Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/583 odd Oddly Enough - Reuters en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:57:41 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/583 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/nm/20091125/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/od_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) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/od_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/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/od_nm/us_northkorea_odds nm/20091120/us_northkorea_odds Reuters odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/od_nm/us_northkorea_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r2861902309.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=JknO18PCvHhkzu054JZ73w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance Ministry in Paris on September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/od_nm/us_northkorea_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r2861902309.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=JknO18PCvHhkzu054JZ73w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance Ministry in Paris on September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/od_nm/us_crocodiles nm/20091119/us_crocodiles Reuters odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:13 GMT Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/od_nm/us_decade nm/20091119/us_decade Reuters odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/od_nm/us_decade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r3881758585.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=9eYeGH8K2ynN2z6GnrvFeA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Then President-elect Senator Barack Obama is pictured live on a giant screen as he addresses supporters at his election night rally in Chicago November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/od_nm/us_decade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r3881758585.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=9eYeGH8K2ynN2z6GnrvFeA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Then President-elect Senator Barack Obama is pictured live on a giant screen as he addresses supporters at his election night rally in Chicago November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/od_nm/us_driver_odds nm/20091118/us_driver_odds Reuters odd Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:07 GMT Reuters - An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, police said on Wednesday. The man, 81-year-old Eric Steward, eventually stopped and asked for directions after driving for nine hours, from the New South Wales country town of Yass to Geelong in the southern Victoria state. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/od_nm/us_depp_sexy_odds nm/20091118/us_depp_sexy_odds Reuters odd Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:24:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/od_nm/us_depp_sexy_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091118/i/r3043675479.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9ysnyo6lMnq4qJpuGULBUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor Johnny Depp arrives for a Museum of Modern Art tribute to director Tim Burton in New York November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" on Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/od_nm/us_depp_sexy_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091118/i/r3043675479.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9ysnyo6lMnq4qJpuGULBUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Actor Johnny Depp arrives for a Museum of Modern Art tribute to director Tim Burton in New York November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/od_nm/us_twitter_odds nm/20091118/us_twitter_odds Reuters odd Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:52:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/od_nm/us_twitter_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091118/i/r217088287.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eQ86Z7qXgAfn5JcW2lx1yg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Canadian member of Parliament learned the hard way on Tuesday that insulting a rival legislator by Twitter is not a good idea, especially if you're sitting around the same table at the time.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/od_nm/us_twitter_odds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091118/i/r217088287.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eQ86Z7qXgAfn5JcW2lx1yg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_nm/us_portugal_trousers_odd nm/20091117/us_portugal_trousers_odd Reuters odd Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:50:08 GMT Reuters - He wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break into a supermarket in Portugal stayed stuck fast in a tiny window until he was rescued by police and the fire brigade. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_nm/us_toilets_odd nm/20091117/us_toilets_odd Reuters odd Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:49:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_nm/us_toilets_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091117/i/r1351197664.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=1.7svYQepUz0KK6v4AxUtg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="High rise buildings are seen behind a slum in Mumbai April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization, has a theory about why governments and people are so reluctant to talk about hygiene: it isn't cool.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_nm/us_toilets_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091117/i/r1351197664.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=1.7svYQepUz0KK6v4AxUtg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="High rise buildings are seen behind a slum in Mumbai April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_nm/us_britain_names_odd nm/20091117/us_britain_names_odd Reuters odd Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:48:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_nm/us_britain_names_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091117/i/r1724384002.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=a_NcrwkIebGbFBApvwHOHw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor Tom Cruise (R) waves to fans upon his arrival with his wife Katie Holmes (C) and their daughter Suri at Narita International Airport March 8, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid inadvertently causing their offspring future embarrassment.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_nm/us_britain_names_odd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091117/i/r1724384002.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=a_NcrwkIebGbFBApvwHOHw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Actor Tom Cruise (R) waves to fans upon his arrival with his wife Katie Holmes (C) and their daughter Suri at Narita International Airport March 8, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)