Offbeat News For 01-25-17

Posted on January 25, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

OFFBEAT NEWS:

Kid Behind The Wheel Leads Cops On A Chase

Police in Fostoria, Ohio thought they had a bad driver on their hands when they spotted a car braking often and driving without headlights. What they actually had was a 10-year-old with a wild streak.

It turns out the kid took his parents car – without their permission, of course – and drove 11 miles to a nearby town’s convenience store. When police started tailing him, the minor sped off at 70-miles per hour.

The car eventually hit a curb and stopped, which is when cops discovered it was a tween behind the wheel. He was taken in and charged with fleeing from police and while at this point, his parents haven’t been charged with anything, juvenile court and children’s services are reviewing the case.

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Fire At A Marijuana Shop Sends Smoke Into The Air

Seattle marijuana shop Greenside Recreational went up in flames and while the cause is still under investigation, the fire did cause a lot of smoke to billow into the air.

Thanks to the products it deals in, Greenside Recreational is very secure, which made it hard for firefighters to get in. Luckily, no one was harmed but the fire did cause $70-thousand worth of damage.

No word on if that smoke gave anyone the munchies.

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Zoo Will Let You Name A Hissing Cockroach After Someone For Valentine’s Day

Forget the roses or the romantic dinner, for the seventh year in a row, New York’s Bronx Zoo wants you to name a cockroach after someone this Valentine’s Day.

For a $10 donation, the zoo will send an email to the recipient letting them know there’s now a Madagascar hissing cockroach named in their honor.

All proceeds go to the Wildlife Conversation Society and for a larger donation, the Bronx Zoo will toss in a box of chocolates or a roach stuff animal.

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STUPID CRIMINALS:

Burglar leaves his keys and cell phone behind:

Nicholas Bruner broke into an animal hospital in Stratford, Connecticut, potentially looking for drugs according to police, but left behind a trail of blood…that led to a set of keys and a cell phone. The 31-year-old is now facing burglary and criminal mischief charges.

Man rides his bike naked and drunk in Austria:

Police in Villach, Austria had a presumably very cold criminal on their hands. A man was spotted riding his bike naked, and not surprisingly, drunk, through the streets. His joyride included trying to steer his cycle through the revolving door of a hotel, pulling a fire alarm and then dropping his bike to sprint through part of the city to avoid police.

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Westercamp Eclipses 1,000 Career Points, But Grinnell Sweeps Osky

Posted on January 25, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

The Oskaloosa basketball teams were in action on Tuesday night at home against Grinnell, and although both games ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard for the Indians, there were plenty of positives to go around.

The girls’ game featured some of the best basketball played all season long by Osky. With minimal turnovers through long stretches of play and some good shooting, the Indians were able to battle back to make it an interesting contest. Grinnell eventually got the win, 55-47.

You don’t have to look far to see the silver linings, however. Grinnell is currently ranked 4^th in the IGHSAU Girls’ Basketball Poll and has been on a tear despite being without star forward Sienna Durr. The Tigers nearly knocked off Class 5A #1 Indianola last week before dismantling Class 4A #1 Pella by 14 points. Oskaloosa outperformed expectations, especially considering Grinnell won the first meeting by 40 points earlier this year.

Oskaloosa was led by senior Alexis Westercamp, who poured in 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The last bucket of the game was the one that got Westercamp over 1,000 career points in her career, an outstanding achievement for the four-year starter.

Grinnell was led by Kyra Hungerford, who scored 19 points, 17 of which came in a red-hot first half.

On the boys’ side, Oskaloosa played Grinnell neck-and-neck throughout most of the game, but in the later stages of the 3^rd quarter, the Tigers got some breathing room, getting the lead up into double figures.

Oskaloosa would close the game strong, however, riding an 8-0 run to get within two, 50-48, with just over three minutes to go.

Unfortunately, the Indians were out of gas and Grinnell iced the game with a couple of Sam Allen free throws to get a 55-51 win to sweep the season series.

Oskaloosa still played a great defensive game, containing the entire Grinnell team outside of senior studs Cade McKnight and Sam Allen to just 11 points. Unfortunately McKnight and Allen would each score 22 points to lead the Tigers to the win.

Jarad Kruse was the high man for the Indians with 22 points and 6 rebounds. Xavier Foster had 11 off the bench, which Jack Moore had 8. Cole Henry scored 6 points to go along with a game-high 8 rebounds.

