Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1770 Most Recommended Odd News en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:03:56 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1770 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_burglar_yard_sale ap/20080702/odd_burglar_yard_sale AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:47:27 GMT AP - Police say an Ocala man was selling stolen property at a yard sale in the same neighborhood as the home he robbed. Fred and Betty McAteers, who live in Ocklawaha, arrived at a home they own in Ocala on Monday to find that it had been burglarized. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/museum_s_rare_gun ap/20080704/museum_s_rare_gun AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:33:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/museum_s_rare_gun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.ad14821baf5a40b2a6fbd95fabe54073.museums_rare_gun_ardj101.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=DG5lPZ2zTZmqykKmzlxB9g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Tom Gray, owner of Cowden Art Conservation, inspects an 1851 Alger Cadet Gun after it was placed on display at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, July 3, 2008. The bronze Artillery piece was commandeered by Confederate forces during the Civil War and assigned to an Arkansas infantry regiment during the conflict. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" border="0" /></a>AP - An 1851 artillery gun carried into battle by Arkansas military school students who joined the Confederate Army was unveiled in its home state Thursday after nearly 150 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/museum_s_rare_gun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.ad14821baf5a40b2a6fbd95fabe54073.museums_rare_gun_ardj101.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=DG5lPZ2zTZmqykKmzlxB9g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tom Gray, owner of Cowden Art Conservation, inspects an 1851 Alger Cadet Gun after it was placed on display at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, July 3, 2008. The bronze Artillery piece was commandeered by Confederate forces during the Civil War and assigned to an Arkansas infantry regiment during the conflict. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_stolen_cell_phone ap/20080704/odd_stolen_cell_phone AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:12:06 GMT AP - A Duluth man is under arrest after he called police on a cell phone from a purse he had just allegedly snatched. Police arrested the 29-year-old man on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_revolutionary_marriage ap/20080704/odd_revolutionary_marriage AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:49:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_revolutionary_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.b2d49178365e48038ff894a604d26e70.revolutionary_marriage_patm102.jpg?x=130&y=112&q=85&sig=hXPWnvkHd4QQ58jSYYxa1g--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="Historic re-enactor Ralph Archbold, right, as Benjamin Franklin, places a ring on the finger of Linda Wilde, who portrays Betsy Ross, as they exchange wedding vows during their real life wedding ceremony officiated by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, center, in front of Independence Hall, Thursday July 3, 2008, in Philadelphia. The groom, who has portrayed Franklin since 1973, and his bride are both attired in Colonial-era formal wear. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)" border="0" /></a>AP - Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_revolutionary_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.b2d49178365e48038ff894a604d26e70.revolutionary_marriage_patm102.jpg?x=130&y=112&q=85&sig=hXPWnvkHd4QQ58jSYYxa1g--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="photo" title="Historic re-enactor Ralph Archbold, right, as Benjamin Franklin, places a ring on the finger of Linda Wilde, who portrays Betsy Ross, as they exchange wedding vows during their real life wedding ceremony officiated by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, center, in front of Independence Hall, Thursday July 3, 2008, in Philadelphia. The groom, who has portrayed Franklin since 1973, and his bride are both attired in Colonial-era formal wear. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wayward_dolphins ap/20080704/wayward_dolphins AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:57:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wayward_dolphins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.c69052516f154530bc99fff6b1b1509c.wayward_dolphins_njme104.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Z2zSuPEuwN7dSLXw34QYBQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Boaters look on as dolphins swim in the Shrewsbury River Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Sea Bright, N.J. The group of 15 dolphins who have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stay there through the July Fourth holiday weekend, even though a nearby fireworks display draws heavy boat traffic. Patrols will enforce a perimeter around the dolphins throughout the holiday weekend, state police Sgt. Stephen Jones said. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities protecting a dolphin family in a New Jersey river are stepping up enforcement over the July Fourth holiday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wayward_dolphins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.c69052516f154530bc99fff6b1b1509c.wayward_dolphins_njme104.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Z2zSuPEuwN7dSLXw34QYBQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Boaters look on as dolphins swim in the Shrewsbury River Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Sea Bright, N.J. The group of 15 dolphins who have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stay there through the July Fourth holiday weekend, even though a nearby fireworks display draws heavy boat traffic. Patrols will enforce a perimeter around the dolphins throughout the holiday weekend, state police Sgt. Stephen Jones said. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/odd_cheese_dc nm/20080703/odd_cheese_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:18:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/odd_cheese_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t162212_450x287_us_odd_cheese.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=1PYwmelbaHTpHKbRPtbsug--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Cheese carver Troy Landwehr brushes oil off a rendition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence carved out of 2000 lbs of cheese in New York, July 3, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York on Thursday as an artist's tribute to the Fourth of July.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/odd_cheese_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080703/2008_07_03t162212_450x287_us_odd_cheese.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=1PYwmelbaHTpHKbRPtbsug--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cheese carver Troy Landwehr brushes oil off a rendition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence carved out of 2000 lbs of cheese in New York, July 3, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_denmark_swede nm/20080630/oukoe_uk_denmark_swede Reuters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:20:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_denmark_swede"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080630/i/ra3847049919.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=KJiRJLcv6uizSaqfME3y2Q--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="The Swedish flag flies over the finish area at the Alpine Skiing World Championships 2007 in Are February 10, 2007. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A drunken 78-year-old Swede stole a dinghy after a night out in the Danish town of Helsingor and tried to row back to Sweden, but fell asleep halfway, Danish police said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_denmark_swede"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080630/i/ra3847049919.