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Today's Odd News News: Fla. chef has 9 reasons his octopus tastes better Woman, 82, crashes into salon, gets her hair done Drunk man calls police to help him out of bar Ohio inmate's letter to wrong address nets charges Woman marks 106th birthday by tossing first pitch "Ned Kelly" painting sells for record Holy man resigns over sex scandal Robbers tunnel into bank Pharaonic false door to the afterlife found Bomb hoax delays cruise ship off Florida Turkish singer sets blind speed record in Ferrari Unpaid Spanish air hostesses strip in protest Man rams car into parked plane in Nigeria It's not Rudolph, but dang is he cute Robbers tunnel into Parisian bank Man climbs through McDonald's drive-thru for fish Want to see the iPad? So do Apple store employees Easter Bunny roughed up outside NY sweet shop Pa. lottery pays $7.77 million after 7-7-7-7 hits Crocheting beats the Reich for odd title prize Fla. chef has 9 reasons his octopus tastes better Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:11 pm PDT AP - Nineopus. Novopus. Freak of nature. Whatever you want to call it, the nine-legged octopus probably had a leg up on all the other creatures in the Gulf of Mexico — until it was caught and found its way to Hellas Bakery and Restaurant in Florida. Full Story Top Woman, 82, crashes into salon, gets her hair done Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:11 pm PDT AP - An 82-year-old woman who accidentally crashed her car through the front window of a southwest Michigan salon stuck around afterward for an appointment to get her hair done. Full Story Top Drunk man calls police to help him out of bar Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:11 pm PDT AP - Drunk in a bar and can't get out, who you gonna call? Police. That's what Todd Fitzwater did in Lexington. WLEX-TV reported Fitzwater called 911 Thursday and said he'd gotten drunk and passed out at Todd's Karaoke Bar the night before, awakened and had a few more — then couldn't get out of the bar, which was closed. Full Story Top Ohio inmate's letter to wrong address nets charges Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:40 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors say an Ohio inmate's letter to his mother included detailed instructions on how to sneak drugs to him — but lacked the correct ZIP code. Full Story Top Woman marks 106th birthday by tossing first pitch Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:40 pm PDT AP - A South Florida woman has celebrated her 106th birthday by throwing the starting pitch at a spring training game between the Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals. Maude Newkirk received a standing ovation at Roger Dean Stadium after tossing the ball about a dozen feet toward Marlins catch John Baker on Thursday. Young relatives rushed to hug her. Full Story Top "Ned Kelly" painting sells for record Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:18 am PDT Reuters - Australia's most expensive painting, a Sidney Nolan "Ned Kelly" work, was given away on Wednesday only days after setting the nation's art record. Full Story Top Holy man resigns over sex scandal Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:14 am PDT Reuters - A Hindu holy man with thousands of followers across India resigned as head of a religious organization on Tuesday after police began investigating his role in a sex scandal, officials said. Full Story Top Robbers tunnel into bank Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:12 am PDT Reuters - Robbers tunneled their way into the vault of a Parisian bank at the weekend and cracked almost 200 private safes, police said. 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 Turkish singer sets blind speed record in Ferrari Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:01 am PDT Reuters - Turkish pop-singer Metin Senturk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver on Friday and said he felt he had danced with death. 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 Man rams car into parked plane in Nigeria Thu, 1 Apr 2010 07:03 am PDT Reuters - A man who claimed to have been sent by Jesus to punish sinners rammed his car into a parked plane at an airport in southeastern Nigeria , an aviation spokesman said Thursday. Full Story Top It's not Rudolph, but dang is he cute Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:41 pm PDT AP - With wobbly legs but no red nose, the first of 19 expected reindeer calves has been born at an Alaska farm that's the only reindeer research facility in North America. 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 Man climbs through McDonald's drive-thru for fish Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:40 pm PDT AP - Police said an impatient customer slapped a drive-thru worker at a New Jersey McDonald's because he was tired of waiting for his Filet-O-Fish sandwich. The man paid for the sandwich at the first window at the restaurant on Route 1 in South Brunswick early Sunday. 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 Easter Bunny roughed up outside NY sweet shop Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:40 pm PDT AP - Police said a woman dressed as the Easter Bunny to promote a Hudson Valley candy shop was slammed to the ground by a man who then ran away. The 46-year-old woman, who was dressed in a white bunny costume, was not seriously hurt in the attack around 5 p.m. Wednesday outside the Alps Sweet Shoppe on Main Street in the village of Fishkill. Full Story Top Pa. lottery pays $7.77 million after 7-7-7-7 hits Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:40 pm PDT AP - The Pennsylvania Lottery proved to be seventh heaven for thousands of lottery players this week. 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

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