Thursday, December 31, 2009

"Elderly man charged after slapping kid for calling him an Old Fart"

Odd News:
"Elderly man charged after slapping kid for calling him an Old Fart"

(UPI) -- A 70-year-old man in Sweden said he is facing assault charges for slapping a young boy who allegedly called him an "old fart."

The man, whose identity was not released, was scheduled to begin his trial Thursday in a district court in Jonkoping, Sweden, but the senior maintains he does not regret his decision to punish the allegedly disrespectful teen, the Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported.

"I don't regret a thing," the senior told TT.

The defendant alleges the confrontation with the 12-year-old boy, whose identity was also not released, occurred when he confronted the boy at Folkets Park in Varnamo, Sweden.

The senior said the park, where he serves as a volunteer, had been targeted by vandals prior to the July incident.

"There are 10 to 15 young people and they don't care. They continue to shatter lights, use graffiti, set fires, and break everything in sight," he told the news agency.

Evald Larsson of Sveriges Pensionarsforbund, a retiree organization in Sweden, spoke out about the boy's alleged use of a slur against the senior citizen.

"We don't think it's fun to be called an old witch or an old fart," Larsson offered.


Song of the Day:
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

"NYC eatery patron hurt by falling moose head"

Odd News:

"NYC eatery patron hurt by falling moose head"

(ap)-A Web designer says she was struck by the decor at a New York City restaurant — when it fell on her head. Raina Kumra says in a negligence lawsuit filed last week that a 150-pound stuffed moose head with 3-foot-wide antlers plummeted off a wall at the Scandinavian-themed White Slab Palace on Oct. 4 and hit her. She says she suffered a concussion and other injuries.

The owner of the Manhattan restaurant hasn't returned a telephone message left by The Associated Press. Nor has Kumra, who's representing herself in the case.

Kumra filed her lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. She's seeking unspecified damages.



Song of the Day:
Big Head Todd & the Monsters - The Moose Song

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

"Brothel wants males to service women"

Odd News:

"Brothel wants males to service women"

(UPI) -- A Nevada brothel owner said she is hoping to begin offering male prostitutes for female clients by the middle of January.

Bobbi Davis, owner of the Shady Lady Ranch brothel in Nye County, said the Nevada State Health Division agreed to write men into the state codes governing prostitution earlier this month and she is scheduled to meet Jan. 5 with the Nye County Commission for final approval, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday.

Davis said, if all goes as planned, she could add two men to her current stable of five female prostitutes the week after the meeting with the commission.

Several experts, including industry lobbyist George Flint, have already predicted failure for Davis' venture. Flint said several brothel owners have attempted hiring men to service women in the past, but the gambles always failed, in large part due to the amount of time the few female customers wanted to spend with their sex workers before intercourse.

"Women won't come in for a quickie. They're not jackrabbits like men are," Flint said. "There is just nothing about it, fiscally or any other way, that makes any kind of sense."

However, Flint and other experts said male prostitutes in brothels could potentially succeed if they catered to gay clients. Davis said it will be up to the workers to decide whether to take same-sex jobs.



Song of the Day:
Ratt - Nobody Rides For Free

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Monday, December 28, 2009

"Shoplifter commits theft number 321"

Odd News:

"Shoplifter commits theft number 321"

(UPI) -- A serial shoplifter from North Wales who has served the equivalent of two life sentences was jailed after committing theft No. 321, British police say.

David Archer, 54, spent Saturday in jail after admitting in court he shoplifted two bottles of whiskey. He also spent Christmas Day in jail, as he has 14 of the past 15 years, The Observer reported Sunday.

He has been called "Britain's worst shoplifter."

The prosecutor, David Mainstone, referred to Archer's previous 155 court appearances, saying he had a "quite horrendous" list of offenses, including stealing money put in boxes for charities.



Song of the Day:
Europe - The Final Countdown

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

"Fish kill fouls Japanese beach"

Odd News:

"Fish kill fouls Japanese beach"

(UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of dead anchovies have created a nasty stink on the Kujukuri-hama coast of Japan's Chiba Prefecture, officials said.

The fish were buried in the sand Friday by government workers, but the stench lingers, residents told The Japan Times.

The anchovies washed up Wednesday, covering nearly 2,000 feet of beach in the town of Oamishirasato.

Fish sometimes wash up onto beaches when they are chased into shallow water by large schools of fish, said Michio Ishida, a spokesman for Chiba Prefecture.

"It seems lots of (anchovies) are swimming offshore now because we saw many birds flying over the sea," Ishida told the newspaper.



Song of the Day:
Barnes and Barnes - Fish Heads

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Saturday, December 26, 2009

"Woman knocks down pope at Christmas Eve Mass"

Odd News:

"Woman knocks down pope at Christmas Eve Mass"

(ap)-A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI at the start of Christmas Eve Mass, but the 82-year-old pontiff got up unhurt and proceeded as planned with Thursday's service.

Witness video obtained by The Associated Press showed a woman dressed in a red hooded sweat shirt vaulting over the wooden barriers that cordoned off the basilica's main aisle and rushing toward the pope before being swarmed by bodyguards.

The video showed the woman grabbing the pope's vestments as she was taken down by guards, with Benedict then falling on top of her.

The commotion occurred as the pope's procession was making its way toward the main altar and shocked gasps rang out among the thousands who packed the basilica. The procession came to a halt, the music stopped and security rushed to the trouble spot.

A Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini said the woman appeared to be mentally unstable and had been taken into custody by Vatican police. He said she also knocked down Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, who was taken to hospital for a checkup.


Song of the Day:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Knock Me Down

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Friday, December 25, 2009

"Santa packs heat, robs Nashville bank at gunpoint"

Odd News:

"Santa packs heat, robs Nashville bank at gunpoint"

(ap)-He may have been dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, but this Santa was no saint.

According to Metropolitan Nashville Police, a man wearing a Santa Claus suit — including hat, beard and mustache — and dark sunglasses robbed a SunTrust Bank on Tuesday morning, demanding money from the teller at gunpoint.

After the teller complied, the man fled in a gray midsize car.


Song of the Day:
The Killers - Don't Shoot Me Santa

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

"Christmas Story: Boise boy licks pole, gets stuck"

Odd News:

"Christmas Story: Boise boy licks pole, gets stuck"

It's become an annual winter tale: A young boy gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole, perhaps as the result of a dare. This year, the scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story" unfolded Tuesday morning in Boise with a boy of about 10. Boise firefighters used a glass of warm water to free the unidentified boy from the metal fence pole.

Fire Capt. Bill Tinsley says the boy's tongue was bleeding a little, but he was OK and allowed to continue walking to school. Firefighters estimate the boy was 10 years old.