Oskaloosa will look to right the ship and get more positive momentum as the season hits the home stretch. The next matchup is a doubleheader with Dallas Center-Grimes on the road. That double-dip can be watched with a live HD video stream on radiokmzn.com or kboeradio.com, and will be available on MCG Channel 7. The game can also be heard on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN. Pregame coverage begins at 6 PM for the 6:15 tip-off.

January 24th: On This Day

Posted on January 24, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

On this day in 1976, Bob Dylan started a five-week run at #1 on the US chart with his 17th studio album Desire. The album features “Hurricane”, which protests the conviction of former middleweight boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter for triple murder in 1966, arguing his innocence.

The album is one of Dylan’s top-selling studio albums and is currently Certified Double Platinum. Rolling Stone named Desire #174 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Journey/Asia Add Summer Tour Dates

Posted on January 24, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

Journey and Asia hit the road for their co-headlining tour in March, but they’re already looking to add multiple dates to extend their time together.

The tour will pick up after Journey’s residency at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, which is scheduled to take up most of May. Journey and Asia are booked to reunite starting June 5 in Tulsa, the first in a lengthy series of freshly announced shows that currently lasts until the middle of the following month, when they’ll stop in El Paso on July 15. Check out the new shows below, and visit Journey’s site for a complete list of dates, individual venue details and ticketing information.
It isn’t yet known whether Asia frontman John Wetton will be part of the lineup for the tour’s summer leg. As previously reported, he was forced to pull out of the band’s spring dates — including an appearance on Yes‘ Cruise to the Edge — due to chemotherapy treatment for his ongoing cancer battle.
Journey and Asia 2017 Summer Tour
6/05 — Tulsa, Okla.
6/07 — Tupelo, Miss.
6/09 — New Orleans, La.
6/11 — Greenville, S.C.
6/12 — Greensboro, N.C.
6/14 — Baltimore, Md.
6/16 — Uncasville, Ct.
6/17 — Atlantic City, N.J.
6/19 — Worcester, Mass.
6/21 — Rochester, N.Y.
6/22 — Windsor, Ontario
6/24 — Mount Pleasant, Mich.
6/25 — Toledo, Ohio
6/27 — Huntington, W.V.
6/28 — Louisville, Ky.
6/30 — Sioux City, Iowa
7/01 — Welch, Iowa
7/03 — Springfield, Mo.
7/05 — Southaven, Miss.
7/06 — Orange Beach, Ala.
7/08 — Pelham, Ala.
7/09 — Omaha, Neb.
7/12 — Sugar Land, Texas
7/13 — Laredo, Texas
7/15 — El Paso, Texas

Offbeat News 01-24-17

Posted on January 24, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

OFFBEAT NEWS:

Fortune Teller Being Forced To Pay $850K For ‘Brainwashing’ Client

One woman in Japan got way more than she bargained for when she visited a psychic. In case you missed it, the fortune teller was able to convince the woman she owed her money and said the only way to pay it off was to join the sex trade.

In 2011, the client moved into the psychic’s house and handed over almost her entire income. All in all, the captor is said to have made $785-thousand over the years the victim lived with her.

Now, the so-called clairvoyant is now being ordered to cough up $850,000

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Reptile Park Is Asking People To Catch Deadly Spiders

Apparently, you can milk a spider for its venom and the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales wants citizens to get involved. The park has an anti-venom program and are asking “responsible adults” to catch deadly funnel-web spiders they come across.

A bite from a funnel-web can kill a human within 15-minutes but despite being deadly, they don’t pose a huge risk. Over the last 100 years, only 27 people have died because of the spiders’ venom.

The reptile park isn’t expecting average Joes to go into spider catching completely blind, though.

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Woman Thinks She Has The Longest Legs In The World

Carolina Arthur has legs for days and she’s hoping to walk right into the record books. The former model from Australia claims her gams clock in at 51.5-inches from hip to heel, or a bit over four-feet.

The current record holder is Russian Svetlana Pankratova, who stands 6-foot-5 and has legs measuring 51.9 inches. Since the numbers are close, Arthur figures it’s worth getting Guinness involved.

The mother of two began modeling at 15 and says before that, she was self conscious about her height. At 36, however, she’s more comfortable than ever in her skin.

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STUPID CRIMINALS:

Former employee takes street car for a joyride:

Austria’s privacy laws prevent news organizations from publishing criminals’ identification, but that doesn’t stop them from letting us know some stupid people live there. One such person is a 36-year-old man who took a Vienna streetcar for a joyride. Authorities were able to stop him pretty fast by turning off the electricity. That’s when it was discovered the unidentified man was actually a former employee of the Vienna Lines transport authority. No word on what exactly he’s being charged with, but he’s in police custody.

