Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1691 Most Emailed - Odd News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:12:31 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1691 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_skorea_aspiring_driver ap/20091106/as_odd_skorea_aspiring_driver AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:36:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_skorea_aspiring_driver"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.3b767d6a73f542ac9d0099a2256f65bf.south_korea_aspiring_driver_sel801.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=Cwac57omg3U6PwdTphxqxQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="68-year-old South Korean woman Cha Sa-soon shows her application form for a driver's license in Wanju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Cha has passed the written exam required for a driver's license Wednesday after hundreds of failed attempts over the past four years, police said Friday. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Dong-chul)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_skorea_aspiring_driver"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.3b767d6a73f542ac9d0099a2256f65bf.south_korea_aspiring_driver_sel801.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=Cwac57omg3U6PwdTphxqxQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="68-year-old South Korean woman Cha Sa-soon shows her application form for a driver's license in Wanju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Cha has passed the written exam required for a driver's license Wednesday after hundreds of failed attempts over the past four years, police said Friday. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Dong-chul)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_rental nm/20091106/us_rental Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_rental"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2041420812.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=0o0nWTjACD27AhI6vvPy5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="Jason Sadler, 26, who founded www.iwearyourshirt.com, is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/iwearyourshirt.com/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_rental"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2041420812.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=0o0nWTjACD27AhI6vvPy5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="Jason Sadler, 26, who founded www.iwearyourshirt.com, is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/iwearyourshirt.com/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_missengland nm/20091106/us_missengland Reuters odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_missengland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r783291815.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=GUa98DOa0c805uOX.Wro7g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Rachel Christie after being crowned Miss England in London, July 20, 2009. REUTERS/Miss England/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_missengland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r783291815.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=GUa98DOa0c805uOX.Wro7g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Rachel Christie after being crowned Miss England in London, July 20, 2009. REUTERS/Miss England/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_marijuana_drunken_driving ap/20091106/us_odd_marijuana_drunken_driving AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:36:49 GMT AP - Oregon police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_unusual_hunt ap/20091106/us_odd_unusual_hunt AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:35:26 GMT AP - Retired orthopedic surgeon Chris Smith thought his hunt was over when he bagged a white tail deer with a bow and arrow near Sheridan. Because the light was fading, he decided to return the next day to recover the deer. But when he returned Wednesday morning, the carcass had been covered by grass and bush &mdash; which is what mountain lions typically do. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_lounge_chair ap/20091106/us_odd_lounge_chair AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:26:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_lounge_chair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.3159bc5349204cd7a09e9d3d52811f00.lounge_chair_drunken_driving_mnduh201.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=Rrx4G0eBxILnE0i_ZxUZ_A--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 20, 2009 file photo, a motorized chair driven by Dennis Anderson of Proctor was operating when he hit a parked vehicle in August of 2008. Proctor's police chief fears the city will lose a big chunk of revenue after it was forced to repost the sale of the infamous motorized recliner on eBay. The police department recently confiscated the customized lounge chair after its owner was suspected of driving it while drunk and smashing it into a parked vehicle. Police auctioned the chair under the La-Z-Boy brand and received eBay bids topping $43,000 after news of the drunken driving arrest circulated. (AP Photo/Proctor Police Department via Duluth News Trubune, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Operating a motorized recliner while drunk apparently drives up the chair's value. Police in northern Minnesota listed the "DWI chair" on eBay after the owner was arrested for driving it into a parked car last year. It sold Thursday for $10,099.99.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_lounge_chair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.3159bc5349204cd7a09e9d3d52811f00.lounge_chair_drunken_driving_mnduh201.