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=KJiRJLcv6uizSaqfME3y2Q--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="photo" title="The Swedish flag flies over the finish area at the Alpine Skiing World Championships 2007 in Are February 10, 2007. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_netherlands_circus_escape ap/20080701/odd_netherlands_circus_escape AP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:23:04 GMT AP - Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/mushrooms_odd_dc nm/20080702/mushrooms_odd_dc Reuters Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:23:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/mushrooms_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_02t122951_450x360_us_mushrooms_odd.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=jqQQ3Z6cZf3AgTVhHlbtOg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic 'magic' mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. (Koen van Weel/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The "spiritual" effects of psilocybin from so-called sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/mushrooms_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_02t122951_450x360_us_mushrooms_odd.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=jqQQ3Z6cZf3AgTVhHlbtOg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic 'magic' mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. (Koen van Weel/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/store_crash ap/20080702/store_crash AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:31:19 GMT AP - A convenience store became an unwilling drive-in when a 74-year-old woman plowed her car through the front window and then tried to buy a six-pack of Budweiser, police and the owner said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_bees nm/20080630/oukoe_uk_bees Reuters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:03:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_bees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080701/i/ra1865175036.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=3Nhi24c4auF95pDB99wB.Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in a garden near York, June 28, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis" border="0" /></a>Reuters - How do you deal with millions of upset bees? Very carefully.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_bees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080701/i/ra1865175036.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=3Nhi24c4auF95pDB99wB.Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in a garden near York, June 28, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_tortoise_returns ap/20080704/odd_tortoise_returns AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:36:05 GMT AP - A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure that took him through three northwestern Indiana towns. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_frank_fight ap/20080704/odd_frank_fight AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:03:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_frank_fight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.32e3d809e9804c94a3eeaf07664baac3.frank_fight_nyff105.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=4UiPLa_wE1pcqYfO51vljg--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="Takeru Kobayashi, left, of Japan poses for photographs with last years hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif. during the weigh in news conference for the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest Thursday, July 3, 2008 in New York. The contest will take place Friday July 4, 2008 in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /></a>AP - He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog. Renowned competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is aiming to chomp his way back to the top of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating competition on Coney Island after a disappointing three-dog loss last year shattered his six-year winning streak.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_frank_fight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080703/capt.32e3d809e9804c94a3eeaf07664baac3.frank_fight_nyff105.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=4UiPLa_wE1pcqYfO51vljg--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="photo" title="Takeru Kobayashi, left, of Japan poses for photographs with last years hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif. during the weigh in news conference for the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest Thursday, July 3, 2008 in New York. The contest will take place Friday July 4, 2008 in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_house_gone ap/20080701/odd_house_gone AP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:09:26 GMT AP - A Jackson State University official blames pranksters for the mistaken demolition of a house — and everything in it. Owner Annie Wilson of Dallas said trying to get fair compensation has been a nightmare. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_the_last_shot ap/20080704/odd_the_last_shot AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:12:06 GMT AP - One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains — a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/dog_gnaws_toe ap/20080704/dog_gnaws_toe AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:35:37 GMT AP - An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_cat_theft ap/20080703/odd_cat_theft AP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:57:17 GMT AP - Police say a South Florida woman stole a couple's cat to get them to return her dog. Linda Urioste's black Labrador was recently picked up by animal control officers and later adopted by Jutta Hollar and her husband. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_courthouse_fleas ap/20080702/odd_courthouse_fleas AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:03:28 GMT AP - The Pulaski County Courthouse is almost free of fleas that hitched a ride on an opossum found dead between the floorboards. In early June, workers started to complain that the pests were biting them and visitors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_china_quake_pig nm/20080703/oukoe_uk_china_quake_pig Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:02:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_china_quake_pig"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080703/i/ra3018933117.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=YPfzPLNUp.6l9It2WrkG0Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A pig, which was rescued after being buried for 36 days beneath rubble in quake-hit Sichuan province, is seen in Dayi county, Sichuan province July 1, 2008. The hog was 50 kilograms when it was found and currently weighs nearly 100 kilograms, China Daily reported. Picture taken July 1, 2008. REUTERS/China Daily" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Chinese man who bought an emaciated pig who survived for 36 days under rubble after May's massive Sichuan earthquake and promised to care for it for life has been given an award by an animal rights group.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_china_quake_pig"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080703/i/ra3018933117.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=YPfzPLNUp.6l9It2WrkG0Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A pig, which was rescued after being buried for 36 days beneath rubble in quake-hit Sichuan province, is seen in Dayi county, Sichuan province July 1, 2008. The hog was 50 kilograms when it was found and currently weighs nearly 100 kilograms, China Daily reported. Picture taken July 1, 2008. REUTERS/China Daily" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_silly_town_name ap/20080702/odd_silly_town_name AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:15:23 GMT AP - Residents of Nowthen know it's a funny name, but they're proud to officially become a city. The community north of the Twin Cities changed its name Monday from Burnsville Township to Nowthen, which was the name the first local post office was given by mistake.