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Today's Odd News News:
Robotic hamsters are holidays' unlikely new craze
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:48 am PST
AP - When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?" Full Story
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Colorado governor's lawn draped in toilet paper
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30 pm PST
AP - It wasn't fresh mountain snow but toilet paper that blanketed the front lawn of the Colorado governor's mansion Thanksgiving morning. Full Story
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Dog with name tag 'works' drive-through window
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:01 pm PST
AP - Customers at one Gulf coast gas station might be surprised at who responds to the counter when they pull up to the drive-through window: The store owner's dog. Dozens of times each day, Cody the chocolate Labradaor retriever will pop up on two paws behind the counter at a BP gas station and convenience store in Clearwater. He even has a BP logo shirt and a name tag. Customers grin and kids squeal with joy in response. Full Story
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Man accused of ramming car into hot dog stand
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:01 pm PST
AP - Police said a North Carolina man rammed his car into a hot dog stand when the vendor refused to sell him a hot dog and drink for a dollar. WRAL-TV reported 23-year-old David Kelbaugh of Rolesville was charged Wednesday with assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run, driving while intoxicated and injury to property. Police said Kelbaugh was drinking at a bar in Cary early Wednesday when he left to order food at the hot dog stand. Full Story
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Police seek bald man who swiped family's turkey
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:01 pm PST
AP - Jackson police are working to crack a case of fowl play. They're searching for a man who broke into an apartment about 11 p.m. Tuesday and stole a family's holiday turkey. Police Lt. Christopher Simpson told the Jackson Citizen Patriot the suspect ran into the kitchen and stole the turkey out of the freezer. Full Story
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Cops on trail of "gingerbread town" vandals
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00 am PST
Reuters - The people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses. Full Story
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Judge blocks law allowing guns in bars
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00 am PST
Reuters - A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars. Full Story
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Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:56 am PST
Reuters - Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said. Full Story
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Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:59 am PST
Reuters - A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000). Full Story
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Aging Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:33 am PST
Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children. Full Story
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Bizarre calf mutilations found on Colorado ranch
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:55 am PST
AP - A creepy string of calf mutilations in southern Colorado has a rancher and sheriff's officials mystified. Full Story
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New EU president wins fans in Japan -- as a poet
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:12 am PST
Reuters - Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician. Full Story
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US probes gatecrash at Obama-Singh state dinner
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:07 am PST
AFP - US investigators probed Thursday how two aspiring reality TV stars beat several layers of White House security to gatecrash President Barack Obama's first state dinner. Full Story
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Houston, we have a baby
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:10 pm PST
Reuters - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born. Full Story
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Pa. suspect's sweet tooth results in felony charge
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:01 pm PST
AP - Police said a serial shoplifter from central Pennsylvania has taken three sweet steps over the line and now faces a felony charge. Sonya Mosey, 33, was jailed on a felony retail theft charge for allegedly stealing three snack cakes worth $4.27 from a convenience store on Oct. 27. Police said she took a Hostess doughnut and two Tastykake items from the store, though she did pay for a soda pop. Full Story
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Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:24 am PST
Reuters - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday. Full Story
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That hissing in the kitchen? Snake!!!
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:01 pm PST
AP - Betty Corey first thought the hissing from her Lakebay, Wash., kitchen might be one of her dogs. Wrong. It was a 4-foot-long ball python. Not a fan of snakes, Corey called 911 and a Pierce County Animal Control officer removed the snake Tuesday morning. Officer Brian Boman said the agency will house the snake at its shelter, keeping it warm and close at hand if its owner is looking for it. Full Story
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:52 am PST
Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported on Thursday. Full Story
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Police: Barefoot thief steals shoes for left feet
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:01 pm PST
AP - It didn't take Knoxville police gumshoes to track down a suspected shoe thief. He was sauntering barefoot through the parking lot of a Knoxville store called the Shoe Show Wednesday morning when an employee identified him as the man who crammed shoes into his pockets and pushed her out of his way as he walked out Tuesday night. Full Story
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U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:05 am PST
Reuters - Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop. Full Story
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