Rescue workers responded after a woman driving by saw the boy and called 911.

Last year, the unlucky boy was a 10-year-old from Hammond, Ind., especially apt, since the 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond.



Song of the Day:
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta


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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

"Fla. woman charged in beer-pouring battery"

Odd News:

"Fla. woman charged in beer-pouring battery"

(UPI) -- Police in Florida said a woman was charged with domestic battery for allegedly pouring beer over her sleeping boyfriend.

Investigators said Melva Ann Wixon returned to the St. Petersburg home she shares with her boyfriend, Eric Hartman, at about 7 p.m. Tuesday after drinking at a bar and found Hartman asleep, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Thursday.

Police said Wixon, 49, became angry about Hartman's plans to move to Ohio and poured beer on him while he slept. Hartman woke up and called police.

Wixon was arrested and booked into the Pinellas County Jail.



Song of the Day:
AC/DC - HAVE A DRINK ON ME



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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

"Deputies: Cache of 60 stolen gnomes found"

Odd News:

"Deputies: Cache of 60 stolen gnomes found"

(UPI) -- A string of lawn gnome disappearances in Washington state was solved when winds blew down a fence around the yard where they were being kept, authorities said.

Lisa Soneda of Mount Vernon said her daughter told her this month that the fence separating her back yard from that of her next-door neighbor had blown down to reveal an unusual sight, Seattle's KOMO-TV reported Thursday.

"I looked over the fence and I think the first thing I said was: 'Holy crap!'" she said.

"Lots and lots of gnomes," Soneda said of the spectacle. "I counted like 46."

Skagit County sheriff's deputies said the total was closer to 60, and many of the gnomes, as well as other garden accessories, were found to have been taken from the yards of neighbors.

Deputies said about a dozen gnomes have been returned to their rightful owners thus far and the woman living next door to Soneda could face misdemeanor theft charges.

"This is theft," Chief Deputy Will Reichart said. "And I think to a certain degree, the victims feel a little violated somebody came on their property and took something that didn't belong to them."




Song of the Day:

Clutch - Gnome Enthusiast


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Monday, December 21, 2009

"Groom to wear monitoring bracelet to wed"

Odd News:

"Groom to wear monitoring bracelet to wed"

(UPI) -- Authorities in Montana said a groom will have to walk down the aisle with a monitoring bracelet due to allegations of misconduct at his bachelor party.

Missoula police said Jordan B. Iddings, 24, will have to wear the bracelet as a condition of his release from jail while awaiting trial on charges of assault on a peace officer, a felony, and misdemeanor counts of sexual assault, disorderly conduct and assault, The Missoulian (Missoula) reported Thursday.

Iddings and five other men participating in his bachelor party were arrested Nov. 19. Iddings allegedly groped a woman at a bar and punched her in the face when she slapped him. The men moved to another bar, where they were refused service for fighting with bartenders, and police approached them while they were shouting profanities outside of the business, investigators allege.

Iddings allegedly head-butted an officer during his arrest.

Lance Lovell, Iddings' attorney, said his client has been granted permission to travel to Alaska next month to work on a fishing boat until his April trial. However, he will have to wear the monitoring bracelet at all times during his release and submit to random drug and alcohol tests.

Ryan Schnabl, a co-defendant in the case, was barred from contact with Iddings, but was granted permission to attend his wedding, which is scheduled for Saturday.

Song of the Day:
Social Distortion - Ball And Chain

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

"Drunk man insists on paying $72 for taco"

Odd News:

"Drunk man insists on paying $72 for taco"

(UPI) -- Employees at a Taco Bell restaurant in Ohio said an apparently intoxicated man insisted on paying $72 for a single taco.

Aaron Ohm, manager of the Perkins Township Taco Bell, said a man who appeared to be in his 20s walked into the fast food eatery just after 11 p.m. Monday and put $72 down on the counter, the Sandusky (Ohio) Register reported Thursday.

"He said 'Merry Christmas, all I want is a taco,'" Ohm said.

He said employees tried to give the man, who workers said seemed quite drunk, his change, but he refused to accept the money and left the restaurant with his taco.

"It was kinda funny," Ohm said. "Most people his age would not hand out money."

Ohm said he gave the money to Perkins police, who said they will hold it for 60 days to allow the man to claim it.




Song of the Day:
Taco - Puttin on the Ritz


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Saturday, December 19, 2009

"Woman admits loud sex violations"

Odd News:

"Woman admits loud sex violations"

(UPI) -- A British judge said a woman who admitted to violating an order banning her from excessive screaming during sex will likely be spared jail.

Caroline Cartwright, 48, of Washington, England, admitted in Newcastle Crown Court to violating the antisocial-behavior order by having noisy sexual romps with her husband, Steve, on April 18, 22 and 26 of this year, The Sun reported Tuesday.

Sunderland Magistrates imposed the order in April after neighbors and passersby lodged more than 250 complaints about Cartwright's "shouting and screaming."

Judge Beatrice Bolton scheduled sentencing for Jan. 18.

"I'm certainly not going to pass an immediate custodial sentence but I am going to order a presentence report," Bolton said. "This is not the usual sort of antisocial behavior."

"The reason why I am asking for a presentence report is because it is such an unusual case and this is the first breach," she said. "If it were to be a custodial sentence it would be suspended, I think, at this stage."




Song of the Day:
Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize


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Friday, December 18, 2009

"Teacher placed on leave for Hooters trip"

Odd News:

"Teacher placed on leave for Hooters trip"

(UPI) -- Officials with Phoenix schools said a music teacher has been placed on administrative leave for taking students to lunch at Hooters.

Judi Willis, spokeswoman for the district, said Mary Segall, a 23-year veteran of the district and choir director at Paradise Valley High School, was placed on leave after she took 40 students to eat at a downtown Hooters following a performance at the Arizona Center last week, The Arizona Republic reported Thursday.

Segall told the school's principal that Hooters was the only restaurant prepared to accommodate the large group.

"We believe that there are many venues for lunch for a large group of people in the downtown Phoenix area," Willis said. "There could have been a choice that might have been more appropriate, given that it was a school-day event with a school employee in charge."

The Web site for Hooters, which is famous for female servers in tank tops and skimpy shorts, says the restaurants aim to provide "a unique, entertaining dining experience … delivered by attractive, vivacious Hooters Girls."

Segal traveled to Washington in January with the school's choir and strings group to perform at one of President Barack Obama's inaugural events, "History in the Making: A Dream and a Change Inaugural Ball."


