Archives - Posts tagged as 'Odd News Review'
Bears besiege Russian mine after killing guards
Terrified workers at a mining compound in one of Russia's most isolated regions are refusing to go to work after ... Continue
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Suspected thieves run out of gas at Goodwill store
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Three men suspected of stealing from a Goodwill store in Cookeville ran out of gas before ... Continue
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Bubble burst? Off-Broadway show’s suds stolen (AP)
The show has only six weeks worth of solution on hand to make the air-filled globes of soapy film.Read more Continue
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Don’t ask Olympic tourists’ age or wage or . . .
BEIJING (Reuters) - Don't ask a tourist's age or wage, steer clear of sex and avoid religion: what many Chinese ... Continue
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Tall ships make a comeback as oil price hits exports
A British schooner docked in Penzance yesterday carrying 30,000 bottles of wine on a voyage that enthusiasts believe will herald ... Continue
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NY man earning $100K lived in company paint shed
ORANGEBURG, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York state report says a maintenance man who earned $100,000 last year working at ... Continue
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Gun group tours Boise zoo in southwest Idaho while openly carrying handguns
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Idaho members of a group that advocates for the right to openly carry handguns in public ... Continue
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‘Pantyhose Bandit’ causes sheer annoyance in Mass. (AP)
Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained ... Continue
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Underwear chicken dare puts man in hospital
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man's dare went horribly wrong when he tried to play chicken with cars on a ... Continue
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Wheel your rubbish bin to the next village, householders in Litherskew told
Residents in a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales are furious after being told that they would have to push their ... Continue
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Nudists eat, drink, be merry (and do yoga?) in Manhattan
A group of Manhattan diners request that no hot soup be served when they attend monthly meals at a handful ... Continue
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Ind. pastor breaks with convention, breaks his wrist by using dirt bike as prop during service
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) _ A pastor brought out a dirt bike during a church service to demonstrate the concept of ... Continue
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Man finds second long python in Maine in a week (AP)
In Wilton, Burgess says he's still shaking when he thinks of the python found under his truck. He's had nightmares ... Continue
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Court rules lesbians are not just from Lesbos
ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban ... Continue
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The shindig begins with nerves and half-naked dancers
The 14th Lambeth Conference had everything befitting a party that has been ten years in the planning: bouncers, paparazzi, an ... Continue
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Police say man had highest ever recorded blood alcohol level
State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest ever ... Continue
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California men behind bars after allegedly setting drinking buddy’s crotch ablaze
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) _ Two practical jokers are behind bars for setting their passed-out drinking buddy's crotch ablaze ... Continue
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R.I. police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level (AP)
A breath test showed blood alcohol readings of 0.489 percent, followed by 0.491, O'Donnell said, the highest readings state officials ... Continue
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Not everyone can meet our nudist standards
PARIS (Reuters) - France's data protection authority has given permission for a nudist resort to keep a "black list" of ... Continue
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