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Today's Odd News News: Police: Crook with hook tries to reel in cash Mysterious Thomas Jefferson parcel puzzles police Twins' Span hits mom with foul ball, but she's OK Ohioans say they're pursued for paid-off fines 'Tony' the tiger pulled from moat at SF zoo Pharaonic false door to the afterlife found Bomb hoax delays cruise ship off Florida Man detained over poisoned dumplings Committee backs banning veil in public Theme park highlights challenges facing dwarfs Aus PM's anger over Robin Williams 'rednecks' jibe Unpaid Spanish air hostesses strip in protest Robbers tunnel into Parisian bank Want to see the iPad? So do Apple store employees Man cites boredom after arrest on streaking charge Crocheting beats the Reich for odd title prize Court rebuffs Pa. man who didn't accept vote tally Dracula creator's relative seeks Dublin memorial Police: Tenn. man rams car with Obama sticker Man allegedly attacks pastor's husband in church Police: Crook with hook tries to reel in cash Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:31 pm PDT AP - South Carolina authorities said a fishing crook never had a chance to land the big one. Police told The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg a robber tried to steal money bags from a bank's night deposit drop box using fishing line and hooks. Full Story Top Mysterious Thomas Jefferson parcel puzzles police Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:54 pm PDT AP - Police in Des Moines said they know only two things for sure about a mysterious parcel that was delivered to a residence on University Avenue: Full Story Top Twins' Span hits mom with foul ball, but she's OK Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:31 pm PDT AP - Denard Span's mother settled into her box seat, surrounded by 20 family members and friends, to watch her son lead off for the Minnesota Twins. Full Story Top Ohioans say they're pursued for paid-off fines Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:20 pm PDT AP - Some motorists are complaining that old traffic fines they already paid to one Ohio county are coming back to haunt them. About 1,000 people have contacted officials in southeast Ohio's Hocking County this week to say they've heard from a collection agency about tickets already resolved, in some cases as far back as 20 years ago. Full Story Top 'Tony' the tiger pulled from moat at SF zoo Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:19 pm PDT AP - 'Tony' the Siberian tiger is back on display at the San Francisco Zoo after being shot with tranquilizers and hauled out of a moat where he'd spent four nights. Full Story Top Pharaonic false door to the afterlife found Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:11 am PDT Reuters - Archaeologists in Luxor have uncovered a 3,500-year-old false door belonging to the tomb of a Pharaonic official, the Ministry of Culture said on Monday. Full Story Top Bomb hoax delays cruise ship off Florida Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:23 am PDT Reuters - A Carnival cruise ship was held off the Florida coast for several hours on Sunday while authorities searched the vessel and arrested a drunk passenger on bomb hoax charges, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Full Story Top Man detained over poisoned dumplings Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:22 am PDT Reuters - China has detained a man suspected of poisoning frozen dumplings that were exported to Japan two years ago, sickening 10 people and causing tension between China and Japan. Full Story Top Committee backs banning veil in public Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:19 am PDT Reuters - A Belgian parliamentary committee voted Wednesday to ban the full Islamic face veil, a move that, if ratified, could make Belgium the first country to enforce such a ban. Full Story Top Theme park highlights challenges facing dwarfs Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:12 am PDT Reuters - Sitting in a valley in southwest China sits an unlikely and controversial theme park -- the Little People's Kingdom of dwarfs. Full Story Top Aus PM's anger over Robin Williams 'rednecks' jibe Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:12 pm PDT AFP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has lashed out at US comedian Robin Williams for calling Australians "rednecks", suggesting the star should look closer to home before bashing Aussies. Full Story Top Unpaid Spanish air hostesses strip in protest Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:28 pm PDT Reuters - Flight attendants owed up to nine months' wages by a grounded Spanish airline have posed nude for a calendar to draw attention to their plight, one of the cabin crew turned models said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Robbers tunnel into Parisian bank Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:09 am PDT Reuters - Robbers tunnelled their way into the vault of a Parisian bank at the weekend and cracked almost 200 private safes, police said. Full Story Top Want to see the iPad? So do Apple store employees Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:12 am PDT Reuters - As Apple Inc gears up for the crush of customers expected for Saturday's iPad launch, employees who staff its retail stores are just as curious about the tablet as the fans who will line up outside. Full Story Top Man cites boredom after arrest on streaking charge Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:21 pm PDT AP - A man who has been charged with making a naked dash through a Tennessee supermarket told police he was "bored and didn't have anything else to do." 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 Court rebuffs Pa. man who didn't accept vote tally Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:21 pm PDT AP - A failed Pennsylvania judicial candidate who couldn't believe he received so few votes says he's finished fighting now that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear his case. 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 Police: Tenn. man rams car with Obama sticker Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:21 pm PDT AP - A 70-year-old Nashville man was accused of ramming his sport utility vehicle several times into the back of a vehicle that had a Obama/Biden bumper sticker. Full Story Top Man allegedly attacks pastor's husband in church Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:20 pm PDT AP - A western Pennsylvania man was charged with simple assault for allegedly attacking a pastor's husband during a Palm Sunday church service. Police said the man, 31, was jailed on three counts of simple assault stemming from Sunday's incident at the Christian Church of Wilkinsburg, just east of Pittsburgh. Full Story Top

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