Song of the Day:
Where Do The Children Go - The Hooters

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

"Pair accused of faking death from bad oysters"

Odd News:

"Pair accused of faking death from bad oysters"

A couple were charged in federal court in Sioux Falls with faking the husband's death to collect on life insurance. A woman, 39, and her 45-year-old husband pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The wife was free on bond while the husband was being held without bond.

Authorities said the woman claimed that her husband had died after eating bad oysters during a family vacation in Malaysia in 2003. She eventually settled the insurance case with two insurance companies for $2 million.

FBI agents informed Sioux Falls-based Midland National Life about a year ago that the husband walked into the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, and asked to renew his passport. The man was arrested in Guam last month.



Song of the Day:
L7 - Pretend We're Dead


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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

"Secret playroom found at Mass. rail yard"

Odd News:

"Secret playroom found at Mass. rail yard"

(UPI) -- A manager at a Boston-area commuter rail maintenance yard, curious about night workers' long dinner breaks, found a hidden TV room, an official said.

The storage room, tucked away in the huge Boston Engine Terminal in Somerville, was equipped with three televisions and surround-sound speakers, the transportation official, who did not want his name used, told The Boston Globe. There were also two DVD players, a video player, video game equipment, a library of DVDs, including pornography, and cable service, supplied illegally via a 1,000-foot cable.

"This was very much concealed among maintenance parts and equipment," the official said.

No one was in the room when it was discovered. The equipment was seized, and no one has come forward to claim it.

Six employees who were not present for roll call that night have been suspended. They include one man believed to have left the facility to spend time at a bar he owns.

The facility is operated by Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad, a private company that runs suburban trains for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.




Song of the Day:
Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground



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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

"No more endangered eel at top supermarket"

Odd News:

"No more endangered eel at top supermarket"

(Reuters) – Smoked eel on toast looks set to become an even rarer treat at Dutch parties, as the main supermarket group in the Netherlands plans to stop selling the endangered fish from 2010.

Following moves by smaller competitors, Albert Heijn said it would phase out all eel products on its shelves next year, and would introduce a different fish sort as a more sustainable alternative to the popular national delicacy.

The Ahold-owned chain has more than a 30 percent share of the Dutch market, far outstripping rivals.

The move will come as a blow to Dutch fisheries, who have also been hit by a partial ban on eel fishing introduced this year, aimed at stemming a 95 percent slide in the European eel population in the past four decades.

The European eel is classified as "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The Dutch arm of environmental group WWF has compared eating an eel roll to consuming a panda sandwich.

The long snake-like slippery fish is a popular treat at Dutch parties and fairs, most commonly smoked but also baked and eaten in stews for dinners.

It also holds a place in Dutch history.

In the 19th century, people died in the "eel uprising" that followed a ban on the sport of "eel pulling," which involved stringing a rope across a canal and hanging an eel for people on boats to try to grab.

(Reporting by Catherine Hornby, editing by Paul Casciato)

Song of the Day:
Eels - Novocaine for the soul


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Monday, December 14, 2009

"Aussie, Chinese officials urge pandas to reproduce"

Odd News:

"Aussie, Chinese officials urge pandas to reproduce"

Australian and Chinese officials urged two bamboo-munching giant pandas on Sunday to consider reproducing during their 10-year residency Down Under.

Wang Wang and Funi, on loan from China, arrived at the Adelaide Zoo two weeks ago but were officially welcomed Sunday by leaders at the opening ceremony of their 8 million Australian dollar ($7.25 million) enclosure. Their exhibit will open to the public on Monday.

"Look after yourselves, keep healthy and active, eat your greens and maybe, when the time is right, think about starting a family," Governor General Quentin Bryce said in a speech directed at Funi and Wang Wang, who were sprawled against nearby boulders, chewing bamboo shoots. "There are not enough of you in this world."

Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai said he was already thinking of Australian names for a possible panda cub.

"Wang Wang and Funi carry the friendship and greetings from the Chinese people," he told the gathering, explaining that Funi means "Lucky Girl" and Wang Wang means "Net Net."

"Who can rule out the possibility that the lucky girl will fall into the net of love and later have a lovely baby?" Zhang said. "This would be a great achievement of the joint Australia-China conservation program."

The pandas, 3 and 4 years old, are the only giant pandas in the southern hemisphere. Chinese President Hu Jintao offered the pandas as a goodwill gesture during a 2007 visit to Australia.

Funi and Wang Wang will be kept in separate enclosures until breeding season.

Wild female giant pandas are sexually mature at about age 5, and males at 6 or 7 years old. They may mature earlier in captivity due to better living conditions and nutrition.

One reason pandas are endangered is that they are notoriously poor breeders, with females having only three days a year in which they can conceive. Some males never succeed at natural breeding, so artificial insemination has become common practice in breeding captive pandas.

Zoo CEO Chris West said the animals have adapted easily to Australian bamboo — they each eat 88 pounds (40 kilograms) a day — and to their new enclosure. Because they are in quarantine for another two weeks, they will remain behind glass walls before being allowed into the outside area that includes bamboo plants and refrigerated rocks to keep them comfortable in Adelaide's hot summers.

The pandas are expected to generate more than AU$600 million for the South Australia state economy during their time here, with an anticipated 262,000 foreign visitors and 1.3 million Australians visiting Adelaide to see the animals.

The two pandas had been living at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Breeding Center in Ya'an City in southwestern Sichuan province, after the Wolong Giant Panda Research Center where they were living was destroyed in a massive earthquake last year.

Only about 1,600 of the animals live in the wild, while another 120 are in Chinese breeding facilities and zoos.

China uses payments from zoos that host loaned pandas to fund research and breeding programs. Under such loan agreements, any panda cubs born overseas to lent animals remain China's property.



Song of the Day:
The Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch


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Sunday, December 13, 2009

"Man: Big Wheel incident was self-defense"

Odd News:

"Man: Big Wheel incident was self-defense"

(UPI) -- A Kansas man convicted of battery said it was "self defense" when he stopped a 6-year-old boy from riding his Big Wheel on the sidewalk.

Denny Bogan, 54, of Topeka, who was convicted Oct. 26 of misdemeanor battery "causing physical contact in a rude, insulting or angry manner," said he stopped the 6-year-old's Big Wheel with his foot Aug. 30, 2008, and redirected the child's vehicle, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Thursday.

However, Jennifer Kimball, the boy's mother, said Bogan kicked the front wheel of her son's Big Wheel, causing the plastic tricycle to jerk off the sidewalk and leaving the boy with a bruise on his arm and a scratch on his hand.

Bogan characterized the incident as "self defense" against children disobeying Huntington Condominium Association rules by riding bikes on the sidewalk.

"I thought it was the American way to tell someone if you're breaking the rule," Bogan said.

