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Wisconsin man convicted in decades-long identity theft that led to his victim being jailed (www.channel3000.com)

submitted 8 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Crazy and nearly unbelievable story.

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Burglars steal as much as $30 million in one of L.A.'s largest cash heists ever (www.latimes.com)

submitted 8 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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‘I’m trying to give you a better deal’: Customer pulls gun on Burger King employee for giving him a discount (www.firstalert4.com)

submitted 8 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Same idiot who probably tanked the A&W 1/3 pound burger because "a quarter of a pound is more than a third of a pound".

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Thief Disguises As Garbage Bag To Steal Package Off A Porch (www.news18.com)

submitted 8 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/weirdnews

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Tennessee passes 'chemtrail' bill banning airborne chemicals (www.bbc.com)

submitted 8 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Finally, humanity's greatest problem is solved. 🙄

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Portland woman pulled up in a Tesla with 2 kids in car seats to sell pot to undercover cop in Lake Oswego (www.oregonlive.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/weirdnews

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Man Arrested For Firing A Gun In Downtown Nashville To Celebrate Divorcing His Wife (www.whiskeyriff.com)

submitted 8 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/18672477

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Object that crashed through Florida roof may have come from ISS (www.upi.com)

submitted 8 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Chicken Little vindicated

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Germany fans banned from buying number 44 kits over Nazi symbolism (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/weirdnews

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Man narrowly escapes saw blade barreling toward him in Oregon (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Court for women's NCAA Tournament in Portland has 3-point lines with different distances (apnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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(H)Oooooops

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Mike Tyson hopes to deliver knockout blow with cannabis edible ears (news.sky.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Rescued 'baby hedgehog' turns out to be a pom pom from a hat (www.upi.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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'Ozempig' remains Minnesota baseball team's mascot despite uproar that name is form of fat-shaming (apnews.com)

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Lot owner stunned to find $500K home accidentally built on her lot. Now she’s being sued (www.wpxi.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Gator Hooked On Coke! Sent to Rehab! (www.upi.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Don't hate the gator, hate the gain.

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Five-legged lamb gets new home (www.upi.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Spider Lamb, Spider Lamb, doing whatever a Spider Lamb can.

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366 tickets win prizes in lottery drawing with the numbers 9-9-9-9 (www.upi.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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OMF I JUST changed my luggage combination.

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Look: Infamous wooden plank from 'Titanic' sold for over $700,000 (www.upi.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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Hey Leonardo - She might like you for you, but she won in the end.

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Police to Stop Sticking Lego Heads Onto Suspect’s Faces After Lego Reportedly Said Please Stop (gizmodo.com)

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Michigan Easter egg hunt turns violent when man stabbed over 'placement' of eggs: Sheriff (www.yahoo.com)

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North Korea TV censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/weirdnews

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For non UK people, Alan Titchmarsh is basically only known for various gardening shows.

The title got a double take from me, so hopefully it's valid to post here.

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Washington state crime spree suspect gets stuck on telephone wire while running from police (www.foxnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16796724

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Man arrested for allegedly taking leg after California train incident and 'eating it' (wpde.com)

submitted 9 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13543662

WASCO, Calif. (KBAK) — A man has been arrested after being suspected of taking the leg of a pedestrian who was struck by an Amtrak train in California and eating it.