Opinion: A lesson in ‘weird’

... Portland seems to thrive on being, uh, different. That's all well and good, but when one sees "Keep Portland Weird" plastered everywhere in the Rose City, it creates an opportunity for pause. Portland is doing just swell in that regard. From ...

‘Everything Must Go’ At Downtown Minneapolis Macy’s

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Prankster arrested in case of the ‘HOLLYWeeD’ sign

Zachary Cole Fernandez, 30, was arrested Monday, just over a week after a prankster used white tarps to make the Hollywood sign read "HOLLYWeeD," the LAPD said in a statement. The prankster was dressed in black and was recorded by security cameras in the area changing the sign early New Year's Day.

Northwestern Basketball Player Jordan Hankins Found Dead

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Arrest made in ‘Hollyweed’ sign: Suspect wanted to…

Zachary Cole Fernandez, 30, was arrested Monday, just over a week after a prankster used white tarps to make the "HOLLYWOOD" sign read "HOLLYWeeD," the LAPD said in a statement. The prankster was dressed in black and was recorded by security cameras in the area changing the sign early New Year's Day.

Skye Wheatley says she wishes she was ‘a naturally tanned…

VIP chauffeur, 27, who drove the Kardashians around Paris is among the 17 men arrested for $10 million Kim robbery Mother who helped her boyfriend rape, torture and chop up her daughter, 14, in sick sex-murder fantasy used to be an ADOPTION supervisor Going home with another guy, texting the whole time and saying 'I love you' BEFORE they even met: Men reveal the worst things women have done on their first date The end of Yahoo: Marissa Mayer to RESIGN and firm to change its name to Altaba if $4.8bn Verizon takeover gets the go-ahead Donald Trump appoints 'incredibly successful' son-in-law Jared Kushner to White House as 'Senior Advisor' - but he won't be paid a penny to avoid nepotism laws EXCLUSIVE - Reunited and it feels no good: Greta Van Susteren 'never liked' Megyn Kelly and is 'extremely jealous of her former Fox News nemesis,' who will soon be working alongside her at NBC Enough ... (more)

Mich. man gets $128 ticket for…

When the temperature drops below 32 degrees, who doesn't think twice about warming up their car? A couple minutes of added comfort cost one Michigan man $128, however. Taylor Trupiano went outside to his driveway last week, put the key into the car's ignition, started it up and walked away -- likely a common practice for many people this time of year.

Paul Walter Hauser Joining Margot Robbie In ‘I, Tonya’

EXCLUSIVE : Paul Walter Hauser has been added to the cast of the upcoming Craig Gillespie-directed biopic I, Tonya , that stars Margot Robbie as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding. Miramax recently acquired the distribution rights to the film, which was written by Steven Rogers, with production scheduled to begin this month.

The bizarre ‘Darth Vader’ mask that could finally quiet your annoying colleagues

Hushme is a neckband-style wireless headphone that changes your voice by overlaying it with sounds of a squirrel, Darth Vader and more when you speak into the built-in microphone. It was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas last week Hushme is a personal acoustic device that protect speech privacy in an open-environment by using passive voice suppression and active voice masking technology.

Gopher Basketball Turnaround Builds Excitement On Campus

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Video: Will Alabama fans hug this Clemson Tiger? And other strange…

Should Nick Saban or Dabo Swinney run for president in 2020? Are people skipping work to tailgate? Will Alabama superfans hug a Clemson Tiger in the name of world peace? I hit the street outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa to ask fans the questions that really matter before the college football national championship game between Alabama and Clemson.

6 wonderfully bizarre wearables we saw at CES this year

With Google's big Android Wear update delayed and few new smartwatches from major manufacturers, this year's CES was set up to be a boring year for wearables. But despite the poor showing from the major players, the show floor didn't disappoint when it came to the wacky, weird and - in some cases - kind of genius wearables.

Photo Flash: Barrel of Monkeys’ that’s Weird, Grandma: Revenge of the Winter Matinees

Barrel of Monkeys is pleased to bring back its popular weekend matinees with THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Revenge of the Winter Matinees, directed by Brandon Cloyd , playing Sundays at 2 pm from January 8 - 29, 2017 at the Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland Ave. in Chicago. Bring the entire family to escape the winter doldrums at this line-up of safe, funny, heart-warming and perfectly weird stories written by Chicago Public School students and adapted for the stage and performed by Barrel of Monkeys Company Members.

Gop HHS Chair: ‘I Don’t Play Chicken’ With MNsure Crisis

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Man Dies After Being Critically Injured In Weekend Shooting

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Dog gets stuck on steep, snowy mountain ledge in Utah

A search and rescue team hiked up a steep, snowy Utah mountain in an attempt to rescue a dog that was stuck on a narrow ledge above a 50-foot cliff. The Utah County Sheriff's Office posted a video Monday showing highlights of the Friday operation that ended without getting the dog off the mountain near Provo, Utah.