Bogan, who said he parted ways with his attorney after his trial, is due to be sentenced Friday in Municipal Court. He could face as long as six months in jail and a fine of as much as $1,000.


Song of the Day:
Do This My Way - Kid N' Play



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Saturday, December 12, 2009

"Woman accused of hitting man with raw steak"

Odd News:

"Woman accused of hitting man with raw steak"

A 53-year-old was arrested after allegedly hitting a man in the head with a raw steak. According to a Marion County Sheriff's Office report, the man told deputies Elsie Egan repeatedly hit him with the uncooked meat and slapped his face after he refused a piece of sliced bread. The man said he wanted a bread roll.

Egan denied hitting the man with the steak but did admit to slapping him, saying she did it "so that he could learn."

The man told deputies that Egan was his live-in girlfriend. He declined medical assistance.

Egan was charged with abuse of a disabled adult. According to online records, she has been released on $2,500 bond and is scheduled to appear in court in January. It's unclear if she has an attorney.


Song of the Day:
The Smiths - Meat is Murder

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Friday, December 11, 2009

"Woman allegedly pours grits on sleeping boyfriend"

Odd News:

"Woman allegedly pours grits on sleeping boyfriend"

BOUTTE, La. – A 44-year-old woman was booked with second-degree battery after allegedly pouring a pot of boiling grits onto her sleeping boyfriend. St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said Carolyn Brown caused second-degree burns on the man's face and arms. The man told deputies that he came home from work on Nov. 7, got into an argument with Brown, told her that he was breaking up with her, then went to bed.

The Times-Picayune reported Brown was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility.

It wasn't immediately clear if Brown has an attorney.
(ap)


Song of the Day:
Supertramp - Breakfast in America


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Thursday, December 10, 2009

"Police arrest Amish man in buggy for DUI"

Odd News:

"Police arrest Amish man in buggy for DUI"

Police in central Pennsylvania arrested an Amish man on drunk driving charges over the weekend after he was found asleep in his moving buggy. Police said a 22-year-old man was slumped over and asleep in a slow-moving buggy on Sunday night.

An off-duty officer from nearby reported seeing the horse pulling the buggy at a walking pace as it straddled the center line.

Police said a breathalyzer test showed the man's blood-alcohol content was 0.18, more than twice the 0.08 legal limit for drivers.



Song of the Day:
Primus - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver


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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

"Woman accused of selling moonshine at day care"

Odd News:

"Woman accused of selling moonshine at day care"

(ap)-Authorities have charged a North Carolina woman with selling moonshine out of her day care center. The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday that North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement arrested a 57-year-old woman last week at Parkview Community Center in Charlotte.

Agents said children were in the day care center when they sent in an undercover agent to buy two gallons of moonshine.

The woman told the paper she was set up by a neighbor. She said she was just holding a package for a man in exchange for $80 and didn't even know what was in it.

Agents also arrested an 82-year-old man and charged him with making the moonshine. Authorities seized more than 80 gallons of moonshine from the man.


Song of the Day:
The Damned - Drinkin About My Baby


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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

"Irish Catholic pilgrims 'blinded' by the light at Knock shrine"

Odd News:

"Irish Catholic pilgrims 'blinded' by the light at Knock shrine"

(Irish Central.com)- Five people who showed up at Knock Shrine in Mayo last month and stared at the sun in hopes of seeing the Virgin Mary are now almost blind a leading Irish eye doctor has stated. He called the Knock gathering a "cheap circus trick."
Irish 'spiritual healer' Joe Colemanbrought thousands of people to the shrine in November, claiming that the Virgin Mary would appear. He expects to bring another large crowd there on this weekend.
Pilgrims reported that the sun danced in the sky and changed color but these are classic symptoms of eye damage says Dr. Eamonn O'Donoghue of University College Hospital in Galway.
He stated that he had treated five people for a serious condition called solar retinopathy which is caused by the sun's rays burning into the central part of the eye's retina.
He told the Irish Independent newspaper that victims have suffered 50pc vision loss and have seriously impaired vision.which hinders basic abilities such as reading and driving.
He stated it was "monstrous" to mislead people into thinking that altered vision and effects, such as seeing the sun dance, were a religious apparition when they were classic symptoms of solar retinopathy.
"If it did not have such monstrous effects you could describe it as a cheap circus trick," he said.
He stated that pilgrims attending the shrine this weekend would be doing "grievous bodily harm" to themselves if they insisted on staring at the sun.He stated that the numbers of those affected was much larger than the five patients he had treated. He particularly warned that young children would be hardest hit.



Song of the Day:
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded me With Science

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Monday, December 7, 2009

"Alleged U.K. Chicken-Licker Due in Court"

Odd News:

"Alleged U.K. Chicken-Licker Due in Court"

A former grocery store worker is facing charges of criminal damage over cell phone video allegedly showed him licking raw chickens before placing them back on shelves in England, according to the BBC.

The brief BBC report says Adeel Ayub, 30, is also accused of slashing co-workers coats and smashing eggs in his bizarre workplace transgressions.

He is due in court on Dec. 15.

The BBC did not say what punishment Ayub could face if convicted of the fowl crimes, nor did the report suggest any possible motive. One more detail missing from the story: whether Ayub was allegedly licking packaged or unpackaged poultry.

Ayub worked for the Asda supermarket chain when a co-worker shot the alleged video evidence in 2005, which was then handed over to police.


Song of the Day:
Rufus Thomas - The Funky Chicken

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Sunday, December 6, 2009

"Police jail man for rubbing burger in wife's face"

Odd News:

"Police jail man for rubbing burger in wife's face"

(ap)– A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested for allegedly rubbing a hamburger on his wife's face during an argument. Police said Daniel Boss and his wife got into it late Thursday night and started calling each other names. At some point, the woman apparently poured soda on Boss' hamburger, causing him to grab the sandwich, rub it in her face and start throwing food.

Boss left, but his wife went to the police station to report the incident. Officers arrested him three hours later on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge.



Song of the Day:
The Donnas - Midnight Snack

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

"Fla. Gov. Crist sent callers to telephone sex line"

Odd News:
"Fla. Gov. Crist sent callers to telephone sex line"

(ap)-Oops! In an embarrassing blunder, Gov. Charlie Crist mistakenly directed parents of uninsured children to call a toll-free sex line.

People calling the governor's office heard an on-hold recording of Crist promoting the toll-free Florida KidCare line. Except two numbers were transposed.

Anyone calling the number Crist gave out was told to call another number. The recording on that second phone number begins, "Hey there sexy guys" and says the caller can have a more graphic conversation with a woman for $2.99 a minute.

The Palm Beach Post discovered the mistake. Crist quickly fixed it.


