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Today's Odd News News: Dallas stop yields 100 pounds of pot in casket Tenn. couple accused of assault using Cheetos Same NY house catches fire two night in a row Cops: Man deposits $200 with pot, cocaine at bank Pa. mother charged with changing daughter's grades Stoned wallabies make crop circles Men charged with taking tourists on police chase StatoilHydro fights Lithuanian alcohol ban: report Monkey urinates on Zambian president Communists turn to Stalin to fight crisis Michael Jackson's death sparks bus brawl Warren Buffett lunch sells for £1 million on eBay Andy "Curry" enjoying Wimbledon downtime CORRECTED-Red hot chilli peppers come to India's defence WTA can no longer turn deaf ear to grunters Police: Man dons bustier, can't skirt drug charges Elderly man survives 4 days trapped in well Urine-filled catheter cans anger Neb. merchants Baby opossum rescued from NY soda machine Leave us grunters in peace, urges Azarenka Dallas stop yields 100 pounds of pot in casket Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:40 pm PDT AP - A casket minus a cadaver yielded nearly 100 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop in Dallas. William Dale Crock of Cave City, Ark., was in jail Friday on a marijuana possession charge, plus traffic and seat beat violations. Dallas police say Crock was arrested Wednesday when bundles of marijuana were discovered under the casket's cover and pillow. Full Story Top Tenn. couple accused of assault using Cheetos Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:40 pm PDT AP - Authorities said a couple got into a fight using Cheetos. The Bedford County Sheriff's Department said a 40-year-old man and 44-year-old woman became involved in a 'verbal altercation.' Somehow, the orange puffy snacks were used in the assault. Full Story Top Same NY house catches fire two night in a row Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:40 pm PDT AP - Authorities said the same house caught fire two nights in a row this week. Nassau County, N.Y., Fire Marshal Michael Mennello said both fires were deemed accidental. They appeared to be related to construction work. No injuries were reported. Full Story Top Cops: Man deposits $200 with pot, cocaine at bank Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:40 pm PDT AP - Authorities said a man using the drive-through at a Tallahassee bank deposited $200 and a small bag containing marijuana and cocaine. Police said an employee at the Wachovia Bank called police Wednesday after the unusual deposit. An officer arrested a 38-year-old man and found the remnants of three marijuana cigarettes inside his vehicle. Full Story Top Pa. mother charged with changing daughter's grades Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:25 pm PDT AP - A high school secretary illegally changed grades in a school computer system to improve her daughter's class standing, according to criminal charges filed Thursday. Full Story Top Stoned wallabies make crop circles Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:30 am PDT Reuters - The mystery of crop circles in poppy fields in Australia's southern island state of Tasmania has been solved -- stoned wallabies are eating the poppy heads and hopping around in circles. Full Story Top Men charged with taking tourists on police chase Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:31 am PDT Reuters - Operators of an unauthorized New York airport van service that took five French tourists on a high speed chase in an attempt to evade police were charged Wednesday with unlawful imprisonment. Full Story Top StatoilHydro fights Lithuanian alcohol ban: report Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:30 am PDT Reuters - Norwegian oil and gas group StatoilHydro is trying to reverse a ban on the sale of alcohol at petrol stations in Lithuania, claiming it may lead to massive lay-offs, daily Dagens Naeringsliv said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Monkey urinates on Zambian president Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:31 am PDT Reuters - A monkey urinated on Zambian President Rupiah Banda as he spoke to journalists at a news conference on Wednesday. Full Story Top Communists turn to Stalin to fight crisis Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:30 am PDT Reuters - Russian communists have put up giant billboards of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in a southern city, promoting his tough methods as the best remedy for the world economic crisis. Full Story Top Michael Jackson's death sparks bus brawl Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:35 pm PDT Reuters - A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday. Full Story Top Warren Buffett lunch sells for £1 million on eBay Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:35 pm PDT Reuters - A bidder agreed to pay $1.68 million (1 million pound) for a steak lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a charity auction completed Friday night, according to eBay's website, where the bidding took place. Full Story Top Andy "Curry" enjoying Wimbledon downtime Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:40 am PDT Reuters - Andy Murray clearly isn't letting the expectation of becoming Britain's first men's Wimbledon champion since 1936 get too much for him if the way he uses his downtime is anything to go by. Full Story Top CORRECTED-Red hot chilli peppers come to India's defence Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:30 am PDT Reuters - India's security forces are planning to mix one of the world's hottest chilli powders in hand grenades to control riots and durin g insurgency operations in the remote northeast, a defence official said on Thursday. Full Story Top WTA can no longer turn deaf ear to grunters Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:44 am PDT Reuters - After a week of shrieks, wails and squeals dominating the headlines at Wimbledon, outgoing WTA chief Larry Scott said the tour could no longer turn a deaf ear to the grunting phenomenon that has swept women's tennis. Full Story Top Police: Man dons bustier, can't skirt drug charges Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:25 pm PDT AP - Police say a California man donning a bustier and watching porn on a computer in an apartment complex gym was arrested after officers found drugs in his backpack. Full Story Top Elderly man survives 4 days trapped in well Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:44 am PDT Reuters - An 84-year-old man escaped with only minor injuries after he spent four days trapped in a well shaft on his remote property on Canada's Pacific Coast, police said. Full Story Top Urine-filled catheter cans anger Neb. merchants Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:25 pm PDT AP - Police are keeping an eye on a downtown York parking lot where merchants are complaining about soda cans filled with urine. The merchants say that for the past couple months, they've been finding a discarded can three or four times a week. A catheter is placed in each can opening. The urine inside spills out when the can is placed or tossed on its side. Full Story Top Baby opossum rescued from NY soda machine Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:25 pm PDT AP - A baby opossum's instinct to play dead evidently didn't help matters after it got wedged inside a soda machine at an upstate New York fitness club. The animal ran into the Court Jester Athletic Club in Johnson City, N.Y., near Binghamton, and scurried behind a soda machine in the front vestibule Wednesday evening. Full Story Top Leave us grunters in peace, urges Azarenka Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:48 pm PDT Reuters - Victoria Azarenka turned up the volume on the Wimbledon noise saga on Wednesday, calling for people to respect grunters after the crowd mimicked her wails during a second-round victory. Full Story Top

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