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Today's Odd News News: Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line 'Elf' jailed over dynamite hoax on Ga. mall Santa Texas couple say hen laid egg with cross on it Fla. teen allegedly attacks dad for loud snoring Would-be thief sends merciful NY store owner $50 N. Korea's first designer jeans on sale in Sweden Some kids still swallowing soda can safety tabs Cost of school formals soaring as teenagers glam-up Goncourt winner Littell wins Bad Sex Award Rome taxis seek to wipe out tourist scams Fla. Gov. Crist sent callers to telephone sex line Ice statue chides Berlusconi for being cool on CO2 Chicken stuffed with cocaine is recipe for arrest White House accepts some blame in gatecrasher saga Fellow Iraqi turns tables on Bush shoe-thrower Iowa woman accused of shoplifting 418 items I get no kick from champagne, Serb leader tells court London commuters "psyche up" for the underground Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars Somali sea gangs lure investors at pirate lair Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line Fri, 4 Dec 2009 06:12 pm PST AP - The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore. Full Story Top 'Elf' jailed over dynamite hoax on Ga. mall Santa Fri, 4 Dec 2009 06:10 am PST AP - A man dressed as an elf is jailed after police in Georgia say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite. Full Story Top Texas couple say hen laid egg with cross on it Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:53 pm PST AP - A Fort Worth-area couple said one of their hens laid an egg with a cross on the end of it. Pam and Tracy Norrell of Burleson, who displayed the odd-shaped egg, said they believe it's a sign of encouragement during the holiday season. Full Story Top Fla. teen allegedly attacks dad for loud snoring Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:19 pm PST AP - A Florida teenager has been charged with assaulting his father, reportedly because the man was snoring too loudly. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported that the teen, 18, first threw a magazine at his father, who was sleeping on a living room couch Tuesday evening. When that didn't work, deputies said the teen pushed his father onto the floor and punched him in the face. Full Story Top Would-be thief sends merciful NY store owner $50 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:14 pm PST AP - A Long Island convenience store owner who showed mercy to a would-be robber said he's received an apology note and $50 in the mail. The unsigned note said it was from the man who tried to rob Mohammad Sohail. It said the would-be robber has a new job, a new child, and is staying out of trouble. Full Story Top N. Korea's first designer jeans on sale in Sweden Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:58 am PST Reuters - Designer jeans labeled "Made in North Korea" will go on sale this Friday at a trendy department store in the Swedish capital, marking a first foray into Western fashion for the reclusive communist state. Full Story Top Some kids still swallowing soda can safety tabs Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:00 am 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 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 Goncourt winner Littell wins Bad Sex Award Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:44 pm PST Reuters - Jonathan Littell, who won France's prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2006 for "The Kindly Ones," has picked up another prize for the same work -- the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award. 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 Fla. Gov. Crist sent callers to telephone sex line Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:22 am PST AP - Oops! In an embarrassing blunder, Gov. Charlie Crist mistakenly directed parents of uninsured children to call a toll-free sex line. Full Story Top Ice statue chides Berlusconi for being cool on CO2 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:41 am PST Reuters - Environmentalists unveiled an ice statue of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the ancient Roman Forum on Thursday, timed to melt away on December 7 as the U.N. climate change summit begins in Copenhagen. Full Story Top Chicken stuffed with cocaine is recipe for arrest Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:11 am PST AP - Customs inspectors at Dulles International Airport say a man from Guatemala was detained after he tried to carry a cooked chicken stuffed with more than $4,000 worth of cocaine. Full Story Top White House accepts some blame in gatecrasher saga Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:49 am PST Reuters - The White House on Wednesday shouldered some of the blame for an embarrassing breach of security that permitted an uninvited couple to gate-crash President Barack Obama's debut state dinner last week. Full Story Top Fellow Iraqi turns tables on Bush shoe-thrower Wed, 2 Dec 2009 05:28 am PST Reuters - An Iraqi reporter imprisoned for throwing his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush found himself on the receiving end of a similar footwear attack in Paris on Tuesday. Full Story Top Iowa woman accused of shoplifting 418 items Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:43 pm PST AP - An Iowa woman is accused in a South Dakota shoplifting case that authorities say involved more than just a few items stuffed in a pocket. Sioux Falls police said a 51-year-old woman allegedly took $2,200 worth of items from the Lewis Drug Store, hauling stolen merchandise to her car in bags and then returning to the store for more. 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 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 Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:34 pm PST AP - Talk about sticky fingers: Police arrested a man they say tried to take their candy bars. 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

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