http://www.ey3news.com/content/topic_000024_page.shtml Updated with the latest news for Odd News en-gb Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:05:45 EST Copyright: (C) Ey3News.com, see http://www.ey3news.com/terms_and_conditions.shtml for terms and conditions of reuse http://www.ey3news.com/ http://www.ey3news.com/images/icons/ey3news_logo_rss.gif http://www.ey3news.com AP - Turns out, even beheaded rattlesnakes can be dangerous. That's what 53-year-old Danny Anderson learned as he was feeding his horses Monday night, when a 5-foot rattler slithered onto his central Washington property, about 50 miles southeast of Yakima. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217837 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217837 2007-08-10 18:00:39 AP - Steve Graham might not be in the doghouse over a dispute with his wife, but as far as his neighbors are concerned, he's not far from it. For the past seven years, Graham, 55, has been living in his car parked in the backyard of a house he and his wife, La Donna Graham, own. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217838 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217838 2007-08-10 18:00:39 AP - Police arrested a 27-year-old woman who allegedly tied her son's hair to a stairway railing as punishment. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217839 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217839 2007-08-10 18:00:39 AP - Green Bay police are again looking for a naked man who has been running through yards wearing only a ski mask to cover his face. Police in Green Bay and nearby Appleton have investigated about 60 similar reports over the past two years. They believe the same man is responsible. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217840 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217840 2007-08-10 18:00:39 AP - An 85-year-old man whose home was burglarized three times within a week decided to take matters into his own hands. Alton Tillman left his home at his regular time Tuesday, but doubled back and quietly went inside, finding emptied drawers, items in disarray — and someone's feet sticking out from under a bed, police said. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217841 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217841 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - A crocodile survived a fall from the 12th floor of a Russian apartment block after making an escape bid through a window, emergency services said on Wednesday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217842 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217842 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217843 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217843 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - A fashion model who features in a high-profile advertising campaign for Deutsche Telekom has threatened to seek another provider after waiting three months for the company to install a new phone line at her apartment. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217844 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217844 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - As many as 11 million British motorists are unable to read a basic road map, according to a survey released Monday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217845 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217845 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - Ninety-one percent of Americans believe sending text messages while driving is as dangerous as driving after having a couple of drinks, but 57 percent admit to doing it, a poll released Tuesday said. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217846 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217846 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - It's safe to go back into the waters off Britain -- reports of a man-eating shark that have made front page headlines were just a great white lie. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217847 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217847 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - Jet setters in Saint-Tropez may be grounded after French authorities limited helicopter flights to the exclusive resort following complaints about the noise. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217848 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217848 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - Condom maker Futura Medical said on Thursday that results of a study showed its new condom helped men have firmer and bigger erections, as well as a longer-lasting sexual experience. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217849 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217849 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - Spain's most wanted thief, "The Loner", saw himself as a Robin Hood-style figure and said he robbed banks only because they stole from the public, his lawyer said on Thursday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217850 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217850 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - Nearly 2,000 newts and hundreds of toads have been given new homes as work continues on London's Olympic Park for the 2012 Games, organisers said on Thursday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217851 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217851 2007-08-10 18:00:39 AP - A teenage boy who suffered only minor injuries when he fell through a church ceiling 40 feet to the floor had a "guardian angel" looking out for him, said the church's pastor. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217852 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217852 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - Photographs of Angela Merkel on a recent trip to a supermarket were published in German daily Bild on Thursday -- earning the German Chancellor lavish praise from the paper for her modesty and common touch. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217853 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217853 2007-08-10 18:00:39 AP - A smudge of driveway sealant resembling Jesus Christ's face has fetched more than $1,500 for the Forest family that found the holy image on its garage floor. The Serio family put the slab of concrete up for auction on eBay more than a week ago. Wednesday, they got a taker at $1,525.69. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217854 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217854 2007-08-10 18:00:39 Reuters - A chunk of an Arctic glacier broke into the sea and triggered a huge wave that injured 18 people on a sightseeing boat, almost all of them British tourists, Norwegian officials said on Thursday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217855 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217855 2007-08-10 18:00:39 AP - Animal-control officers here said there have been several reports in the past few days of a kangaroo hopping along U.S. 90. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217856 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217856 2007-08-10 18:00:39 AP - Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215673 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215673 2007-08-10 06:00:30 AP - A teenager fell six stories from a hotel balcony but walked away with just bruises and scrapes. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215674 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215674 2007-08-10 06:00:30 Reuters - China's most eligible bachelor, basketball sensation Yao Ming, married his long-term girlfriend Ye Li at a jealously guarded private ceremony at a luxury hotel in their hometown Shanghai on Monday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215676 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215676 2007-08-10 06:00:30 Reuters - Sloppy Bangkok policemen are being ordered to wear bright pink "Hello Kitty" armbands in a uniquely Thai twist to zero tolerance anti-crime initiatives used in New York. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215677 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215677 2007-08-10 06:00:30 Reuters - A panda at a zoo in northwestern China, unimpressed with the food offered at his new lodgings, erupted with rage and sunk his teeth into a staff member's flesh instead, local media reported on Monday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215678 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215678 2007-08-10 06:00:30 Reuters - A 59-year-old German woman has had most of a pencil removed from inside her head after suffering nearly her whole life with the headaches and nosebleeds it caused, Bild newspaper reported on Monday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215679 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215679 2007-08-10 06:00:30 AP - The Army Corps of Engineers, which accidentally dumped sand filled with old military ordnance on Surf City's beach, now wants the town to help pay to remove it. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213420 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213420 2007-08-06 18:00:33 AP - A library patron suspected of selling hundreds of books, tapes and DVDs he had borrowed has cost Denver-area libraries tens of thousands of dollars, officials said. