http://news.yahoo.com/rss-sideshow/ en-US Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:14:39 -0400 5 http://news.yahoo.com/rss-sideshow/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif Coffee snobs can now take it to a whole new level. The world’s most expensive cup of coffee is made from beans that are extracted from the excrement of a small animal. The Kopi Kuwak is famously produced by the Paradoxurus, a relative of three different breeds of civet, a slinky mammal that looks like [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/90-cup-coffee-world-most-expensive-blend-excreted-001439166.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2013 20:14:39 -0400blogs/sideshow/90-cup-coffee-world-most-expensive-blend-excreted-001439166A series of stunning heat maps—created by a man who's probably a little better with Excel than you are—shows the places in America most prone to natural disasters. John Nelson, a mapping manager for IDV Solutions, created U.S. maps of tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires using publicly available data and Excel—a process he describes as [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/heat-maps-tornado-hurricane-earthquake-201552371.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2013 16:15:52 -0400blogs/sideshow/heat-maps-tornado-hurricane-earthquake-201552371Not all bears are out to maul you. Some just want to say hello. A hunter learned that firsthand while sitting high up in a tree in the forest. A bear approached the tree, apparently spotted the hunter and then began to climb. We're not experts, but we'd wager that most of the time when [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/bear-climbs-tree-says-howdy-hunter-170822012.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:22 -0400blogs/sideshow/bear-climbs-tree-says-howdy-hunter-170822012An Australian woman is believed to be suffering from foreign accent syndrome, one of the rarest syndromes in the world, abc.net.au reports. The woman, Leanne Rowe, was involved in a serious car crash eight years ago. While healing from her wounds, including a broken jaw, Rowe began to speak in what sounded like a French [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-may-suffering-foreign-accent-syndrome-145134988.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2013 10:51:34 -0400blogs/sideshow/woman-may-suffering-foreign-accent-syndrome-145134988Dubai-based pilot Karim Nafatni has posted several pictures that provide a stunning view from inside a commercial cockpit at 37,000 feet. Nafatni told the website PetaPixel that he began bringing his Nikon D300s aboard flights when he worked as first officer to capture images from inside his own unique version of an “office.” Nafatni's website [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/pilot-showcases-stunning-photos-taken-inside-plane-cockpit-231503317.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2013 19:15:03 -0400blogs/sideshow/pilot-showcases-stunning-photos-taken-inside-plane-cockpit-231503317There’s another fat cat running for political office. But this one is actually covered in fur, has claws and purrs when he gets his way. All hail “hissoner.” Morris the Cat declared his candidacy for mayor of Xalapa, a university city with a population of 450,000 in eastern Mexico. Xalapa, the capital of the state [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/morris-cat-running-mayor-mexican-city-184338488.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2013 14:43:38 -0400blogs/sideshow/morris-cat-running-mayor-mexican-city-184338488Say this for the FBI agents working the Jimmy Hoffa case: They're persistent. More than 35 years after the infamous union leader disappeared near Bloomfield, Mich., federal authorities continue to search for his remains. The latest excavation will take place in a field near Detroit, reports Fox News. Hoffa, the controversial Teamsters leader who was [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/feds-searching-hoffa-remains-163552731.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2013 12:35:52 -0400blogs/sideshow/feds-searching-hoffa-remains-163552731Ever wonder what the universe actually looks like? Today's your lucky day. A team of astronomers have created an 18-minute video highlighting their incredibly detailed 3-D model of the known universe. If you pay close attention, you might see the tiny blue dot that is planet Earth. Feel insignificant yet? The video attempts to give [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/astronomers-create-3d-map-known-universe-204157522.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2013 16:41:57 -0400blogs/sideshow/astronomers-create-3d-map-known-universe-204157522A Washington woman given a stack of World War II-era letters that a friend bought at auction was so moved by the correspondences that she tracked down the family of the author, reports KGW.com in Portland, Ore. The woman, Shawn Story, who lives near the Oregon border in La Center, received the letters, written by [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-given-stack-ww2-letters-tracks-down-author-182356458.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2013 14:23:56 -0400blogs/sideshow/woman-given-stack-ww2-letters-tracks-down-author-182356458It was supposed to be just another morning bus ride in the great state of New Jersey. Instead, an "express" bus went on a Homeric odyssey after the driver got lost, reports NJ.com. Depending on where they board, passengers on NJ Transit’s No. 113 express bus can normally expect a roughly 45-minute commute to New [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/no-thing-regular-commute-nj-bus-gets-lost-165720697.