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Today's Odd News News: Check out the world’s most advanced … toilet? Meghan McCain Attracts Attention for Fashion Choices Army Engineers Building a New Afghanistan Eurovision guides reprinted due to mistakes Couples wed in NY's Times Square in honour of Royals Two-headed tortoise takes on tipster role Alabama leaders seek to kick racist language from constitution Hunt for the true Mona Lisa begins Champagne from shipwreck up for grabs Missing alligator returns home to nature center Salon can challenge Ariz. rules on fish pedicure Leaking Mass. house dials 911 for help Police: Man steals lawnmower from Conn. school Germany's "El Diablo" makes royal wedding rickshaw 2 Oregon dogs survive 175-foot slide down cliff Fryer grease rustling rises due to oil price hikes Ohio DUI suspect keeps cop waiting at drive-thru Unexploded WW2 mine found near BP oil pipeline Sign swiped at Ohio home where Superman created Police dress up as doctors to test citizens Check out the world’s most advanced … toilet? Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:57 am PDT The Newsroom - Kitchen and bath company Kohler has come out with a new toilet that it touts will set "a new standard of excellence in the bathroom." (Because that's what we're all striving for in the bathroom, right?) The "Numi" has a … Full Story Top Meghan McCain Attracts Attention for Fashion Choices Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:01 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - Sen. John McCain's little girl knows how to get the bloggers' attention. The author and longtime gay marriage advocate has attracted the attention of Internet fashionistas after debuting a new look Tuesday night at the "Time 100" party in New York. Sporting an edgy Alexander McQueen dress (the same house that just garnered raves today for dressing the new Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Middleton), she was wearing a visibly blonder hair color with prominent new bangs. Full Story Top Army Engineers Building a New Afghanistan Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:41 am PDT ContributorNetwork - Col. Thomas H. Magness IV, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Afghanistan Engineer District North, recently briefed reporters by telephone from Kabul, Afghanistan, on the work being performs by the Corps. Full Story Top Eurovision guides reprinted due to mistakes Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:31 am PDT Reuters - German tourism officials in the city of Dusseldorf are reprinting about 30,000 visitors' booklets promoting the Eurovision Song Contest on May 10 to correct embarrassing mistakes. Full Story Top Couples wed in NY's Times Square in honour of Royals Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:34 am PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -Royal wedding fans braved an early morning in New York on Friday to celebrate the marriage of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton with street celebrations and to watch three couples tie the knot in Times Square. Full Story Top Two-headed tortoise takes on tipster role Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:09 am PDT Reuters - Following in the 'footsteps' of Paul the oracle octopus, a rare two-headed tortoise has embarked on a new career in predicting results at the upcoming ice hockey World Championship in Slovakia. Full Story Top Alabama leaders seek to kick racist language from constitution Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:18 am PDT Reuters - The Alabama Senate approved a measure on Wednesday that would eliminate references to "Jim Crow" or segregationist laws as well as all mentions of race from the state constitution. Full Story Top Hunt for the true Mona Lisa begins Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:18 am PDT Reuters - Researchers have begun their hunt for the remains of the woman who might have been the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, hoping to unravel a mystery that has baffled art historians for over five centuries. Full Story Top Champagne from shipwreck up for grabs Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:10 am PDT Reuters - Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. Full Story Top Missing alligator returns home to nature center Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:10 am PDT Reuters - Old alligators don't travel far. Full Story Top Salon can challenge Ariz. rules on fish pedicure Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:33 pm PDT AP - An Arizona appeals court says a business owner is entitled to challenge the constitutionality of state rules barring her from using fish in her salon pedicures. Full Story Top Leaking Mass. house dials 911 for help Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:27 am PDT AP - After months of enduring a leaking pipe that buckled its floors and sagged its ceilings, an empty Massachusetts house somehow called police for help. Full Story Top Police: Man steals lawnmower from Conn. school Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:13 pm PDT AP - Authorities say a man who was drunk and looking for a place to sleep broke into a trailer behind a Connecticut high school, then instead stole keys to a lawnmower and went for a joyride during which he mowed his parents' lawn. Full Story Top Germany's "El Diablo" makes royal wedding rickshaw Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:52 am PDT Reuters - An eccentric German bicycle designer known as "El Diablo" to cycling fans has unveiled his newest creation -- a royal rickshaw just in time for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Full Story Top 2 Oregon dogs survive 175-foot slide down cliff Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:43 am PDT AP - Oregon authorities says two Golden Retrievers swept 175 feet down a cliff in a landslide survived their tumble to the edge of the Clackamas River. Full Story Top Fryer grease rustling rises due to oil price hikes Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:51 am PDT Reuters - Rises in fuel prices have led to an increase in the number of used fryer grease rustlers roaming restaurant alleys in the United States. Full Story Top Ohio DUI suspect keeps cop waiting at drive-thru Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:19 am PDT AP - Police in Ohio say a woman insisted on picking up some fast food before she allowed an officer to charge her with drunken driving. Full Story Top Unexploded WW2 mine found near BP oil pipeline Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:09 am PDT Reuters - A North Sea oil pipeline which handles 40 percent of the UK's production may have to be shut down briefly later this year due to the discovery of an unexploded German mine from World War Two. Full Story Top Sign swiped at Ohio home where Superman created Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:30 pm PDT AP - The Man of Steel may have fallen victim to scrap metal thieves in Cleveland. Full Story Top Police dress up as doctors to test citizens Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:11 am PDT Reuters - Turkish police donned white coats and stethoscopes to disguise themselves as doctors, then knocked on people's doors to see how easily they would fall for a confidence scam. Full Story Top

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