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Today's Odd News - Reuters News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Southern U.S. distillery to legally sell moonshine Town asks mayor to quit after bar scuffle Wild boars invade farms, attack pets Woman faces trial for fake testicles Man guilty of assault for spilling drink on Zuma Hit UFO image was polystyrene, says forger City offers to turn dog poo into gold Half of men would ditch woman who gained weight? Jail guard guilty of serving up hacksaw blade Yard banner for U.S. Marine sparks legal tussle Maharaja's tiger hunting Rolls may fetch $1 million Sheriff blasts "Dog" bounty hunter's tactics Mystery prisoner has authorities stumped Two suspended for "unspeakable behavior" When life gives you lemons.. Sheriff blasts 'Dog' bounty hunter's tactics Symbol in Syriac may be world's first question mark Fake Apple Store even fools staff Smackdown? Humble Pie? Not in Murdoch's NY Post Hotel snore controls aim to banish sleepless nights Dog bites shark and goes viral Men who buy sex commit more crimes, U.S. study finds Curiosity seekers in U.S. pay to spend night in jail Man survives in trunk after car plunges into river Live mannequins in Milan shop window anger union Ex-trader admits threatening to kill U.S. regulators Can Billy the Kid ever RIP? Band escapes as stage collapses Women urged to strip to support Putin as president Vow of "love forever" tested by letter delivered 53 years late JetBlue offers $4 L.A.-area "Carmageddon" flights Cuddling, caressing more important for men: study Earliest Austen manuscript fetches $1.6 million Lawyer sentenced for shooting fellow hunter City requires armed guards at some restaurants Hitler's hometown revokes his honorary citizenship Guards over-react to middle finger French train robbers revive Wild West tactics Spain festival twins bullfights with food fights How about a beer with your iPhone? Southern U.S. distillery to legally sell moonshine Fri,29 Jul 2011 08:28 AM PDT Reuters - CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Two entrepreneurs are taking advantage of new micro-distillery laws in South Carolina to make and sell traditional moonshine whiskey legally for the first time in the southern state. Full Story Top Town asks mayor to quit after bar scuffle Fri,29 Jul 2011 08:28 AM PDT Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - The mayor of a Wisconsin town has been asked to step down following a late-night bar room scuffle, but said on Thursday he would not resign despite a unanimous vote by a city council committee. Full Story Top Wild boars invade farms, attack pets Fri,29 Jul 2011 08:27 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wild boars are invading the farms of central New York state, attacking livestock, killing family pets and chasing people, experts warned on Friday. Full Story Top Woman faces trial for fake testicles Thu,28 Jul 2011 09:31 AM PDT Reuters - CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The police chief of a small South Carolina town will ask a jury to decide if a woman broke the state's obscenity laws by driving a pickup truck with plastic testicles hanging from the back. Full Story Top Man guilty of assault for spilling drink on Zuma Thu,28 Jul 2011 09:23 AM PDT Reuters - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African man was found guilty of assault on Wednesday for spilling a whisky and water drink near President Jacob Zuma at the country's premier horse race last year, local media reported. Full Story Top Hit UFO image was polystyrene, says forger Wed,27 Jul 2011 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian UFO photograph that became a worldwide hit was faked with a piece of polystyrene, one of the people behind the picture has revealed more than 20 years later in a TV interview. Full Story Top City offers to turn dog poo into gold Wed,27 Jul 2011 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - TAIPEI (Reuters) - A city in northern Taiwan is trying the Midas touch to persuade reluctant residents to clean up after their canines: offering a chance to win gold bars to anyone handing in bags of doggy deposits. Full Story Top Half of men would ditch woman who gained weight? Wed,27 Jul 2011 06:58 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Men are more concerned with their partner's body type than women but they also seem to value family more highly, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. Full Story Top Jail guard guilty of serving up hacksaw blade Wed,27 Jul 2011 06:58 AM PDT Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - In old movies, the inmate usually got a hacksaw blade secreted into his cell baked in a cake. Full Story Top Yard banner for U.S. Marine sparks legal tussle Tue,26 Jul 2011 08:08 AM PDT Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - When Corey Burr left