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=Rrx4G0eBxILnE0i_ZxUZ_A--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 20, 2009 file photo, a motorized chair driven by Dennis Anderson of Proctor was operating when he hit a parked vehicle in August of 2008. Proctor's police chief fears the city will lose a big chunk of revenue after it was forced to repost the sale of the infamous motorized recliner on eBay. The police department recently confiscated the customized lounge chair after its owner was suspected of driving it while drunk and smashing it into a parked vehicle. Police auctioned the chair under the La-Z-Boy brand and received eBay bids topping $43,000 after news of the drunken driving arrest circulated. (AP Photo/Proctor Police Department via Duluth News Trubune, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_rolex_obsessed_thief ap/20091106/us_odd_rolex_obsessed_thief AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:01:44 GMT AP - A Florida thief with a peculiar penchant for Rolex watches faces up to 25 years in prison. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_circus_elephant_escapes ap/20091106/us_odd_circus_elephant_escapes AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:45:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_circus_elephant_escapes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.3e19dc0531e048e885e63c5a4590cd5d.odd_elephant_sideswiped_okeni101.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Y0.D_4eXz7R2La2Zv.6vMw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An elephant that escaped from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds after being spooked caused a vehicle accident Wednesday night, Nov. 4, 2009 as it ran along North the U.S. 81 bypass in Enid, Okla. According to Enid Police Department Sgt. Billy Varney, the couple in the vehicle were not injured. The elephant suffered a broken tusk, a hurt leg and bumps, bruises and scratches, he said. (AP Photo/Enid News & Eagle, Billy Hefton)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant? A couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_circus_elephant_escapes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.3e19dc0531e048e885e63c5a4590cd5d.odd_elephant_sideswiped_okeni101.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Y0.D_4eXz7R2La2Zv.6vMw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="An elephant that escaped from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds after being spooked caused a vehicle accident Wednesday night, Nov. 4, 2009 as it ran along North the U.S. 81 bypass in Enid, Okla. According to Enid Police Department Sgt. Billy Varney, the couple in the vehicle were not injured. The elephant suffered a broken tusk, a hurt leg and bumps, bruises and scratches, he said. (AP Photo/Enid News & Eagle, Billy Hefton)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_isuzu_jesus ap/20091105/us_odd_isuzu_jesus AP odd Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:04:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_isuzu_jesus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.58d56a582d0b418da35c14251d29335e.odd_isuzu_jesus_tnjoh101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=P2ixihRlZaShQEK3ck3l3w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Jim Stevens stands next to his truck that has an image of Jesus on the window Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 i Jonesborough, Tenn. The image has been there for two weeks and appears every morning when the morning dew is on the window. Stevens says he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup. (AP Photo/Johnson City Press, Lee Talbert) MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0" /></a>AP - 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. A Johnson City Press photo of the truck showed a facial image.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_isuzu_jesus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.58d56a582d0b418da35c14251d29335e.odd_isuzu_jesus_tnjoh101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=P2ixihRlZaShQEK3ck3l3w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jim Stevens stands next to his truck that has an image of Jesus on the window Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 i Jonesborough, Tenn. The image has been there for two weeks and appears every morning when the morning dew is on the window. Stevens says he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup. (AP Photo/Johnson City Press, Lee Talbert) MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_python_odd nm/20091105/us_python_odd Reuters odd Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:12:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_python_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r3539362090.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=oydbC6m.7e9Bkzft0M76vg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A Burmese pythons is seen shortly before capture by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in an undated image. REUTERS/FWC/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A man who caught a 14-foot (4.2-meter) python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_python_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r3539362090.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=oydbC6m.7e9Bkzft0M76vg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Burmese pythons is seen shortly before capture by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in an undated image. REUTERS/FWC/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_breathalyzer_halloween ap/20091104/us_odd_breathalyzer_halloween AP odd Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:47:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_breathalyzer_halloween"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.11419d2a20ad4d0f9e38b8182c0be68f.breathalyzer_halloween_cs101.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=v0H47phtiSGLC5wgmxXhdA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="James P. Miller, 20, is shown Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in a police photo provided by the Oxford Ohio police department wearing a Halloween breathalyzer costume. Miller was arrested and charged with driving a vehicle while intoxicated after blowing a 0.158 on a breathalyzer test when he was stopped by Oxford police driving the wrong way on a one way street Halloween night. (AP Photo/Oxford Police Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Ohio man dressed as a Breathalyzer test for Halloween found himself blowing into one after police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way without headlights on a one-way street. Oxford police said they stopped 20-year-old James P. Miller on Halloween night and found beer in his front seat and in the trunk.