Man brings a inactive grenade to the airport:

Sure, TSA rules can be hard to keep up with. One thing we should all know to leave at home when going to the airport, however? Grenades. John Gregg brought a inactive grenade in his carry on bag to West Virginia’s Yeager Airport. Naturally, it caused a bit of panic and more than a 30-minute delay. Gregg has since been cited for attempting to carry a prohibited item “into the sterile part of the airport” and transporting or possession of a hoax bomb. So far it’s unknown why exactly Gregg brought he weapon with him.

Man who pulled fire alarm tells police he’s a “drunk, stupid” football fan:

If nothing else, Dennis Harrison is self aware. The 25-year-old allegedly pulled a fire alarm inside the Hilton Boston Logan Airport hotel on a dare, waking up Pittsburgh Steelers fans in town to see their team in the championship game against the New England Patriots. When police arrived, Harrison reportedly said, “I’m drunk. I’m stupid. I’m a Pats fan.” He has since pleaded not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and setting off a false fire alarm and is due back in court next month.

Section of riverbank collapses near City Hall in Des Moines

Posted on January 24, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A section of riverbank along the Des Moines River has collapsed near City Hall in Des Moines.

City engineer Pam Cooksey described it Monday as looking like a sinkhole. She and her staff are working on repair plans.

Cooksey says the collapse doesn’t imperil the historic City Hall, which opened in 1910. The building has been closed for more than six months for a renovation project.

January 23rd: On This Day

Posted on January 23, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

On this day in 1965, ‘Downtown’ made Petula Clark the first UK female singer to have a No.1 on the US singles chart since Vera Lynn in 1952. The song was also a No.2 hit in the UK. Recorded in three takes (with the second take ultimately chosen as the completed track), session players in the studio recording included Jimmy Page.

The song was Certified Gold by the RIAA.

Palmer on All-Tournament Team as William Penn in Top 20 at Kegel

Posted on January 23, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

Addison, Ill.–Bailey Palmer (Fr., Ottumwa, Iowa, Undecided) was in contention to win the individual crown and her efforts guided the Statesmen women’s bowling team to a top-20 effort at the Kegel/ISBPA Midwest Collegiate Classic Saturday and Sunday.

WPU placed 16th out of 54 teams in the Tier 1 event with 8,048 pins in five regular games and 20 Baker games. Wichita State (Kan.) won the team race with 8,778 pins.

Karlee Evans of Pikeville (Ky.) claimed the individual title with a 216.4 average, while Palmer was only 43 pins behind the leader in fourth place (out of 368 bowlers) at 207.8. Palmer’s top-five finish helped her to be named to the all-tournament team.

Nicole Craft (Fr., Wakefield, Neb., Physical Education) was next for WPU with an average of 179.3 in four games.

The quartet of Briell Newberry (Jr., Holland, Mich., Elementary Education) (183.0), MacKenzie Boyd (Sr., Knoxville, Iowa, Psychology and Human Services) (174.7),Amber Ovel (So., Waterloo, Iowa, Business Management) (166.3), and Audra Farley (Jr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Education) (162.7) all started three games apiece.

Cybil Lennie (Jr., Ottumwa, Iowa, Human Services), at 178.0, and Kayla Gifford (Fr., Camanche, Iowa, Biology), at 170.5, also rolled in two games each for the navy and gold.

Next Up: William Penn takes two weeks off before traveling to Fairview Heights, Ill. on February 4-5 to compete in the McKendree Baker Challenge.

Story provided by Wade Steinlage

Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper Announce Summer Tour

Posted on January 23, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper are hitting the road this summer for a co-headlining tour that will see them share a stage in 18 cities across the United States.

The tour will help Stewart and Lauper promote their most recent records. Stewart’s Another Country arrived in 2015, and Lauper’s country Detour was released last year.

Lauper and Stewart first performed together at Commitment to Life, a 1985 benefit organized by the AIDS Project Los Angeles, where they dueted on a three-song set that included “People Get Ready,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “Time After Time.” They’ve reportedly maintained a friendship since — and although the press release announcing the tour didn’t say so specifically, their past sharing a mic would seem to improve the chances of duet performances on the road.

