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Peculiar Postings from MSNBC

Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae.

Postmen beat zombies for oddest book title – "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" benefited from a late surge in public support to win the title Friday of oddest book title of the past 30 years, The Bookseller magazine said.
Slitherin' stick shifts! That's a snake! – Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home?
'Help me!' Bird's cries draw police – Cries for help inside a house in New Jersey turned out to be nothing but a talkative cockatoo.
Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm –

Investigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away.

Oddest book title? ‘Greek Rural Postmen’ –

It may not be a best-seller, but "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" has won a literary accolade: oddest book title of the past 30 years. The runner-up was "People Who Don't Know They're Dead," and third place went to "How To Avoid Huge Ships."

Boy doles out fake $20 bills at school – Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was handing out hundreds of dollars in fake $20 bills at an Ocala elementary school. School officials reported the boy to police on Tuesday.
Karma? Bug eviction ends with blazing temple – A Japanese monk trying to rid his temple of a hornets' nest panicked when the hornets attacked him and dropped a torch, burning his temple to the ground, police said Thursday.

Offbeat News from CNN

Gamers prove their metal as rock stars – Jess Hu is a child care provider from Brooklyn, New York, but for 20 hours a week, she's a rock star. That's how much she estimates she plays the video game "Rock Band."