Offbeat News

In Baltimore, Reginald F. Lewis High School teacher Jolita Berry told a student to sit down after which the student attacked her, repeatedly hitting her while the student's friends cheered her own.

The image of a modern athlete goes beyond someone with exceptional hand-eye coordination. He is supposed to be committed to his body, working tirelessly to get stronger and monitoring every bit of food -- or supplement -- he takes in.

One college basketball star, however, showed that's not always true.

University of Memphis freshman basketball player Derrick Rose missed a media session before Monday's national championship game because of an upset stomach, and teammates said they know why.

"He eats Gummi Bears and Starburst for breakfast, and Twizzlers and Honey Buns for dinner. That's why his stomach hurts," teammate Chris Douglas-Roberts said, according to reports from the news conference. "We tell Derrick the whole year, 'Stop eating so many Gummi Bears and Sour Straws.' But he can't ... Nobody eats Gummi Bears more than him."

Yes, you read that right. In a brief filed by Universal Music Group (UMG) in federal court yesterday, UMG said that giving away or even throwing out a promotional CD is piracy.

A South Carolina woman has filed a correction to her lawsuit against Victoria’s Secret over a malfunctioning bra she claims seriously cut one of her breasts.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A retired police officer who screamed obscenities at a train passenger who was talking on a cell phone and who hit the hand of another passenger who intervened was acquitted Tuesday of misdemeanor charges ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Cedar Rapids police say a woman chased down a burglar, bagged him with an ice scraper and then made him pick up the stolen loot he dropped when he fled.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Rapid City police say an intoxicated man has been arrested for standing in the middle of a street on Monday night and threatening motorists with a bow and arrows.

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The Absolut vodka company apologized Saturday for an ad campaign depicting the southwestern U.S. as part of Mexico amid angry calls for a boycott by U.S. consumers.

MADINAT ZAYED, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Dubai's crown prince paid $2.7 million for a camel during a desert festival celebrating Bedouin traditions in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, state-run media said Tuesday.

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) -- The scared girl, already a mother at 16, whispered into a cell phone: she wanted out.

A senseless crime, one that makes me wonder about the state of humanity. In Pennsylvania, Darisabel Baez, 2, was beaten with an unspecified video game controller by her mother's 26-year-old boyfriend, Harve L. Johnson. She was taken to Hershey Medical Center but eventually succumbed on Monday night. Mother and daughter pictured.

The 11-year-old Cleveland boy who steered a runaway school bus to safety says he decided to take the wheel because the bus was rolling toward a semi.

A retired police officer who screamed obscenities at a train passenger who was talking on a cell phone and who hit the hand of another passenger who intervened was acquitted Tuesday of misdemeanor charges ...

When Charlton Heston made his statement, it was bound to be an unforgettable moment, for good or bad. As he says in the video below, he had only five words, as he raised a flintlock over his head:

From my cold, dead hands.

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression names the "winners" of what it calls the "Muzzle Awards" annually. These awards go to the country’s most "egregious and ridiculous censors."

They were helpless, left to die alone in cages and an empty house without food or water.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Rather than rain or snow, or even dogs, postal workers in a West Side neighborhood near Owen Conservation Park are being pestered by wild turkeys this spring. Mara Wilhite, manager of the Hilldale Station Post Office, said she expected to deal with all manner of issues when she went to work for the U.S. Post Office. But that was not one of them.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) -- A Kodiak man will spend five months in jail for twice attacking bar customers with bear spray. At his sentencing, Daniel Pement read an apology he sent to bar patrons. In it, he says the separate incidents on February 9 and 10 at the B&B Bar were fueled by his alcohol consumption.

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) -- A weekend wedding turned into an unforgettable first night for these two newlyweds. Police said a bride and groom spent their first night as a married couple in jail after their wedding party at a Vallejo home got out of hand.

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) --Police called to investigate a theft at a private railyard in Galesburg encountered a gory-looking scene when they climbed into the burglarized railcar, but it wasn't blood.