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Today's Odd News News: Man vs. megafish Britain releases UFO sighting and policy files London council confiscates breast milk ice cream Pizza maker charged with using mice against competition NEA, Michelle Obama Team Up for Read Across America California woman sues after slipping on banana peel Philadelphia area pizza owner used mice vs competition - police Judge helps dapper suspect spiff up for federal murder Top city for online flirting-dating website is.. Parisian luxury hotel for dogs gets tails wagging Underdog: Hundreds seek Okla. pup back from `dead' Calif. woman survives 35-mile ride on minivan hood Snapping Arizona dog takes over family's fridge WWII-era letter from Ala. gets delivered in Calif. Cross-dressed man tries to kidnap San Diego toddler Mass. town approves plan to shame property owners Japan camera prettifies subjects, even adds "makeup" Cops: Pa. pizzeria owner left mice at rival shops German celebrity opossum misses one Oscar pick UK removes breast milk ice cream from shop 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 Top Britain releases UFO sighting and policy files Wed, 2 Mar 2011 04:24 pm PST Reuters - Britain Thursday released 35 previously classified files documenting sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by the military and members of the public dating back to the 1950s. Full Story Top London council confiscates breast milk ice cream Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:48 pm PST Reuters - A London council has confiscated supplies of breast milk ice cream from a specialist parlour which launched the new flavour in the capital last week on concerns the frozen treat may spread viruses. Full Story Top Pizza maker charged with using mice against competition Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:34 am PST Reuters - The owner of a suburban Philadelphia pizza shop has been arraigned on charges he schemed to plant live mice in competing pizza parlors in hope of putting them out of business. Full Story Top NEA, Michelle Obama Team Up for Read Across America Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:35 pm PST ContributorNetwork - Beloved children's author Dr. Seuss (born Theodor Geisel) would have celebrated his 107th birthday on Wednesday. In honor of his work and to foster the love of reading in children, the National Education Association will host the 14th annual Read Across America celebration. Full Story Top California woman sues after slipping on banana peel Tue, 1 Mar 2011 03:52 pm PST Reuters - A banana peel, the torment of many a cartoon character, has allegedly become the real-life downfall of a woman in California. Ida Valentine, 58, is suing the 99 Cents Only store where she slipped on one last April. Full Story Top Philadelphia area pizza owner used mice vs competition - police Tue, 1 Mar 2011 02:45 pm PST Reuters - The owner of a suburban Philadelphia pizza shop was arraigned on Tuesday on charges he schemed to plant live mice in competing pizza parlours in hope of putting them out of business. Full Story Top Judge helps dapper suspect spiff up for federal murder Tue, 1 Mar 2011 02:42 pm PST Reuters - An accused mob boss nicknamed "Vinny Gorgeous" became an even more dapper alleged don on Tuesday when the judge in his murder trial lent him a tie after jailers had refused him one. Full Story Top Top city for online flirting-dating website is.. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:50 am PST Reuters - The home of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle is the "most flirtatious city" of the modern world, a new study showed on Monday. Full Story Top Parisian luxury hotel for dogs gets tails wagging Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:45 am PST Reuters - Heated pools, massage salons and a-la-carte menus are de rigueur at luxury hotels across the world but in one exclusive Paris establishment the difference is the guests: they have four legs, and enthusiastically wagging tails. Full Story Top Underdog: Hundreds seek Okla. pup back from `dead' Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:42 pm PST AP - Hundreds of people from the United States and Canada want to adopt an Oklahoma dog that survived an attempt to euthanize it. Full Story Top Calif. woman survives 35-mile ride on minivan hood Wed, 2 Mar 2011 06:35 pm PST AP - The woman desperately gripped a windshield wiper blade, her body splayed across the hood of the minivan as it raced down a Northern California freeway in the middle of the night, reaching 100 mph, witnesses said. Full Story Top Snapping Arizona dog takes over family's fridge Wed, 2 Mar 2011 01:38 pm PST AP - A runaway dog darted into an Arizona apartment and found a cool place to hide — the bottom of the refrigerator. Full Story Top WWII-era letter from Ala. gets delivered in Calif. Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:31 am PST AP - A World War II-era letter addressed to a woman at a Red Cross hospital in California has been delivered nearly 70 years after its postmark in Alabama, but the mystery of the message remains. Full Story Top Cross-dressed man tries to kidnap San Diego toddler Tue, 1 Mar 2011 02:10 pm PST Reuters - San Diego police were hunting on Tuesday for a man dressed as a woman who tried to pull a 2-year-old boy away from his mother while shouting at her in Spanish. Full Story Top Mass. town approves plan to shame property owners Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:08 am PST AP - The health board in a Massachusetts town has approved a plan to shame owners of rundown buildings into fixing and securing their properties. Full Story Top Japan camera prettifies subjects, even adds "makeup" Tue, 1 Mar 2011 02:52 am PST Reuters - Photos are everything for Yuka Obara, a well-known Japanese blogger who insists anything showing her online be picture-perfect -- especially because it's hard these days to delete poor-quality photos once on the web. Full Story Top Cops: Pa. pizzeria owner left mice at rival shops Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:11 pm PST AP - A pizzeria owner with mice problems he blamed on competitors tried to sabotage two rival shops by dumping mice in them Monday, authorities in suburban Philadelphia said. Full Story Top German celebrity opossum misses one Oscar pick Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:23 am PST Reuters - Heidi, Germany's cross-eyed celebrity opossum, came up one pick short of perfectly predicting top awards at the Oscars, incorrectly tipping "127 Hours" to win best picture, which instead went to "The King's Speech." Full Story Top UK removes breast milk ice cream from shop Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:06 am PST AP - Local government officials said Monday they have confiscated ice cream made with human breast milk from a London shop amid concerns the dessert is unsafe. Full Story Top

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