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Today's Odd News News: Tale of the tape: Robbery suspect duct tapes shoes Police: Drunk Pa. man tried to revive dead opossum Mich. police: Drunken driver called 911 on herself Dog that attacked police cars must attend classes Duchess the orangutan turns 50 at Phoenix Zoo Airport worker warned in scanner ogling claim Dracula creator's relative seeks Dublin memorial Woman arrested for setting hitmen on her father Super-sizing the "Last Supper" Bill would lessen teen "sexting" charge News of the Weird: A New York City chef on the cutting edge: "My Wife's Mommy Milk Cheese" Crocheting beats the Reich for odd title prize Dracula creator's relative seeks Dublin memorial Heathrow worker warned in scanner ogling claim Pop-up books go 3-D Book mixing math and crochet wins UK 'odd' prize Italian arrested for setting hitmen on her father Pit bull rips bumper off US police car Argentina offers "fishy" solution to inflation Crocheting beats the Reich for odd title prize Tale of the tape: Robbery suspect duct tapes shoes Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:44 am PDT AP - Maybe duct tape doesn't work for everything. Police said an 18-year-old Cadillac man who fastened duct tape to the bottom of his shoes in an attempt to conceal the robbery of a northern Michigan business has been arrested. Full Story Top Police: Drunk Pa. man tried to revive dead opossum Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:44 am PDT AP - Police say they charged a Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen trying to resuscitate a long-dead opossum along a highway. State police Trooper Jamie Levier says several witnesses saw 55-year-old Donald Wolfe, of Brookville, near the animal Thursday along Route 36 in Oliver Township, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Full Story Top Mich. police: Drunken driver called 911 on herself Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:44 am PDT AP - Police in Michigan have released a copy of a 911 call where a suspected drunken driver chats with an emergency dispatcher for about 20 minutes before she is pulled over and arrested. Full Story Top Dog that attacked police cars must attend classes Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:32 pm PDT AP - A pit bull mix in Tennessee has been sentenced to obedience training after his dogged attack on a local police car. Full Story Top Duchess the orangutan turns 50 at Phoenix Zoo Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:05 pm PDT AP - The Phoenix Zoo is used to hosting birthday parties, but this one was a little different. Full Story Top Airport worker warned in scanner ogling claim Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:31 am PDT Reuters - A security worker at London's Heathrow Airport has received a police warning and faces disciplinary action over claims he ogled a female colleague using a full-body scanner, officials said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Dracula creator's relative seeks Dublin memorial Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:30 am PDT Reuters - The Victorian Gothic novel Dracula is associated with the dense forests of Transylvania rather than the Georgian squares of Dublin, but the great great nephew of its Irish born author thinks that is an oversight. Full Story Top Woman arrested for setting hitmen on her father Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:55 am PDT Reuters - An Italian woman who hired two assassins to murder her overbearing father was arrested after the second hitman changed his mind and confessed to the police, authorities said Tuesday. Full Story Top Super-sizing the "Last Supper" Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:54 am PDT Reuters - We've been overeating our way through ever-larger portions over the past 1,000 years, a U.S. study revealed after studying more than 50 paintings of the Biblical Last Supper. Full Story Top Bill would lessen teen "sexting" charge Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:53 am PDT Reuters - Connecticut lawmakers are considering a way to keep young people off the state's sex offender registry if convicted of "sexting." Full Story Top News of the Weird: A New York City chef on the cutting edge: "My Wife's Mommy Milk Cheese" Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:00 pm PDT News of the Weird - A New York City chef on the cutting edge: "My Wife's Mommy Milk Cheese" Full Story Top Crocheting beats the Reich for odd title prize Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:32 am PDT Reuters - Defying grim predictions that the economic downturn would clobber specialist books, the annual contest for oddest title has had a bumper year, with the 2009 winner being named on Friday as "Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes." Full Story Top Dracula creator's relative seeks Dublin memorial Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:23 pm PDT Reuters - The Victorian Gothic novel Dracula is associated with the dense forests of Transylvania rather than the Georgian squares of Dublin, but the great great nephew of its Irish born author thinks that is an oversight. Full Story Top Heathrow worker warned in scanner ogling claim Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:05 am PDT Reuters - A security worker at London's Heathrow Airport has received a police warning and faces disciplinary action over claims he ogled a female colleague using a full-body scanner, officials said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Pop-up books go 3-D Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:34 am PDT Reuters - Pop-up is so passé: South Korean scientists have developed 3-D technology for books that makes characters literally leap off the page. Full Story Top Book mixing math and crochet wins UK 'odd' prize Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:36 am PDT AP - A book charting the frontier between handicrafts and geometry on Friday won Britain's quirkiest literary award, the Diagram Prize for year's oddest book title. Full Story Top Italian arrested for setting hitmen on her father Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:56 am PDT Reuters - An Italian woman who hired two assassins to murder her overbearing father was arrested after the second hitman changed his mind and confessed to the police, authorities said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Pit bull rips bumper off US police car Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:27 am PDT AFP - A pit bull is on probation after ripping the bumper off a police car and chewing the tires on three other cars flat as two other dogs barked and wagged their tails, local media reported Friday. Full Story Top Argentina offers "fishy" solution to inflation Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:05 am PDT Reuters - Orthodox recipes for fighting inflation include tight fiscal and monetary policies, but Argentina is trying something different. Full Story Top Crocheting beats the Reich for odd title prize Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:13 am PDT Reuters - Defying grim predictions that the economic downturn would clobber specialist books, the annual contest for oddest title has had a bumper year, with the 2009 winner being named on Friday as "Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes." Full Story Top

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