Man uses candy cane to subdue attacker with knife

December 3, 2008 · Filed Under Offbeat News · Comment 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — 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….
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The one that didn’t get away yields long-lost ring

December 3, 2008 · Filed Under Offbeat News · Comment 

BUNA, Texas (AP) — 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….
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Camels found wandering in Mexican border city

December 3, 2008 · Filed Under Offbeat News · Comment 

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — It may have seemed like a mirage: Two camels nibbling on a pine tree along a street in this desert metropolis on the Texas border. Police tried lassoing the animals, which lunged at the officers with snapping teeth as onlookers chuckled….
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Ohio artist offers legless Santa and crazed tree

December 3, 2008 · Filed Under Offbeat News · Comment 

OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) — A northern Ohio artist known for envelope-pushing holiday displays is back - with Santa Claus in a wheelchair being pushed down stairs by a crazed tree….
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