Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Today's Odd News News:
Man took pay from NJ company he never worked for
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:24 pm PDT
AP - An Illinois man has admitted banking more than $470,000 in paychecks from a New Jersey company he never worked for. Anthony Armatys, 35, of Palatine, Ill., pleaded guilty Monday in New Jersey Superior Court to one count of theft as part of a plea bargain. Full Story
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Man who threw feces in CA courtroom gets 31 years
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:48 pm PDT
AP - A man who sneaked a bag of his feces into a San Diego courtroom during his home-invasion robbery trial, smeared it on his lawyer and threw it at jurors has been sentenced to 31 years in prison. Full Story
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Ga. woman scares off burglar by acting like a dog
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:24 pm PDT
AP - Police are investigating after an Athens woman scared off a would-be burglar by acting like a dog. The Athens Banner-Herald reported Monday that the woman scared off the suspect around 11 p.m. Saturday. According to police, the woman got on the floor and began scratching at the door and acting like a large dog when the suspicious man tried turning the woman's door knob. Full Story
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One-legged suspect caught with one stolen shoe
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:24 pm PDT
AP - Police said a one-legged suspect was caught after only one shoe went missing in a store in Belgium. An amputee was an immediate suspect when a store attendant found one shoe missing from a shop in the western Belgian town of Maldegem. Police spokesman Rik Decraemer said Monday authorities were alerted and quickly found the man who fit the description by shopkeepers. The shoe was also recovered. Full Story
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Minn. group picks up road trash while packing heat
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:24 pm PDT
AP - Motorists in Mendota Heights might have seen a group of residents picking up trash while packing heat this weekend. About a dozen people spent nearly three hours picking up litter Sunday along a 2-mile stretch of highway. All legally carried guns on their hips. It was the inaugural trash cleanup event for the group that calls itself the Minnesota Carry Permit Holders. Full Story
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Probe after students eat fire, step on glass
Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:16 pm PDT
Reuters - Authorities in Taiwan said on Thursday they would investigate a private training center after receiving testimony and videos showing that children were made to swallow fire and step on glass to build up their courage. Full Story
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Three-minute showers to conserve water?
Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:17 pm PDT
Reuters - Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity. Full Story
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Cheating husbands should be whipped?
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:09 am PDT
Reuters - Most Bruneians want husbands who cheat on their wives to be whipped, according to a recent survey in the Muslim-majority country. Full Story
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Man staged nearly 100 car crashes in cash scam
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:10 am PDT
Reuters - A Briton who cost the insurance industry some 1.6 million pounds by staging almost 100 car crashes as part of a scam to win fraudulent payouts, was jailed for 4-1/2 years on Wednesday. Full Story
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Man pins treatment hopes on Bardot autograph
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:11 am PDT
Reuters - A 50 year-old Russian coal miner suffering from lung disease is seeking a buyer for his prized possession, a signed photograph of sultry Brigitte Bardot, to pay for an operation, a popular tabloid reported on Wednesday. Full Story
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Obama: 'I'm skinny ... but tough'
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:04 pm PDT
AFP - US President Barack Obama has lashed back at critics who fear he lacks the steel to be a successful president, saying "I'm skinny ... but I'm tough." Full Story
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Obama - "I may be skinny but I'm tough"
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:08 pm PDT
Reuters - President Barack Obama had a message for his political friends and foes on Monday -- "just because I'm skinny doesn't mean I'm not tough." Full Story
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CORRECTED - Pilots on wayward U.S. jetliner using laptops
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:20 pm PDT
Reuters - Pilots of a Northwest Airlines jetliner that overshot its destination by 150 miles last week told U.S. investigators they became distracted during an extended discussion of crew scheduling that included their use of personal laptops, officials said on Monday. Full Story
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Md. cop accused of pulling gun at haunted house
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:24 pm PDT
AP - A Baltimore city police officer delivered the fright of a lifetime to a haunted house employee, pulling a gun on the chain-saw-wielding man at the end of his act, authorities said Monday. Full Story
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Norwegian caught with 24 reptiles taped to body
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:09 am PDT
Reuters - A man was caught by Norwegian customs carrying a tarantula in his bag, and a further 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos taped to his body, media reported on Monday. Full Story
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Norwegian accused of skin-crawling snake smuggling
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:24 pm PDT
AP - A man has been arrested in Norway trying to smuggle two dozen snakes and geckos into the country by hiding them under his clothes. Customs agent Helge Breilid said Monday the 22-year-old Norwegian citizen was apprehended in the southern town of Kristiansand after getting off a ferry from Hirtshals, Denmark. He said the man had 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos under his clothes. Full Story
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Shrimp's eyes point way to better DVDs
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:15 am PDT
Reuters - The amazing eyes of a giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could hold the key to developing a new type of super high-quality DVD player, British scientists said on Sunday. Full Story
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Ohio man's ring returned at wake after 57 years
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:24 pm PDT
AP - An Ohio man was shocked to have his high school ring back after 57 years and was surprised by where it was returned: at the wake for his high school sweetheart. Joe Lepera, 75, had dated Sharon Coddington Gainer for two years, but they broke up when he joined the Air Force following his 1952 graduation from Akron Central High School. Full Story
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Mom admits to "Balloon Boy" hoax - court record
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:39 pm PDT
Reuters - The mother of a Colorado boy thought to be aboard a homemade helium balloon has admitted to investigators the whole thing was a hoax, according to a court document made public on Friday. Full Story
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UK-Odd Summary
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:08 pm PDT
Reuters - President Barack Obama had a message for his political friends and foes on Monday -- "just because I'm skinny doesn't mean I'm not tough." Obama was in Miami raising $1.5 million (919,000 pounds) for Democratic congressional candidates for the 2010 elections, in which Democrats are seeking to hold onto their strong majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Full Story
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