Man With Mom’s Name Tattooed On Chest Is Arrested For Battering Her

A Florida man who has his mother's full name tattooed on his chest was arrested early Saturday for shoving the woman to the ground during a confrontation in their residence, Investigators allege that Thomas Pinson, 21, battered his mother Carmon, 47, around 3:45 AM Saturday. Pinson, police say, "grabbed his mother with two hands and shoved her backwards into a kitchen chair."

The better to hear you with, my dear! Artist creates eerily…

Enough to drive you crazy! Driver gets a $128 ticket for leaving his car to warm up on his OWN driveway in freezing temperatures Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner WILL join his White House administration - as a senior advisor to the president Huge manhunt in Orlando for gunman who shot dead 17-year veteran cop and mother-of-two outside Walmart after 'murdering his pregnant girlfriend' Revealed: The eight traits the man who will make the best lover, husband and father possesses Raising a child is as expensive as buying a FERRARI! Costs to raise offspring from birth to adulthood spiral to $233,000 The Donald welcomes billionaire founder of China's Alibaba website to Trump Tower as he praises the entrepreneur's plant create 'one million jobs in the US Shocked waitress is left a racist note by white couple who 'don't tip black people' - but COMPLEMENT her for 'great service' Do YOU ... (more)

Cops: Woman, 61, Clobbered Hubby For Sex Refusal

JANUARY 9--After her husband refused to have sex with her, a 61-year-old Florida woman punched her spouse in the face before twice kneeing him in the groin, As detailed in a criminal complaint , a tipsy Kerry Lee Pineiro last night clobbered her husband inside the couple's condominium in Seminole. Pineiro, cops charge, became "upset" with the 60-year-old victim "after he would not have sex with her."

Tom Hiddleston Knows How Much You Want Loki And Doctor Strange To Meet

Despite the fact that Tom Hiddleston refuses to spoil Thor: Ragnarok for us, we're not giving up hope for a potential team-up between Hiddles and his best friend Benedict Cumberbatch in the Marvel universe. Cumberbatch made his MCU debut in last year's psychedelic Doctor Strange , while Hiddleston will reprise his role as the mischievous Loki in the forthcoming Thor: Ragnarok .

Supreme Court won’t hear American Indian girl’s custody case

In this March 21, 2016, file photo, Rusty Page carries, Lexi, while Summer Page, in the background, cries as members of family services, left, arrive to take Lexi away from her foster family in Santa Clarita, Calif. Family members said Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, they are disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case involving their former foster daughter, a girl with Native American ancestry who was ordered removed from their California home and reunited with relatives in Utah.

5 Bizarre Brand Extensions That Befuddled Consumers

... to the product the brand is most famous for. That being said, a lot of companies try to buck those trends by launching weird brand extensions that make us do a double-take, perhaps with rolled eyes afterwards; Cheetos lip balm, anyone? How about ...

Philly sinkhole swallows car, interrupts utility services

The Philadelphia Water Department says a water main break caused a sinkhole to open up on a street in the city's Fishtown section that was large enough to swallow two cars. A 30 foot-by-10-foot hole developed as a section of East Boston Street collapsed after a six-inch water main broke sometime between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday.

Perfect weather for some

Polar bear Wolodja takes a nap in its enclosure in the Berlin Tierpark zoo on Sunday Jan. 8, The cold snap gripping Europe wasn't as welcome elsewhere. Double-digit sub-zero temperatures have claimed more than 30 lives over the past few days, many of them migrants or homeless people found frozen to death.

Moscow cyclists brave deep freeze for mass ride

Hundreds of hardy cyclists on Sunday braved temperatures as low as minus 27 degrees Celsius in Moscow to complete a mass bike ride through the snow-bound Russian capital. Participants - some dressed as Santa Claus or his Russian equivalent Ded Moroz - pedaled along the banks of the frozen Moscow river in front of the Kremlin walls.

Weird Sixfinger toy from the 1960s

I've written about this 1960s commercial for Sixfinger before, but it's been at least a few years since I last watched it, and it still never fails to amuse me, especially because I had one when I was a kid. From the snappy proto-rap soundtrack, to the hyper-excited boys, to the not-at-all-phallic appearance of the toy, this commercial is a winner on several fronts.

85-Year-Old Man Helps Pull 2 Women From Burning Car

Authorities credit an 85-year-old Texas man who walks with the aid of a cane for helping save the lives of two women whose speeding car flipped over onto his front yard and burst into flames. Texas Department of Public Safety officials say the 22-year-old driver likely was driving too fast as she rounded a bend early Sunday and lost control in Burleson, south of Fort Worth.

Strange Brew: Danny Kern Full Part

Generally behind the lens, and one of the big brains behind Strange Brew , Danny Kern has also got big moves. He took some time to get it for himself last winter in-between recording the squad for [Away From Keyboard] .