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2013 12:57:20 -0400blogs/sideshow/no-thing-regular-commute-nj-bus-gets-lost-165720697A private jet undergoing maintenance by ground crews at an airport in Chino, Calif., slammed into a hangar on Thursday evening. The report of the crash, from local station KTLA.com, noted there were no severe injuries. The Bombardier Challenger jet was undergoing an engine test with the engine revving at full power when the plane [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/private-jet-undergoing-ground-crashes-hanger-145824203.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2013 10:58:24 -0400blogs/sideshow/private-jet-undergoing-ground-crashes-hanger-145824203Sebastien De La Cruz, 11, performed the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio on Tuesday night, filling in for country crooner Darius Rucker, who had to cancel at the last minute. By all accounts, Sebastien, a former "America's Got Talent" performer, brought the house down with his rendition of [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/sebastien-la-cruz-brushes-off-racism-185037234.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2013 14:50:37 -0400blogs/sideshow/sebastien-la-cruz-brushes-off-racism-185037234It must be true love: A man stuck an engagement ring into the bun of a chicken sandwich—and the woman accepted the proposal. It almost makes the much-maligned wedding-anniversary bowling ball look like a touching gesture—yet Ann, the bride-to-be, didn't seem to mind. In this photo of the sandwich and accompanying engagement ring posted to [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/worst-proposal-ever-wedding-ring-inside-chicken-sandwich-184905984.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2013 14:49:05 -0400blogs/sideshow/worst-proposal-ever-wedding-ring-inside-chicken-sandwich-184905984Police in New Rochelle, N.Y., caught a suspected burglar hiding in a clothes dryer, local ABC-affiliate WABC reports. Police responded to a burglar alarm at the home of Aaron and Gwen Stone. When they arrived they saw a man inside the home, so they called for backup, according to the station. The alleged burglar, 19-year-old Gabriel [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/police-catch-alleged-burgler-hiding-clothes-dryer-165636297.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2013 12:56:36 -0400blogs/sideshow/police-catch-alleged-burgler-hiding-clothes-dryer-165636297A Chinese farmer received a five-day jail sentence after admitting to authorities that he made up a story about electrocuting an alien, reports the Telegraph. The man, identified as Li, told authorities he was inspired by the 2011 science fiction comedy "Paul" starring Simon Pegg and Seth Rogan as the voice of the titular alien. [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/chinese-famer-given-5-days-jail-making-alien-152907537.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2013 11:29:07 -0400blogs/sideshow/chinese-famer-given-5-days-jail-making-alien-152907537It was a strange sight: six otherwise adorable squirrels with their tails fused together. The “squirrel kings” formation, as it’s called, resulted in the rodents connected to each other from behind, unable to escape their bonds and headed for death or dismemberment. The squirrels were lucky to be discovered by a caring individual who brought [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/animal-clinic-rescues-six-squirrels-tails-fused-together-013158350.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2013 21:31:58 -0400blogs/sideshow/animal-clinic-rescues-six-squirrels-tails-fused-together-013158350Breezing through airport security? For some, it’s about as likely as seeing a unicorn. But for 9-year-old Emily Harris of South Wales, it was her toy passport featuring a photo of a pink stuffed unicorn toy that secured her passage through the security line at Turkey’s Antalya airport. “We saw the funny side, and laughed [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/9-old-girl-passes-airport-customs-unicorn-passport-222319452.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2013 18:23:19 -0400blogs/sideshow/9-old-girl-passes-airport-customs-unicorn-passport-222319452A quick-thinking good Samaritan helped save a baby's life by using a turkey baster to clear the baby's airway and nasal passage. Local station KSN.com reports that 5-month-old Nessa Shoup of Ludington, Mich., was having trouble breathing while under the care of two baby sitters. One of them called 911. Bill Hogenson happened to be [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-uses-turkey-baster-save-baby-life-200521743.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2013 16:05:21 -0400blogs/sideshow/man-uses-turkey-baster-save-baby-life-200521743A 10-year-old boy from Carrollton, Texas, addressed his town's City Council to ask that it help save his home from erosion. CBS-Dallas reports that Nick Harmla spoke about how, due to a crumbling retaining wall, his family's backyard has been steadily washed away by rain into a nearby creek. His neighbors' properties have also been [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/boy-asks-city-council-save-home-erosion-180846758.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2013 14:08:46 -0400blogs/sideshow/boy-asks-city-council-save-home-erosion-180846758An alert guide dog saved two California men on Monday from an out of control vehicle that was swerving backwards down a public sidewalk at high speeds. Todd Jurek and Danielle Alvarado are both employees of Guide Dogs for the Blind, a company that trains service dogs to assist visually impaired individuals. They were taking [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/guide-dog-saves-men-swerving-vehicle-video-180638488.