Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1691 Most Emailed - Odd News en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:13:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1691 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/israel_baby_odd_dc nm/20080819/israel_baby_odd_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:19:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/israel_baby_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.9dd8ade4fcfc442b96127275bc8e8a7a.mideast_israel_palestinians_baby_reborn_jrl801.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=PSQ9EeqnKrxjJiHswVfbQQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Fayza Majdoub stands next to an incubator holding her premature baby girl who survived six hours in a hospital morgue refrigerator after being declared stillborn in the Nahariya hospital in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The baby had been delivered in the 23rd week of pregnancy at a weight of just one pound, five ounces and was initially declared dead and placed in the morgue. When the parents came to collect the tiny body for burial on Monday they found the baby breathing and showing a faint heartbeat and she was rushed to the intensive care unit. Hospital deputy director Moshe Daniel said the child died early Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. He told Israeli Army Radio the specific cause of death would only be known after a post-mortem examination. (AP Photo/Tomer Neuberg, Jini)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A stillborn Israeli baby who was pronounced dead by doctors "came back to life" on Monday after spending hours in a hospital refrigerator.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/israel_baby_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.9dd8ade4fcfc442b96127275bc8e8a7a.mideast_israel_palestinians_baby_reborn_jrl801.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=PSQ9EeqnKrxjJiHswVfbQQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fayza Majdoub stands next to an incubator holding her premature baby girl who survived six hours in a hospital morgue refrigerator after being declared stillborn in the Nahariya hospital in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The baby had been delivered in the 23rd week of pregnancy at a weight of just one pound, five ounces and was initially declared dead and placed in the morgue. When the parents came to collect the tiny body for burial on Monday they found the baby breathing and showing a faint heartbeat and she was rushed to the intensive care unit. Hospital deputy director Moshe Daniel said the child died early Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. He told Israeli Army Radio the specific cause of death would only be known after a post-mortem examination. (AP Photo/Tomer Neuberg, Jini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/parade_porn_odd_dc nm/20080819/parade_porn_odd_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:20:09 GMT Reuters - A New Zealand court has allowed a parade of topless porn stars on motor bikes to proceed on the main street of the country's biggest city, local media said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_dog_saves_cats ap/20080821/odd_dog_saves_cats AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:01:07 GMT AP - You've heard of man bites dog. What about, dog saves cats? A two-year-old dog that had been turned over to the Nevada Humane Society's shelter in Reno is being credited with rescuing six abandoned kittens. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_japan_surrogate nm/20080820/oukoe_uk_japan_surrogate Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:39:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_japan_surrogate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir82.200808165931.photo00.photo.default-345x512.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=iD8HUOhQ_9WAdEuhFiAuew--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="An obstetrician at work in an operating theatre. A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician has said.(AFP/File/Didier Pallages)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A 61-year-old Japanese woman has given birth to a surrogate child, an obstetrician in central Japan said on Wednesday. She is believed to be the oldest surrogate mother yet recorded in Japan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_japan_surrogate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir82.200808165931.photo00.photo.default-345x512.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=iD8HUOhQ_9WAdEuhFiAuew--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="An obstetrician at work in an operating theatre. A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician has said.(AFP/File/Didier Pallages)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/japan_wild_monkey_chase ap/20080820/japan_wild_monkey_chase AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:16:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/japan_wild_monkey_chase"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.9e779562af754fdfa999220568e2fa33.japan_wild_monkey_chase_tok8011.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=KmjOgH993bzPtsO.353.uw--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="A monkey perches on top of a departure board at Tokyo Railway Toyoko Line's Shibuya Station in Tokyo Wednesday morning, Aug. 20, 2008. The animal later climbed down and dashed out of the station, evading scores of net-wielding policemen to escape. (AP Photo/Tokyu Corp. via Kyodo News)" border="0" /></a>AP - Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey. A security guard spotted the monkey near ticket gates in Shibuya Station, said Norihiru Masui, a spokesman for train operator Tokyu Corp.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/japan_wild_monkey_chase"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.9e779562af754fdfa999220568e2fa33.japan_wild_monkey_chase_tok8011.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=KmjOgH993bzPtsO.353.uw--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="photo" title="A monkey perches on top of a departure board at Tokyo Railway Toyoko Line's Shibuya Station in Tokyo Wednesday morning, Aug. 20, 2008. The animal later climbed down and dashed out of the station, evading scores of net-wielding policemen to escape. (AP Photo/Tokyu Corp. via Kyodo News)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/puerto_rico_standing_wake ap/20080820/puerto_rico_standing_wake AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:48:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/puerto_rico_standing_wake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.c260d958e57f44e4bbdc2ed56148a019.puerto_rico_standing_wake_sju101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7H2U0xaJiD4sOL4m7AU3SA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina, left, stands leaning against a wall during his wake as unidentified people attend his wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be standing at his own wake, and was embalmed for the occasion. (AP Photo/Juan Alicea Marcado, El Nuevo Dia)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/puerto_rico_standing_wake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.c260d958e57f44e4bbdc2ed56148a019.puerto_rico_standing_wake_sju101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7H2U0xaJiD4sOL4m7AU3SA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina, left, stands leaning against a wall during his wake as unidentified people attend his wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be standing at his own wake, and was embalmed for the occasion. (AP Photo/Juan Alicea Marcado, El Nuevo Dia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_cadillac_devotee ap/20080821/odd_cadillac_devotee AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:08:20 GMT AP - There are loyal customers, and then there's Joseph Macko. