http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/category/235283/offbeat en-us Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WTVT News 15 offbeat http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22378157/goat-on-the-lam-snarls-njs-pulaski-skyway-traffic http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22378157/goat-on-the-lam-snarls-njs-pulaski-skyway-traffic?t=2013-05-21T17:16:41Z AP Tue, 21 May 2013 17:16:00 EDT A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase. News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22306918/thailand-urged-to-explore-edible-insect-market http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22306918/thailand-urged-to-explore-edible-insect-market?t=2013-05-21T08:25:27Z AP Tue, 21 May 2013 08:25:00 EDT Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22296011/ferris-wheel-ride-world-record-broken-in-chicago http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22296011/ferris-wheel-ride-world-record-broken-in-chicago?t=2013-05-20T15:25:02Z AP Mon, 20 May 2013 15:25:00 EDT A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park... News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22287441/denmark-favorite-to-win-eurovision-song-contest http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22287441/denmark-favorite-to-win-eurovision-song-contest?t=2013-05-18T20:33:13Z AP Sat, 18 May 2013 20:33:00 EDT Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from... News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22281881/funeral-home-has-bicycle-hearse-for-1-last-ride http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22281881/funeral-home-has-bicycle-hearse-for-1-last-ride?t=2013-05-17T12:04:48Z AP Fri, 17 May 2013 12:04:00 EDT An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle. News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22280120/birth-of-anteater-has-conn-zoo-staff-puzzled http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22280120/birth-of-anteater-has-conn-zoo-staff-puzzled?t=2013-05-17T08:51:45Z AP Fri, 17 May 2013 08:51:00 EDT An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived. News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22277867/alaska-man-runs-onto-frozen-lake-to-avoid-jail http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22277867/alaska-man-runs-onto-frozen-lake-to-avoid-jail?t=2013-05-17T01:31:29Z AP Fri, 17 May 2013 01:31:00 EDT Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant. News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22277673/aussie-minister-sorry-he-liked-exposed-teen-pic http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22277673/aussie-minister-sorry-he-liked-exposed-teen-pic?t=2013-05-17T00:51:27Z AP Fri, 17 May 2013 00:51:00 EDT An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself. News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22272912/texas-senior-18-bags-800-pound-record-alligator http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22272912/texas-senior-18-bags-800-pound-record-alligator?t=2013-05-16T14:21:14Z AP Thu, 16 May 2013 14:21:00 EDT A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator - the heaviest ever certified in Texas - on his first alligator hunt. News - AP-National http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22270401/exhibition-of-secretly-shot-photos-upsets-nyers http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22270401/exhibition-of-secretly-shot-photos-upsets-nyers?t=2013-05-16T10:40:55Z AP Thu, 16 May 2013 10:40:00 EDT Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows. News - AP-National