<![CDATA[Athens Oracle]]> <![CDATA[Athens Oracle]]> en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:55:12 GMT 15 <![CDATA[This month in strange news]]> By Mimrah Hossain

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A chicken who played chicken.

A suspect who did not have the best escape route planned was charged with shoplifting when he fled from a Wyoming grocery store straight into a police station. A 17-year-old boy crashed a car into the doors of a high school and then drove it down the hall. And a man tried to buy crack with a credit card. Think that is strange? That is just beginning of this months strange news. Cow tipping is considered a myth, but man tipping obviously is unheard of. Well, not anymore. A cow tipped a man in Knoxville, Tenn. and then stepped on him. The man was working with cattle when one knocked him down and stepped on his chest. The man was not hurt, but he was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center to be examined as a precaution. A chicken playing chicken was part of this month’s strange news. Did it commit a crime? No, but for some reason she spent two months dodging cars, coyotes and captors at a intersection Glendale, Calif. The bird was considered a traffic hazard and was caught by Brena Arnold and her 8-year-old son who used fishing nets to catch and move the bird to their Simi Valley home, where she now lives with a horse, a bearded dragon, lizards and some more chickens. A fourth-grader was nearly suspended for bringing a Lego size toy gun to school. 9-year-old Patrick Timoney and a friend were playing with Legos in the cafeteria when Patrick pulled out a toy gun and put it in the hands of a plastic police officer toy. His parents met with the principal, and they agreed to have Patrick leave the toy gun at home. In El Paso, Texas, agents found pot in framed Jesus pictures. The U.S. border patrol says that their agents found a stash of marijuana coming from across the border in an unusual spot: tucked behind a framed portrait of Jesus. The bust was made just before 3p.m. Feb. 9 at the Bridge of the Americas in El Paso. About 31 pounds of marijuana were found behind the backing of the three pictures. A 22-year-old woman from Ciudad Juarez said she had nothing to declare but framed art. The Border Patrol turned the woman to El Paso police for prosecution. Think that is strange? Have you ever stuffed your pants until the seams nearly ripped out? One Massachusetts man did. He stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion in his pants in an attempt to steal them, but was not slick enough to pass the authorities. He was caught, because his pants were nearly bursting at the seams. 30-year-old Chamil Guadarrama of Framingham was charged with larceny Feb. 3 at Bath & Body Works in the Eastfield Mall, Mass. Think your life is strange? Unless you’ve been tipped over by a cow, suspended for playing with Legos, or hid marijuana behind a picture of Jesus, your life is just not strange enough for this month’s news. ]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:23:42 GMT