By Craig McGuire

News of the Strange & Unusual

• Algae Becomes a Fuel Alternative
  
• April Fools - Bay Ridge Family Suffers Bizarre Bird Attack
• April Fools - Local Lawmakers Impose a Midnight Curfew on Bay Ridge Bars
• April Fools - Pedestrians Kicked Off Ocean Parkway
• April Fools - Nude Sunbathing Comes to Brighton Beach
• April Fools - P.S. 101 Renamed for Al Sharpton
• At Golf Rollout, Big Balls Mean Big Press
• Ballpark 'No-Alcohol Seating' Bill Introduced
• Battle of Biotech Arrives on US Shores
• 'Big Brother' Gets Beat up by Press, Public, and CBS Execs are Smiling
• Big Splash With Olympic Swim Controversy
• Brooklyn's Baby New Year - The First Baby Born
• Chloe O'Neil Defeats June O'Neill
• Colorado Reality Show Catastrophe
  
• Comptroller Hevesi's Wife Attempts Suicide
• Cross-Country Ride Boosts Support for Wounded Soldiers
• Cuomo Seen as Wounded 'Tyrannosaurus Rex'
• The Death and Dying Show: A Hard Sell to Mainstream Media
• 'Finally, a Beard trimmer for Women'
• Freedom Rides on Greyhound PR Bus
• From Subways to Streets: The Battle Over Graffiti Still Rages in New York

• Help Wanted: The Donald’s' Lackey
• Henkel Makes Duct Tape Festival Stick
  
• Hey PETA: Nobody Gives a Cluck, OK?
• Hip-hop Mogul Russell Simmons Goes Mall Shopping
• Humorless Advocates Attempt Joke
• Hypo Needles Found on Queens Beach
• Junior's Restaurant Battles Board Over Street Renaming
• Kilborn Joke About Killing Bush Spells Trouble for CBS
• Litigation PR: The Eliot Spitzer Syndrome
• MaggieMoo Creates a Brand Icon
  
• McDonald's Joins Ohio Walking Clubs to Reduce Obesity
• Natural PR Found in Natural Disaster
• No Milk for Maher in Newest PETA Ad
• Press Kit Raised This Sunken Sub
• Putting Faith In PR - The Rosary Bowl
  
• ReadyPA Prepares for a Disaster
  
• Red Lobster Rolls Out 40-ft. Shellfish
• Residents Get That Sinking Feeling
• SalesGenie Aims to be the Worst
  
• Senate Looking Into Santiago Residence
• Silent Treatment Works on Media
• Stellar HS Student Doesn't Make Principal's Grade
• Tenacious Tabbies on 9th Lives Need a New Home
• The Irish & Alcohol
• Vendor FRI Sues SS&C; Cites Relationship With Ex-Staffers
• Using 'Love Bug' Crisis to Promote Recovery Software