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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1691 Most Emailed - Odd News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:24:04 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/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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_people_vs_pachyderms ap/20090704/us_odd_people_vs_pachyderms AP odd Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:24:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_people_vs_pachyderms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.d45a20222d2c4b9e9ce7aa1d8983fdec.cross_species_eating_competition_nyym103.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=aZUvMLmMJmwIQVgnOAReNA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="George Shea, left, of Major League Eating presents the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition held with Nathan's Famous in Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., Friday, July 3, 2009. The competition features three Ringling Bros. Asian elephants, from left to right, Susie, 46, Minnie, 48 and Bunny, 42, and three Major League Eaters. The human eaters will compete the next day in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people — the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_people_vs_pachyderms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.d45a20222d2c4b9e9ce7aa1d8983fdec.cross_species_eating_competition_nyym103.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=aZUvMLmMJmwIQVgnOAReNA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="George Shea, left, of Major League Eating presents the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition held with Nathan's Famous in Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., Friday, July 3, 2009. The competition features three Ringling Bros. Asian elephants, from left to right, Susie, 46, Minnie, 48 and Bunny, 42, and three Major League Eaters. The human eaters will compete the next day in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_new_zealand_flying_nude ap/20090703/as_odd_new_zealand_flying_nude AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_new_zealand_flying_nude"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.d5f76f94a13a420fb4907dbafc9d540a.new_zealand_flying_nude_nzl103.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=xxiofrjDh5NV_y5nDbFA1w--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="In this undated photo supplied by Air New Zealand Friday, July 3, 2009, its staff is seen with body paint on in the airlines latest safety video call the 'Bare Essentials of Safety.' The video shows three cabin staff and the pilot, all in uniform-colored full body paint, talking viewers through the aircraft's safety procedures. New Zealand's national airline has adopted the cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. (AP Photo/Air New Zealand, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_new_zealand_flying_nude"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.d5f76f94a13a420fb4907dbafc9d540a.new_zealand_flying_nude_nzl103.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=xxiofrjDh5NV_y5nDbFA1w--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo supplied by Air New Zealand Friday, July 3, 2009, its staff is seen with body paint on in the airlines latest safety video call the 'Bare Essentials of Safety.' The video shows three cabin staff and the pilot, all in uniform-colored full body paint, talking viewers through the aircraft's safety procedures. New Zealand's national airline has adopted the cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. (AP Photo/Air New Zealand, HO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/germanyoffbeatfire afp/20090703/germanyoffbeatfire AFP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:08:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/germanyoffbeatfire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246622337337-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=fAh2cQm.gs792G9B.25IQA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="Dandelions grow at the edge of a path. A German gardener's house was left a smouldering wreck after he set it on fire while trying to get rid of the weeds with the help of a flame-thrower, police have said.(AFP/File/SCOTT OLSON)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A German gardener's house was left a smouldering wreck on Friday after he set it on fire while trying to get rid of the weeds with the help of a flame-thrower, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/germanyoffbeatfire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246622337337-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=fAh2cQm.gs792G9B.25IQA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="Dandelions grow at the edge of a path. A German gardener's house was left a smouldering wreck after he set it on fire while trying to get rid of the weeds with the help of a flame-thrower, police have said.(AFP/File/SCOTT OLSON)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_democratic_fireworks_odd nm/20090701/us_democratic_fireworks_odd Reuters odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_democratic_fireworks_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r3964843276.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=hruRRXdm.ouvs_PARf4iWQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Fireworks are set off over the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Independence day fireworks sent terrified Congolese sprinting for cover on Tuesday in fear that war had broken out again in their eastern city.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_democratic_fireworks_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r3964843276.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=hruRRXdm.ouvs_PARf4iWQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fireworks are set off over the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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/mostemailedod/*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)