiful music and blood spatter cleanup can't go together. When Ch...

Fowl Play: City Threatens 80-Year-Old 'Bird Lady' With Jail

Posted 12.08.2011 | Crime

This law is for the birds, but it shouldn't be, according to an 80-year-old woman who's defied a Massachusetts town rule that bans feeding ducks and g...

Unidentified Hunk Of Metal Crashes Through Warehouse Roof

AP | Posted 12.02.2011 | Weird News

PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- The owners of a furniture warehouse in Plymouth, Mass., want to know the origin of a chunk of metal that plunged through the roof. ...

Moonshine Still Discovered In Mass. Water Plant (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 11.30.2011 | Weird News

GROTON, Mass. -- A more intoxicating drink than water was apparently being produced at a Massachusetts town's water treatment plant. A town officia...

Utah Man In First Class Viewed Child Porn On Mass. Flight: Police

AP | Posted 11.27.2011 | Weird News

BOSTON -- Police say a Utah man who was viewing child pornography on a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Boston has been arrested. Massachusetts St...

Dummy Caught Faking Ivy League Credentials -- Again

AP | By DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 01.09.2012 | Weird News

WOBURN, Mass. -- A Delaware man convicted of fraud for faking his way into Harvard was ordered held without bail Wednesday after admitting he violated...

Mass. Official Who Performed Bra Trick Resigns

AP | Posted 12.04.2011 | Weird News

ABINGTON, Mass. -- The chairman of a Massachusetts school board has resigned days after performing a magic trick at a televised meeting that made it a...

Caller Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Radio Station For Not Playing His Song

Posted 11.30.2011 | Weird News

Don't you hate it when there's nothing good on the radio? An angry ex-deejay jonesing for a specific tune took his aural frustration too far when...