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Monday, May 23, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Today's Odd News News: Excuse me, but aren’t we brothers? As hours tick by, "'Judgment Day" looks a dud Gang blinds Indian woman, accused of witchcraft, with scissors Early Beatles photographs to be auctioned Argentines savour politics at Peronist cafes Pope John Paul statue slammed by critics Last WWI veteran laid to rest in military funeral Sharing Services in Ohio: Kasich's Tools Must Be Used Obama 2012 using birth flap as fund-raising tool Students consider prostitution to pay for school? Ohio pair serve time in pool for rafting offense Calif. woman touting moon rock for $1.7M stung by NASA Pa. woman to stand trial for pot-laced margarine Family finds $45,000 in new home — then returns it Michigan woman dons wedding dress she wore in 1938 "Planking" goes viral despite death, injury FBI: Ohio bank suspect lowers hood when told Third of amphibians said unknown; lurk in forests Man eats 25,000th Big Mac, 39 years after his 1st Making wine at the end of the world Excuse me, but aren’t we brothers? Thu, 5 May 2011 11:17 am PDT The Newsroom - Luck, fate, kismet -- whatever you want to call it, two guys named Joe and Rick got hit by all three on a beach in Hawaii. It started innocently enough: Joe Parker was walking on the beach one day. He … Full Story Top As hours tick by, "'Judgment Day" looks a dud Sat, 21 May 2011 05:50 pm PDT Reuters - With no sign of Judgement Day arriving on Saturday as forecast by an 89 year-old California evangelical broadcaster, followers were faced with trying to make sense of his failed pronouncement. Full Story Top Gang blinds Indian woman, accused of witchcraft, with scissors Sat, 21 May 2011 03:01 am PDT Reuters - Eleven people stormed into a house in a central Indian village and assaulted a woman whom they accused of witchcraft, blinding her and her husband by stabbing them in the eyes with scissors, police said on Saturday. Full Story Top Early Beatles photographs to be auctioned Fri, 20 May 2011 01:42 pm PDT Reuters - Fifty lots of unpublished photographs of The Beatles' first U.S. concerts taken by a teenager in 1964 are expected to fetch about $100,000 when they are sold at auction, Christie's said on Friday. Full Story Top Argentines savour politics at Peronist cafes Fri, 20 May 2011 10:19 am PDT Reuters - Dapper in a dinner jacket, a life-sized statue of Gen. Peron has a permanent table at "A Coffee with Peron," one of several theme cafes cashing in on nostalgia for the former president and his wife Evita. Full Story Top Pope John Paul statue slammed by critics Fri, 20 May 2011 08:27 am PDT Reuters - An unconventional new statue of the late Pope John Paul II, showing a giant hollowed out figure, has attracted harsh criticism from experts and the Vatican newspaper. Full Story Top Last WWI veteran laid to rest in military funeral Thu, 19 May 2011 09:59 pm PDT Reuters - The last World War One combat veteran, British-born Claude Choules, who died aged 110, was laid to rest on Friday after a military funeral in the Australian port town of Fremantle. Full Story Top Sharing Services in Ohio: Kasich's Tools Must Be Used Thu, 19 May 2011 02:24 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - CENTERBURG, Ohio -- As Gov. John Kasich prepared to present his proposed budget, he spoke often of the tools that would be made available to local governments to cut their costs. One of those tools is the controversial Senate Bill 5 believed to be a method to break down the power of unions in Ohio and the collective bargaining process. SB 5 includes provisions that outlaw schools and municipalities from paying too much for their employees' health care and pensions. Full Story Top Obama 2012 using birth flap as fund-raising tool Thu, 19 May 2011 06:41 am PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is having some fun -- and raising some money -- from a flap over whether Obama was born in the United States. Full Story Top Students consider prostitution to pay for school? Wed, 18 May 2011 08:52 am PDT Reuters - One in three university students in the German capital would consider sex work as a means to finance their education, a study from the Berlin Studies Center said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Ohio pair serve time in pool for rafting offense Sun, 22 May 2011 12:55 pm PDT AP - A northeast Ohio couple found themselves up to their ankles in trouble for rafting on a flood-swollen river without life preservers and lying about it afterward. Full Story Top Calif. woman touting moon rock for $1.7M stung by NASA Sat, 21 May 2011 10:40 am PDT AP - She promised the moon, for a sky-high price. He wasn't buying. Full Story Top Pa. woman to stand trial for pot-laced margarine Fri, 20 May 2011 07:26 am PDT AP - A Pennsylvania woman will stand trial on charges she fed marijuana-laced margarine to a 12-year-old girl she was baby-sitting, as well as two other children at her home. Full Story Top Family finds $45,000 in new home — then returns it Thu, 19 May 2011 05:50 pm PDT AP - When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime — then give it back. Full Story Top Michigan woman dons wedding dress she wore in 1938 Wed, 18 May 2011 05:14 pm PDT AP - A West Michigan woman has strolled down the aisle in her wedding dress for a second time. The first time came 73 years ago. Agnes Anderson wore the dress in 1938 when she married her college sweetheart, Delmar Anderson, in Youngstown, Ohio. The Andersons' marriage lasted more than 50 years until Delmar's death in 1989. Full Story Top "Planking" goes viral despite death, injury Thu, 19 May 2011 12:27 am PDT Reuters - Planking, the Australian craze of lying face down stiff in often bizarre places for a photo op, claimed another victim when a man was critically injured after being thrown from the roof of a moving car when his planking went bad. Full Story Top FBI: Ohio bank suspect lowers hood when told Thu, 19 May 2011 06:10 am PDT AP - The FBI says an Ohio bank robbery suspect left authorities with good surveillance photos because he lowered his hood when an employee told him to. Full Story Top Third of amphibians said unknown; lurk in forests Tue, 17 May 2011 06:08 pm PDT Reuters - One in three of all types of amphibians may yet to be found by scientists and remote tropical forests should get extra protection as the likely homes of such "unknown" creatures, a study said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Man eats 25,000th Big Mac, 39 years after his 1st Tue, 17 May 2011 06:25 pm PDT AP - A retired prison guard ate his 25,000th Big Mac on Tuesday, 39 years to the day after eating his first ... nine. Full Story Top Making wine at the end of the world Tue, 17 May 2011 10:32 am PDT Reuters - Patagonia, the huge swath of land at the southern tip of South America, is known for its rugged mountains and glaciers but an innovative group of winemakers are hoping to add wine to the list. Full Story Top

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