Tag Archives: Offbeat

• News

  ‘Attractive & Fat’ ad spoofs Abercrombie

  The photos come in response to comments Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries made about the brand’s target audience.
• Offbeat

  Is human intelligence on the decline?

  The average IQ among Western nations has dropped by 14 points since the late 19th century.
• News

  Mom forces bullying daughter to don thrift store threads

  A Utah mother is giving her daughter some tough love after learning she was bullying a classmate.
• Offbeat

  Watch: Man charges wild elephant

  YouTube video apparently shows a safari guide charging a wild elephant at Kruger National Park in Africa.
• Offbeat

  Ancient Mayan pyramid destroyed for road fill

  A Mayan pyramid that has stood for 2,300 years in Belize has been reduced to rubble.
• Offbeat

  VIRAL VIDEO: Jay Leno pranks singing man at gas pump

  A man ended up giving a decent karaoke performance when he was part of The Tonight Show’s “Pumpcast News.”
• News

  VIRAL VIDEO: Hawaiian woman rides with great white sharks

  A Hawaiian woman is grabbing a lot of attention for a short film she shot with some great white sharks.
• Offbeat

  The harrowing tale of being swallowed by a hippo

  A man was once swallowed by a rogue hippo, and amazingly survived the ordeal. He is just now telling his extraordinary tale, seventeen years later.
• Offbeat

  Family pleads for aliens’ return

  Police say someone took a pair of green alien decorations from the yard of a home in Roanoke.
• News / Offbeat

  Teens orders prostitute via iPad, she robs his piggy bank

  A 14-year-old boy in Chicago was robbed after he set up a meeting with a prostitute on his iPad.
• Mark Holmberg Reports

  HOLMBERG: Full moon gets partial blame for Stonewall Jackson death

  It was May 2, 150 years ago, a little past 9 p.m. when, by moonlight, Jackson was mistaken for the enemy.
• News

  ‘Ship my Pants’ ad creator gets promotion

  The man behind Kmart’s “Ship My Pants” ad that went viral has been promoted.