KBAK - News - Offbeat http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat RSS Feed for KBAK - News - Offbeat en-us Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:00:26 GMT Cops: N.Y. man sprinkled nails on driveways of foes http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37293564.html Police in upstate New York say a man has been sprinkling roofing nails on the driveways of people he didn't like to cause flat tires for two years. Gu Gu strikes again! Panda attacks at Beijing Zoo http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37271009.html Gu Gu the panda has struck again, mauling someone who jumped a barrier to retrieve a child's toy, in his third attack on a visitor at the Beijing zoo. Man demands estranged wife pay him for kidney http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37270854.html A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to her, although he says he'll settle for $1.5 million in compensation. Weighty load: Man steals $800 in change http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37270829.html Police say a robber broke a window at a Salt Lake City home and made off with a paint bucket full of $800 in change. Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37228609.html Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook. Lou the mule alerts woman to house on fire http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37210699.html Lou the mule brayed his way into his owner's heart with a New Year's warning that her rural Tennessee home was on fire. Seal turns hatchery into all-you-can-eat buffet http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37210544.html The female seal briefly had the run of the Sandwich Hatchery, downing untold numbers of trout before Division of Fisheries and Wildlife employees found it, the Cape Cod Times reported. Woman spends day stuck headfirst down vent http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37210519.html Ogden police Lt. Scott Sangberg said they came to the 55-year-old woman's house after family members called police to say they hadn't heard from her in more than a day. 6-year-old misses bus, takes family car, crashes http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37153024.html State police say the boy suffered only minor injuries and authorities drove him to school after he was evaluated at a local hospital. Fabulous fib is named club's top lie of 2008 http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/offbeat/37144709.html A whopper about a devious baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008, an organization of champion fibbers declared Monday.