http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=76&catid=286News Feed for - Offbeat-Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96432306&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T01:49:00ELLENWOOD, Ga. - Someone made off with loot from a Georgia church but also left behind an apology. A note scrawled on the wall said: 'Sorry but I'm poor. Forgive me Lord.'The Rev. Roger Davis tells WSB-TV Philadelphia Inquirerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96343605&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T00:08:00An apprentice spy for Israel's once-vaunted Mossad overseas intelligence service was arrested by rank and file police during an abortive training exercise in Tel Aviv. 'Let's hope the Mossad is more effective ABC Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96419680&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T00:38:00A Swiss man will attempt to fly from Africa to Europe using a jet-powered wing attached to his back on Wednesday, his technical team announced Tuesday. Yves Rossy, 50, plans to fly 38 kilometres (23.6 InSing.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373362&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T01:11:00Nepal village to witness the mass sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of animals. Worshippers travelled long distances, many coming from India, to attend the two-day Gadhimai festival, which honours the Sky News Australiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96390526&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T02:24:00finds pile of 7 // OS configuration OS_url OS_sitepage OS_listpos OS_query OS_target //end of configuration OS_version OS_rn OS_rns OS_rn new String OS_rns OS_rn.substring (2, OS_NORML(pos) OS_version ABC 7http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96357904&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T01:07:00NEW YORK - Nude, yes. Lewd, no. A New York judge dismissed public lewdness and other charges Monday against a model who posed for a nude photo shoot at a museum while visitors looked on. Kathleen 'K.C.' ABC 3340http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96343706&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T01:05:00REHOBOTH, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry ABC 3340http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96149019&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T01:03:00WARWICK, R.I. - Police say a 17-year-old Warwick boy who skipped school to rob a bank has been arrested after leaving fingerprints on the threatening note he passed to the teller. Warwick police Capt. ABC 3340http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96270766&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-25T03:16:00LONDON -- Britain's authority on etiquette says it's more hygienic to exchange kisses on the cheek than to shake hands - so the swine flu pandemic should not make people afraid of kissing under the mistletoe Ledger-Enquirerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96320640&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T23:01:00THE people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough on Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses.Brisbane Courier-Mailhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96330814&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-23T19:45:00NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars. The law that took effect in July allowed handgun owners with Reuters Indiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96421421&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T23:39:00A chauffeur stole valuable art works, including an Andy Warhol cardboard box, from his New York employer, authorities allege. James Biear, 49, of Ossining, N.Y., was charged with wire and mail fraud for UPIhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96421408&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T23:39:00A New York lawyer whose client was cleared of lewdness charges said a legal loophole allows public nudity in the city. Tom Hillgardner said prosecutors dropped their case against Kathleen Neill, 26, because UPIhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96421394&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T23:39:00An Idaho man said hundreds of thousands of bees will likely die after 64 hives fell from the back of a trailer and onto a roadway. Bert Belliston, owner of the bees and Belliston Brothers Apiaries Inc., UPIhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96392635&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T15:08:00Bolivian police managed to track down a man wanted for murder from what was described as the world's worst photo-fit. A taxi driver, named in Bolivian media as Rafael Vargas, was murdered in what police Ananovahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96388661&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T11:28:00A two-day police hunt for a drowned man was called off when the 24-year old turned up at the crime scene looking for his clothes. Maciej Nowak had disappeared after being dumped by his girlfriend and Ananovahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378716&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T11:28:00A boy aged four has been expelled just weeks after starting school. McKenzie Dunkley was kicked out after teachers said he was violent, refused to obey them, disrupted classes, terrorised other pupils Ananovahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96229647&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T06:47:00LONDON: A first edition of Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species,' which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000). CHINAdailyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96360462&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T02:08:00A Gippsland stockman has described how he survived four days without food after being thrown from his horse and knocked unconscious. Andy Perdon from Newry near Sale was chasing brumbies in the Alpine ABC Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96353415&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T01:03:00The door of 10 Downing Street is reflected in a bauble on the traditional Downing Street Christmas tree in 2008. A hotel chain offered Tuesday to take some of the stress out of Christmas this year with France24http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96352470&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T00:14:00Competitors from around the world compete to win bartending competition Related Stories International fireworks championships in Berlin Oktoberfest thirst is being quenched Japan goes paper plane contest ITNhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96410623&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T16:11:00A drawing being mocked as the world's worst e-fit sketch has helped Bolivian police track down a murder suspect. The picture was released in the South American country following the savage slaying of Sky News Australiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96296747&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T15:58:00BUDAPEST (Reuters) Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said. Reuters via Yahoo!http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95963800&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T11:23:00WELLINGTON (Reuters) A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children. The 20-meter (66 Reuters via Yahoo!http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96379149&Channel_ID=76&Category_ID=2862009-11-24T08:26:00Washington - President Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end, even when he does not have to. Monday night, Obama mistakenly left a White House ceremony honouring two activists' IOL