http://www.cbs8.com/ en-us http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html webmaster@kfmb.com A British pilot said he ran into an unusual hazard while making an emergency landing _ a cow. Rob Wotton said he was trying to land his World War II-era Tiger Moth after the engine stalled just after takeoff southwest of London on Sept. 14. He was about to touch down in a field when the animal wandered into his way.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149254Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149254 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:54:46 -0700 A human-sized heart found at a southwestern Michigan car wash has investigators wondering whether it came from a person or an animal. The organ was discovered in a corner of a manual wash bay at Soapy's Car Wash, Paw Paw police said. The owner of the business found it Monday on the floor of the bay, according to WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids and WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149255Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149255 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:55:28 -0700 Berlin officials said they have rescued 1,500 parakeets from a two-room apartment. City veterinarian Margit Platzer said the birds were flying freely around the apartment, which was "littered with feces, feathers and leftover food." Platzer said it took her team more than seven hours on Tuesday to catch all the birds with nets.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149256Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149256 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:55:47 -0700 A Cincinnati area woman has again found Hope, her three-legged cat with that name whose disappearance led to an extensive search. Hope's owner, Norma Meece, had hired a pet detective as part of a nearly seven-week search costing more than $500 dollars after the cat disappeared from Meece's home in suburban Green Township.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149257Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149257 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:56:07 -0700 A supermarket is defending itself for refusing to a write out 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell's name on his birthday cake. Deborah Campbell, 25, of nearby Hunterdon County, N.J., said she phoned in her order last week to the Greenwich ShopRite. When she told the bakery department she wanted her son's name spelled out, she was told to talk to a supervisor, who denied the request.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149261Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149261 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:57:00 -0700 A San Antonio fast-food restaurant cashier laughed at a robbery suspect and told him to get a job if he wanted money during a failed holdup on Tuesday evening.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149262Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149262 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:57:25 -0700 The one that didn't get away held an unlikely surprise for a Texas man. The blue-stoned class ring of Joe Richardson, engraved with his name, turned up inside an 8-pound bass 21 years after he lost it while fishing on Lake Sam Rayburn.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147981Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147981 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:27:37 -0700 Police called to a variety store by a burglar alarm overnight found a toddler inside, playing with the toys. Police said store surveillance video showed the unidentified boy trying to open one of the front doors to a Family Dollar store about 3 a.m. Monday, only to find it locked. But the second door was unlocked and the child went inside.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149024Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149024 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:34:24 -0700 A Pennsylvania pizzeria insists venison is not on the menu _ despite the impression a customer may have gotten when she saw one of the cooks butchering a deer in the shop's kitchen.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147985Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147985 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:31:32 -0700 Milwaukee County jail inmates can knock an hour off their sentence for each hour they spend on some dirty work _ cleaning up blood, feces, saliva and other bodily fluids at the House of Correction and Criminal Justice Facility.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147986Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147986 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:31:54 -0700 A man using a candy cane lawn ornament fended off a knife-wielding neighbor who had been attacking holiday guests at a Sacramento home. Police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong said the man used the two-foot-tall plastic ornament to subdue the attacker until officers arrived.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147987Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=147987 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:32:21 -0700 A woman is suing a Pennsylvania sports bar and restaurant, saying she got stuck inside a toilet bowl for 20 minutes after the seat broke.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148036Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148036 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:27:51 -0700 A Vero Beach man faces a domestic violence charge after authorities said he assaulted his girlfriend with a cheeseburger. An Indian River County Sheriff's Office arrest report said a 22-year-old man and his girlfriend got into an argument as they sat in a car in front of their home.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148037Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148037 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:28:16 -0700 A 20-year-old woman received two years probation for setting a tow truck on fire as it was rolling away from an apartment complex with a car. A Multnomah County judge also ordered Elizabeth Allen to complete alcohol treatment, 80 hours of community service and a mental health evaluation.