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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1770 Most Recommended Odd News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:28 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1770 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_usa_antiques nm/20090630/oukoe_uk_usa_antiques Reuters odd Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:31:33 GMT Reuters - A woman who inherited some Chinese carved jade from her father has scored the first $1 million (601,557 pounds) appraisal from experts on the U.S. television program "Antiques Roadshow," the producers said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_teacher_sex_tape ap/20090703/us_odd_teacher_sex_tape AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:02:14 GMT AP - A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_ambulance_thefts ap/20090701/us_odd_ambulance_thefts AP odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:04:35 GMT AP - A boy was arrested over the weekend on charges of stealing from an ambulance while paramedics were treating his mother. The Johnson City Press reported the boy, who was not named because he is a juvenile, was charged with stealing $5,000 in medical supplies. That includes an oxygen tank and an oxygen sensor machine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_naked_airline_passenger ap/20090702/us_odd_naked_airline_passenger AP odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:43:16 GMT AP - A passenger stripped naked during a US Airways flight and resisted a flight attendant's efforts to cover him with a blanket before two off-duty law enforcement officers on board subdued and handcuffed him, authorities said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_airnewzealand_odd nm/20090702/us_airnewzealand_odd Reuters odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:02:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_airnewzealand_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r2259953893.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=_3TiZcAp7vv8PQobxuLXXg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="An Air New Zealand passenger jet taxis past an idle Ansett plane at Sydney's airport September 17, 2001. REUTERS/Mark Baker" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Air New Zealand has hit on a novel way to make sure even the most jaded flyers keep their eyes glued on its flight safety briefing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_airnewzealand_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r2259953893.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=_3TiZcAp7vv8PQobxuLXXg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Air New Zealand passenger jet taxis past an idle Ansett plane at Sydney's airport September 17, 2001. REUTERS/Mark Baker" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_fertility_odd nm/20090630/us_fertility_odd Reuters odd Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:49:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_fertility_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r2875707024.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=MtWZdnIeft2dXVmrYtl8eg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A doctor at the Alma Res fertility clinic in Rome prepares eggs and sperm for an attempt at artificial insemination, June 7, 2005. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Having sex every day improves the quality of men's sperm and is recommended for couples trying to conceive, according to new research.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_fertility_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r2875707024.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=MtWZdnIeft2dXVmrYtl8eg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A doctor at the Alma Res fertility clinic in Rome prepares eggs and sperm for an attempt at artificial insemination, June 7, 2005. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_congregation_protest ap/20090702/us_odd_congregation_protest AP odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_congregation_protest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.f301a65ba7234c7fba6abd8db8841a28.congregation_protest_txah101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DXzG6.7U9pDFyojhVEZGvQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Maria Moran, 41, the pastor's wife showing pictures outside the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church in Webster Texas Wednesday July 1, 2009. Police used a Taser on the pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. (AP Photo/Arelis Hernandez)." border="0" /></a>AP - Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church for an early morning prayer when pastor Jose Elias Moran went to assist the stopped driver, a church member, by asking the police what had happened.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_congregation_protest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.f301a65ba7234c7fba6abd8db8841a28.congregation_protest_txah101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DXzG6.7U9pDFyojhVEZGvQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Maria Moran, 41, the pastor's wife showing pictures outside the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church in Webster Texas Wednesday July 1, 2009. Police used a Taser on the pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. (AP Photo/Arelis Hernandez)." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_murder_odd nm/20090630/us_murder_odd Reuters odd Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:53:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_murder_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r985379400.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3oh1CqfEmxcOB.ZMaPbibA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A view of a lobby area at the Barcelona International Convention Center in an undated photo. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Spanish police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_murder_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r985379400.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3oh1CqfEmxcOB.ZMaPbibA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of a lobby area at the Barcelona International Convention Center in an undated photo. REUTERS/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_hogs_gone_wild ap/20090701/us_odd_hogs_gone_wild AP odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:04:30 GMT AP - An 800-pound hog that survived on its own for a week after a truck flipped while on its way to a slaughterhouse has surfaced in a swimming pool at a home near the crash site. LeAnn Baldy, whose house is only yards from Interstate 430, said Monday she noticed her pool was suddenly overflowing and then saw the immersed pig, which was having a drink in the pool. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_smoking_attack ap/20090701/us_odd_smoking_attack AP odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:17:38 GMT AP - Authorities said a man has been charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and elbowed her for smoking in the house. An arrest report shows that the 51-year-old husband was charged Saturday. Police said the couple began arguing when the wife began smoking a cigarette in their home. