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Archive for April, 2004

Serbia loses 600 monkeys

April 30, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Serbia is trying to account for about 600 missing monkeys it bought two years ago. Some are believed to have been sold as pets.

DEA officer shoots self during gun safety demonstration

April 30, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A federal agent with the DEA shot himself while giving a gun safety class in front of adults and students in Orlando, Florida. The agent was treated at a hospital for a gunshot wound to his thigh and later returned to work. The DEA is investigating.

Man killed in belly flop contest

April 27, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Authorities are searching for the body of a 52-year-old man who died during a belly-flop contest held by a bar in Illinois. Some are wondering why the bar would have allowed an intoxicated man to jump off a bridge with no safety precautions.

City pays $145k in suit over violent arrest of elderly blind woman

April 26, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Portland, Oregon, has agreed to pay $145k in a lawsuit over police who pepper sprayed and tasered an elderly blind woman. Police also knocked out the woman’s glass eye during the scuffle.

American Indian arrested after skinning head of bald eagle

April 24, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

An American Indian in Florida was arrested for skinning the head of a bald eagle. The man explained he was preparing the bird for a spiritual ritual.

Student suspended after threatening teacher with cookie

April 23, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

School officials in New Jersey suspended a 12-year-old earlier this month for allegedly threatening to expose a highly-allergic teacher to his peanut butter cookies. The student is out of school until a hearing next month

First Kentucky Fried Chicken demolished

April 21, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

The world’s first Kentucky Fried Chicken was demolished Tuesday in Salt Lake City, Utah. A museum dedicated to the history of KFC will be erected in its place.