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Today's Odd News News: Without groundhogs, Alaska to celebrate Marmot Day Mass. home hit by driver eating chili to be razed NM road crash turns into 238-pound pot bust Chicken plays chicken with drivers on busy street Pastor accused of pulling gun on son at church Pork better for sex than Viagra? Boy faces court for bee sting prank Man torches car battling frost Dog washed out to sea has lucky escape Leader slaughters goats to ward off evil? No IPO for adultery website "Protest park" to ease traffic mayhem Pack of stray dogs kills 13 animals in Bulgarian zoo Branding ban on cigarette packs? Polish priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance Tribe brings back dead with "clothing" ritual Barca glory week prompts "Iniesta" baby boom China sees sexual frustration causing social problems Man-made snow makes way for real flakes in NC town Cash-strapped Russian city to sell Lenin statue Without groundhogs, Alaska to celebrate Marmot Day Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:55 pm PST AP - Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog Day. Full Story Top Mass. home hit by driver eating chili to be razed Mon, 1 Feb 2010 01:55 pm PST AP - A Massachusetts house struck by a lumber truck whose driver said he passed out after choking on chili will be demolished. Full Story Top NM road crash turns into 238-pound pot bust Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:44 pm PST AP - Tracks in the snow leading from a crashed car to the nearby bridge overpass on New Mexico's I-40 just didn't look right to officers. Full Story Top Chicken plays chicken with drivers on busy street Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:10 pm PST AP - A chicken playing chicken? That's what's happening on a busy Glendale street where a black hen has been dodging cars, captors and coyotes for two months. Officials say the bird has been darting into traffic outside Glendale Community College since it was first reported Nov. 20. The chicken has drawn a growing crowd of photographers and journalists as animal control officers struggle to catch it. Full Story Top Pastor accused of pulling gun on son at church Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:29 pm PST AP - The son of a well-known Alcoa pastor has taken out an order of protection against his father, claiming he was threatened with a gun during an argument at a church over his lack of church attendance. The order of protection was filed by 32-year-old Michael Louis Colquitt against 60-year-old Joe Colquitt, pastor of St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Full Story Top Pork better for sex than Viagra? Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:45 am PST Reuters - Argentina's president recommended pork as an alternative to Viagra Wednesday, saying she spent a satisfying weekend with her husband after eating barbecued pork. Full Story Top Boy faces court for bee sting prank Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:46 am PST Reuters - A prank has had serious repercussions for an Indonesian boy facing criminal charges because he caused a classmate to be stung by a bee, the Jakarta Post reported on Thursday. Full Story Top Man torches car battling frost Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:40 am PST Reuters - A 76-year-old German man trying to thaw out his car incinerated it instead when he decided to speed things up by putting a blow heater under the hood. Full Story Top Dog washed out to sea has lucky escape Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:46 am PST Reuters - A dog had a lucky escape when a Polish boat rescued him from an ice floe that had carried him more than 100 miles up a river and out onto the icy waters of the Baltic Sea. Full Story Top Leader slaughters goats to ward off evil? Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:47 am PST Reuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has a black goat slaughtered at his house almost every day to ward off "evil eyes" and protect him from "black magic," a newspaper reported Wednesday. Full Story Top No IPO for adultery website Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:30 pm PST Reuters - Avid Life Media Inc, which runs adult dating websites including one that facilitates extramarital affairs, appears to be having problems getting a date. Full Story Top "Protest park" to ease traffic mayhem Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:27 pm PST Reuters - Fed up with protests snarling Jakarta's already chaotic traffic, the authorities in one of the world's most congested cities plan to build a park dedicated to keeping public demonstrations off the streets. Full Story Top Pack of stray dogs kills 13 animals in Bulgarian zoo Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:16 am PST Reuters - A pack of stray dogs leapt the fence of Sofia's zoo and killed 13 rare animals last week, the zoo director said on Saturday. Full Story Top Branding ban on cigarette packs? Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:03 pm PST Reuters - The UK government launched plans on Monday to halve the number of smokers by the end of the decade and said it would consider removing branding from cigarette packets and banning cigarette vending machines. Full Story Top Polish priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:40 am PST Reuters - A Polish priest has installed an electronic reader in his church for schoolchildren to leave their fingerprints in order to monitor their attendance at mass, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on Friday. Full Story Top Tribe brings back dead with "clothing" ritual Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:02 pm PST Reuters - Members of the Hanunuo Mangyan tribe in the Philippines do not leave their dead in the grave for long, digging up the remains of loved ones in an unusual revival ritual that itself is slowly dying out. Full Story Top Barca glory week prompts "Iniesta" baby boom Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:56 am PST Reuters - The week when Barcelona thrashed Real Madrid and sealed their place in the Champions League final has prompted a surge in births in the Catalan capital of almost 50 percent, according to a survey by a local radio station. Full Story Top China sees sexual frustration causing social problems Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:02 pm PST Reuters - Sexual frustration amongst migrant workers in China's booming southern province of Guangdong is leading to a host of social problems and must be tackled, state media on Saturday cited a local official as saying. Full Story Top Man-made snow makes way for real flakes in NC town Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:23 pm PST AP - A North Carolina town's plan to truck in 30 tons of snow for a man-made winter wonderland has been canceled because it looks like Mother Nature will come through with the real stuff. Cary decided to call off its weekend "Winter Wonderland" event Friday because forecasters say up to 7 inches of snow could fall in town by Saturday night. Full Story Top Cash-strapped Russian city to sell Lenin statue Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:05 am PST Reuters - A city in Russia's south is selling its bronze statue of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, as it can no longer afford the cost of repairs, Russian media reported Wednesday. Full Story Top

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