to serve with U.S. forces in Afghanistan in January, his parents erected a banner in their front yard with his photo and a message: "Our son defends our freedom". Full Story Top Maharaja's tiger hunting Rolls may fetch $1 million Tue,26 Jul 2011 08:05 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Auction house Bonhams will put under the hammer a rare Rolls Royce Phantom modified for tiger hunting by an Indian maharaja during the days of the British Raj, featuring a mounted machine gun and a cannon, that may fetch up to $1 million. Full Story Top Sheriff blasts "Dog" bounty hunter's tactics Mon,25 Jul 2011 09:51 AM PDT Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - Celebrity bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman received a scathing public rebuke from a western Colorado sheriff, who accused the flamboyant reality TV star of reckless showmanship in bringing his latest bail-jumper to justice. Full Story Top Mystery prisoner has authorities stumped Mon,25 Jul 2011 07:18 AM PDT Reuters - PROVO, Utah (Reuters) - A mystery man arrested on minor charges more than three weeks ago remains behind bars in Utah while law enforcement officials try to determine his true identity, which he refuses to reveal. Full Story Top Two suspended for "unspeakable behavior" Mon,25 Jul 2011 07:18 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - French team mates Mehdi Baala and Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad have been provisionally suspended after trading blows in an extraordinary incident after the 1,500 meters at the Monaco Diamond League. Full Story Top When life gives you lemons.. Fri,22 Jul 2011 08:18 AM PDT Reuters - CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - A man angry that a car dealership refused to take back a "lemon" van he had purchased, intentionally crashed it into seven parked vehicles, police said on Thursday. Full Story Top Sheriff blasts 'Dog' bounty hunter's tactics Fri,22 Jul 2011 08:17 AM PDT Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - Celebrity bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman received a scathing public rebuke from a western Colorado sheriff, who accused the flamboyant reality TV star of reckless showmanship in bringing his latest bail-jumper to justice. Full Story Top Symbol in Syriac may be world's first question mark Fri,22 Jul 2011 08:14 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - What could be the world's earliest example of a question mark has been identified in Classical Syriac manuscripts dating from the 5th Century. Full Story Top Fake Apple Store even fools staff Thu,21 Jul 2011 08:27 AM PDT Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese counterfeiters have had a field-day pumping out knockoffs of Apple Inc's best-selling iPhones and iPads but one appears to have gone a step further -- a near flawless fake Apple Store that even employees believe is the real deal. Full Story Top Smackdown? Humble Pie? Not in Murdoch's NY Post Thu,21 Jul 2011 08:27 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Now it's Rupert Murdoch's New York tabloid that has pie in the face. Full Story Top Hotel snore controls aim to banish sleepless nights Thu,21 Jul 2011 08:25 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Guests at an international hotel chain may sleep more soundly after the introduction of "snore patrols" and "snore absorption rooms" at a number of sites worldwide. Full Story Top Dog bites shark and goes viral Wed,20 Jul 2011 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters) - It's got a big yellow dog, sharks, a dead dugong, attracted millions of viewers on YouTube and you couldn't make it up. Full Story Top Men who buy sex commit more crimes, U.S. study finds Wed,20 Jul 2011 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Men who pay for sex are more likely than men who do not pay for sex to commit a variety of offenses including violent crimes against women, according to research conducted in the Boston area. Full Story Top Curiosity seekers in U.S. pay to spend night in jail Wed,20 Jul 2011 08:25 AM PDT Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The cheapest room and board in Jefferson City, Missouri, over the weekend was at the county jail, and 170 people gladly checked in. Full Story Top Man survives in trunk after car plunges into river Tue,19 Jul 2011 08:04 AM PDT Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Washington state man was listed in satisfactory condition on Monday and was "incredibly lucky to be alive" after his car flipped into a river near the Idaho-Washington border, authorities said. Full Story Top Live mannequins in Milan shop window anger union Tue,19 Jul 2011 08:03 AM PDT Reuters - MILAN (Reuters) - Models appearing in shorts and bikinis in the window of a department store in central Milan caused a stir over the weekend, with