Marsha Kranes
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WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 21-year-old German man who planned a monthlong visit with his girlfriend in Sydney, Australia, ended up 8,100 miles off course in tiny Sidney, Mont. Seems Tobi Gutt typed in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A man pulled over by police in Manchester, N.H., on suspicion of DWI - after he had slammed into two cars - continued swigging beer while he was being arrested....
JAMES BROWN 'ELVIS' DREAM; GRACELAND-STYLE HOME: 'WIFE'
"Godfather of Soul" James Brown wanted his home turned into a Graceland-like museum after his death, according to his would-be widow. "James and I talked about that all the time,"...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Lots of people are tired when they go to bed - but not quite like this guy in Seattle. He was sleeping when a car crashed into his apartment and...
A BATTLE FOR HIS VERY $OUL - NASTY HEIR WAR OVER JAMES BROWN'S BUCKS BEGINS
The death of the Godfather of Soul has set off a super bad battle over his estate - with the mother of his youngest child fighting for a share of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
When a man in Galveston, Texas, arrived home to find three burglars loading his belongings into a white Cadillac, he jumped into the car, drove off and called police. When...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Police in Bennington, Vt., are distributing free pint beer glasses embossed with the department logo to local bars and restaurants. No, they're not endorsing hoisting a few. The Ein-steins at...
GOODBYE, FRIEND - POST'S MIDEAST MAN URI DAN DIES AT 71
Uri Dan, The Post's Mideast correspondent in war and uneasy peace for the past quarter-century, died of lung cancer in Tel Aviv yesterday at 71. The author of more than...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Two women are suing the University of Texas at Arlington for religious discrimination, claiming they were fired for praying. Their prayer session took place after a male colleague complained that...
DINNER BANDIT'S JUST 'DESSERTS' ; 'MANSE BURGLAR' NAILED ON LAM
The "dinnertime bandit," a daring New York cat burglar who ripped off millions in jewelry from the wealthy while they dined in their mansions, has been nabbed in Belgium after...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Ryan Shrouder, senior class president at Cooper City HS in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., previously headed his sophomore and junior classes. Recently, he was voted "most likely to become president" of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A family in Midland, Texas, forgot one of the kids while they were Christmas shopping - and we mean forgot. They accidentally left a 3-month-old baby behind in a shopping...
HOW SICK 'NET FED MY AGONY - AUTHOR'S STORY OF ANOREXIA
Recovered anorexic Leslie Lipton no longer rushes off "to take a shower" after having dinner with her parents in their Park Avenue apartment. Showering after dinner, or at least telling...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Fishing is usually done from the bank of a river, not from the bank down the block. But that's where a resourceful thief in Bloomington, Ind., went to catch some...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - but a cell for a cell? A woman in Sterling Heights, Mich., was sentenced to 30 days in jail...
JEWS VOTING ON GAY NUPS AND GAY RABBIS
Rabbis in the Conservative Jewish movement are meeting today to vote on endorsing or condemning same-sex unions and gay rabbis. As with many things Jewish, they are expected to do...
JEWS VOTING ON GAY BAN
Rabbis in the Conservative Jewish movement are meeting today to vote on endorsing or condemning same-sex unions and gay rabbis. As with many things Jewish, they are expected to do...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Question: When is a graveyard also a grape yard? Answer: When a vineyard is planted on cemetery property. And that's just what the Oakland Catholic Diocese has done on three...
KIDS ENSNARED IN 'NET OF ANOREXIA - WEB SITES TEACH THEM HOW TO PURGE
Parents of young anorexics and bulimics have to be more vigilant in monitoring their children's Internet use to keep them from learning dangerous new weight-loss techniques, a study has found....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Bring in 'da noise, bring in 'da flunk. Officials at South Carolina's College of Charleston have agreed to halt construction of a new campus building during final exams, apparently worried...