Offbeat news http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat RSS Feed for KBCI - News - Offbeat en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:19:08 GMT PETA offers anti-meat trash cans for parks http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87352262.html The animal rights group PETA is offering to help the cash-strapped city of Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks - on one condition. Barbie gets a '60s 'Mad Men' makeover http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87375137.html Mattel, Lionsgate and AMC announced a partnership on Wednesday to create four dolls in the likeness of characters from the influential, Emmy-winning show set in a fashionable, 1960s ad agency. Author assumes guise of 10-year-old to punk famous http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87349922.html Over the years, "Little Billy" learned much from the country's top minds. But it was all a big setup. Aussie 'miracle' elephant baby gaining strength http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87349167.html An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said Thursday. Gosh darn it, 'midnight knitter' pulls the wool over NJ town http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87272172.html An unknown person dubbed The Midnight Knitter by West Cape May residents is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness. Chef creates breast milk cheese http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87236912.html A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese." eBay item: Xbox that brought down Baltimore mayor http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87170352.html Prosecutors in former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's perjury case are putting the spoils of their efforts on eBay. New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87119177.html Two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold for $2,830 New Zealand dollars at an auction that ended Monday night. Lawsuit: Bank wrongly repossessed home, took bird http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87119207.html A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot. Superintendent accidentally fires gun during class http://www.kboi2.com/news/offbeat/87119442.html The superintendent of a rural Montana school district says he was showing students his black powder muzzleloader when he accidentally fired the weapon into a classroom wall during a history lesson.