World’s Strangest

It’s not uncommon for sports stars to get hurt in the line of duty, obviously (Colt McCoy, anyone?). It’s a little more unusual when a spectator gets taken out – I had a friend who got pelted in the elbow with a line drive at a minor league baseball game. Here are some innocent and [...]

Remember the case of the “missing” sea lions of San Francisco’s Pier 39? Well, they have been “found”: Marine experts now believe that the Pier 39 sea lions have gone to Oregon. A couple thousand California sea lions showed up off the coast of Oregon with their typical bark that separates them from the growling Stellar [...]

2009 ends tonight, and looking back at the weird stories of the year is always fun. Oddee has the twelve most memorable events that had us all doing double takes. Remember these? 6 year-old drives mom’s car. 68-year-old woman tries to get driver’s license for the 772nd time. 86 year-old woman catches thief with her crutch. Calling 911 because [...]

You know the toys, but do you know about their dark sides? 1. Kites Just how could something as delicate and serene as a kite turn into a harbinger of death, doom and destruction? Easy—turn it into a sport. An annual kite festival in Pakistan has become a regular safety hazard due to its highly competitive nature. [...]

If Sitcom Time progressed like real time, Bart Simpson would be 30 today. On December 17, 1989, the Simpson family debuted their own show – a Christmas Special called “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” – to rave reviews. Prior to that, they had just appeared as small skits on The Tracey Ullman Show. To [...]

The contract has been signed for the Shepherds Flat wind farm in Oregon, which will cover 30 square miles, and is expected to generate 2 billion kilowatt hours of energy every year. That will provide 10% of the power California needs! Good to see we are finally moving forward with green technology. Independent power producer Caithness [...]

If the BCS rankings factored a school’s nickname into its formula—and Texas quarterback Colt McCoy’s final pass of Saturday’s Big 12 Championship Game had fluttered in the air for one second longer—Alabama would probably be playing the TCU Horned Frogs in the national championship game. As it is, the Crimson Tide will square off against [...]

It’s not all srs bsns at the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. The employees of the hospital put together this “Pink Glove Dance” to promote breast cancer awareness. Looks like a lot of fun! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]

Oregon journalist Paul Linnman was 23 years old in 1970 when KATU in Portland flew him to Florence to cover the removal of a beached whale. Officials had decided to get rid of the carcass by blowing it up with dynamite. Almost 40 years later, Linnmann looks back at that fateful day. “We’re hearing this noise [...]

Turkey Tracker is a bold experiment in social networking and turkey-smoking technology. Turkey Tracker combines a live video stream of a turkey smoking (at an undisclosed location, but I might as well tell you it’s in Portland, Oregon), a live Q&A session and other events throughout the day (see the Broadcast Schedule at the bottom [...]