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_breathalyzer_halloween"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.11419d2a20ad4d0f9e38b8182c0be68f.breathalyzer_halloween_cs101.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=v0H47phtiSGLC5wgmxXhdA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="James P. Miller, 20, is shown Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in a police photo provided by the Oxford Ohio police department wearing a Halloween breathalyzer costume. Miller was arrested and charged with driving a vehicle while intoxicated after blowing a 0.158 on a breathalyzer test when he was stopped by Oxford police driving the wrong way on a one way street Halloween night. (AP Photo/Oxford Police Department)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_flu_canada_calgaryflames nm/20091105/us_flu_canada_calgaryflames Reuters odd Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:14:30 GMT Reuters - Senior health officials in the Canadian province of Alberta said on Wednesday they had fired an unidentified worker for giving National Hockey League players preferential access to the H1N1 flu vaccine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd911_juice_box ap/20091105/us_odd911_juice_box AP odd Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:32:01 GMT AP - A 20-year-old man who called 911 to get his fast-food order straightened out has been told to pay a $300 fine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_new_zealand_manure_sculpture ap/20091107/as_odd_new_zealand_manure_sculpture AP odd Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:04:42 GMT AP - A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site. The bust of New Zealand Environment Minister Nick Smith, sculpted as a protest by artist Sam Mahon, attracted 112 bids before being picked up by an anonymous buyer on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_marijuana_drunk_driving ap/20091106/us_odd_marijuana_drunk_driving AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:38:53 GMT AP - Oregon police have charged a man with drunk driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_house_fire_dog ap/20091105/us_odd_house_fire_dog AP odd Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:29:52 GMT AP - An eastern Indiana woman says her family's dog deserves a special treat after his barking saved her family from an early morning house fire. Laura Sizemore said Dash, a 2-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd mix, began growling and barking about 3 a.m. Wednesday, awakening her and her husband, Stacy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_telecoms_marriage nm/20091104/us_telecoms_marriage Reuters odd Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:56:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_telecoms_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r1443712691.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=BVuqof3mU_dCPh1DR6a5tQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A Somali resident purchases a cell-phone handset at a shopping centre in Mogadishu, November 4, 2009. Somalia's mobile phone business is booming despite the almost daily artillery fire that flies over expensive satellite dishes and the violence that has brought misery to the population of the Horn of Africa nation. REUTERS/Feisal Omar" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Somali courtship was different in Hassan Aden's day. When he was a teenager, you gave the girl's parents 11 camels and an AK-47 assault rifle as bride price and then waited respectfully.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_telecoms_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r1443712691.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=BVuqof3mU_dCPh1DR6a5tQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Somali resident purchases a cell-phone handset at a shopping centre in Mogadishu, November 4, 2009. Somalia's mobile phone business is booming despite the almost daily artillery fire that flies over expensive satellite dishes and the violence that has brought misery to the population of the Horn of Africa nation. REUTERS/Feisal Omar" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_france_robbery nm/20091106/us_france_robbery Reuters odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:53 GMT Reuters - French police are looking for the driver of a security van suspected of driving off with more than 10 million euros ($14.85 million) after the man vanished, apparently after first clearing out his flat. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_man_multiple_mutts ap/20091106/us_odd_man_multiple_mutts AP odd Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:29:24 GMT AP - An Atlanta man who rescued one stray dog from traffic now has his hands full with 10 pooches. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Thursday that Gary DeNicola rescued the dog in late September with plans to take it to a shelter the next day. But it turns out the dog was pregnant and gave birth to nine puppies that night. Now DeNicola is running an animal shelter of sorts himself and he's looking for good homes for the dogs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_mail_carrier_dui ap/20091105/us_odd_mail_carrier_dui AP odd Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:37:19 GMT AP - Police officers reported finding a mail carrier passed out drunk in his U.S. Postal Service mail truck in Boynton Beach. According to a release, police received a 911 call Wednesday afternoon reporting a mail truck parked on the side of a road with the driver slumped over the wheel. Officers found a 29-year-old man, whose blood alcohol content was tested to be .264 and .258, more than three times the legal limit.