Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/odd Most Viewed - Odd News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:05:02 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/odd http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_paranormal_italy nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_paranormal_italy Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:56:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_paranormal_italy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r4240446147.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=kHSlSUbebNxiKeWkpsBzAw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A scene from the horror thriller "Paranormal Activity". REUTERS/Paramount Pictures/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Italy's government is mulling whether to slap restrictions on horror thriller "Paranormal Activity" after some movie-goers suffered panic attacks, sparking protests by children's and consumer groups.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_paranormal_italy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r4240446147.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=kHSlSUbebNxiKeWkpsBzAw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A scene from the horror thriller "Paranormal Activity". REUTERS/Paramount Pictures/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/od_afp/franceliteratureoffbeat afp/20100209/franceliteratureoffbeat AFP odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:21:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/od_afp/franceliteratureoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265711246796-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=4LAmnC5KVNVzF8XEeMdQmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, seen here in April 2009, has been caught red-faced for praising the work of a philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical daily.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - French celebrity intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has been caught red-faced quoting a "Botulist" philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical weekly.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/od_afp/franceliteratureoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265711246796-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=4LAmnC5KVNVzF8XEeMdQmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, seen here in April 2009, has been caught red-faced for praising the work of a philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical daily.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_snow_shoveling_gun ap/20100208/us_odd_snow_shoveling_gun AP odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:33:44 GMT AP - New Castle County Police said a man pointed a gun at a neighbor who was shoveling snow on Saturday at the Hampton Walk Apartments. A man told police a neighbor came outside while he was shoveling, pointed a gun and threatened to shoot him if he didn't stop shoveling snow onto his car. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_burping_lawsuit ap/20100210/us_odd_burping_lawsuit AP odd Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:56 GMT AP - A Roanoke man claims sheriff's deputies beat him in the city jail because of his burping. Thomas Scott Vandegrift made the allegations in a federal lawsuit filed last week against several deputies, the city, the sheriff's office and the sheriff. According to the lawsuit, the deputies were annoyed by Vandegrift's burping, which was caused by acid reflux. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_nm/us_germany_cup nm/20100209/us_germany_cup Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:32:32 GMT Reuters - A thief in the German town of Hamelin robbed an amusement arcade by threatening the attendant with a cup of coffee, authorities said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_nm/us_rat nm/20100209/us_rat Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:01:42 GMT Reuters - British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court on Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_car_in_schoool ap/20100208/us_odd_car_in_schoool AP odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:28:37 GMT AP - Sheriff's deputies said a 17-year-old boy crashed his parents' car through the doors of Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, then drove it down the hall. The car finally stopped 75 yards later when it hit a security office. Two school workers were still on the property and heard the crash. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_poll_pets_valentines_life nm/20100208/oukoe_uk_poll_pets_valentines_life Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:45:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_poll_pets_valentines_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100128/i/r3278061816.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=ON7Yz1M_rG1Mie6zbkB5_g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A dog owner takes her pet for a walk down a snow-covered path in downtown Stockholm January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (SWEDEN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS SOCIETY)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rather than spending Valentine's Day with their partner, one fifth of adults would prefer to be with their pet, although the French still came top for romance, according to a joint global poll by Reuters/Ipsos.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_poll_pets_valentines_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100128/i/r3278061816.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=ON7Yz1M_rG1Mie6zbkB5_g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A dog owner takes her pet for a walk down a snow-covered path in downtown Stockholm January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (SWEDEN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS SOCIETY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_google_china_goojje nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_google_china_goojje Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:37:39 GMT Reuters - Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_crack_credit_card ap/20100209/us_odd_crack_credit_card AP odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:06:10 GMT AP - Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_cup nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_germany_cup Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:10:22 GMT Reuters - A thief in the German town of Hamelin robbed an amusement arcade by threatening the attendant with a cup of coffee, authorities said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_saudi_sex_court nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_saudi_sex_court Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:21:06 GMT Reuters - A Saudi appeals court has upheld a sentence of five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for a Saudi man who bragged about his sexual exploits on television, newspapers reported Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_ambulance_stolen ap/20100210/us_odd_ambulance_stolen AP odd Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:56 GMT AP - Authorities say a drunken man stole an ambulance from a Wisconsin ski area with the patient and paramedics still inside. The Dane County Sheriff's Department says emergency responders were treating a patient in the back of the ambulance at the Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard Area in Mount Horeb on Monday night. They say a 24-year-old Illinois man got into the vehicle and drove it around the parking lot. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_pencil_attack ap/20100210/us_odd_pencil_attack AP odd Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:56 GMT AP - An 11-year-old boy faces assault and weapon charges for trying to stab a classmate with a pencil over a math problem. Police in New Hartford, 80 miles west of Albany, said the boy was mad because a classmate kept trying to help him in math class on Monday. When the would-be helper wouldn't back off, police said the boy lashed out with a sharp pencil and inflicted a scratch treated by the school nurse. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_mayor_s_mute_button ap/20100210/us_odd_mayor_s_mute_button AP odd Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:56 GMT AP - Los Angeles County prosecutors are looking into a complaint that the mayor of Carson cuts off public speakers at City Council meetings if he doesn't like what they're saying. David Demerjian of the district attorney's office said the complaint claims that Mayor Jim Dear hits the mute button on speakers before the three-minute time limit is up. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_makeup_bandit ap/20100210/us_odd_makeup_bandit AP odd Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:57 GMT AP - A bandit who likes to steal makeup from a well known drug store chain has returned after a six month absence. Chandler police said the "Blue Basket Bandit" attempted a theft Monday at a Walgreens store. Over the past two years, police said the thief has stolen approximately $10,000 worth of cosmetic merchandise from Walgreens stores around Chandler and neighboring cities. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/lf_nm_life/us_newzealand_rescue nm/20100208/us_newzealand_rescue Reuters topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:09:58 GMT Reuters - A tourist who got lost on a New Zealand mountain was rescued after sending text messages to his family in Greece, newspapers and websites reported on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_forest_dog_waste ap/20100210/us_odd_forest_dog_waste AP odd Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:05:02 GMT AP - A smelly problem is piling at trails around Jackson where people go hiking and cross-country skiing with their dogs. How big is this problem? Bridger-Teton National Forest officials say they recently counted 173 piles of dog waste around just one trailhead. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_beer_health_life nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_beer_health_life Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:19:57 GMT Reuters - Beer drinkers now have a good excuse to order another round -- the brew may help keep bones strong, a study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_swordswallowing_record_life nm/20100208/oukoe_uk_swordswallowing_record_life Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:18:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_swordswallowing_record_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.78fc6250db85410997f64b50a70368b6.australia_sword_swollowing_syd801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=XecBfhWEDul4pxkSAzLQWQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this photo supplied by Buscopan, Chayne Hultgren, AKA The Space Cowboy, put 18 swords in mouth at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Space Cowboy, has set a new Guinness World Record by sticking 18 swords (52cm each) at the same time. (AP Photo/Buscopan, Joe Lararrte)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An Australian performance artist set a new Guinness World Record on Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedod/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_swordswallowing_record_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.78fc6250db85410997f64b50a70368b6.australia_sword_swollowing_syd801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=XecBfhWEDul4pxkSAzLQWQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo supplied by Buscopan, Chayne Hultgren, AKA The Space Cowboy, put 18 swords in mouth at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Space Cowboy, has set a new Guinness World Record by sticking 18 swords (52cm each) at the same time. (AP Photo/Buscopan, Joe Lararrte)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)