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Today's Odd News News: Buzz off! Bee swarm traps workers in NY game store Man saves dog by sucking snake venom from his nose Toddler buys earthmover in online auction NY police say drag racing dads took kids along Maine high school snake gets new home after escape Flight attendant jailed for bomb hoax Dylan "poem" on sale was actually Hank Snow song Ronaldo in trouble for pulling opponent's hair Not without my chauffeur Woman beaten up over asparagus prices Kids want to hear more bedtime stories Geithner carries fat fiscal burden but thin wallet Arrest of young boys at school sparks outrage Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for record 19th time Woman appeals ban on female metro drivers Neb. boy, 6, takes wheel after dad passes out I'm no showgirl, says business leader Neb. thwarts pranksters' license plate hijacking Wind turbine noise suspected of killing 400 goats Letourneau hosts 'Hot for Teacher' night at bar Buzz off! Bee swarm traps workers in NY game store Sat, 23 May 2009 10:34 pm PDT AP - Thousands of bees have swarmed outside a New York City game store, trapping employees inside for hours. Full Story Top Man saves dog by sucking snake venom from his nose Fri, 22 May 2009 06:01 pm PDT AP - A man said he saved his dog's life after sucking venom from a rattlesnake bite out of the animal's nose. Bobby Jenkins said he began feeling ill after getting his dog, Tank, to a veterinarian. He went to the hospital and received a dose of antivenin. Full Story Top Toddler buys earthmover in online auction Fri, 22 May 2009 06:01 pm PDT AP - A New Zealand mom made some online bids on toys before napping. Then her 3-year-old daughter took over and bought a bigger plaything than expected — a huge earth-moving digger for a cool $12,300. Full Story Top NY police say drag racing dads took kids along Fri, 22 May 2009 06:01 pm PDT AP - Two fathers in their 20's have been accused of drag racing on a New York City highway while their very young children sat in the back. Westchester County police said the Bronx residents were seen weaving their cars through traffic at speeds of up to 80 miles-an-hour on the Bronx River Parkway Wednesday night. Full Story Top Maine high school snake gets new home after escape Sat, 23 May 2009 10:47 am PDT AP - "Buddy" the boa has a new home, after escaping from his cage at Greenville, Maine, High School, then getting away from the police. Full Story Top Flight attendant jailed for bomb hoax Thu, 21 May 2009 10:49 am PDT Reuters - A flight attendant was jailed for 18 months on Thursday for leaving a bomb hoax note on board an Emirates aircraft he was working on and sparking a scare that led to London's Gatwick Airport briefly closing. Full Story Top Dylan "poem" on sale was actually Hank Snow song Wed, 20 May 2009 11:55 am PDT Reuters - A "poem" purportedly written by a teenage Bob Dylan and up for auction at Christie's is actually a song written by the late Canadian country singer Hank Snow, the auction house said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Ronaldo in trouble for pulling opponent's hair Wed, 20 May 2009 11:55 am PDT Reuters - Ronaldo could face disciplinary action after television cameras caught him pulling an opponent's hair playing for Corinthians at the weekend. Full Story Top Not without my chauffeur Tue, 19 May 2009 12:16 pm PDT Reuters - Daniel Bouton, the former head of Societe Generale who was forced out after constant public criticism over the French bank's record trading losses, will be allowed to have a chauffeur for one more year. Full Story Top Woman beaten up over asparagus prices Mon, 18 May 2009 12:35 pm PDT Reuters - German police are searching for a motorist who beat a 24-year-old woman selling white asparagus because he was upset about her asking price for the coveted springtime vegetable, police said on Monday. Full Story Top Kids want to hear more bedtime stories Fri, 22 May 2009 10:40 am PDT Reuters - Almost two-thirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed, and most prefer Mum's storytelling to Dad's, researchers said on Friday. Full Story Top Geithner carries fat fiscal burden but thin wallet Fri, 22 May 2009 12:08 pm PDT Reuters - What's in the wallet of Timothy Geithner, whose hands as U.S. Treasury secretary are on some of the fattest government purse strings in the world? Full Story Top Arrest of young boys at school sparks outrage Thu, 21 May 2009 11:52 am PDT Reuters - Two French boys, aged six and 10, were arrested at school by half a dozen police officers and questioned for two hours over bicycle thefts, triggering public outrage. Full Story Top Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for record 19th time Wed, 20 May 2009 11:25 pm PDT Reuters - A Nepali sherpa carrying a banner reading "Stop Climate Change" climbed Mount Everest for a record 19th time on Thursday, improving his own record set last year, officials said. Full Story Top Woman appeals ban on female metro drivers Thu, 21 May 2009 11:59 am PDT Reuters - A young Russian woman will challenge regulations that ban women from driving trains on the metro after the Supreme Court rejected her legal case on Thursday, local media reported. Full Story Top Neb. boy, 6, takes wheel after dad passes out Sat, 23 May 2009 10:19 am PDT AP - A 6-year-old boy grabbed the wheel of his family's pickup truck when his father passed out from low blood sugar, keeping the vehicle from crashing until an officer could bring it to a halt, police said. Full Story Top I'm no showgirl, says business leader Thu, 21 May 2009 09:39 am PDT Reuters - Emma Marcegaglia, the head of Italy's industrialists who considers herself a hard-nosed businesswoman, was not thrilled when Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joked Thursday that she was like a "showgirl." Full Story Top Neb. thwarts pranksters' license plate hijacking Fri, 22 May 2009 06:02 pm PDT AP - Nebraska on Friday threw out thousands of votes — online votes for its new license plate — after discovering that a minimalist approach initially won only because a humor Web site had urged people to choose the most boring design. Full Story Top Wind turbine noise suspected of killing 400 goats Wed, 20 May 2009 09:30 pm PDT Reuters - Late-night noise from spinning wind turbines on an outlying island of Taiwan may have killed 400 goats over the past three years by depriving them of sleep, an agricultural inspection official said on Thursday. Full Story Top Letourneau hosts 'Hot for Teacher' night at bar Fri, 22 May 2009 06:02 pm PDT AP - A teacher who became notorious in the 1990s for having an affair with a sixth-grader is hosting a "Hot for Teacher" night at a Seattle bar — along with the former student, now her husband. Bar owner Mike Morris said Mary Kay Letourneau has served her sentence and it's OK for the couple to have some fun. Full Story Top

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