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Today's Odd News News:
Man vs. megafish
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:47 pm PST
The Newsroom - No, it's not another Syfy movie starring Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. But it does have a made-for-TV plotline: Mississippi man goes fishing. Man catches and hauls in a 300+ pound alligator gar fish more than 8 feed long. Cut to: … Full Story
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Milan fashion awaits Chinese design boom
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:44 am PST
Reuters - Chinese designers will drive catwalk trends more than deep-pocketed Asian buyers as China's creativity becomes fashions' next big thing, top fashion executives and designers told Reuters at Milan fashion week. Full Story
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Penis graffiti dropped from Russian competition
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:13 am PST
Reuters - A painting of a large penis on a bridge in Russia's second city St Petersburg has been dropped from the shortlist for an art prize, the organisers said. Full Story
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Police Discover $1 Million Worth of Drugs in Toronto Pizza Parlor
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:18 am PST
ContributorNetwork - Note to drug dealers: If you're masking illegal operations behind a pizza parlor, make sure customers actually leave the premises with food. Full Story
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Mobile etiquette getting worse, not better - poll
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:11 am PST
Reuters - Whether is it texting during dinner, talking on a cellphone in a public restroom or using a laptop while driving, most people think mobile etiquette is getting worse, not better. Full Story
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When pigs fly...well their frozen knuckles anyway
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:07 am PST
Reuters - The police joked he'd caught lunch and the autobody repairman will be glad of the business, but a German driver was shaken up when a frozen pig's knuckle collided with his car on the high speed autobahn. Full Story
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Rich and famous also face foreclosures
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:35 am PST
Reuters - Although sales of foreclosed homes dropped last year, they still account for a quarter of U.S. home sales and the rich and famous are among them. Full Story
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Dejected Inter keeper Julio Cesar walks home after error
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:14 am PST
Reuters - Distraught Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar walked home from the San Siro to give himself time to think after his minor error helped give Bayern Munich a 1-0 first-leg win in their Champions League last 16. Full Story
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Man has 39 wives, nearly 100 children
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:45 am PST
Reuters - The more, the merrier is certainly true for Ziona Chana, a 66-year-old man in India's remote northeast who has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren -- and wouldn't mind having more. Full Story
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Town changes name from "Speed" to "Speedkills"
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:44 am PST
Reuters - Names can matter, thinks one Australian town named Speed -- which renamed itself "Speedkills" in an effort to promote road safety. Full Story
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Cookie sales barred at Girl Scouts founder's home
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:31 pm PST
AP - Girl Scouts are no longer able to sell their famous cookies outside the historic Savannah home of the woman who founded the organization almost a century ago. Full Story
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UK company sells human breast milk ice cream
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:02 pm PST
AP - Gross or tasty? A London company is offering an unusual dessert — ice cream made with human breast milk. Full Story
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Homeless Michigan man seeks donor of diamond ring
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:18 am PST
AP - A homeless man in southeast Michigan says a woman accidentally gave him a gold ring laced with diamonds when she handed him a handful of change. Full Story
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London shop to make breast milk ice cream
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:15 am PST
Reuters - A specialist ice cream parlour plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat. Full Story
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Ohioan uses TV commercial to propose to girlfriend
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:55 am PST
AP - An Ohio man has used a TV commercial to make a pitch for marriage, delivering an on-air proposal to his girlfriend. Full Story
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Bicycling Seattle mayor has bike stolen
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:55 pm PST
AP - Seattle's bicycling mayor has had some explaining to do — to his wife about why her bike got swiped after he borrowed it to ride to work. Full Story
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2 men to be charged in Pa. cow's head prank
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:15 am PST
AP - Police plan to cite two men who left a package containing a cow's head on the doorstep of some friends in Pennsylvania. Full Story
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Stumped ICC so sorry after South Africa anthem cut short
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:33 am PST
Reuters - Organisers apologised to the South African team for a technical snag that led to an abrupt end to their national anthem before their World Cup match against West Indies, the team manager said on Thursday. Full Story
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Brazil woman finds gator behind couch after flood
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:29 pm PST
AP - After floodwaters receded from her home, a Brazilian woman was shocked to find a most unwelcome house guest: a 5-foot (1.5-meter) alligator lying tamely in the living room as her 3-year-old son petted the reptile's head. Full Story
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Big cleaning bill for missing snake on Mass. train
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:05 am PST
AP - A woman whose 3-foot-long snake slithered away from her in a Boston subway car and hid there for nearly a month has gotten a hefty cleaning bill. Full Story
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