Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1691 Most Emailed - Odd News en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:01:40 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/us_odd_basement_bones ap/20091125/us_odd_basement_bones AP odd Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:24:11 GMT AP - A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner. James Kenny, a forensic investigator with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office, says the bones found Saturday were so old that dirt had saturated the marrow inside them. He says they probably are remains of Native Americans buried long before the house was built. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_dog_clerk ap/20091126/us_odd_dog_clerk AP odd Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:01:40 GMT AP - Customers at one Gulf coast gas station might be surprised at who responds to the counter when they pull up to the drive-through window: The store owner's dog. Dozens of times each day, Cody the chocolate Labradaor retriever will pop up on two paws behind the counter at a BP gas station and convenience store in Clearwater. He even has a BP logo shirt and a name tag. Customers grin and kids squeal with joy in response. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hitler_car nm/20091124/us_hitler_car Reuters odd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:19:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hitler_car"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3970425087.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=7zQ2DvInzJBB0kXqcjdqHQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Nazi leader Adolph Hitler waves to crowds in his six seater Mercedes car in this undated World War II file photo. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A car expert says he has tracked down Hitler's favorite Mercedes to a garage near the town that helped the Austrian-born Fuehrer become a German citizen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hitler_car"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r3970425087.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=7zQ2DvInzJBB0kXqcjdqHQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nazi leader Adolph Hitler waves to crowds in his six seater Mercedes car in this undated World War II file photo. REUTERS/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_father_arrested_strip_club ap/20091125/us_odd_father_arrested_strip_club AP odd Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:24:10 GMT AP - A man was arrested after police said he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck stolen and his child missing. Police said the man was too drunk to remember where he had parked. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_peru_crime_odds nm/20091120/us_peru_crime_odds Reuters odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_peru_crime_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r3351667503.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aD224tSj4zKky25M8WXBCw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle of Huanuco in this undated picture provided by the police. Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to buyers to be used for making cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_peru_crime_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r3351667503.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aD224tSj4zKky25M8WXBCw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle of Huanuco in this undated picture provided by the police. Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to buyers to be used for making cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat. REUTERS/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_darwin_origin_odd nm/20091123/us_darwin_origin_odd Reuters odd Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:59:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_darwin_origin_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r345753925.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=_c4tz90AdruCHAknlX7SsA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A detail of British artist John Collier's 1883 painting of Charles Darwin is displayed as part of an exhibition in Darwin's former home, Down House, in Kent, southern England February 12, 2009. REUTERS/Tal Cohen" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000).</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_darwin_origin_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r345753925.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=_c4tz90AdruCHAknlX7SsA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A detail of British artist John Collier's 1883 painting of Charles Darwin is displayed as part of an exhibition in Darwin's former home, Down House, in Kent, southern England February 12, 2009. REUTERS/Tal Cohen" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_taiwan_robbery nm/20091124/us_taiwan_robbery Reuters odd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:16:28 GMT Reuters - A man in Taiwan was robbed of more than $2 million in cash that he had just withdrawn from the bank, a police official said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_guns_bars_odd nm/20091123/us_guns_bars_odd Reuters odd Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:00:58 GMT Reuters - A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd100_proof_turkey ap/20091124/us_odd100_proof_turkey AP odd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:38:14 GMT AP - You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey. New York City tavern owner Paul Hurley said he'll unveil what he is calling the nation's first 100-proof turkey on Monday. A spokesman for the owner of O'Casey's Tavern in Midtown Manhattan said that the bird is infused with fruit-flavored and 100-proof Georgi vodka for three days before being cooked. The flavors of vodka include peach, raspberry, cherry and apple. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_brazil_purity_odd nm/20091125/us_brazil_purity_odd Reuters odd Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:57:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_brazil_purity_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r2677367580.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=tZqJZLSDGBarWyzJ.5Ejzg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A judge takes a spoonful of specialty coffee before tasting it during the Cup of Excellence competition in Machado November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Brazil's coffee industry is engaged in a tireless battle against rogue roasters who cut corners and costs by bulking up their products with corn, soy or even wood, the ABIC industry association says.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_brazil_purity_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r2677367580.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=tZqJZLSDGBarWyzJ.5Ejzg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="A judge takes a spoonful of specialty coffee before tasting it during the Cup of Excellence competition in Machado November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_septic_meth ap/20091125/us_odd_septic_meth AP odd Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:24:11 GMT AP - Flushed evidence doesn't go far if your toilet's on a septic system. DeSoto Parish sheriff's Lt. Toni Joe Morris said Tuesday that deputies brought in a backhoe when drug agents raided a home and business and met the owner coming out of a bathroom. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_norway_gingerbread_odd nm/20091123/us_norway_gingerbread_odd Reuters odd Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:00:23 GMT Reuters - The people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_cat_power_outage ap/20091124/us_odd_cat_power_outage AP odd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:38:15 GMT AP - A cat went from meow to ow when officials say it accidentally made contact with a substation's fuse, causing an outage to about 1,500 homes and businesses in southwestern Illinois. The feline apparently survived the encounter early Monday in the Greene County city of Carrollton. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_no_tipping_charges ap/20091124/us_odd_no_tipping_charges AP odd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:52:37 GMT AP - An eastern Pennsylvania prosecutor wants charges dropped against a couple who refused to pay a tip at a restaurant where they said they got poor service. Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said he's recommending that Bethlehem police drop the theft of services charges. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_surgery nm/20091124/us_surgery Reuters odd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:18:08 GMT Reuters - Unfazed by a recession and rampant inflation, image-conscious Venezuelans show no signs of cutting back on the facelifts, liposuction, and breast augmentation that have become de rigueur beauty treatments. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_makeover_odds nm/20091123/us_makeover_odds Reuters odd Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:33:28 GMT Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_flu_santa_odd nm/20091123/us_flu_santa_odd Reuters odd Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:56:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_flu_santa_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r3133360795.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=hpXgUmFXlJQhg.TLlJYbqA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Men dressed as Santa Claus pose in the assembly hall after a meeting of the rent-a-Santa Claus service organised by the "jobcafe.de" at Munich's Universitiy November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Dalder" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_flu_santa_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r3133360795.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=hpXgUmFXlJQhg.TLlJYbqA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Men dressed as Santa Claus pose in the assembly hall after a meeting of the rent-a-Santa Claus service organised by the "jobcafe.de" at Munich's Universitiy November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Dalder" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_save_the_turkey ap/20091124/us_odd_save_the_turkey AP odd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:38:13 GMT AP - A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry and another turkey from a Rhode Island farm last week. But Jerry has cataracts, and the eye problems mean he can't eat independently or join his female companion, Penelope, in flying. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_nude_model_arrested ap/20091124/us_odd_nude_model_arrested AP odd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:22:36 GMT AP - Nude, yes. Lewd, no. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_strike_shoppers_odd nm/20091125/us_strike_shoppers_odd Reuters odd Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:57:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_strike_shoppers_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r982120167.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=nI0gph0lDkrEy3YwHTyv0A--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="A woman pushes a pram across a glass walkway in the Victoria Square shopping centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Irish workers caused traffic jams on Tuesday as hundreds made use of a one-day public sector strike to do some Christmas shopping in the cheaper stores across the border in Northern Ireland.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_strike_shoppers_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r982120167.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=nI0gph0lDkrEy3YwHTyv0A--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman pushes a pram across a glass walkway in the Victoria Square shopping centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)