Odd News Review

Bears besiege Russian mine after killing guards

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:07:30 +0000

Terrified workers at a mining compound in one of Russia’s most isolated
regions are refusing to go to work after a pack of giant bears attacked and
ate two of their colleagues.

Suspected thieves run out of gas at Goodwill store

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:07:10 +0000

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three men suspected of stealing from a Goodwill store in Cookeville ran out of gas before making it out of the parking lot, police say.

Bubble burst? Off-Broadway show’s suds stolen (AP)

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:07:10 +0000

The show has only six weeks worth of solution on hand to make the air-filled globes of soapy film.

Don’t ask Olympic tourists’ age or wage or . . .

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:07:31 +0000

BEIJING (Reuters) - Don’t ask a tourist’s age or wage, steer clear of sex and avoid religion: what many Chinese consider idle chit-chat has now become the latest area of censure in Beijing as it prepares for an influx of Olympic visitors.

Tall ships make a comeback as oil price hits exports

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:07:10 +0000

A British schooner docked in Penzance yesterday carrying 30,000 bottles of
wine on a voyage that enthusiasts believe will herald a return to wind power
in merchant shipping.

NY man earning $100K lived in company paint shed

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:07:20 +0000

ORANGEBURG, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state report says a maintenance man who earned $100,000 last year working at a psychiatric center has been living for free in a paint shed on company grounds and even had his mail delivered there.

Gun group tours Boise zoo in southwest Idaho while openly carrying handguns

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:07:20 +0000

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Idaho members of a group that advocates for the right to openly carry handguns in public are turning heads by touring Zoo Boise while packing guns on their hips.

Ten members of OpenCarry.org were allowed into the zoo Saturday after some initial confusion at the entrance about whether it was legal to bring an unconcealed handgun inside.

Group member Carol Schultz of Nampa says: “Coming to the zoo was something we could do together, like any family would.”

Schultz says she’s never without her handgun that she keeps in a holster attached to a heart-studded belt.

‘Pantyhose Bandit’ causes sheer annoyance in Mass. (AP)

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:07:20 +0000

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Underwear chicken dare puts man in hospital

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:07:10 +0000

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man’s dare went horribly wrong when he tried to play chicken with cars on a freeway wearing only his underwear. The 18 year old was critically injured after being hit by a four-wheel drive on a freeway in the southern city of Melbourne in the early hours of Wednesday, police said in a statement.

Wheel your rubbish bin to the next village, householders in Litherskew told

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:07:20 +0000

Residents in a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales are furious after being told that
they would have to push their wheelie bins 1½ miles miles to a nearby
village to be emptied.