Song of the Day:
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
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Friday, December 4, 2009

Bonus Song of the Day

Odd News:
"Bubble gum bandits walk, talk and steal"

Police said a pack of bubble gum bandits is walking into suburban Detroit gas stations and chewing through the candy aisle. Police said the latest heist happened Nov. 21, when two suspects chatted up the clerk of a Speedway gas station in Sterling Heights, while a third suspect filched $318 worth of gum.

The Detroit Free Press said police in Warren and Madison Heights also reported similar thefts at gas stations.

No injuries have been reported in any of the incidents.



Bonus Song of the Day:
Iggy Pop - "Candy"



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"Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars"

Odd News:
"Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars"

(ap)-Talk about sticky fingers: Police arrested a man they say tried to take their candy bars. Police in the southwest Ohio city of Middletown, around 30 miles north of Cincinnati, charge that Derek Kidd, 32, tried to walk out of the station with two candy bars and a police toboggan cap. Police Maj. Mark Hoffman said Kidd and his girlfriend had just been released Wednesday after disorderly conduct arrests and were asking passers-by to use a cell phone. He invited them inside to use a police phone.

While the woman was on the phone, Hoffman said, he chased Kidd out of a detectives' break room.

As they left, Hoffman said, another officer spotted his blue knit "MPD" logo cap under Kidd's cap. Police said during a pat down, they found two of their Whatchamacallit brand candy bars and two used syringes Kidd had taken from a disposal container.

Kidd was being held on charges of theft and possession of drug abuse instruments pending a court appearance Friday. No attorney was listed and city jail staffers wouldn't allow him to come to the phone for comment.

His friend, Sunni Morgan, 23, was arrested later Wednesday, Hoffman said. She was being held on charges of impersonating a police officer and criminal trespass after allegedly trying to get use of a city resident's phone by claiming to be a police officer.


The Sorry There's No Video,
But I Really Like The Song,
Song of the Day:
Ohio Players - Sweet sticky thing


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Thursday, December 3, 2009

"Weapon surgically removed from prisoner"

Odd News:

"Weapon surgically removed from prisoner"

(UPI) -- Authorities in California said a prisoner was taken to a hospital emergency room to remove a concealed weapon he had hidden in his rectum.

Merced County Sheriff's Deputies said the five-inch plastic "shank" had been concealed in the rectum of Rance Johnson for more than three weeks before it began causing the prisoner enough discomfort to confess its presence to correctional officers, KMPH-TV, Phoenix, reported Wednesday.

Johnson told deputies he found the item, which had to be removed surgically, in an interview room and put it inside his rectum to sneak it back to his cell.

Johnson, who was arrested Sept. 28 in connection with a shooting on the Castle Air Force Base, will now be charged with carrying a concealed weapon inside the jail with gang enhancements.



Song of the Day:
Eddie Murphy- Boogie in your Butt


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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

"Man gives up attempts to produce milk"

Odd News:

"Man gives up attempts to produce milk"

(UPI) -- A Swedish man who spent months attempting to pump milk from his breasts has given up on the failed attempt, his observers said.

Magnus Talib, a member of the editorial team for TV show Aschberg, which has been observing the progress of "Milkman" Ragnar Bengtsson, 26, said the young father's daily three-hour breast pumping failed to produce any milk, The Local reported Tuesday.

"All he got was sore breasts," Talib said of Bengtsson's attempt, which began in September.

However, Talib said Bengtsson has another perk coming from his project -- he is flying to the United States this week to film an appearance on "The Tyra Banks Show."


Song of the Day:
Britney Spears - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

"Man uses hammer to destroy TVs at Target store"

Odd News:

"Man uses hammer to destroy TVs at Target store"

A man used a hammer to leave a path of destruction at a Target store in Winona. Police said the 39-year-old man smashed big-screen televisions and destroyed other electronics Saturday evening before taking a swing at an officer.

The Winona Daily News reported customers ran from the store as the man swung his hammer. One witness said the man had a "glazed look" in his eyes and was "walking like Frankenstein."

Officers chased the man through the store and used a Taser gun to subdue him. He was taken to Winona Health for a behavioral evaluation.
(ap)

Song of the Day:
Rage Against The Machine - Bullet In The Head

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Monday, November 30, 2009

"Pig farts spark Australia gas scare"

Odd News:

"Pig farts spark Australia gas scare"

(AFP) – A flatulent pig sparked a gas emergency in southern Australia when a farmer mistook its odours for a leaking pipe, according to officials.

Fifteen firefighters and two trucks were called to a property at Axedale in central Victoria state after reports of a gas leak, the Country Fire Service said.

"When we got there, as we drove up the driveway, there was this huge sow, about a 120-odd kilo (265-pound) sow, and it was very obvious where the gas was coming from," said fire captain Peter Harkins.

"We could not only smell it, but we heard it and it was quite funny."

Harkins said the pig's owner was "a little bit embarrassed to say the least," and it took fire crews a little while to compose themselves.

"It was fairly obvious what it was. I think we dealt with it fairly professionally and had a bit of a giggle when we got back to the station," he told public broadcaster ABC.




Song of the Day:
Jane's Addiction - Pigs in Zen


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Sunday, November 29, 2009

"Woman sees image of Jesus on her iron"

Odd News:

"Woman sees image of Jesus on her iron"

(ap)– A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good."

Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter's room.

The brownish residue on the bottom of the iron looks like the face of a man with long hair.

The 44-year-old Coady was raised Catholic. She and her two college-age daughters agree that the image looks like Jesus and is proof that "he's listening."

Coady tells The Eagle-Tribune she hopes her story will inspire others during the holidays. She says she plans to keep the iron in a closet and buy a new one.



Song of the Day:
Black Sabbath - Iron Man


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Saturday, November 28, 2009

"Blind man had tooth implanted in eye so he could see again"

Odd News:

"Blind man had tooth implanted in eye so he could see again"

A 42-year-old has had a tooth implanted into his eye socket, allowing him to see again after 12 years in darkness.

The bizarre, groundbreaking operation took eight hours to remove one of his front teeth and transform it into a lens holder.

Martin, who was blinded when a tub of white hot aluminium exploded in his face, said: "My eye looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. My friends are amazed at it."

Martin, of Rotherham, South Yorks, had the horrific accident when he was working in a scrapyard.

It was decided that he would be suitable for the revolutionary tooth transplant carried out by Christopher Liu, the country's only consultant able to carry out the surgery.

Song of the Day:
Eric Carmen - HUNGRY EYES


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Friday, November 27, 2009

"Cuba offers free penis implants"

Odd News:

"Cuba offers free penis implants"

Cuba's government has offered its first free penis implants as part of a program set to be expanded across the communist island, an official newspaper reported.

