Daily News: Odd News - For $50,000, a floating hotel room in Denver's skyline is yours

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Today's Odd News - Reuters News Headlines - Yahoo! News: For $50,000, a floating hotel room in Denver's skyline is yours George Zimmerman pulled over by Texas police Belarus leader beats Putin's pike with man-sized catfish Billionaire Saudi prince loses UK court battle over Gaddafi jet

For $50,000, a floating hotel room in Denver's skyline is yours  Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 08:24 PM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - If being a mile above sea level is not high enough for visitors to Denver, guests at one hotel can pay a cool $50,000 to get an additional 22-foot (7-meter) boost in an inflatable room hoisted into the downtown skyline. Perched atop a mechanical scissor lift affixed to the roof of a van parked outside the Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver, "the world's only floating pop-up hotel" is a small but fully functional guest room, according to hotel promotional material. The 5-foot-by-7-foot (1.5-meter-by-2. ... Full Story	Top
George Zimmerman pulled over by Texas police  Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 01:58 PM PDT By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, a volunteer watchman whose acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin led to protests, was pulled over by police in Texas on Sunday for speeding, officials said on Wednesday. Zimmerman told the officer that he had a weapon in his glove compartment and was going "nowhere in particular," said Brian Brooks, city manager of Forney, Texas, about 25 miles southeast of Dallas, where Zimmerman was stopped. ... Full Story	Top
Belarus leader beats Putin's pike with man-sized catfish  Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 07:52 AM PDT MINSK (Reuters) - Just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin landed a giant pike on a fishing trip, his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko has boasted about catching a man-sized catfish. Putin's office said last week he had caught a 21 kg (46 lb) pike while fishing in Siberia, describing it as a "gigantic animal". The latest in a long string of macho exploits by the Kremlin leader drew skepticism and mockery on social media. ... Full Story	Top
Billionaire Saudi prince loses UK court battle over Gaddafi jet  Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 06:53 AM PDT By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A billionaire Saudi prince was ordered by a British court on Wednesday to pay a $10-million commission linked to the sale of a private jet to Libya's Colonel Gaddafi, in a humiliating legal defeat for one of the world's richest men. The High Court judgment was scathing about Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, who testified in person for two days at the trial earlier this month. ... Full Story	Top

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