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Monday, May 30, 2011 12:04 AM PDT

Today's Odd News News: Excuse me, but aren’t we brothers? Who's Who in the John Edwards Scandal Collective Bargaining for Wisconsin State Employees Remains Intact American Legion Defends Utah's 'Illegal' Crosses One monk, one drag queen vs 12,000 police at French G8 Embarrassment, mockery over Berlusconi's latest gaffe "Cuban blue" cats said to be new breed Why Young Americans Have High Blood Pressure Judgment Day forecaster points to new doomsday date Cookies, potato chips, shirts help inmates to new life 2 newborn musk oxen rescued in Alaska Wash. board nixes colon cancer 'butt' billboards Man who gave trooper the finger has charge dropped Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon FBI says "mullet bandit" holds up another bank No good humor in frosty Pa. frozen treat feud Korean phone app tells tales on murderer Pa. man knocks out wall, pulls plane from basement Putin is saint, saviour for Russian cult Car hits decorated fence at Ohio 'Superman house' Excuse me, but aren’t we brothers? Thu, 5 May 2011 11:17 am PDT The Newsroom - Luck, fate, kismet -- whatever you want to call it, two guys named Joe and Rick got hit by all three on a beach in Hawaii. It started innocently enough: Joe Parker was walking on the beach one day. He … Full Story Top Who's Who in the John Edwards Scandal Sat, 28 May 2011 02:40 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - Once considered a Democratic front runner for the White House, John Edwards, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina, now is facing criminal indictments for allegedly violating campaign finance laws . According to reports, the Justice Department has been examining one million dollars in donations that came from two different contributors. These funds reportedly were used to cover up Edwards' extramarital affair. Full Story Top Collective Bargaining for Wisconsin State Employees Remains Intact Fri, 27 May 2011 01:40 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - Thursday proved to be a victory for Wisconsin public employees when Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane Circuit Court ruled against the Republican state senators' March 9 vote on Assembly Bill 11, which would have stripped collective bargaining rights and detrimentally impacted state employees' health benefits and pensions, reports the New York Times. Full Story Top American Legion Defends Utah's 'Illegal' Crosses Fri, 27 May 2011 12:58 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - The American Legion, a leading U.S. veterans' organization, has stepped forward to defend 13 crosses on Utah's public highways that were declared "unconstitutional" in August of 2010. Full Story Top One monk, one drag queen vs 12,000 police at French G8 Fri, 27 May 2011 11:55 am PDT Reuters - A few hundred campers in a faraway forest, one Buddhist monk and one drag queen -- protest at G8 summits is not what it used to be. Full Story Top Embarrassment, mockery over Berlusconi's latest gaffe Fri, 27 May 2011 09:02 am PDT Reuters - Silvio Berlusconi's latest international gaffe, when he complained to a bemused President Barack Obama about his problems with magistrates, was met with mockery, embarrassment and scorn at home on Friday. Full Story Top "Cuban blue" cats said to be new breed Fri, 27 May 2011 07:53 am PDT Reuters - In a Havana apartment, four silvery gray cats race around the floor and tumble over the furniture playing with each other, occasionally jumping into the laps of their human visitors. Full Story Top Why Young Americans Have High Blood Pressure Thu, 26 May 2011 01:20 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, or Add Health, was launched in 1994 as a school-based survey of adolescent behavior. Add Health's ongoing purpose is to collate information on respondents' social, economic, psychological and physical well-being and to link that information to health and achievement outcomes in young adulthood. Full Story Top Judgment Day forecaster points to new doomsday date Tue, 24 May 2011 09:34 am PDT Reuters - The evangelical Christian broadcaster whose much-ballyhooed Judgment Day prophecy went conspicuously unfulfilled on Saturday has a simple explanation for what went wrong -- he miscalculated. Full Story Top Cookies, potato chips, shirts help inmates to new life Tue, 24 May 2011 09:36 am PDT Reuters - A jail-based brand that includes crispy potato chips, crunchy cookies and formal shirts seems an unlikely route back to life in the outside world for inmates in South Asia's largest prison. Full Story Top 2 newborn musk oxen rescued in Alaska Fri, 27 May 2011 04:31 pm PDT AP - Two newborn musk oxen were rescued days apart on Alaska's North Slope after they became separated from the same wild herd, likely scattered by a grizzly bear. Full Story Top Wash. board nixes colon cancer 'butt' billboards Thu, 26 May 2011 07:59 am PDT AP - A health board in Washington state has reversed itself and voted against endorsing a colon cancer awareness campaign that uses billboards saying, "What's up your butt?" Full Story Top Man who gave trooper the finger has charge dropped Sat, 28 May 2011 03:26 pm PDT AP - A harassment charge has been dropped in the case of a 35-year-old Colorado man who faced prosecution for displaying his middle finger to a Colorado State Patrol trooper. Full Story Top Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon Wed, 25 May 2011 02:14 am PDT AP - A New Zealand truck driver said he blew up like a balloon when he fell onto the fitting of a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock and forced air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch. Full Story Top FBI says "mullet bandit" holds up another bank Thu, 26 May 2011 06:15 am PDT Reuters - The Ohio bank robber dubbed the "mullet bandit" by federal authorities appears to have struck again. Full Story Top No good humor in frosty Pa. frozen treat feud Fri, 27 May 2011 10:22 am PDT AP - Police are hoping the threat of losing their permits will be enough to thaw the frosty relationship of two Pennsylvania ice cream truck drivers accused of trying to run each other off the road. Full Story Top Korean phone app tells tales on murderer Thu, 26 May 2011 02:40 am PDT Reuters - It began with a simple phrase -- "brace yourself" -- sent by a university professor to his mistress via a South Korean messaging service app used by millions every day. Full Story Top Pa. man knocks out wall, pulls plane from basement Thu, 26 May 2011 07:30 am PDT AP - Lots of houses have a two-car garage. Dan Reeves' had a one-airplane basement. Full Story Top Putin is saint, saviour for Russian cult Wed, 25 May 2011 11:09 am PDT Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cultivates the image of a bare-chested macho man, but a nun-like sect in central Russia thinks actually he's the reincarnation of St. Paul, the apostle. Full Story Top Car hits decorated fence at Ohio 'Superman house' Thu, 26 May 2011 04:50 pm PDT AP - A car has taken out part of a fence paying tribute to Superman around the Cleveland home where two high school kids created the Man of Steel. Full Story Top

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