How to Find Weird News on the Web

By 40skydiver

Get ready for some weird news. Get ready for some weird news.

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If you like to read about strange happenings there are a multitude of resources on the web.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • internet
  • sense of humor

Step1
Try your own google or yahoo websearch. Look under odd, strange or weird news. You'll find more than you could read. If you do not want to do the searching I've selected a few good ones for you.
Step2
http://www.snopes.com/daily/index.asp Snopes is very good about giving you the scoop on urban legends. They also have this page dedicated just to featuring a daily collection of interesting "news". One headline from today, "Wife Suing Husband after Carrot Attack".
Step3
Try accessing a listing of odd news sites. The odd stuff just keeps on coming...http://www.dmoz.org/News/Alternative/Odd_News/
Step4
The Onion News is a good source. There is plenty of news at the site, along with some oddities to keep you occupied. http://www.theonion.com/content/index
Step5
Even CBS has their own strange news section on the web. http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/ap/strange/main501370.shtml
Step6
USA Today has their offbeat report. Offbeat is good right? http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/default.htm
Step7
This site has, well, some nutty news. http://nuttynuttynews.blogspot.com/
Step8
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/ Is a scientific look at unexplained mysteries and weird discoveries. Worth checking out!
Step9
A potpourri of interesting current events, new products, humor and just plain ... hoaxes. Unusual news stories are everywhere, even in caves. http://caveviews.blogs.com/cave_news/unusual_news_stories/index.html
Step10
Be sure and look around for more. Feel free to suggest a link. Have fun and enjoy the news.

Tips & Warnings

  • Use more than one search engine to get comprehensive results.
  • Don't believe everything you read. But enjoy it.

Photo/Video Credit

http://www.wkbw.com/news/weird/18002559.html

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on 5/19/2008 Great info!! My colleagues love this stuff!! 5 stars!

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on 5/2/2008 Great info, thanks.

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