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gambling_closure_odd nm/20090701/us_gambling_closure_odd Reuters odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:42:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gambling_closure_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r4111020920.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=xcs01UnZCJMFB1975rp5pQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A dealer stacks chips on a roulette table at the Shangri La Casino in Moscow June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gambling_closure_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r4111020920.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=xcs01UnZCJMFB1975rp5pQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A dealer stacks chips on a roulette table at the Shangri La Casino in Moscow June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/italyjapantourismrestaurantoffbeat afp/20090702/italyjapantourismrestaurantoffbeat AFP odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:58:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/italyjapantourismrestaurantoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246546668411-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5Ov6jWIccH0O5jgradJ7.Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A restaurant in Rome which presented a Japanese tourist with a bill for nearly 700 euros (980 dollars) after a meal with his fiancee has been closed down by the authorities.(AFP/File/Marcello Paternostro)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A restaurant in Rome which presented a Japanese tourist with a bill for nearly 700 euros (980 dollars) after a meal with his fiancee has been closed down by the authorities, Il Messaggero daily reported on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/italyjapantourismrestaurantoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246546668411-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5Ov6jWIccH0O5jgradJ7.Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A restaurant in Rome which presented a Japanese tourist with a bill for nearly 700 euros (980 dollars) after a meal with his fiancee has been closed down by the authorities.(AFP/File/Marcello Paternostro)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_broke_diner ap/20090701/us_odd_broke_diner AP odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:04:30 GMT AP - An Arizona man who likes several drinks with his lunch has been arrested three times in the past week for refusing to pay at restaurants where he ate. Jefferson Parish sheriff's records show that a 36-year-old man was booked with defrauding an innkeeper after he ate at three restaurants, then laughed when asked to pay his bill. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gameshow_odd nm/20090703/us_gameshow_odd Reuters odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:55:04 GMT Reuters - What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_biggs_odd nm/20090702/us_biggs_odd Reuters odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:09:19 GMT Reuters - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release on Wednesday after the British government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he was "wholly unrepentant." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_escape_odd nm/20090703/us_escape_odd Reuters odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_escape_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r4282189545.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=SBXc_jHNO1UEc9Bgqlt3Pg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Cows graze in a field next to a Zeppelin airship parked outside the Swiss village of Lindau, near Zurich, October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-meter-long zeppelin.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_escape_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r4282189545.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=SBXc_jHNO1UEc9Bgqlt3Pg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cows graze in a field next to a Zeppelin airship parked outside the Swiss village of Lindau, near Zurich, October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_odd_switzerland_tv_on_fire ap/20090703/eu_odd_switzerland_tv_on_fire AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:38:09 GMT AP - It must rank among the easiest fires ever to put out. Zurich authorities say police and firefighters were called to the house of an elderly woman early Thursday after she reported her television set was burning. When they arrived, they discovered no signs of fire or smoke. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_mosquitos_odd nm/20090630/us_mosquitos_odd Reuters odd Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:51:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_mosquitos_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r3709636876.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=v.rmyT0D0QxWQTFgXZQ4pA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Health workers walk through a cloud of insecticide after spraying the lobby area of an office building in downtown Singapore July 4, 1998. REUTERS/John Pryke" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Sri Lankan court threatened a mosquito repellent factory manager with six months in jail for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on company premises to stop the spread of dengue fever, an official said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_mosquitos_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r3709636876.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=v.rmyT0D0QxWQTFgXZQ4pA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Health workers walk through a cloud of insecticide after spraying the lobby area of an office building in downtown Singapore July 4, 1998. REUTERS/John Pryke" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_soul_odd nm/20090703/us_soul_odd Reuters odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:53:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_soul_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r710300760.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=akF2DJBO1gXSKDZxMdmWxA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Viktor Mirosiichenko, the public face of Kontora loan company, shows a contract with a borrower at his office in Riga July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_soul_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r710300760.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=akF2DJBO1gXSKDZxMdmWxA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Viktor Mirosiichenko, the public face of Kontora loan company, shows a contract with a borrower at his office in Riga July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_bear_sandwich ap/20090703/us_odd_bear_sandwich AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:38:09 GMT AP - A northwestern New Jersey man said he was mugged in his driveway by a sandwich-craving bear. Henry Rouwendal said he was packing his car last Friday when he was hit from behind and knocked to the ground. He said the culprit was a black bear who took his Italian sandwich.