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_arrested_for_books ap/20080821/odd_arrested_for_books AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:01:28 GMT AP - A Grafton woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines. Heidi Dalibor, 20, told the News Graphic in Cedarburg she ignored the library's calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_horse_smooching ap/20080821/odd_horse_smooching AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:50:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_horse_smooching"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.b0be7b1aec974182b65cde36b469b921.horse_smooching_utsal105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=mOA77vapMjGfT5GfXjTzSg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen kisses 'Reno', a quarter horse owned by Scott Bass who works for the county, in Farmington, Ut., Tuesdaty, Aug. 19, 2008. County employees won a weight loss contest against the Davis Hospital. As a prize, their bosses, the county commissioners, kissed a cow during the County fair last week. Hansen was noticeably absent from the kiss, so they brought a horse to the courthouse for payback. (AP Photo/Keith Johnson, Deseret News)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lose a bet, kiss a horse. That's how Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen found himself kissing a 3-year-old sand-colored horse named Reno.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_horse_smooching"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.b0be7b1aec974182b65cde36b469b921.horse_smooching_utsal105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=mOA77vapMjGfT5GfXjTzSg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen kisses 'Reno', a quarter horse owned by Scott Bass who works for the county, in Farmington, Ut., Tuesdaty, Aug. 19, 2008. County employees won a weight loss contest against the Davis Hospital. As a prize, their bosses, the county commissioners, kissed a cow during the County fair last week. Hansen was noticeably absent from the kiss, so they brought a horse to the courthouse for payback. (AP Photo/Keith Johnson, Deseret News)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_crime_chips nm/20080821/oukoe_uk_mexico_crime_chips Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:43:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_crime_chips"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/ra3901275968.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=qDJippiix_x1lePfdfwZcg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="A global positioning satellite is seen in a handout artist's rendering. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wealthy Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_crime_chips"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/ra3901275968.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=qDJippiix_x1lePfdfwZcg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="A global positioning satellite is seen in a handout artist's rendering. REUTERS/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_condom_refund_call ap/20080821/odd_condom_refund_call AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:01:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_condom_refund_call"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080805/capt.cps.neu43.050808221023.photo00.photo.default-512x369.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=1_3WyTaLugO0LOHbszJpsA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Condoms are on display at a stand outside the Hidalgo subway station in Mexico City during an exhibition in the framework of the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference. With new infections of HIV running at an average of 7,500 a day, the mission to brake the spread of the lethal virus is exploring new, even controversial paths, the world AIDS conference has heard.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police said a man called 911 and reported a robbery after a gas station employee refused to give him his money back for an unopened box of condoms.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_condom_refund_call"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080805/capt.cps.neu43.050808221023.photo00.photo.default-512x369.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=1_3WyTaLugO0LOHbszJpsA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Condoms are on display at a stand outside the Hidalgo subway station in Mexico City during an exhibition in the framework of the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference. With new infections of HIV running at an average of 7,500 a day, the mission to brake the spread of the lethal virus is exploring new, even controversial paths, the world AIDS conference has heard.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/911_at_gunpoint ap/20080820/911_at_gunpoint AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:25:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/911_at_gunpoint"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.803fbbc71992499b90487ea1cf7d8db5.911_at_gunpoint_ny111.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=GoFctXYZrP2UFgNk6VzClA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In this video frame grab released by WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh is shown 85-year-old Leda Smith during an interview with the television station Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at her home in the Springhill Township near Point Marion, Pa. Upon returning home from church Sunday afternoon, Smith discovered an intruder in her home. Smith went for her gun and busted the would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. (AP Photo/WPXI)" border="0" /></a>AP - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/911_at_gunpoint"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.803fbbc71992499b90487ea1cf7d8db5.911_at_gunpoint_ny111.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=GoFctXYZrP2UFgNk6VzClA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this video frame grab released by WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh is shown 85-year-old Leda Smith during an interview with the television station Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at her home in the Springhill Township near Point Marion, Pa. Upon returning home from church Sunday afternoon, Smith discovered an intruder in her home. Smith went for her gun and busted the would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. (AP Photo/WPXI)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_australia_whale nm/20080821/oukoe_uk_australia_whale Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:35:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_australia_whale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/ra4165107421.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=gP79CMwZTYuqWmaFX_kpjg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A lost humpback whale calf swims beside a yacht in Pittwater, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Sydney, August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An baby whale which has been desperately trying to suckle from a yacht in a Sydney bay in a futile bid to find its missing mother is to be humanely destroyed, Australian wildlife officers said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_australia_whale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/ra4165107421.