Offbeat - News February 21, 2012

Gun Found Inside Donated Piano (MyFoxPhilly)
Police say an unloaded gun has been found inside a piano that was donated to a southeast Michigan nursing home years ago.

Father Charged After His Car is Stolen with Son Inside (NBC Washington)
An upstate New York man has been hit with child endangerment charges after his car was stolen with his sleeping 6-year-old son inside.

Barney Stinson Quotes: Video List of Funny How I Met Your Mother Lines (ranker)
The best Barney Stinson quotes include words of wisdom from this womanizing, totally hypocritical and yet strangely awesome character on the CBS series 'How I Met Your Mother.' For seven seasons, Barney has offered up his philosophies about life, love and relationships, providing a road map for players everywhere.

Commuter bus driver stabbed with pen (WNDY-TV Indianapolis)
Georgia authorities say a commuter bus driver is recovering after being stabbed repeatedly with a pen when he tried to break up a fight between passengers that involved a dispute over a cell phone.

Fear of Being Phoneless Is on the Rise (NBC New York)
If you obsessively check for your phone or lose your cool when you don't have reception, you may have nomophobia, or fear of being without a cell phone, according to the Los Angeles Times .

Orangutans Get Special Screening of Orangutan Movie (NBC Washington)
"Born to be Wild 3D" chronicles the efforts one German-Canadian woman, Birute Galdikas, to rescue orangutans, which are endangered as the Indonesian jungles they call home vanish as the land is cleared.

Paraguay: Stray dog's barking foils prison break (WABC 7)
Officials say three dangerous inmates dug a tunnel about 26 feet from their cell to the street, and were about to break free just before dawn when the dog began to bark and alerted a guard.

Bizarre Fight On Route 3 In Crofton (WUSA-TV Washington)
Witnesses say a man and woman in a Ford Explorer, who had just gotten married, were playing around at a red light -- getting out of their car, running around it and then getting back in.

Norway Police Find 5 Reindeer in Car (MyFoxAtlanta)
Two reindeer on Atka Island which is part of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. - Santa may use a sleigh but a driver in the far north of Norway found a more inventive way to transport his reindeer: he packed three in the back seat of his car and two in the trunk and drove off, The Local Norway reported.

The strange flip-flop of Maryland's Sam Arora on marriage equality (Daily Kos)
Maryland state house Del. Sam Arora had all the promise of a rising star in Democratic politics.

'My Strange Addiction': 38KKK Sheyla Hershey Willing To Risk Life For Bigger Breasts (Switched)
Sheyla Hershey is in the Guinness Book of World Records, but even still she isn't satisfied.

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