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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/odd/reuters-oddly-enough odd Oddly Enough - Reuters en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:28:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/odd/reuters-oddly-enough http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/od_nm/us_russia_putin_lake nm/20120210/us_russia_putin_lake Reuters odd Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:28:37 GMT Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a drink fit for dinosaurs on Friday when he was presented with a sample of ancient water from a sub-glacial Antarctic lake pierced by Russian scientists. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/od_nm/us_snow nm/20120209/us_snow Reuters odd Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:42:43 GMT Reuters - often nicknamed Winterpeg - has been so mild and dry this winter that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced to truck in 200 loads of fake flakes for this year's annual event. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/od_nm/us_india_porn nm/20120208/us_india_porn Reuters odd Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:26:42 GMT Reuters - Three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party, including a women's affairs minister, resigned on Wednesday after being caught watching pornography on a mobile phone during a session of state parliament. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/od_nm/us_weather_france_homeless nm/20120208/us_weather_france_homeless Reuters odd Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:49:28 GMT Reuters - A French health minister tried to tweet her way out of embarrassing blog advice that homeless people should not go outdoors during the ice-cold snap in Europe. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/od_nm/us_germany_facebook nm/20120207/us_germany_facebook Reuters odd Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:29:08 GMT Reuters - Police in the German state of Lower-Saxony will soon use their networks of Facebook "friends" to find missing persons and hunt out suspected criminals, according to the state's interior minister. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/od_nm/us_germany_sauerkraut nm/20120207/us_germany_sauerkraut Reuters odd Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:05:41 GMT Reuters - Piles of sauerkraut tumbled out of a truck on a busy German motorway and quickly froze to the autobahn surface, causing a massive traffic jam near Frankfurt during Tuesday's morning rush hour, police said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/od_nm/us_golf_european_westwood nm/20120207/us_golf_european_westwood Reuters odd Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:27:50 GMT Reuters - Lee Westwood was forced to apologize after his mum caught him swearing on live television at last week's Qatar Masters, the world number three said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/od_nm/us_safrica_zombie_crime nm/20120207/us_safrica_zombie_crime Reuters odd Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:56:45 GMT Reuters - South African police have arrested a suspected fraudster for impersonating the award-winning traditional singer Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Khumalo, who died in 2009. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/od_nm/us_soccer_england_liverpool_cat nm/20120207/us_soccer_england_liverpool_cat Reuters odd Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:43:16 GMT Reuters - A cat that invaded the famous Anfield turf for three minutes during Liverpool's 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Monday has become an internet celebrity. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/od_nm/us_indonesia_pilot nm/20120207/us_indonesia_pilot Reuters odd Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:16:26 GMT Reuters - Lion Air's slogan "We make you fly" came a bit too close to home this weekend when one of the Indonesian airline's pilots tested positive for crystal meth after being arrested just hours before he was due to take off. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/od_nm/us_filmfestival_mustache nm/20120206/us_filmfestival_mustache Reuters odd Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:51:50 GMT Reuters - Move over, Cannes. Maine will be playing host to its first-ever international mustache film festival, part of its annual pageant that celebrates the bristly facial hair. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/od_nm/us_iran_simpsons_ban nm/20120206/us_iran_simpsons_ban Reuters odd Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:22:39 GMT Reuters - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/od_nm/us_hotdog_toledo nm/20120206/us_hotdog_toledo Reuters odd Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:11:25 GMT Reuters - A troubled Ohio hot dog restaurant chain made famous in the TV series "M*A*S*H" has been sold after months of legal wrangling, allowing descendants of the eponymous Tony Packo's to keep running Cpl. Klinger's favorite frankfurter place. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/od_nm/us_germany_deercalling nm/20120206/us_germany_deercalling Reuters odd Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:19:44 GMT Reuters - Hunting enthusiasts grunted, bawled and bellowed in the battle to be named Germany's champion deer caller. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/od_nm/us_japan_hole_contest nm/20120206/us_japan_hole_contest Reuters odd Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:09:36 GMT Reuters - Over a thousand people gathered on the outskirts of Tokyo, shovels and ladders in hand. Their goal: to dig their way to victory in the Japan All-National Hole Digging Competition, and claim the coveted Golden Shovel. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/od_nm/us_wingbowl_philadelphia nm/20120203/us_wingbowl_philadelphia Reuters odd Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:34:18 GMT Reuters - More than 17,000 mostly beer-fueled spectators packed a Philadelphia indoor arena on Friday for the city's annual early morning eating extravaganza in which competitors vie to eat the most chicken wings. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/od_nm/us_usa_cities_miserable nm/20120203/us_usa_cities_miserable Reuters odd Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:05 GMT Reuters - Warm sun, white beaches, and million-dollar mansions notwithstanding, Miami has captured the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/od_nm/us_usa_mexico_gokart nm/20120202/us_usa_mexico_gokart Reuters odd Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:08:05 GMT Reuters - U.S. border cops in far-west Arizona have seized an off-road go-kart and trailer packed with marijuana, in the latest bizarre attempt by Mexican smugglers to beat beefed up border security. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/od_nm/us_retirement_ecuador_contest nm/20120201/us_retirement_ecuador_contest Reuters odd Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:17:00 GMT Reuters - Interested in adventure and exploring new places? An international magazine is looking for volunteers to spend a month in Cuenca, Ecuador to test its potential as a retirement destination. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/od_nm/us_belgium_statue nm/20120201/us_belgium_statue Reuters odd Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:47:46 GMT Reuters - The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures, Belgium's tourist office said on Wednesday.