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148039Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148039 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:28:42 -0700 Two suspected shoplifters are arrested after one of them zapped a Wichita Wal-Mart employee with a Taser. Police said that two Wal-Mart workers on Wednesday afternoon confronted a pair of women who tried to leave the store without paying for merchandise. At that point, one of the women fired an electroshock from the Taser.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148041Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148041 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:29:07 -0700 The Dutch Supreme Court has decided sex shows should be thought of as theater _ at least when it comes to taxes.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148079Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148079 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 07:35:26 -0700 Police say armed robbers _ some dressed in drag _ made off with euro80 million ($100 million) in loot from a lightning-fast jewelry store robbery in central Paris.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148084Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148084 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 07:52:18 -0700 A Vero Beach man faces a domestic violence charge after authorities said he assaulted his girlfriend with a cheeseburger. An Indian River County Sheriff's Office arrest report said a 22-year-old man and his girlfriend got into an argument as they sat in a car in front of their home.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148101Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148101 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:19:24 -0700 Leaving on a jet plane? Is the waiting the hardest part? Try airport karaoke! Houston's Bush International Airport is setting up karaoke booths for travelers, just in time for the holidays. One was to be up and running on Thursday afternoon, airport officials said.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148104Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148104 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:21:22 -0700 A contract worker for a Nevada sheriff's department is accused of driving drunk to a jail to test a suspect's blood alcohol content.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148266Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148266 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 07:13:52 -0700 The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child's full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. Heath Campbell and his wife, Deborah, are upset not only with the decision made by the Greenwich ShopRite, but with an outpouring of angry Internet postings in response to a local newspaper article over the weekend on their flare-up over frosting.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149142Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149142 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:19:25 -0700 One of New York City's most ethnically diverse areas has celebrated the lighting of its public Christmas tree with a multilingual singing of "Jingle Bells."]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148388Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148388 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:31:50 -0700 A "nagging" wife who pushed her husband to buy a lottery ticket helped scoop the $4.2 million ($7.7 million New Zealand dollar) first prize _ with only minutes to spare. The man from New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland, bought his ticket just two minutes before ticket sales closed Saturday night.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148389Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148389 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:32:16 -0700 A Spokane woman and her mother have been convicted in federal court on charges of sneaking a rhesus monkey into the United States from Thailand. Gypsy Lawson, 29, hid the sedated young rhesus macaque under her blouse, pretending to be pregnant when she successfully passed through U.S. Customs in Los Angeles after a trip to Bangkok, Thailand.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148390Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148390 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:32:37 -0700 Police said a woman was arrested after asking a state trooper whether she could smoke _ and then trying to light up a marijuana joint. Honesty Knight, 32, was a passenger in a vehicle that Trooper Eric Perkins pulled over for a traffic violation early Friday. While the trooper was talking to the driver, Knight obtained the trooper's permission to smoke.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148394Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148394 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:37:44 -0700 Farmers who rent animals for Nativity scenes say business is holding steady, although some organizers are swapping camels for cheaper livestock amid the recession. Renting a camel can cost $500 to $700 per day, including a handler and liability insurance for the ornery animal.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148392Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148392 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:33:35 -0700 For sale: One Senate seat. Goes to the highest BLEEP-ing bidder. Seller's positive feedback rating: since Tuesday, just about zero.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148512Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148512 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:28:19 -0700 Me-ouch! Veterinarians on Tuesday performed an unusual surgery to reattach the face of a cat they believe was injured by a car's fan belt, probably because she tried to stay warm under the hood.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148513Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148513 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:28:40 -0700 A fourth-grade class in Michigan learned firsthand about animal behavior when a deer crashed through a window and into its classroom.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148514Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148514 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:28:59 -0700 The Happy Valley southeast of Portland doesn't have much in common with the Happy Valley that's home to the Penn State Nittany Lions. But they both produce good linebackers.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148516Offbeat http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148516 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:29:35 -0700