Offbeat - News May 5, 2011

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Clinton's anguished look in Flickr Situation Room image only an allergy? (examiner)
The intense, pressure-packed White House Situation Room photo that isA on its way A to becoming Flickr's most viewed image has one iconic sub-image. It shows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with her hand over her mouth, in what seems to be a gesture of anxiety.

Teen charged over eggs thrown at Bieber (WLUK-TV Green Bay)
Australian officials have charged a teenager with breaking into a Justin Bieber concert and throwing eggs at the Canadian pop star.

When does satisfaction become gloating? (WLUK-TV Green Bay)
When Hyojin Jenny Hwang wrote on Facebook that she was saddened by the sight of young Americans like herself jubilantly cheering Osama bin Laden's death, the angry response was swift, even from friends.

$80K bike stolen in US found overseas (WLUK-TV Green Bay)
An $80,000 motorcycle stolen in Texas last year from Hollywood screenwriter Skip Woods has been recovered in the southern Philippines, officials said Thursday.

Cat Spends a Week Alone in Camper after Wreck (WJXX)
Spencer the cat is now down to eight lives after surviving a crash in South Carolina and a week on his own.

Protest aims to bump Trump from Indy 500 pace car (The Modesto Bee)
The pick a month ago of Donald Trump to drive the Indy 500 pace car is causing some heat for race officials.

Cellphone 'pocket dials' 911, NY suspects caught (KOMO)
An ill-timed, inadvertent 911 call led police to three larceny suspects overheard planning break-ins in upstate New York.

NY co. to brew Washington's beer (WTHI-TV Terre Haute)
George Washington is famous for many things. Yet it's safe to say few know the nation's founding father created a recipe for beer.

Report: Austrian lawyer drops his trousers (ABC7 Chicago)
An Austrian newspaper is reporting that a lawyer dropped his trousers during the questioning of his client by two female investigators, exposing his briefs.

German mayor rescues man trapped in women's prison (KTXL-TV Sacramento)
A mayor in Germany helped rescue a man who became trapped in a women's prison after mistaking it for a shortcut to a nearby park, police in the northern city of Hildesheim said on Wednesday.

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