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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/757 odd Odd News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:14 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/757 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_odd_people_vs_pachyderms ap/20090703/us_odd_people_vs_pachyderms AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:14 GMT AP - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people — the pachyderms now have the upper trunk. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_rookie_arrest ap/20090703/us_odd_rookie_arrest AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:42:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_rookie_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.d79896e4171a4b209b120e91c0d492f2.rookie_arrest_ny131.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=qTrqWzZ.YvqeZ_aKvz4fyg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This undated image provided by the New York Police Department shows Dariel Firpo. Firpo, a New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers has made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/New York Police Dept.)" border="0" /></a>AP - A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_rookie_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.d79896e4171a4b209b120e91c0d492f2.rookie_arrest_ny131.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=qTrqWzZ.YvqeZ_aKvz4fyg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This undated image provided by the New York Police Department shows Dariel Firpo. Firpo, a New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers has made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/New York Police Dept.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/odd_cabbie_deodorant ap/20090703/odd_cabbie_deodorant AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:06:09 GMT AP - Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/od_nm/us_biggs_odd nm/20090702/us_biggs_odd Reuters odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:09:19 GMT Reuters - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release on Wednesday after the British government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he was "wholly unrepentant." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/od_nm/us_gambling_closure_odd nm/20090701/us_gambling_closure_odd Reuters odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:42:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/od_nm/us_gambling_closure_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r4111020920.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=xcs01UnZCJMFB1975rp5pQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A dealer stacks chips on a roulette table at the Shangri La Casino in Moscow June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/od_nm/us_gambling_closure_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r4111020920.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=xcs01UnZCJMFB1975rp5pQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A dealer stacks chips on a roulette table at the Shangri La Casino in Moscow June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/od_nm/us_murder_odd nm/20090630/us_murder_odd Reuters odd Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:53:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/od_nm/us_murder_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r985379400.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3oh1CqfEmxcOB.ZMaPbibA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A view of a lobby area at the Barcelona International Convention Center in an undated photo. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Spanish police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/od_nm/us_murder_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r985379400.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3oh1CqfEmxcOB.ZMaPbibA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of a lobby area at the Barcelona International Convention Center in an undated photo. REUTERS/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/od_nm/us_mosquitos_odd nm/20090630/us_mosquitos_odd Reuters odd Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:51:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/od_nm/us_mosquitos_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r3709636876.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=v.rmyT0D0QxWQTFgXZQ4pA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Health workers walk through a cloud of insecticide after spraying the lobby area of an office building in downtown Singapore July 4, 1998. REUTERS/John Pryke" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Sri Lankan court threatened a mosquito repellent factory manager with six months in jail for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on company premises to stop the spread of dengue fever, an official said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/od_nm/us_mosquitos_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r3709636876.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=v.rmyT0D0QxWQTFgXZQ4pA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Health workers walk through a cloud of insecticide after spraying the lobby area of an office building in downtown Singapore July 4, 1998. REUTERS/John Pryke" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_afghanistan_seeds nm/20090702/oukoe_uk_afghanistan_seeds Reuters odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:52 GMT Reuters - The British military is mystified after what was first announced as a major haul of opium poppy seeds amounted to nothing more than a hill of beans. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_plinth_london nm/20090702/oukoe_uk_plinth_london Reuters odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:49:13 GMT Reuters - A housewife from Sleaford in Lincolnshire will be the first of thousands of people to stand for one hour on top of a plinth in London's Trafalgar Square as part of a 100-day "live sculpture" exercise. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_airnewzealand nm/20090702/oukoe_uk_airnewzealand Reuters odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:03:26 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_tennis_wimbledon_strings nm/20090701/oukoe_uk_tennis_wimbledon_strings Reuters odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:44:28 GMT Reuters - After supervising around 3,000 re-strings during the Wimbledon fortnight one might think Roger Dalton could put his feet up with a bowl of strawberries on Sunday and watch the men's singles final in peace. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_eu_court_beer nm/20090702/oukoe_uk_eu_court_beer Reuters odd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:38:09 GMT Reuters - Europe's highest court on Thursday upheld the right of Dutch and Italian brewers to sell their 'Bavaria' beer in Italy, rejecting a bid by a company making a rival beer with the equivalent name in German to stop them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_screaming_sex_arrests ap/20090703/us_screaming_sex_arrests AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:37:48 GMT AP - A 16-year-old girl thought she heard her mother being assaulted by her boyfriend and rounded up some friends who beat him up, only to learn later that the couple actually were having sex, the woman and police said. The girl misinterpreted the woman's amorous screams, and she and four other teens went to the woman's bedroom in the Torrington home on June 6, police Lt. Bruce Whiteley said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_congo_democratic_fireworks nm/20090701/oukoe_uk_congo_democratic_fireworks Reuters odd Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:33:28 GMT Reuters - Independence day fireworks sent terrified Congolese sprinting for cover Tuesday in fear that war had broken out again in their eastern city. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_bunny_lady ap/20090703/us_bunny_lady AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:52:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_bunny_lady"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090617/capt.0f8c1dee0aa84bdfb26074a64f7f6fa2.bunny_lady_ny116.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=rr1I.RGgqukLURkiIhrNWA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="This undated photo released by the Tigard Police Department shows Miriam Sakewitz, who was arrested in 2007 with more than 250 rabbits in squalid conditions. In a plea deal, she was forbidden to have animals for five years. On Tuesday, authorities say she was found holed up in a hotel room in Tigard, Ore., with more than a dozen rabbits and was arrested. (AP Photo/Tigard Police Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_bunny_lady"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090617/capt.0f8c1dee0aa84bdfb26074a64f7f6fa2.bunny_lady_ny116.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=rr1I.RGgqukLURkiIhrNWA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="This undated photo released by the Tigard Police Department shows Miriam Sakewitz, who was arrested in 2007 with more than 250 rabbits in squalid conditions. In a plea deal, she was forbidden to have animals for five years. On Tuesday, authorities say she was found holed up in a hotel room in Tigard, Ore., with more than a dozen rabbits and was arrested. (AP Photo/Tigard Police Department)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_internet_filter nm/20090630/oukoe_uk_china_internet_filter Reuters odd Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:18:24 GMT Reuters - What do Johnny Depp, Garfield, Paris Hilton and roast pork have in common? In China, the answer is that a new government-mandated Internet filter rates some pictures of all four of them as bad for your moral health. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_woman_in_trash_bin ap/20090703/us_odd_woman_in_trash_bin AP odd Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:37:35 GMT AP - Workers at the Frederick County Landfill were surprised by what they found in a large trash bin trucked in from a Goodwill Industries store: a woman who had apparently gotten trapped. "They opened the door and she got out," said landfill manager Ron Kimble.