It is likely not what Karl Marx had in mind when he imagined a society transformed "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs", but Juventud Rebelde reported the silicon and silver penis implants are set to become more common.

Men in seven Cuban provinces will be eligible for the procedure, which urologist Juan Carlos Yip boasted was normally "exclusive to first-world countries and at a high cost".

"It will be carried out in patients whose sexual suffering does not respond positively to traditional treatments," he said.

Men over 40s and those with diabetes or circulation problems are set to be first in line, the paper reported.

- AFP


Song of the Day:
Mr. Big - To Be With You

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

"Police seek bald man who swiped family's turkey"

Odd News:

"Police seek bald man who swiped family's turkey"

(ap)– Jackson police are working to crack a case of fowl play. They're searching for a man who broke into an apartment about 11 p.m. Tuesday and stole a family's holiday turkey. Police Lt. Christopher Simpson told the Jackson Citizen Patriot the suspect ran into the kitchen and stole the turkey out of the freezer.

He said the 6-foot, 300-pound bald man "fled with turkey in hand."

Police said a woman and two children were home at the time, and no one was injured.

The woman told authorities she knew the man.



Thanksgiving Song of the Day:
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills




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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

"Agent showing house finds pile of bones"

Odd News:

"Agent showing house finds pile of bones"

(ap)– A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner. James Kenny, a forensic investigator with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office, says the bones found Saturday were so old that dirt had saturated the marrow inside them. He says they probably are remains of Native Americans buried long before the house was built.

Kenny says he learned that the previous residents would often find bones while mowing the lawn or doing yard work, and would put them in the basement.

Half of the split-level house is on top of a circular mound, which parish officials suggest may be an Indian burial mound.

Neither the agent nor the home's owner would talk to The Courier of Houma.



Song of the Day:
Them Bones - Alice In Chains

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

"Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat"

Odd News:

"Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat"

(UPI) -- A 77-year-old North Carolina eye doctor is in hot water with the state Medical Board after a patient said he called her fat.

The patient wrote in a private complaint to the board that Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Ashville called her irresponsible because she was unemployed and using Medicaid while pregnant with her second child in as many years, The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer reported.

The woman said she was further angered when Sunderhaus poked her in the thigh and called her fat.

"When I got home I was very upset about the way I was treated by him," she wrote in the complaint.

Sunderhaus said he was making a point with the woman about how obesity can lead to diabetes, which causes blindness. He said he expects to get "screwed" by the board but he will accept any punishment from the board, even if it means losing his license.

"I'm 77," he said. "I can tell them to stick the darn thing."


Song of the Day:
Heart - Tell It Like It Is


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Monday, November 23, 2009

"Teen allegedly broke into house seeking snack food"

Odd News:

"Teen allegedly broke into house seeking snack food"

A 17-year-old Sheboygan boy was charged Thursday after breaking into a neighbor’s house in search of snack food.

Ronald M. Savela Jr., was fingered as the suspect since he broke into the same house using the same window last year, the complaint said. Only this time, the break-in comes with a felony charge, since 17-year-olds are charged as adults in Wisconsin.
A woman in the 2200 block of South Eighth Street called police Wednesday to report a basement window had been broken out. After confirming her kids weren’t responsible, the woman said she thought of Savela because of the prior break-in.

In an interview with police, Savela admitted smashing the window with a rock, removing the screen and trying to get in to find snack food.



Song of the Day:
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf



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Sunday, November 22, 2009

"Survey: 58 percent plan turkey day naps"

Odd News:

"Survey: 58 percent plan turkey day naps"

(UPI)- Massachusetts-based Dunkin' Donuts said its survey suggests 58 percent of U.S. adults plan to take a nap on Thanksgiving Day.

The company said its survey of 500 adults, conducted this week, found 58 percent of respondents are already planning a Thanksgiving nap, with 60 percent of men plotting a brief siesta and 58 percent of women doing the same.

The survey found 76 percent of those planning naps prefer to doze off after dinner while 24 percent plan to rest up before the big meal.


Lame Story,
Great Song of the Day:
Ben Folds - Narcolepsy


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Saturday, November 21, 2009

"Man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face"

Odd News:

"Man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face"

A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.

A sheriff's statement says Westlake High School students claimed Hersel paid them to yell profanities, spit and slap him in the face. Several also claimed he offered them cash to urinate and defecate on him.

A motive wasn't clear.
(ap)


Motivational Song of the Day:
Silverchair - Abuse Me



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Friday, November 20, 2009

"Fox News again accused of airing misleading video"

Not So Odd News:

"Fox News again accused of airing misleading video"

The current Fox News mishap comes on the heels of a controversy sparked last week when footage from a conservative rally held over the summer was played on "Hannity" during a segment on a more recent rally. During the clip, host Sean Hannity marveled over the large turnout for a Washington, DC protest. The Daily Show later pointed out that there seemed to be some inconsistencies with the video shown on Hannity's show, namely that the atmospheric conditions seemed to vary from shot to shot. Hannity later apologized.
Wednesday's incident occurred when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett mentioned that a Sarah Palin appearance and book signing in Grand Rapids, Michigan had a massive turnout. As footage rolled of a smiling and waving Palin amidst a throng of fans, Jarrett noted that the former Republican vice-presidential candidate is "continuing to draw huge crowds while she's promoting her brand-new book,'' adding that the images being shown were "some of the pictures just coming in to us.... The lines earlier had formed this morning." However, the video used in the segment was from a 2008 McCain/Palin campaign rally.

For the second time in just over a week, Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage. The latest flap is leading some people to charge that the cable news network is intentionally misleading its audience.



Song of the Day:
Hall & Oates - Say It Isn't So

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

"Hoax Bigfoot was filled with road kill"

Odd News:

"Hoax Bigfoot was filled with road kill"

(UPI) -- Two Georgia men who claimed to possess the body of a slain Sasquatch said the mythical beast was actually a Bigfoot costume filled with road kill.

Rick Dyer and Matt Whitton, a former police officer who was fired once the hoax was exposed, said the Bigfoot scam was a joke and they never intended their story to become as sensational as it did.
"All this was a big joke. It got into something way bigger than it was supposed to be," Whitton said.

The men said the item they had claimed was Bigfoot's corpse was actually nothing more than a costume filled with opossum road kill and leftovers from a slaughterhouse.



Song of the Day:
Brutal Juice - Ugly on the inside



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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

"Alleged door-to-door pot seller picks wrong home"

Odd News:

"Alleged door-to-door pot seller picks wrong home"

(ap)- A 19-year-old Brownsville man is jailed on a drug charge after he allegedly went door-to-door trying to sell marijuana. A Brownsville police spokesman says Anthony Carrazco's alleged scheme went awry when he knocked on a police officer's apartment door.