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2013 14:06:38 -0400blogs/sideshow/guide-dog-saves-men-swerving-vehicle-video-180638488A mother who says she discovered her 11-year-old daughter was receiving inappropriate messages from a 23-year-old man on Facebook used a photo from a Target ad to help nab the alleged predator, reports St. Petersburg, Fla., station WTSP.com. In an interview with WTSP, the mother said she saw that, against her wishes, her daughter had opened [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-tricks-alleged-sexual-predator-target-ad-165919496.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2013 12:59:19 -0400blogs/sideshow/woman-tricks-alleged-sexual-predator-target-ad-165919496You're not seeing double. Again. A rare, two-faced kitten was born in Amity, Ore., on Tuesday. Stephanie Durkee, the owner of both the female kitten and its mother, took the two-faced cat to a vet, who say she's in good health. (She meows "loudly from both mouths," according to the Guardian.) Durkee told Portland's KGW-TV [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/two-face-kitten-photo-164356431.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2013 12:43:56 -0400blogs/sideshow/two-face-kitten-photo-164356431Here’s something to ponder the next time you head to the loo: Only five percent of people wash their hands long enough to kill disease-causing germs. Translation: Ick. That’s according to a study from Michigan State University, which based its results on observing 3,749 people in public restrooms. These intrepid researchers published the results in [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/doing-wrong-study-says-only-5-wash-hands-221341614.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2013 18:13:41 -0400blogs/sideshow/doing-wrong-study-says-only-5-wash-hands-221341614The gun debate went to new heights in one Texas town, where the owners of a gun range are letting customers take part in a target practice from inside a helicopter. "It's like the ultimate video game," Dan Claassen of Helicopter Sniper Adventure told local ABC affiliate WFAA. And while the concept may sound extreme [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/texas-gun-range-offers-target-practice-helicopter-215555159.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2013 17:55:55 -0400blogs/sideshow/texas-gun-range-offers-target-practice-helicopter-215555159The best sporting events showcase athletes going toe-to-toe in a test of skills and strength. Which might just make the World Toe Wrestling Championships a success, hands down. According to the Standard, the toe wrestling championship was launched by a British apartment landlord in 1976 in an effort to give his countrymen a new sport [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/world-toe-wrestling-championships-showcase-athlete-foot-181518267.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2013 14:15:18 -0400blogs/sideshow/world-toe-wrestling-championships-showcase-athlete-foot-181518267A bank employee reportedly took a very expensive on-the-job nap when he laid his head down on his keyboard, a German court heard this week. When the employee woke a short time later, he discovered that he'd accidentally transferred hundreds of millions of euros by holding down the "2" key, according to a report from [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/keyboard-snooze-leads-huge-bank-error-163035895.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2013 12:30:35 -0400blogs/sideshow/keyboard-snooze-leads-huge-bank-error-163035895Quick-thinking doctors at the University of Kansas Hospital were able to save an infant's life with a little help from superglue, CNN reports. Ashlyn Julian's parents noticed that their daughter, born May 16, had changed drastically in the weeks since her birth. She was always a heavy sleeper but, according to CNN, her parents said [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/doctors-save-infant-life-assist-surgical-superglue-142606917.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2013 10:26:06 -0400blogs/sideshow/doctors-save-infant-life-assist-surgical-superglue-142606917A 17-year-old boy miraculously walked away unharmed from a midair collision with a moving vehicle. It was an unwise move, to say the least. But Daniel Jensen emerged unharmed after attempting to jump over a car that was speeding in his direction at 40 mph. Shockingly, the stunt was entirely intentional. Jensen had one friend [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/teen-walks-away-mid-air-car-collision-unharmed-225254066.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2013 18:52:54 -0400blogs/sideshow/teen-walks-away-mid-air-car-collision-unharmed-225254066Strobridge Elementary School in Hayward, Calif., held a toy-gun exchange program over the weekend, according to a report from CBS-5 San Francisco. Inspired by gun buy-back programs that focus on getting weapons off the streets, Principal Charles Hill felt a similar program for toys made a lot of sense. "Playing with toys guns, saying 'I'm [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/bay-area-elemntary-school-holds-toy-gun-exchange-172910646.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2013 13:29:10 -0400blogs/sideshow/bay-area-elemntary-school-holds-toy-gun-exchange-172910646Photographer Randy Halverson is a native South Dakotan, and this time-lapse video, "Horizons," is his love letter to the state. Watch the captivating video, which features the dark skies of central and western South Dakota. The film captures night vistas up above—including shooting stars and the Milky Way—and tall stalks of corn waving in the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/timelapse-video-captures-glorious-night-sky-133324945.