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Today's Odd News News:
Boston firefighters get oxygen masks for pets
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:21 am PDT
Reuters - The Boston Fire Department on Wednesday received a donation of small oxygen masks designed for pets, which will become standard equipment on every fire truck in the city, officials said. Full Story
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Shooting game angers victims' relatives
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:22 am PDT
Reuters - A German student has created a computer game giving players a taste of life as an East German border guard shooting political fugitives fleeing to the West, to the outrage of victims' relatives. Full Story
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Feeling groggy? Blame the ship's doctor
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:20 am PDT
Reuters - In the days when Britannia ruled the waves, Royal Navy doctors revived drowning men with tobacco smoke, treated scorpion stings with rum and advised sailors to gargle with sulphuric acid to combat scurvy. Full Story
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TV host announces wrong winner for Top Model
Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:47 am PDT
Reuters - Producers of Australia's Next Top Model have been left red faced after supermodel host Sarah Murdoch announced the wrong winner in what newspapers said was the country's most awkward TV moment. Full Story
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Police investigate family on polygamy TV show
Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:48 am PDT
Reuters - The new reality TV show "Sister Wives," featuring a real-life advertising salesman and four women he calls his spouses, has sparked a criminal bigamy investigation by police in Utah, officials said. Full Story
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Man beats odds to win lottery twice
Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:48 am PDT
Reuters - For a Missouri man, luck comes in pairs. Full Story
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Gym culture not working out for the French
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:46 am PDT
Reuters - The French may love to look good but few are willing to work up a sweat over it. Full Story
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Three jailed for tourist scams
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:46 am PDT
Reuters - Three people have been jailed for carrying out a scam to steal from more than 100 Japanese tourists in central London, police said on Tuesday. Full Story
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Atheists, Jews top religious knowledge survey
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:45 am PDT
Reuters - They may not believe in God or gods but they know a thing or two about them. Full Story
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U.S. apologizes for flying Philippine flag upside down
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:57 am PDT
Reuters - The United States government apologized for displaying the Philippine flag upside down at an event in New York attended by President Barack Obama on Friday, calling it an "honest mistake." Full Story
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Man denies hitting sister at her wedding reception
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:52 pm PDT
AP - A 31-year-old Three Forks man accused of hitting his pregnant sister in the mouth with a wrench during her wedding reception has pleaded not guilty. David J. Sicotte appeared in District Court on Wednesday on charges of assault with a weapon, a felony, and disorderly conduct. Full Story
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Ochocinco cereal box uses sex-line number
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:45 pm PDT
AP - Charity-minded callers are getting intercepted by a phone-sex line because of a typo on Chad Ochocinco's Cereal boxes. The phone number is supposed to connect callers to Feed the Children, which benefits from sales of the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver's cereal. Full Story
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Whale snot, bat sex win 2010 IgNobel spoof prizes
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:36 pm PDT
Reuters - Researchers who used a remote-controlled helicopter to collect whale snot, documented bats having oral sex and showed that swearing makes you feel better when you stub a toe were among the winners of spoof IgNobel prizes on Thursday. Full Story
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Police: Drunk man drives drunk woman to station
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:03 pm PDT
AP - Police said a 40-year-old man faces drunk driving charges after he drove an intoxicated woman to the police station. Police said Donald Chamberlain, from Clawson, drove his 35-year-old neighbor to the station Monday to answer questions about an assault involving her husband the previous day. Full Story
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Feeling groggy? Blame the ship's doctor
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:54 am PDT
Reuters - In the days when Britannia ruled the waves, Royal Navy doctors revived drowning men with tobacco smoke, treated scorpion stings with rum and advised sailors to gargle with sulphuric acid to combat scurvy. Full Story
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Inmate ends up nearly naked after jail escape try
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:56 pm PDT
AP - A Phoenix jail inmate was left wearing nothing but pink socks after scaling five fences in an escape attempt before he was captured. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Clayton Thornburg suffered cuts on parts of his body since some of the Durango Jail's fences are 15 feet high and topped with razor wire. Full Story
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Australia TV host announces wrong winner for Top Model
Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:28 am PDT
Reuters - Producers of Australia's Next Top Model have been left red faced after supermodel host Sarah Murdoch announced the wrong winner in what newspapers said was the country's most awkward TV moment. Full Story
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Arizona sheriff says burglars stole, then showered
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:19 pm PDT
AP - These thieves made a clean getaway. The Pinal County Sheriff's Office said in two recent burglaries, thieves entered homes in Eloy, made a mess, stole things and even took showers. Full Story
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Langurs ensure no monkey business at Delhi Games
Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:45 am PDT
Reuters - While 100,000 security guards have been deployed to counter potential threats from militants, authorities here have turned to rented langurs to thwart any monkey threat to the Commonwealth Games starting on Sunday. Full Story
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Washington potato official going on all-spud diet
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:38 pm PDT
AP - Just super-spud me. The head of the Washington state Potato Commission said he's sick of people linking spuds to junk food. So, starting Friday, Chris Voight said he's going to eat nothing for 60 days except potatoes. Full Story
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