Spokesman Jimmy Manrrique says the episode happened Thursday downtown near the University of Texas-Texas Southmost College campus. He says Carrazco appeared to be intoxicated and allegedly had three ounces of marijuana with him that he tried to sell door-to-door. Finally, Carrazco knocked on the off-duty police officer's door. The officer "said he would be right back and went to get his badge and handcuffs."

Manrrique says the officer, whose identity was withheld, also found a handgun hidden on the man. Carrazco remains in a Cameron County jail with bonds totaling $10,000. No attorney was listed in his booking record.


Song of the Day:
The Doors - Light My Fire


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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

"Real-life vampires not like movie versions"

Odd News:

"Real-life vampires not like movie versions"

(UPI) -- Atlanta-area residents who claim to be real-life vampires say don't have much sympathy for glamorous movie and TV bloodsuckers.

The pouting young beauties of the "Twilight Saga" movies and the CW Network's "Vampire Diaries" have little in common with members of the 4-year-old Atlanta Vampire Alliance, whose members say they suck energy from people and only occasionally drink small amounts of blood, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

"Merticus," an alliance organizer, told the newspaper real vamps are no different, physically or psychologically, from anyone else.

"We could be the model-train group down the street from you," he said, adding that they don't have supernatural powers such as immortality or skin that sparkles in the sunlight.

The Journal-Constitution said vampire groups have been around for years, with a recent academic study of the phenomenon indicating most self-styled vampires blend in with everyday people in appearance and behavior ... though some vampires reportedly wear fake fangs and "goth" fashions.

Super Double Big
Songs of the Day:

The Key of Awesome - TWILIGHT SUCKS!



bela lugosi's dead

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Monday, November 16, 2009

"Man provides photo for his own wanted poster"

Odd News:

"Man provides photo for his own wanted poster"

(Reuters) – A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.

South Wales Police had issued media with the photo of Matthew Maynard, wanted by officers investigating a house burglary, as part of a crackdown on crime in Swansea.

When it appeared in the South Wales Evening Post, the 23-year-old sent the newspaper a replacement photo of himself standing in front of a police van. They obligingly printed it on the front page.

The police thanked him for helping them in their appeal, saying: "Everyone in Swansea will know what he looks like now."



Song of the Day:
Faster Pussycat - You're So Vain




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Sunday, November 15, 2009

"And the ugliest people are..."

Odd News:

(Reuters) - Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.

Fewer than one in eight British men and just three in 20 women who have applied to BeautifulPeople.com have been accepted, an emailed statement from the website showed.

Existing members of the "elite dating site" rate how attractive potential members are over a 48 hour period, after applicants upload a recent photo and personal profile.

"I would say Britain is stumbling because they don't spend as much time polishing up their appearance and they are letting themselves down on physical fitness," Beautiful People managing director Greg Hodge said. "Next to Brazilian and Scandinavian beauties, British people just aren't as toned or glamorous."





Song of the Day:
The Bloodhound Gang - You're Pretty When I'm Drunk



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Saturday, November 14, 2009

"Man calls 911 for sex"

Odd News:

"Man calls 911 for sex"

(UPI) -- Police in Florida said they arrested a man who called 911 five times to report he wanted someone to have sex with him.
Basso, who was arrested 15 minutes after his last 911 call, told officers he called 911 because it was the only number he knew that was free while his cell phone was out of minutes.
He was charged with making a false 911 call and taken to Hillsborough County Jail.




Song of the Day:
Foreigner - Urgent



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Friday, November 13, 2009

"Police arrest ninja on street corner"

Odd News:

"Police arrest ninja on street corner"

(UPI) -- Police in Connecticut said they arrested a man in ninja garb who was allegedly waving nunchucks and talking about wanting to beat up politicians.

Investigators said they received numerous reports of a man in a ninja costume waving nunchucks.

The man was shouting about his desire to beat up U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., and other subjects, police said. They said the man became cooperative when he saw officers with bean bags and Taser stun guns.



Ninja Song of the Day:
Carl Douglas - Kung fu fighting


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Thursday, November 12, 2009

"Spider-Man impostor slugs man"

Odd News:

"Spider-Man impostor slugs man"

People dressed as all manner of movie characters and celebrities -- including Elvis, Superman and SpongeBob SquarePants -- work the strip for tips from tourists. Sometimes, however, the frivolity gets nasty when the costumed characters get aggressive.
A man in a Spider-Man costume was arrested on outstanding warrants in Los Angeles after he allegedly hit a man on Hollywood Boulevard Wednesday.
First, officers had to figure out which Spider-Man impostor was which, because they found four of them dressed as the superhero about 12:30 p.m., police said.
The victim told police he was hit in the face and arms but did not want to press charges against the suspect, Christopher Loomis, 39. But Loomis was booked on outstanding misdemeanor warrants and held on $5,500 bond.
(UPI)





Song of the Day:
The Copyrights - My Heroes Are All Assholes



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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

"Christmas wrapping paper covered in swastikas"

Odd News:

"Christmas wrapping paper covered in swastikas"

(UPI) -- A Florida woman said she was shocked to find the Christmas wrapping paper she recently purchased was decorated with swastikas.

Casey Lehman of Seminole County said the wrapping paper, which she purchased at Dollar Mania in the Altamonte Mall, was covered in symbols that her mother and fiance agreed were Nazi swastikas, WESH-TV, Orlando, reported.

"If I had sent this out on my Christmas gifts and someone had pointed it out to me I would have been mortified. I would have been really embarrassed," Lehman said.



Song of the Day:
White Christmas - The Flaming Lips


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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

"Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is The Mark of the Beast"

Odd News:

"Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is The Mark of the Beast"

A 22-year veteran kindergarten teacher in the Texas Bible Belt could lose her job for refusing, on religious grounds, to give fingerprints under a state law requiring them.

The evangelical Christian, Pam McLaurin, is fighting a looming suspension, claiming that fingerprinting amounts to the “Mark of the Beast,” and hence is a violation of her First Amendment right to practice her religion.

Her attorney, Scott Skelton, said his client believes that the computerized fingerprinting, in which her fingerprints will be stored in a database, is the mark addressed in Revelation. The teacher does not believe that it is merely coincidence that Revelation says only those with the ‘mark on his forehead or on his hand’ will be able to buy or sell, since only those teachers who comply with fingerprinting requirements will keep their jobs, he said.

“This law prohibits the free exercise of her religion,” Skelton said in a telephone interview.

