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Iowa zoo recaptures flamingo that flew the coop (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 17:07
AP - An Iowa zoo has recaptured a flamingo that flew over a Des Moines neighborhood, a golf course and the entire zoo during a 7-hour freedom flight.
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Man nabbed after hitting girlfriend with sandwich (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 17:01
AP - A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday. Police said the 19-year-old man became angry and hit the woman in the arm and face with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off.
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Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 17:01
AP - An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of his pickup on Soldiers Field Road and plunge into Boston's Charles River on Tuesday.
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New constable allows friend to fire gun into air (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 17:01
AP - A newly elected constable was questioned by sheriff's deputies after allowing a friend to fire his county-issued handgun into the air at a party.
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World's oldest polar bear dies at Canadian zoo (Reuters)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 14:34
Reuters - Canadian zoo officials on Tuesday were mourning the death of what is believed to be the world's oldest polar bear.
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Austrian city imposes tracksuit ban for cabbies (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 12:01
AP - Cabs in the Austrian city of Salzburg just got classier: Drivers can no longer wear tracksuits. The new regulation took effect earlier this month in an attempt to improve the image of cabbies in a place known for its upmarket clientele.
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Ky. inmate who escaped jail returns on own (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 11:14
AP - Chad Toy's escape from jail wasn't what shocked his jailers; it was his plea to be let back in. "When I rang the bell at the jail and told them who I was, they were surprised," Toy told The Paducah (Ky.) Sun newspaper. "I guess they haven't seen that before."
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Farmer avoids jail in fake tiger photo trial

Reuters Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 11:05
BEIJING (Reuters) - A farmer in northern China found guilty of doctoring photos of an endangered tiger after collecting a cash reward from wildlife authorities, has been handed a lighter sentence on appeal, local media said on Tuesday.
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Top anti-drink cop caught drunk driving

Reuters Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 11:05
TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior Tokyo police official tasked with keeping the city's roads clear of drunk drivers has been arrested for driving under the influence, police said on Tuesday.
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Parliament picks bomb hoaxer as speaker

Reuters Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 11:04
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's newly elected parliament has chosen as its new speaker a popular television talent show host once convicted of placing a prank call about a bomb in a hotel.
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City threatens blind woman over unpaid 1-cent bill (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 05:19
AP - A 74-year-old blind woman was shocked when her daughter found a letter from the city saying a lien would be placed on her home unless she paid an overdue water bill.
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Top Japan anti-drink cop caught drunk driving (Reuters)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 02:15
Reuters - A senior Tokyo police official tasked with keeping the city's roads clear of drunk drivers has been arrested for driving under the influence, police said on Tuesday.
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Climber plumps for portable toilets for Everest

Reuters Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 02:01
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A young Nepali climber is seeking to popularize a toilet fashioned from a plastic bucket with a lid to promote eco-friendly climbing on Mount Everest.
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Couple pays $200 for "special" samosas

Reuters Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 01:56
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Dutch couple on a visit to the eastern Indian state of Bihar paid 10,000 rupees ($204) for four samosas, a spicy deep-fried snack that usually doesn't cost more than a few rupees, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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Pudgiest pets compete in slimming contest

Reuters Oddly Enough - Tue, 2008-11-18 00:20
LONDON (Reuters) - Eight of Britain's fattest pets are to embark on a 100-day diet and fitness regime in a bid to crowned this year's pet fit club champion.
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Kangaroo genes close to humans (Reuters)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Mon, 2008-11-17 21:19

Reuters - Australia's kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, Australian researchers said Tuesday.


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China farmer avoids jail in fake tiger photo trial (Reuters)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Mon, 2008-11-17 20:18
Reuters - A farmer in northern China found guilty of doctoring photos of an endangered tiger after collecting a cash reward from wildlife authorities, has been handed a lighter sentence on appeal, local media said on Tuesday.
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Man accused of dousing neighbor for a 'confession' (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Mon, 2008-11-17 17:33
AP - Police said a Pennsylvania man bound his neighbor with duct tape, doused him with gasoline and threatened to set him on fire unless the neighbor confessed to burglarizing his house. John Black, of New Sewickley Township, was charged with burglary, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint and related crimes.
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Maine man sheds 140 pounds to join the Marines (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Mon, 2008-11-17 14:03
AP - Army and Navy recruiters took one look at 330-pound Ulysses Milana and told him to forget about joining. "'You've got to lose weight,'" Milana remembers them saying. But Marine recruiters were willing to work with him as he began his weight-loss journey in December 2007.
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Driver sentenced for throwing axe at motorist (AP)

Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Mon, 2008-11-17 12:14
AP - A driver who threw an axe at another motorist, wounding him, has been sentenced to 37 days in jail. The man, 51, was sentenced Friday in Lancaster County Court for third-degree assault and criminal mischief after pleading no contest to the charges.
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