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Today's Odd News News: Man vs. megafish Las Vegas strip may get colossal Ferris wheel ACLU Defends Christian Students' Ten Commandments Posters 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 Penis graffiti dropped from competition Top city for online flirting-dating website is.. Ore. store bandit nearly lost his pants Police: Ohio DUI suspect drinks in front of cop Judge helps dapper suspect spiff up for federal murder Northwestern U. to investigate class' sex toy demo Philadelphia area pizza owner used mice vs competition - police Robbers steal truck with 100 live pigs in Malaysia Underdog: Hundreds seek Okla. pup back from `dead' Cross-dressed man tries to kidnap San Diego toddler Calif. woman survives 35-mile ride on minivan hood Japan camera prettifies subjects, even adds "makeup" 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 Las Vegas strip may get colossal Ferris wheel Thu, 3 Mar 2011 06:21 pm PST Reuters - A 500-foot (152 meters) Ferris wheel, which would be the tallest in the Western Hemisphere, may be built on the famed Las Vegas strip, officials said. Full Story Top ACLU Defends Christian Students' Ten Commandments Posters Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:12 pm PST ContributorNetwork - On Feb. 23, school officials at Floyd County High School in Virginia stripped copies of the Ten Commandments from students' personally assigned locker doors. 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 Penis graffiti dropped from competition Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:48 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 organizers said. 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 Ore. store bandit nearly lost his pants Thu, 3 Mar 2011 08:51 pm PST AP - Oregon police say a man they're calling the Droopy Drawers Bandit made off with beer and cigarettes in a convenience store burglary, but nearly lost his pants in the process. Full Story Top Police: Ohio DUI suspect drinks in front of cop Thu, 3 Mar 2011 01:34 pm PST AP - Police in northern Ohio say a man who was asked during a traffic stop whether he'd been drinking took a swig from an open can of beer and told the officer, "Yes." According to Cleveland's WJW-TV, the Elyria (eh-LEER'-ee-uh) police report says 25-year-old Stephen Supers was pulled over early Wednesday because the officer had observed him speeding. 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 Northwestern U. to investigate class' sex toy demo Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:53 pm PST AP - Northwestern University found itself at the center of a furor Thursday after a sexuality professor known for racy lessons allowed students to stay after a lecture to witness a couple using a mechanized sex toy. 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 Robbers steal truck with 100 live pigs in Malaysia Thu, 3 Mar 2011 08:32 pm PST AP - Malaysian police say they are searching for 100 live pigs stolen from a truck by armed robbers. 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 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 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 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

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