OBVIOUS Song of the Day:
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast


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Monday, November 9, 2009

Bonus Song of the Day

Odd News:

"Train drags half-naked mooner along tracks"

A German man mooning railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks.
dangling by his trousers, the man got pulled along for about 200 meters, all the while managing to keep his legs away from the wheels of the train.

Song of the Day:



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"Graffiti artist left work incomplete"

Odd News:

"Graffiti artist left work incomplete"

Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work.
The artist painted the words "ran out of purple" on the white concrete wall. The note was next to an incomplete bright purple piece that read "Solo."

The artist would likely face a criminal mischief charge if he or she is apprehended. The damage was estimated at about $200.



Song of the Day:
Van Halen - Finish What Ya Started



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Sunday, November 8, 2009

"S.Korean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try"

Odd News:

"S.Korean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try"

A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time. The aspiring driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test.
Cha Sa-soon, 68, finally passed the written exam with a score of 60.


Song of the Day:
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster



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Saturday, November 7, 2009

"Man shows up alive at his own funeral"

Odd News:

"Man shows up alive at his own funeral"

A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.
Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said.

What family members didn't know was that Goncalves had spent the night at a truck stop talking with friends over drinks of a sugarcane liquor known as cachaca.

As is customary in Brazil, the funeral was held the following day, which happened to be the holiday of Finados, when Brazilians visit cemeteries to honour the dead.
"People are afraid to look for very long when they identify bodies, and I think that is what happened in this case."said the police spokesman, who talked on condition of anonymity.

Goncalves rushed to the funeral to let family members know he was not dead.



Song of the Day:
Dead or Alive - Lover Come Back To Me



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Friday, November 6, 2009

Bonus Song of the Day

Odd News:

"Man ordering food called a zombie, punched twice in face"


Iowa City police are investigating an early morning assault, in which a man was ordering food when he was approached by another man who called him a zombie, then hit him in the eye. When the victim tried to call police on his cell phone, the man punched him again, breaking his nose.
The man then ran out a back door.

Bonus Song of the Day:



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"Image of Jesus appears on truck window"

Odd News:

"Image of Jesus appears on truck window"

Jim Stevens said he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup. Stevens, of Jonesborough, said nearly every morning, an image that looks to him like the face of Jesus Christ has appeared in the condensation on the driver's side window of his Isuzu truck.
Stevens said when he first saw the image, he figured it would evaporate and not return. But it kept reappearing for two weeks now.
Stevens said folks at the grocery store he goes to were amazed to see the image.

He said he isn't going to wash the truck for a while.



Song of the Day:
Coheed and Cambria - The Light and The Glass



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Thursday, November 5, 2009

"Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012"

Odd News:

"Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012"

A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.

The Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost 3 million euro ($4.4 million) for a three-night stay at the hotel, with this price including an eight-week training course on a tropical island.
During their stay, guests would see the sun rise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes. They would wear velcro suits so they can crawl around their pod rooms by sticking themselves to the walls like Spiderman.



Song of the Day:
Clutch - Escape From The Prison Planet




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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Bonus Song of the Day

Odd News:
"Transvestites on trial for theft"

Five Filipino transvestites have gone on trial in Shanghai, accused of drugging men with adulterated foods before robbing them.
Five men "dressed as women and, after leading the victims into taxis or hotel rooms, induced them to eat chocolate and other foods laced with sleeping drugs," The men then robbed their victims, taking mobile phones, credit cards, and a Rolex watch. They then used the cards to buy perfume and gold.


Song of the Day:
The Kinks - Lola



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"Firefighter accused of drugging wife's tea with anti-depressent"

Odd News:

"Firefighter accused of drugging wife's tea with anti-depressent"

A veteran Milwaukee firefighter was charged with drugging his wife's tea with his anti-depressent medication because he said he wanted to calm her after an argument. A criminal complaint charges the 43-year-old man with a felony.
The man gave his wife a cup of tea Saturday. She in turn let their 3-year-old son drink from the cup. When he finished,she noticed he was spitting a white substance back into the cup.
His wife, a Milwaukee police detective, confronted her husband. He admitted putting Lexapro in the tea.
The prosecutor said both wife and child were unharmed.
The firefighter told an investigator he wanted to calm his wife after an argument about a bill.



Song of the Day:
" If It Makes You Happy " - Sheryl Crow



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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

"Mainstream evolution-theory scholar,fell in love and now believes that we're all controlled by shape-shifting reptilian"

Odd News:

"Mainstream evolution-theory scholar,fell in love and now believes that we're all controlled by shape-shifting reptilian"

Before Arthur David Horn met his future bride Lynette (a "metaphysical healer") in 1988, he was a tenured professor at Colorado State, with a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale, teaching a mainstream course in human evolution.
After a revelatory week with her in California's Trinity Mountains, searching for Bigfoot, Horn evolved, himself, resigning from Colorado State and seeking to remedy his inadequate Ivy League education. At a conference in Denver in September, Horn said he now realizes that humans come from an alien race of shape-shifting reptilians that continue to control civilization through the secretive leaders known as the Illuminati.



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Monday, November 2, 2009

Bonus Song of the Day

Not So Odd News:

"Cheney to FBI: No idea who leaked Plame's identity"

Citing faulty memory, former Vice President Dick Cheney told federal investigators in a 2004 interview he had no idea who revealed to reporters that Valerie Plame, the wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.
Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI in the probe of who leaked the former spy's identity to the news media. At the end of Libby's trial, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said "there is a cloud over the vice president" regarding the leaking of Plame's identity.


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"Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can't recall"

Not So Odd News:

"Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can't recall"

Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.
On 72 occasions, according to the 28-page FBI summary, Cheney equivocated to the FBI during his lengthy May 2004 interview, saying he could not be certain in his answers to questions about matters large and small in the Plame controversy.
How did Scooter Libby find out that the wife of Bush administration war critic Joseph Wilson worked at the CIA? "It turns out that I have a note that I had heard about" Plame's CIA identity "from you," Libby says he told the vice president.
Cheney "cannot recall Scooter Libby telling him how he first heard of Valerie Wilson. It is possible Libby may have learned about Valerie Wilson's employment from the vice president ... but the vice president has no specific recollection of such a conversation."


Song of the Day:
Placebo + Frank Black = Awesome








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Sunday, November 1, 2009

"McPrank: 4 Utah teens cited for McDonald's rap"

Odd News:

"McPrank: 4 Utah teens cited for McDonald's rap"

Four teens were cited by American Fork police earlier for disorderly conduct after they rapped their order at a McDonald's drive-through.
The teens said they were imitating a popular video on YouTube.
Ludlow said the teens were asked several times to speak plainly and that ultimately the manager came outside.
A manager wrote down the car's license plate number and called police. The teens were later cited by officers at a high school parking lot.




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