‘Incredibly Difficult Decision’: Polaris To Wind Down Victory Motorcycles Operations

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The Golden Globes’ top watercooler moments

All eyes were on the Golden Globes winners today, but what were the other top moments that got people's tongues wagging? We've rounded up five of the funniest, and most cringeworthy, moments. Many of Hollywood's hottest couple's attended the Golden Globes but the spontaneous act of affection everyone was talking about was the smooch between Ryan Reynolds and Andrew Garfield.

Trump Has Taken Few Steps To Disentangle From Private Empire

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Police: More Charges Coming In Death Of Sioux Falls Transgender Woman

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AP Exclusive: Diplomats: Iran to get natural uranium batch

In this file photo dated Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif answers questions from lawmakers in an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, explaining the nuclear deal with world powers. Iran is to receive a huge shipment of natural uranium from Russia to compensate it for exporting tons of reactor coolant, according to unidentified Iranian diplomats Monday Jan. 9, 2017, in a move approved to keep Tehran committed to a landmark nuclear pact.

How much rain did we get? Over a foot in two locations

A major storm hit Northern California the weekend of Jan. 7 and 8. Here's a look at rough estimates for the rainfall predictions and final totals. A major storm hit Northern California the weekend of Jan. 7 and 8. Here's a look at rough estimates for the rainfall predictions and final totals.

Raunchy couple ride naked down street on horseback as passers-by film antics

The video has gone viral after the two were filmed riding the horse while naked down a quiet residential street But it wasn't exactly Lady Godiva reborn - as the pair looked more than a little worse for wear in their birthday suits. The video, taken in Urrao, Antioquia, in Colombia, has gone viral after the two were filmed riding the horse while naked down a quiet residential street one evening.

Trump Calls Streep ‘Overrated Actress’ After Globes Speech

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UnitedHealth Group To Buy Surgical Care For $2.3B

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Doctor extracts bottle cap from man’s stomach with CONDOM after…

Medic who performed op was ex-engineer who used skills to wrap latex condom around top so that it wouldn't damage his organs when being pulled out A doctor used a bizarre piece of equipment to extract a bottle cap from a man's stomach after he had accidentally swallowed it while drinking beer too fast. The man, identified only by his surname as Liu, had been drinking with friends when he ingested the sharp bottle top.

Huge Catholic procession held under heavy security in Manila

Filipino Roman Catholic devotees climb the carriage to kiss and rub with their towels the image of the Black Nazarene to celebrate its feast day Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. The raucous celebration drew tens of thousands of devotees in a barefoot procession for several hours around Manila streets and end up with several people injured.

China warns after Cruz, Abbot, meet Taiwan’s president

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, left, shakes hands with First Vice President of Honduras Ricardo Alvarez after arriving at Soto Cano Air Base outside Comayagua, Honduras, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. The Taiwanese leader will meet with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Monday, as part of a weeklong state tour to reinforce Taiwanese relations with Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

US, North Korea trade warnings over potential ICBM test

In this April 24, 2016 file photo, a man walks by as people watch a TV news program showing an image published earlier in the day in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile that the North claimed to have launched from underwater, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea. With Donald Trump getting ready to become president, North Korea is talking about launching an ICBM and Washington officials are saying they will shoot down anything that threatens the territory of the U.S. or its allies.

Bronwyn Bishop sacked for catching helicopters to Liberal Party…

'Socialists are to blame for Sussan Ley standing down': Liberal speaker sacked for catching a HELICOPTER to party fundraiser offers bizarre defence for Health Minister being stood down Former Speaker Bronwyn Bishop claims 'socialists' are to blame for Health Minister Sussan Ley stepping down over an expenses scandal. Ms Ley is under investigation for buying a $795,000 investment property on the Gold Coast while on a work trip in 2015, and 26 other flights to the area in two years.

Jay’s Jokes: Things are strange in Washington these days

I wouldn't say things are strange in Washington these days, but don't be surprised if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange becomes the new head of the CIA. Won't it be refreshing to have a president who can both take care of international and domestic crises and still give us critiques of prime-time television shows? Death row inmates should pay attention.

British man to become first UK male to have a baby

London: A British man has put his gender transition on hold to have a baby after finding a sperm donor on social media and is expected to become the first UK male to give birth. Hayden Cross has been living legally as a man for three years and is already part-way through hormone treatment to transform from a woman to a man.

Jake Hale First Minneapolis D-I Hockey Commit Since 1990

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Demand for LL Bean boot marches on

In this Dec. 14, 2011, file photo, Eric Rego stitches boots in the facility where LL Bean boots are assembled in Brunswick, Maine. L.L. Bean has a backlog of 51,000 orders for their famous boots that it intends to fill in the coming weeks.

MPD Adding Officers Downtown After 2 Shootings

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