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Today's Odd News News: Jesus Christ dumped from jury pool for disruption Police: Man lies about robbery over fear of wife Cowboy motorist helps Mass. troopers lasso 2 cows Police: Confused men try to rob Md. funeral home Mom allegedly hits deputy who arrested her son Rome taxis seek to wipe out tourist scams Bulgarians name brandy after PM after tax victory Irish use strike day to shop across border "Coffee police" fight fraud on shop shelves Man robbed of $2 million bank withdrawal Shopping couple allegedly leave kids alone in cart London commuters "psyche up" for the underground Deer runs through Jersey City, leaps into Hudson I get no kick from champagne, Serb leader tells court Somali sea gangs lure investors at pirate lair Some kids still swallowing soda can safety tabs Bulgarians name brandy after PM after tax victory New EU president wins fans in Japan -- as a poet Houston, we have a baby Cost of school formals soaring as teenagers glam-up Jesus Christ dumped from jury pool for disruption Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:07 pm PST AP - Court officials say a Birmingham woman who changed her name to Jesus Christ didn't live up to it when she reported for jury duty this week. The woman, previously named Dorothy Lola Killingworth, was sent to Judge Clyde Jones's courtroom for a criminal case Monday. Full Story Top Police: Man lies about robbery over fear of wife Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:07 pm PST AP - A Panama City Beach man reportedly admitted to deputies that he lied about being robbed so he wouldn't have to tell his wife that he spent the money. The Bay County Sheriff's Office reported that a 30-year-old man was arrested and charged Friday with making a false report. Full Story Top Cowboy motorist helps Mass. troopers lasso 2 cows Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:07 pm PST AP - Two cows have escaped from a trailer onto a busy Massachusetts highway, but a cowboy stuck in the traffic jam has come to the rescue. Full Story Top Police: Confused men try to rob Md. funeral home Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:07 pm PST AP - Calvert County authorities are searching for two men who tried to rob a funeral home that they may have mistaken for a bank. Police said the men robbed Lee Funeral Home, next to a PNC Bank, in Owings on Monday. Lt. Steve Jones of the Calvert Investigative Team said an employee told the suspects they weren't in a bank. Full Story Top Mom allegedly hits deputy who arrested her son Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:07 pm PST AP - East Tennessee police said a mom punched a police officer and now shares assault charges with her adult son. The Knoxville News Sentinel quoted Anderson County Sheriff's Deputy Mark Hobbs who said he arrested a 39-year-old man accused of shooting at another man Thanksgiving afternoon. Hobbs said the suspect's mother followed the police car from her home in Andersonville to the jail in Clinton and demanded he release her son. Full Story Top Rome taxis seek to wipe out tourist scams Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:45 pm PST Reuters - Rome's largest taxi cooperative is trying to improve the bad name of the city's cabbies, notorious among tourists to one of the world's best loved cities. Full Story Top Bulgarians name brandy after PM after tax victory Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:24 am PST Reuters - Bulgarian villagers have named their home-made rakia brandy "Borisovka," playing on the name of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to thank him for stopping parliament from raising taxes on alcohol. Full Story Top Irish use strike day to shop across border Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:57 am PST Reuters - Irish workers caused traffic jams on Tuesday as hundreds made use of a one-day public sector strike to do some Christmas shopping in the cheaper stores across the border in Northern Ireland. Full Story Top "Coffee police" fight fraud on shop shelves Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:57 am PST Reuters - Brazil's coffee industry is engaged in a tireless battle against rogue roasters who cut corners and costs by bulking up their products with corn, soy or even wood, the ABIC industry association says. Full Story Top Man robbed of $2 million bank withdrawal Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:16 pm PST Reuters - A man in Taiwan was robbed of more than $2 million in cash that he had just withdrawn from the bank, a police official said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Shopping couple allegedly leave kids alone in cart Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:07 pm PST AP - A Georgia couple got so carried away with snagging Black Friday deals that authorities said they left their kids alone in a shopping cart. Banks County Sheriff Charles Chapman told WSB radio that a 35-year-old man and and 31-year-old woman were charged with reckless conduct. Full Story Top London commuters "psyche up" for the underground Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:07 am PST Reuters - London's underground train system suffers from so much overcrowding that passengers have to "psyche" themselves up to cope with the stress of using it, according to a report on Tuesday. Full Story Top Deer runs through Jersey City, leaps into Hudson Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:07 pm PST AP - A wayward deer is on its way back to the wild after an urban adventure that saw it roam through downtown Jersey City, leap into the Hudson and swim to Governor's Island. New York television station WABC-7 reported the deer made its way on to the rocks at Governor's Island before police caught up to it and tranquilized it. Full Story Top I get no kick from champagne, Serb leader tells court Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:14 am PST Reuters - Serbian President Boris Tadic admitted in a district court Tuesday that he had broken a law against drinking alcohol in a sports stadium -- but said he did not even like champagne. Full Story Top Somali sea gangs lure investors at pirate lair Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:11 am PST Reuters - In Somalia's main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings offshore, a sort of stock exchange meets criminal syndicate. Full Story Top Some kids still swallowing soda can safety tabs Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:12 pm PST Reuters - Beverage can tops are still finding their way into the stomachs of some children, especially teens, despite being redesigned in the 1970s to keep people from swallowing them, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Full Story Top Bulgarians name brandy after PM after tax victory Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:25 am PST Reuters - Bulgarian villagers have named their home-made rakia brandy "Borisovka," playing on the name of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to thank him for stopping parliament from raising taxes on alcohol. Full Story Top 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 Top 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 Top Cost of school formals soaring as teenagers glam-up Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:01 am PST Reuters - Parents used to save for their children's weddings but now there's another major rite of passage to fund before they even leave home -- the school formal or prom, a booming industry which seems recession-proof. Full Story Top

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