Tickets for the tour are scheduled to go on sale to the public Jan. 27 via Live Nation, although Citi cardmembers have access to a pre-sale that begins Jan. 24 at 10AM local time.
7/06 — Hard Rock Casino — Hollywood, Fla.
7/08 — Amalie Arena — Tampa, Fla.
7/09 — Tuscaloosa Amphitheater — Tuscaloosa, Ala.
7/12 — BB&T Pavilion — Camden, N.J.
7/14 — Darlings Waterfront Pavilion — Bangor, Maine
7/15 — Xfinity Center — Mansfield, Mass.
7/18 — Jones Beach Theater — Wantagh, N.Y.
7/19 — Jiffy Lube Live — Bristow, Va.
7/21 — Bethel Woods Center for the Arts — Bethel, N.Y.
7/22 — Saratoga Performing Arts Center — Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
7/25 — PNC Bank Arts Center — Holmdel, N.J.
7/28 — Blossom Music Center — Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
7/29 — CMAC PAC — Rochester, N.Y.
8/01 — DTE Energy Music Theater — Clarkston, Mich.
8/04 — Riverbend Music Center — Cincinnati, Ohio
8/05 — Hollywood Casino Amphitheater — Tinley Park, Ill.
8/11 — Verizon Theater — Dallas, Texas
8/12 — Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land — Houston, Texas

Offbeat News 01-23-17

Posted on January 23, 2017 by dev@anthro.is

OFFBEAT NEWS:

Teenager Could Face 30 Days In Jail For Throwing A Paper Airplane

One teenager’s stupid decision may lead to 30-days behind bars. In a story from earlier this month that’s now getting national attention, a 17-year-old at Andrews High School in South Carolina threw a paper airplane at his teacher. The student admitted to aiming for his head, and ended up hitting his teacher in the eye.

That teacher, who reportedly had problems with the student in the past, decided to press charges. The student was cited for third-degree assault and battery and later sent to a juvenile detention facility.

The unnamed minor was released on bond and is due back in court next month.

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Rotten Radishes Turns Out To Be The Cause Of Town’s Bad Smell

There was something in the air Lycoming County, New Jersey. More specifically, when the wind blew a certain way, there was a smell that was “enough to make you gag.” After investigating, WNEP discovered the cause: radishes.

T.A. Seeds has been planting radishes in their fields in the winter for about five years. This winter has been particularly warm so the plants are rotting. “You know you are going to get more odor if you have this warm weather in January,” company president Taylor Doebler explains. “You are going to smell it a lot quicker.”

The smell will reportedly lessen as the weather gets colder again.

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A McDonald’s Bag Has Cost One Woman $388

Police in Redcar, England take littering very seriously, just ask Katie Ritchie. The 31-year-old threw out a McDonald’s take out bag along with a carpet in an alley near her house. According to authorities, there was some proof of address stuffed in with her pile of garbage and they came looking for her.

Eight months after tossing the trash into the alley, Ritchie didn’t make her court appearance and in her absence was fined $388 total.

Local officials stand by the fine, explaining, “We will take hard action against people caught dumping litter in the borough and hopefully this case should be a warning for others not to do this in the future.”

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STUPID CRIMINALS:

Woman gets into fight over hair weave:

Aryanna Ieasha Reed wanted a hair piece she gave her sister back, but 24-year-old Tateeni told police she didn’t want to give it back because it was “on her head” and “didn’t want to go to work without it.” So naturally 25-year-old Aryanna attacked her sister, who, by the way, is pregnant. Aryanna has since been hit with an aggravated battery on a pregnant woman charge, which is a felony. Strangely enough, she faced that same exact charge back in 2009, but it was reduced to misdemeanor battery.

School dental program pulls three teeth from a child without parental permission:

Considering kids need permission slips to do just about anything in school, it should be common sense if you’re going to pull teeth from a nine-year-old’s mouth, you should probably check in with his parents. A dental program visiting a Baltimore City school pulled three teeth from a child’s mouth and according to his mom, Shanda Flemming, she had no idea. While she did sign a permission slip, she thought it was for a dental cleaning. Instead, her son’s teeth were pulled, causing him to miss the bus. So he had to walk more than a mile home with a swollen mouth. So far, the school hasn’t commented, but Flemming says she’s on a mission to find out how and why this happened.

Gun shaped key almost ruins man’s vacation:

If you’re going to have a gun shaped house key, you should be prepared to have a bit of trouble going through security. Henry Echevarria and his wife Lisa were set to board a Carnival cruise ship when security discovered his gun shaped house key. They Henry he couldn’t take it with him because it was a “prohibited item.” He ended up putting it in a safe with the cruise line so he could pick it up when he got off the ship. Carnival said it was the fault of their outside security company and said they would discuss it with them further. It is a silly to have a gun shaped house key? Probably. Is it silly to not allow it on a cruise? Also probably.

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