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Today's Odd News News: Too fat to kill? Fla. man uses weight as a defense Iowa cops nab 'permanent marker' burglary suspects Police: Man claimed God told him to steal car Man awakened early allegedly starts broom fight Man allegedly torches van after wild test drive Ban on tight trousers for women? U.N. to send Iraqi refugees food aid by text message Yours for $3,500 -- the horsehair fountain pen Crackdown on smugglers of used clothing Kids as young as 9 to receive career advice Bad driver? Blame your genes Malaysia state suggests legislators wed single mothers Did he or did she? Transvestites on trial theft Misdialed number leads to angry texts, shooting Tweeters ask: is there anybody (famous) there? Drink relaxes jumpy Irish drivers, MP says Somali who claims to be centenarian marries teen Dancer's pole, strobe lights found as U.S. military pack up Ewe must be joking! Sheep in the vineyard? Man accused of corkscrew threat at public bathroom Too fat to kill? Fla. man uses weight as a defense Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:11 pm PDT AP - A man accused of running up and down a flight of stairs to kill a former son-in-law is offering a novel defense: At 5 feet 8 and 285 pounds, he was just too fat to have pulled it off. Full Story Top Iowa cops nab 'permanent marker' burglary suspects Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:11 pm PDT AP - Police had no trouble identifying two men accused of trying to break into a Carroll apartment. Police were responding to a call about an attempted burglary when they pulled over a car matching the alleged suspects' vehicle. Inside the car, officers found two men with their faces blackened with permanent marker. Police said the caller described two men with painted faces attempting to break into an apartment Friday night before driving off. Full Story Top Police: Man claimed God told him to steal car Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:11 pm PDT AP - Police said a man who smashed a window at a car dealership claimed he was following a higher calling. Police said a 36-year-old man was collared by a security guard at Freedom Dodge before he could get inside the showroom. WLEX-TV reported the man told the guard that God wanted him to steal a Dodge Charger. Full Story Top Man awakened early allegedly starts broom fight Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:11 pm PDT AP - An Iowa City man has been charged with assault after getting into a broom fight with a woman. The Johnson County sheriff's office said the fight began when a 54-year-old man was awakened early Tuesday by a woman cleaning the house. Full Story Top Man allegedly torches van after wild test drive Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:11 pm PDT AP - Police in eastern Pennsylvania said a man unhappy with his new van took a car salesman on a wild ride and later torched the vehicle in front of the dealership. Authorities say 58-year-old John Walton Jr. went to Coccia Ford near Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday complaining that his van had transmission problems. Full Story Top Ban on tight trousers for women? Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:01 am PDT Reuters - Women may soon be banned from wearing tight trousers in parts of an Indonesian province that practices strict Islamic law, and offenders could see their attire cut up. Full Story Top U.N. to send Iraqi refugees food aid by text message Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00 am PDT Reuters - Iraqi refugees in Syria will this week start receive U.N. text messages they can redeem for fresh food in local shops, the World Food Program said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Yours for $3,500 -- the horsehair fountain pen Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:58 am PDT Reuters - For those not constrained by these austere times, a German luxury goods company is offering a limited edition fountain pen, adorned with pleated horsehair and starting at $3,500. Full Story Top Crackdown on smugglers of used clothing Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:26 am PDT Reuters - Police have broken up a network of workshops and warehouses used to illegally smuggle 140 tons of used, foreign clothing through southern China, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. Full Story Top Kids as young as 9 to receive career advice Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:29 am PDT Reuters - Children in British primary schools as young as nine are to receive advice via internet sites such as YouTube on their future career paths under a new scheme, the government said on Monday. Full Story Top Bad driver? Blame your genes Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:35 pm PDT Reuters - No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you -- he cannot help it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. Full Story Top Malaysia state suggests legislators wed single mothers Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:29 pm PDT Reuters - Malaysian legislators in the poor conservative Muslim northeastern state of Kelantan should marry single mothers to help care for their children, a state representative suggested. The state's family and health committee chairwoman Wan Ubaidah Omar said that legislators should be awarded prizes for increasing their "quota" of wives. Full Story Top Did he or did she? Transvestites on trial theft Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:05 pm PDT Reuters - Five Filipino transvestites have gone on trial in Shanghai, accused of drugging men with adulterated foods before robbing them in a city with a reputation for an adventurous nightlife. Full Story Top Misdialed number leads to angry texts, shooting Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:11 pm PDT AP - Georgia police said a misdialed number led two strangers to trade hostile calls and text messages before arranging a meeting where one shot the other. Savannah-Chatham police spokeswoman Veda Lamar Nichols told the Savannah Morning News in a Wednesday story that man, 22, faces an aggravated assault charge. The 22-year-old suspect was jailed after a 24-year-old man was shot in a CVS parking lot around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Full Story Top Tweeters ask: is there anybody (famous) there? Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:45 am PDT Reuters - Tweeters are being invited to submit questions for the spirits of departed celebrities including Michael Jackson and William Shakespeare as part of the world's first Twitter seance. Full Story Top Drink relaxes jumpy Irish drivers, MP says Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:13 am PDT Reuters - A politician from Ireland's governing party has said "jumpy" drivers might benefit from having a relaxing alcoholic drink to steady their nerves. Full Story Top Somali who claims to be centenarian marries teen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:11 pm PDT AP - A Somali man who claims to be a centenarian has married a 17-year old girl. Ahmed Mohamed Dhore celebrated his marriage to Safiya Abdulle late Tuesday in central Somalia before hundreds of guests. Somali adolescent girls are often married off to older men. But it is rare for a man as old as Dhore to marry a girl of Abdulle's age. Full Story Top Dancer's pole, strobe lights found as U.S. military pack up Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:49 am PDT Reuters - A pole-dancer's pole and strobe lights, packs of six-year-old spoiled meat and a brand new, unused van -- just some of the equipment in Iraq that has turned up in the American military withdrawal. Full Story Top Ewe must be joking! Sheep in the vineyard? Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:52 am PDT Reuters - Some vineyards in New Zealand and California are milking sheep for all they're worth. Full Story Top Man accused of corkscrew threat at public bathroom Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:02 pm PDT AP - Police arrested a 56-year-old man accused of threatening another man with a corkscrew at a public restroom in Riverfront Commemorative Park. A witness told police he saw a man holding a corkscrew in his hand while kicking the bathroom door and threatening to kill the man inside. No one was injured. Full Story Top

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