When an Elmo doll starts hurling death threats, you know there's something strange in the air.
And that's just what happened in Tampa this week, when 2-year-old squeezed a cute, cuddly Elmo, and instead of singing Sesame Street ditties, he says "Kill James."
But if Threaten Me, Elmo doesn't tickle you, here are some other weird news highlights from the past week:
- Mortgage Madness: A gun-wielding man in a ski mask robbing a Georgia bank tells a teller it's payback for losing his house to foreclosure.
- Naked Aggression: A nude burglar leaves a video of himself frolicking at the crime scene.
- A Doggone Hit: A high-pitched song audible just to dogs has topped New Zealand record charts, and is looking to go global.
- Camel Fighting: Add this to the many problems still plaguing Afghanistan.
- Gay Earthquakes: An ultra-Orthodox member of the Israeli parliamentarian blames earthquakes on the country's liberalizing laws concerning homosexuals.
- 30-Day Sex Challenge: As a way to fight divorce, a southwest Florida church issued a challenge for its married members -- have more sex.
- Shortsighted Romance: A study finds that love really is blind.
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