Category Archives: Wacky News

The Boston Globe today has an interesting article on what do do with chronically misbehaving pre-schoolers. Appearantly, it is a problem that is getting out of hand, and creative solutions are required. All too often, some say, teachers with limited … Continue reading →

MAFUTSENI-He recently made headlines when he successfully stopped the recruitment of female soldiers at Bethany claiming he had not authorized it. On Thursday evening, he once again went to extremes to show just how much power Their Majesties have bestowed … Continue reading →

Swaziland’s King Mswati III, attends the annual reed dance in Ludzidzini, Swaziland, Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, where young girls perform a dance after days of gathering reeds to present to the king. The annual reed dance gives Mswati an opportunity … Continue reading →

LUDZIDZINI ROYAL VILLAGE, Swaziland (Reuters) – More than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become the King of Swaziland’s 13th wife on Monday in a ceremony which critics say ill befits a country with the world’s highest HIV/AIDS rate. King Mswati … Continue reading →

A 16-year-old boy invented a hamster-powered mobile phone charger as part of his GCSE science project. Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster’s exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger. Elvis does the legwork … Continue reading →

PARIS (Reuters) – Americans seem to be schizophrenic when it comes to their opinion of France. Arrogant is the best way to describe the French, according to nearly three out of every 10 Americans, but almost as many would call … Continue reading →

An American Indian tribe with land along the Grand Canyon is planning to build a glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out 70 feet from the canyon’s edge. The horseshoe-shaped skywalk, expected to open in January, is part of the Hualapai … Continue reading →

LONDON (AFP) – London Zoo unveiled a new exhibition — eight humans prowling around wearing little more than fig leaves to cover their modesty. The "Human Zoo" is intended to show the basic nature of human beings as they frolick … Continue reading →

NEWBURYPORT — A 19-year-old man from Salisbury was supposed to be cleaning up a cemetery last week as part of court-ordered community work after he broke into an apartment building last fall. Instead, officials said, Neil J. Goodwin Jr. invaded … Continue reading →

Brigitte Bardot, the 1950s and 1960s film star turned animal rights campaigner, has called on the French government to halt the reported use by fishermen on the island of Reunion of live puppies and kittens as shark bait. "It is … Continue reading →

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has withdrawn an anti-AIDS campaign ad featuring a smiling nun holding a condom after it sparked an outcry from Roman Catholics, local media said on Wednesday. The poster, which shows the nun holding the condom with … Continue reading →

LYNN — Along with the expected guns and drugs, police discovered a crocodile and two baby alligators when they searched a Murray Street apartment yesterday, something that police said they hardly prepared for in the pre-raid briefing. First the officers … Continue reading →