Thursday, March 28, 2013

Daily News: Odd News - Pennsylvania stadium aims to please fans with urinal video games

Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 11:15 AM PDT

Pennsylvania stadium aims to please fans with urinal video games 
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 11:15 AM PDT
A hands-free video game for sports fans taking a bathroom break is seen at the Lehigh Valley IronPigs' Coca-Cola Park in AllentownBy Joe McDonald (Reuters) - Play doesn't need to stop for sports fans taking a bathroom break at a Pennsylvania minor-league baseball stadium that has installed video games in men's room urinals. The "hands-free" video game is played by directing oneself right or left in the urinals at the Lehigh Valley IronPigs' Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The game is aimed at increasing prostate health awareness. The video screens challenge players to steer their way along a snowmobile course, while trying to hit cartoon penguins. ...
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Going, going, gone - dodo bone up for sale in London 
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:00 AM PDT
A rare four-inch fragment of a femur bone of a dodo, a flightless bird which was hunted to extinction about 300 years ago, is seen before its sale in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - A rare four-inch fragment of a dodo bone will go on sale in Britain in April, around 300 years after the flightless bird and icon of obsolescence was hunted to extinction. Auctioneers Christie's said on Wednesday it was hoping to raise as much as 15,000 pounds ($22,600) for the piece of a bird's femur. The last sale of dodo remains the auction house could find took place in London in 1934 - and it was expecting considerable interest from a highly specialized band of collectors and enthusiasts. ...
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Rhode Island city drops fine for allegedly foul-mouthed cockatoo 
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:03 AM PDT
By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - A Rhode Island city has dropped its case against a woman who was fined $15 for violating a noise ordinance after her pet cockatoo allegedly swore at her ex-husband's girlfriend, who lived with him next door, a lawyer said on Wednesday. Warwick Municipal Court fined Lynne Taylor in September following a series of complaints from the neighbor over noise from the parrot and other offenses, said Taylor's lawyer, Stephen Peltier. ...
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