Italy's trade unions denouncing the merchandisation of the human body. Full Story Top Ex-trader admits threatening to kill U.S. regulators Tue,19 Jul 2011 08:00 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former commodities trader pleaded guilty on Monday to threatening to kill more than 40 financial regulators, including the heads of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Full Story Top Can Billy the Kid ever RIP? Mon,18 Jul 2011 08:56 AM PDT Reuters - Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - Wild West gunslinger Billy the Kid was shot and killed in southern New Mexico 130 years ago, but state officials still can't seem to let him rest in peace. Full Story Top Band escapes as stage collapses Mon,18 Jul 2011 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. band Cheap Trick escaped unharmed when a storm blew down much of the stage on which they were performing at a major rock concert in the Canadian capital Ottawa late on Sunday. Full Story Top Women urged to strip to support Putin as president Mon,18 Jul 2011 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW, Jul (Reuters) - An online campaign has been launched in Russia urging young women to support Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential vote by taking off their clothes, a lawmaker's site showed Sunday. Full Story Top Vow of "love forever" tested by letter delivered 53 years late Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:30 AM PDT Reuters - PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A love letter written to a Pennsylvania college student and proclaiming "love forever" was finally delivered -- 53 years late. Full Story Top JetBlue offers $4 L.A.-area "Carmageddon" flights Thu,14 Jul 2011 08:59 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For some Los Angeles-area travelers looking to beat the gridlock during an upcoming weekend freeway closure widely dubbed "Carmageddon," the best alternative route may be thousands of feet above the city. Full Story Top Cuddling, caressing more important for men: study Thu,14 Jul 2011 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Contrary to conventional wisdom, cuddling and caressing are more important to men than women in a long-term relationship, according to a new international study. Full Story Top Earliest Austen manuscript fetches $1.6 million Thu,14 Jul 2011 08:54 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The earliest surviving Jane Austen manuscript, a handwritten draft for a book that was never published, sold for 993,250 pounds ($1.6 million) at Sotheby's on Thursday. Full Story Top Lawyer sentenced for shooting fellow hunter Mon,11 Jul 2011 07:52 AM PDT Reuters - PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania attorney who shot and killed a fellow hunter by mistake in 2010 while hunting for deer on his own property was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison on Friday for involuntary manslaughter and gun violations. Full Story Top City requires armed guards at some restaurants Mon,11 Jul 2011 07:52 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Small restaurants in the city of Newark, New Jersey will be required to have an armed security guard at night under a new law approved by the city council. Full Story Top Hitler's hometown revokes his honorary citizenship Fri,8 Jul 2011 08:02 AM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - The Austrian town of Braunau, Adolf Hitler's birthplace, has revoked the Nazi dictator's honorary citizenship -- even if he never actually was awarded one. Full Story Top Guards over-react to middle finger Fri,8 Jul 2011 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma's elite guards overstepped their authority when they arrested and roughed up a student who they thought made an obscene hand gesture, a government commission said on Thursday. Full Story Top French train robbers revive Wild West tactics Fri,8 Jul 2011 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - MARSEILLE, France (Reuters Life!) - In a scene taken straight out of an American Wild West movie, masked men robbed a freight train in southern France on Thursday night after blocking the railway tracks with shopping carts and metal beams. Full Story Top Spain festival twins bullfights with food fights Thu,7 Jul 2011 12:17 PM PDT Reuters - PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain's world famous annual San Fermin festival may have bullfighting as its centerpiece but the carnival atmosphere also lures unorthodox fans given to food fights, singing and dressing up. Full Story Top How about a beer with your iPhone? Thu,7 Jul 2011 07:55 AM PDT Reuters - MELBOURNE (Reuters) - You can do a lot with an iPhone these days -- text, take pictures, surf the net, and even make a phone call. Full Story Top

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