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Offbeat News

• Independence police release photos in statue theft June 18, 2013
  The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday. […]
• Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet June 18, 2013
  A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty. […]
• Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire June 18, 2013
  A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. […]
• Couple finds 400-year-old skeleton, gets $5,000 bill June 18, 2013
  A Canadian couple who recently stumbled upon a 400-year-old skeleton is now saddled with a $5,000 bill, Two weeks ago, Ken Campbell of Sarnia, Ontario, came upon some bones while digging postholes in his backyard. […]
• Embarrassing Typo on Koch Tombstone June 18, 2013
  Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date. […]
• Meteorologists meet to mull weird British weather June 18, 2013
  Come rain, wind or sunshine, the weather has long been one of Britain's main topics of conversation. […]
• Obamaa s poll numbers take big hit June 17, 2013
  Bill Atkinson was found, abandoned, in a Kansas City, Kan., phone booth, less than a day old and covered in nothing but a blanket. […]
• 'Tipsy' Guy Survives 15th-Floor Fall June 17, 2013
  A man who fell while trying to climb down from a 15th-floor balcony is somehow not only still alive, but is expected to be on his feet again in around a week. […]