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213421 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213421 2007-08-06 18:00:33 AP - An ice cream truck parked in front of a junior high school was offering up cocaine and marijuana along with the soft serve, police said. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213422 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213422 2007-08-06 18:00:33 AP - A man with no arms and one leg who wouldn't stop driving despite a long list of traffic violations was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on felony driving and drug charges. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213423 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213423 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim, who is estimated by some calculations to be wealthier than Microsoft founder Bill Gates, said Thursday he did not care if he was the world's richest person. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213424 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213424 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - A Sicilian mother took away her 61-year-old son's house keys, cut off his allowance and hauled him to the police station because he stayed out late. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213425 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213425 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - A Florida man stockpiled 20,000 cubic yards of horse manure on his property and was charged with running an illegal composting operation, environmental regulators said on Wednesday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213426 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213426 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - A Finnish squirrel with a sweet tooth heads to a Finnish grocery shop at least twice a day to steal "Kinder Surprise" chocolate-shelled eggs. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213427 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213427 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - A Berlin court has sentenced a man known as "Schnitzel Stephan" to 18 months in jail for cheating 64 restaurants in the past year when he was already on probation for previous unpaid eating binges. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213428 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213428 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - Troubled "yokozuna" Asashoryu was diagnosed on Sunday as being one step away from clinical depression following his suspension from two sumo tournaments, Kyodo news agency reported. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213429 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213429 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - China has banned the use of slogans like "Raise fewer babies but more piggies" to promote family planning, worried crude language may hamper its message in the world's most populous country, state media said on Sunday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213430 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213430 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - Dozens of bananas failed to do the trick but an Indian thief has finally produced a gold necklace he had snatched and then swallowed after police fed him a hearty meal of chicken, rice and local bread. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213431 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213431 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - A signed pair of Lionel Messi's boots have been sold for 4,000 euros (2,700 pounds) at an auction in Beijing on Barcelona's tour of Asia, Spanish media reported on Sunday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213432 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213432 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - More than two-thirds of Australians living outside major cities are overweight or obese, and extremely obese corpses are creating a safety hazard at mortuaries, according to two studies released on Sunday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213433 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213433 2007-08-06 18:00:33 AP - An antiques collector stumbled upon a Civil War-era rarity that was about to suffer the same fate as yesterday's trash. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213434 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213434 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - Food stalls attached to Beijing's public toilets will be removed in good time for next year's Olympics, state media said on Saturday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213435 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213435 2007-08-06 18:00:33 AP - The thieves who kicked in the door of an empty house last month weren't after any ordinary valuables — they wanted the 19th-century home's decorative wooden mantelpieces. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213436 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213436 2007-08-06 18:00:33 Reuters - France's national rail company said on Friday it had taken several sleeper carriages out of service to deal with an infestation of bed bugs. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213437 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213437 2007-08-06 18:00:33 AP - Playing the popular Chinese tile game mahjong can lead to seizures, Hong Kong researchers say, calling the phenomenon "mahjong epilepsy." http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213438 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213438 2007-08-06 18:00:33 AP - It's a girl — again — for the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211723 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211723 2007-08-06 06:00:29 AP - A 94-year-old great-great-grandmother who left school at the age of 12 appears to be the world's oldest recipient of a master's degree, an official with Guinness World Records said Friday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211724 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211724 2007-08-06 06:00:29 AP - An Australian court ordered a man to hand over a vintage plane worth about $215,000 after he tried to back out of an eBay auction, a newspaper reported Friday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211725 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211725 2007-08-06 06:00:29 AP - Imagine the ringing noise of 32,000 quarters hitting the pavement. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211726 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211726 2007-08-06 06:00:29 AP - Members of a 1980s funk and disco group hit a sour note in their attempt to break the world record for the largest kazoo ensemble, falling short of the some 2,600 impromptu musicians needed. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211727 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211727 2007-08-06 06:00:29 Reuters - Australia's military, caught on the hop by public outrage at plans to shoot thousands of kangaroos on its bases in Canberra, is considering moving them in air-conditioned comfort at a cost of over A$3,600 (1,500 pounds) each. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211728 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211728 2007-08-06 06:00:29 Reuters - A painting long thought to be the work of Dutch master Vincent van Gogh has been proven a fake after a series of tests by art experts in Amsterdam, Australian gallery officials said on Friday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211729 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211729 2007-08-06 06:00:29 Reuters - How do people get ahead in the workplace? One way seems to be by making their subordinates miserable, according to a study released on Friday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211730 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211730 2007-08-06 06:00:29 Reuters - Beer-breaths beware. A new concept car with breathalyser-like detection systems may provide even greater traction for Japanese efforts to keep impaired drivers off the road. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211731 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211731 2007-08-06 06:00:29 Reuters - Businesses are losing more than 50 million pounds a year because of employees leaving work early on Friday, according to a survey published on Friday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211732 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211732 2007-08-06 06:00:29 Reuters - The mayor of Ankara has asked residents to take longer summer holidays to help ease a severe water shortage afflicting Turkey's capital, newspapers reported on Friday. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211733 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211733 2007-08-06 06:00:29 AP - As Barry Bonds pushes for home run No. 755 to tie one of baseball's most hallowed records, a Colorado sushi restaurant is celebrating the man who set the record — Hank Aaron. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211734 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211734 2007-08-06 06:00:29