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2013 09:33:24 -0400blogs/sideshow/timelapse-video-captures-glorious-night-sky-133324945A pregnant woman holds her partner's hand while a hospital technician checks on the unborn baby with an ultrasound machine. The technician then turns to the couple and asks if they want to know what they're having. They nod. "You're having a lesbian," the technician says. The overjoyed parents-to-be break into smiles. The Australian commercial [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/australian-commercial-having-lesbian-203742797.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2013 16:37:42 -0400blogs/sideshow/australian-commercial-having-lesbian-203742797A divorced Minnesota woman discovered that the man she'd been communicating with online for roughly a year was actually her ex-husband, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. The woman has since filed stalking charges. Brian Matthew Cornelius, 36, allegedly created an "elaborate online persona" before communicating with his ex-wife. During the course of their online [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-discovers-online-friend-actually-ex-husband-185458324.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2013 14:54:58 -0400blogs/sideshow/woman-discovers-online-friend-actually-ex-husband-185458324John Simpson is dying of pancreatic cancer and may have just days to live. Before he goes, he wants to see his dog one more time. Simpson's pet Chihuahua, Mr. Cutie, went missing several days ago, after digging a hole under a fence in Simpson's backyard in Holiday, Fla., Fox 13 reports. Unfortunately, the dog [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/days-live-man-dying-cancer-seeks-missing-dog-145003568.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2013 10:50:03 -0400blogs/sideshow/days-live-man-dying-cancer-seeks-missing-dog-145003568A high school in Hoosic Valley, N.Y., is facing criticism after poor proofreading resulted in the printing of hundreds of yearbooks that label one student as "Creepy smile kid" and another as "Some tall guy," WNYT.com reports. Acting Superintendent Amy Goodell called the mishap a "nonintentional, honest mistake," according to WNYT. "The yearbook editor and [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/mistakes-were-made-school-apologizes-yearbook-captions-151250563.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2013 11:12:50 -0400blogs/sideshow/mistakes-were-made-school-apologizes-yearbook-captions-151250563Dog parks are an oasis for millions of pet owners—pups can run around, interact with other dogs and get a taste of nature without having to head out of town on weekends. Some careless dog owners, however, don't abide by dog park rules, or simple common decency, and leave their dogs' waste behind for others [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/town-mails-discarded-dog-poop-back-errant-pet-195451973.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2013 15:54:51 -0400blogs/sideshow/town-mails-discarded-dog-poop-back-errant-pet-195451973The German language has one less long word to worry about. "Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz," a 65-letter word meaning "law delegating beef label monitoring," has been dropped following changes to European Union law regulating the testing of cattle, the BBC reports. The so-called "tapeworm" word—common in Germany—was introduced in 1999 during the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (aka "mad cow [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/longest-word-german-182758985.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2013 14:27:58 -0400blogs/sideshow/longest-word-german-182758985A new clue has surfaced that may shed light on the origins of the mysterious giant head found floating in New York's Hudson River. The ginormous flotsam made of fiberglass and Styrofoam was spotted and fished out by the Marist College crew team in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., back in April—and no one seemed to know where [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/clue-mystery-giant-floating-head-142531445.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2013 10:25:31 -0400blogs/sideshow/clue-mystery-giant-floating-head-142531445They came for the low prices and stayed for the lifetime commitment. A couple that first met in a North Carolina Wal-Mart returned to the same store to hold their wedding ceremony in the layaway section. Wayne Brandenburg told CNN said he would casually browse through the store a few times a week before meeting [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/couple-marries-wal-mart-store-where-first-met-005137358.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2013 20:51:37 -0400blogs/sideshow/couple-marries-wal-mart-store-where-first-met-005137358Most deer can be found in the forest or your backyard―but not in rivers. This unfortunate creature, whose water-logged adventure was caught on tape, somehow ended up in the Genesee River in Rochester, New York. According to the Rochester news site YNN.com, Lee Wallace and Jason Quamo were eating lunch when they noticed the deer [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/good-samaritans-save-deer-river-220444304.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2013 18:04:44 -0400blogs/sideshow/good-samaritans-save-deer-river-220444304TacoCopter turned out to be a fake. So did the Burrito Bomber. But now, the skies, at least in the U.K., have finally opened up to fast food: Domino's Pizza has carried out a delivery order by drone helicopter. Video of the DomiCopter—developed by Aerosight—was posted by T + Biscuits, the creative agency brought in [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dominos-carries-world-first-pizza-drone-delivery-210123802.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2013 17:01:23 -0400blogs/sideshow/dominos-carries-world-first-pizza-drone-delivery-210123802