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Today's Odd News News: Smugglers with "medieval catapult" nabbed at border University awards first Beatles degree Hitler's last bodyguard gives up on fan mail Body of TV quizmaster snatched from grave Woman survives fall from 23rd floor Social networking leads to sex faster? SPLATNAV! UK pensioners drive into German church Purported JFK ambulance sold for $120,000 at auction Popularity of vampires spawns subculture, scholar says Cat in Court, Giant Crayfish Found, Tasmanian Devil Die-Off: Buzz Week in Review Intimate Swift letters reproduced "baby talk" Mexican gangs using catapults to hurl pot into US Girl with girl cheating OK, half of boyfriends say Report: Arizona fugitive planned suicide by bear Jury: No wrongdoing by `Gladiators' cop Missing pedigreed cat turns up — neutered Indonesia MPs launch whip-round for pay-freeze president Solved: Teen put piano on Miami sandbar; gone now University awards first Beatles degree 5-foot Monitor lizard wanders Calif. neighborhood Smugglers with "medieval catapult" nabbed at border Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:56 am PST Reuters - In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers tried to use a hefty catapult to hurl drugs north over the U.S. Border, authorities said.. Full Story Top University awards first Beatles degree Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:56 am PST Reuters - A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies. Full Story Top Hitler's last bodyguard gives up on fan mail Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:11 am PST Reuters - More than 65 years after World War Two, Adolf Hitler's last surviving bodyguard says that he can no longer respond to the continuous deluge of fan mail he receives from around the world, because of his advanced age. Full Story Top Body of TV quizmaster snatched from grave Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:10 am PST Reuters - The body of Mike Bongiorno, who was Italy's top quiz show host for more than 50 years and a close friend of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was stolen from his grave, officials said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Woman survives fall from 23rd floor Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:31 am PST Reuters - An Argentine woman survived after jumping from the 23rd floor of a downtown Buenos Aires hotel on Monday, landing on a taxi moments after the driver dashed to safety, the state news agency reported. Full Story Top Social networking leads to sex faster? Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:31 am PST Reuters - Nearly four out of five women and three of five men say they believe texting, Facebook and other social networking tools cause new couples to jump into bed faster, a survey released on Monday showed. Full Story Top SPLATNAV! UK pensioners drive into German church Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:20 am PST Reuters - Two British pensioners landed in hospital in southern Germany after their car's global positioning system directed them to drive into a church. Full Story Top Purported JFK ambulance sold for $120,000 at auction Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:48 am PST Reuters - A car collector who wanted a "piece of history" paid $120,000 at an auction in Arizona for a 1963 ambulance that purportedly carried the body of President John F. Kennedy after he was assassinated, auction officials said. Full Story Top Popularity of vampires spawns subculture, scholar says Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:48 am PST Reuters - They work as doctors and lawyers by day but lurk as vampires by night. While they may not wish to suck your blood, there are plenty of willing victims on tap, according to a top U.S. scholar on a subculture that emulates the undead. Full Story Top Cat in Court, Giant Crayfish Found, Tasmanian Devil Die-Off: Buzz Week in Review Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:44 pm PST The Newsroom - This week, fur was flying: Animal tails caught the attention of the Web. A cat was summoned to jury duty. A giant crayfish was found, and the poor Tasmanian Devil is almost gone. These stories and more in your Buzz … Full Story Top Intimate Swift letters reproduced "baby talk" Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:43 pm PST Reuters - New analysis of a series of love letters from Anglo-Irish satirist and "Gulliver's Travels" author Jonathan Swift to two women shows that the strange, juvenile language he employed reflects the way babies talk. Full Story Top Mexican gangs using catapults to hurl pot into US Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:51 pm PST AP - Drug smugglers are using an ancient invention as a new way to move marijuana across the border from Mexico to Arizona. Full Story Top Girl with girl cheating OK, half of boyfriends say Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:12 am PST Reuters - Half of men would forgive their female partner's infidelity, as long as it was with another woman, according to a new study on cheating. Full Story Top Report: Arizona fugitive planned suicide by bear Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:36 pm PST AP - A convicted killer who escaped from an Arizona prison said after his capture that he had planned to overdose on heroin at Yellowstone National Park and let bears eat him to end the fear and panic he was experiencing while on the lam. Full Story Top Jury: No wrongdoing by `Gladiators' cop Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:18 pm PST AP - A Denver police officer who appeared as a contestant on "American Gladiators" has been cleared in a civil lawsuit alleging excessive force and wrongful arrest. Full Story Top Missing pedigreed cat turns up — neutered Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:27 pm PST AP - A valuable pedigreed cat that went missing from its New Zealand home turned up two days later a little different — it had been surgically castrated. Full Story Top Indonesia MPs launch whip-round for pay-freeze president Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:22 am PST Reuters - Indonesian members of parliament have started a collection for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after he said he had not had a pay rise in seven years. Full Story Top Solved: Teen put piano on Miami sandbar; gone now Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:13 pm PST AP - The rumors can stop swirling: The baby grand piano that turned up on a Miami sandbar was burned to tatters by New Year's revelers, then brought to its new home by a television designer's teenage son who said Thursday he hoped the idea might help him get into a prestigious art school. Full Story Top University awards first Beatles degree Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:17 am PST Reuters - A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies. Full Story Top 5-foot Monitor lizard wanders Calif. neighborhood Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:04 pm PST AP - Animal services officers often get calls reporting "huge," monstrous reptiles, only to arrive and find an itty-bitty garden snake. Full Story Top

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