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=gP79CMwZTYuqWmaFX_kpjg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A lost humpback whale calf swims beside a yacht in Pittwater, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Sydney, August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/australia_ugly_odd_dc nm/20080818/australia_ugly_odd_dc Reuters Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:02:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/australia_ugly_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080818/2008_08_18t090152_450x333_us_australia_ugly_odd.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Oh_GH1B4Wbkb_KKQfpyJ9g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A couple stands at the embankment of the Volga River in Samara, about 1000 km (620 miles) southeast of Moscow May 18, 2007. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in hot water.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/australia_ugly_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080818/2008_08_18t090152_450x333_us_australia_ugly_odd.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Oh_GH1B4Wbkb_KKQfpyJ9g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="A couple stands at the embankment of the Volga River in Samara, about 1000 km (620 miles) southeast of Moscow May 18, 2007. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/bosniaprisondrugsanimalsoffbeat afp/20080821/bosniaprisondrugsanimalsoffbeat AFP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:20:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/bosniaprisondrugsanimalsoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.njb30.210808201754.photo00.photo.default-512x311.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=wTnhZStM8XmDthKhipnVzw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A pigeon on a roof. Bosnian police have impounded a pigeon after discovering prisoners used it to smuggle drugs into one of the country's highest security jails, an official said Thursday.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Bosnian police have impounded a pigeon after discovering prisoners used it to smuggle drugs into one of the country's highest security jails, an official said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/bosniaprisondrugsanimalsoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.njb30.210808201754.photo00.photo.default-512x311.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=wTnhZStM8XmDthKhipnVzw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="A pigeon on a roof. Bosnian police have impounded a pigeon after discovering prisoners used it to smuggle drugs into one of the country's highest security jails, an official said Thursday.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_spain_debtors nm/20080821/oukoe_uk_spain_debtors Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:12:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_spain_debtors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/ra3814673480.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eQ7j1HKlU3wmsUhCCHYLvQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Manfred Gunther of the Spanish company The Cobrador del Frac (The Debt Collector in Top Hat and Tails) takes an elevator in Madrid August 12, 2008. If more confirmation is needed of the funereal state of Spain's economy, it can be found in the shape of The Debt Collector in Top Hat and Tails. That's a translation to English of "El Cobrador del Frac", the name of a company which specialises in sending men dressed like extras from a 1930s Fred Astaire movie to humiliate debtors into paying up. Its business is booming. REUTERS/Juan Medina" border="0" /></a>Reuters - If more confirmation were needed of the funereal state of Spain's economy, it can be found in the shape of The Debt Collector in Top Hat and Tails.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_spain_debtors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/ra3814673480.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eQ7j1HKlU3wmsUhCCHYLvQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Manfred Gunther of the Spanish company The Cobrador del Frac (The Debt Collector in Top Hat and Tails) takes an elevator in Madrid August 12, 2008. If more confirmation is needed of the funereal state of Spain's economy, it can be found in the shape of The Debt Collector in Top Hat and Tails. That's a translation to English of "El Cobrador del Frac", the name of a company which specialises in sending men dressed like extras from a 1930s Fred Astaire movie to humiliate debtors into paying up. Its business is booming. REUTERS/Juan Medina" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/korea_golf_odd_dc nm/20080821/korea_golf_odd_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:37:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/korea_golf_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t141200_450x298_us_korea_golf_odd.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8ILQqhvpdnrjNTzPyhlApQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Anthony Kim of the U.S. makes a par putt on the 17th green during the second round of Ballantine's Championship golf tournament at the Pinx Golf Club in Seogwipo on Jeju Island March 14, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has told officials to give up golf for the moment because it sends the wrong signal just as the economy has hit the rough.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/korea_golf_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t141200_450x298_us_korea_golf_odd.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8ILQqhvpdnrjNTzPyhlApQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anthony Kim of the U.S. makes a par putt on the 17th green during the second round of Ballantine's Championship golf tournament at the Pinx Golf Club in Seogwipo on Jeju Island March 14, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/bans_odd_dc nm/20080818/bans_odd_dc Reuters Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:59:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/bans_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080818/2008_08_18t085851_450x287_us_bans_odd.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=DCEeyIohsiRy05RoIZbcsA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Two sand sculptors carve a creation during the Sandcastle Festival in Zeebrugge, northern Belgium, June 23, 2002. (Thierry Roge/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - When in Capri, don't wander off the beach in a bikini. If you go to the sea in Eraclea, near Venice, remember that building sandcastles is forbidden. And don't even think about mowing your lawn at the weekend in Forte dei Marmi.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/bans_odd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080818/2008_08_18t085851_450x287_us_bans_odd.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=DCEeyIohsiRy05RoIZbcsA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Two sand sculptors carve a creation during the Sandcastle Festival in Zeebrugge, northern Belgium, June 23, 2002. (Thierry Roge/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_sheriff_in_jail ap/20080821/odd_sheriff_in_jail AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:51:29 GMT AP - The Lake County sheriff is behind bars — voluntarily. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_tasered_emu ap/20080821/odd_tasered_emu AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:13:37 GMT AP - Bay County Sheriff's deputies were forced to use a Taser to subdue an escaped emu named Plop-Plop. The large female bird escaped from a farm last weekend and on Monday, she holed up with some horses and goats in a pen.