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Today's Odd News News: Swanky Paris salon spruces up down-at-heel women Polish hunter sues after failing to find elephant Gabrielle Giffords' Husband Has Tough Decision to Make Russian spy Chapman registers her name as trademark Mother's Hot Sauce Discipline Tactics Land Her in Hot Water Heidi the cross-eyed opossum on a diet for health Monk first to be charged under Bhutan smoking law Pet owners fete dogs with lavish birthday parties Woman who dumped condiments in book drop pleads guilty Take a ride in my boat, baby Hole-in-the-floor ashtray apparently leads to fire Filipinos fete Year of Rabbit with golden cakes 'Biggest Loser' competitor sells 1.5 lb. burger Mexican gangs using catapults to hurl pot into US U.S. town demolished over lead contamination GOP targets health care law in Congress and out Chinese ready for upheaval and sex in Year of the Rabbit LeBron says he wishes Cavs 'the best' Intimate Swift letters reproduced "baby talk" Barbie powers Mattel to holiday sales spike Swanky Paris salon spruces up down-at-heel women Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:38 am PST Reuters - In her exclusive salon in an off-street courtyard in Paris' upmarket St Germain district, hairdresser Lucia Iraci spends her days coiffing the city's glitterati, including actors, models and musicians. Full Story Top Polish hunter sues after failing to find elephant Wed, 2 Feb 2011 07:28 am PST Reuters - A Polish hunter who dreamt of shooting an elephant has sued a German-based travel company after it sent him to a part of Africa where he said there were no elephants to be found, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Full Story Top Gabrielle Giffords' Husband Has Tough Decision to Make Tue, 1 Feb 2011 01:24 pm PST ContributorNetwork - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' astronaut husband Mark Kelly will face a difficult decision in the next month as he weighs staying by his wife's side with going on NASA's final scheduled space shuttle launch. Full Story Top Russian spy Chapman registers her name as trademark Tue, 1 Feb 2011 09:38 am PST Reuters - Russian spy Anna Chapman has registered her name as a trademark to cash in on her growing popularity since she was deported in a Cold War-style swap last year, Russia's state patent agency told Reuters on Tuesday. Full Story Top Mother's Hot Sauce Discipline Tactics Land Her in Hot Water Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:09 am PST ContributorNetwork - An Alaska mother who was featured on a "Dr. Phil" episode about "Mommy Confessions" last year has landed herself in some hot water. Full Story Top Heidi the cross-eyed opossum on a diet for health Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:48 am PST Reuters - A strict diet may help the Leipzig Zoo's opossum Heidi to lose the crossed eyes that have made her an international attraction. Full Story Top Monk first to be charged under Bhutan smoking law Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:05 am PST Reuters - A Buddhist monk could face five years in prison after becoming the first casualty of a stringent anti-smoking law in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which vows to become the first smoke-free nation. Full Story Top Pet owners fete dogs with lavish birthday parties Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:44 am PST Reuters - Children aren't the only ones being lavished with expensive birthday parties. Pet owners are also marking their dog's special day with celebrations. Full Story Top Woman who dumped condiments in book drop pleads guilty Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:42 pm PST Reuters - An Idaho library has closed the book on a string of condiment attacks against its book-drop now that the ketchup-wielding criminal has been jailed, a Boise librarian said on Saturday. Full Story Top Take a ride in my boat, baby Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:24 am PST The Newsroom - Sure, Q makes all kinds of nifty gadgets and cars for James Bond, but has he ever given James Bond a yacht? More specifically, a billion-dollar SUPER yacht? Don't think so. Mega-yachts are all the rage among the mega-rich, but … Full Story Top Hole-in-the-floor ashtray apparently leads to fire Wed, 2 Feb 2011 07:56 pm PST AP - An official in Portland, Ore., says a house fire that caused $30,000 in damage was apparently started by tenants who were using a hole in the floor as an ashtray. Full Story Top Filipinos fete Year of Rabbit with golden cakes Wed, 2 Feb 2011 03:14 am PST AP - Wealthy Chinese-Filipinos are snapping up rice cakes decorated with gold and diamonds to celebrate the Lunar New Year in hopes of attracting good luck in the Year of the Rabbit. Full Story Top 'Biggest Loser' competitor sells 1.5 lb. burger Tue, 1 Feb 2011 03:06 pm PST AP - An Olympic champion wrestler has been serving a 1.5-pound hamburger at his Wyoming restaurant, even while competing to be "The Biggest Loser" on TV. 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 U.S. town demolished over lead contamination Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:03 am PST Reuters - Most of its residents left, the school closed, the city government was disbanded and starting this week nearly every commercial building in Picher, Oklahoma, will be demolished. Full Story Top GOP targets health care law in Congress and out Tue, 1 Feb 2011 06:38 pm PST AP - Buoyed by a federal court ruling, Senate Republicans maneuvered for a vote to repeal the year-old health care law on Tuesday while the party's potential White House contenders took turns urging them on. Full Story Top Chinese ready for upheaval and sex in Year of the Rabbit Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:11 am PST Reuters - The Chinese Year of the Rabbit promises to bring political upheaval from restless youth and sex scandals for the amorous, but in China the government is at least likely to bring inflation under control. Full Story Top LeBron says he wishes Cavs 'the best' Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:48 pm PST AP - LeBron James says he finds no satisfaction in Cleveland's struggles this season. 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 Barbie powers Mattel to holiday sales spike Wed, 2 Feb 2011 07:15 am PST AP - It was a doll of a holiday quarter for Mattel. Full Story Top

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