Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/816 odd Odd News - AP en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:57:47 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/816 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/us_lizard_smuggling ap/20091121/us_lizard_smuggling AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:57:47 GMT AP - Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_fe_st/us_face_spitting ap/20091121/us_face_spitting AP odd Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:03 GMT AP - A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_wrong_way_driver_twice ap/20091121/us_odd_wrong_way_driver_twice AP odd Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:03 GMT AP - Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_smuggling_kiss ap/20091121/us_odd_smuggling_kiss AP odd Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:03 GMT AP - A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_fake_disability ap/20091121/us_odd_fake_disability AP odd Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:05 GMT AP - California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_brusque_doctor ap/20091121/us_odd_brusque_doctor AP odd Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:10 GMT AP - A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_no_jackpot ap/20091120/us_odd_no_jackpot AP odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:48 GMT AP - The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed. The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunctioned and that she was actually due no more than $2 from the operation in Macon County. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_bottle_warmer_robbery ap/20091120/us_odd_bottle_warmer_robbery AP odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:27:37 GMT AP - An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing. Indianapolis police arrested the suspect at Arlington High School on Tuesday after receiving a tip from a television viewer saw surveillance video on a newscast. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_squeegee_attack ap/20091120/us_odd_squeegee_attack AP odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:22:59 GMT AP - A man accused of using a squeegee to hit another man during a fight over who was first in line at a gas pump was due in court on charges. The man, Hector Chavez, 21, was to be arraigned Friday in Faulkner County Circuit Court on a second-degree battery charge. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_pregnant_woman_thefts ap/20091120/us_odd_pregnant_woman_thefts AP odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:17 GMT AP - Wichita police arrested a pregnant woman after she allegedly robbed homes after asking residents for help. Police said the woman, who is eight months pregnant, had been telling people in west Wichita that her car broke down and she needed to call someone for a ride. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_students__pre_game_pee ap/20091120/us_odd_students__pre_game_pee AP odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:22:59 GMT AP - Intrepid Ohio State University researchers have learned students don't just party in a campus lake during rituals before the annual Michigan game. They also potty there. Thousands of students will jump into Ohio State's Mirror Lake Thursday night, ahead of Saturday's football game between the Buckeyes and Wolverines. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_mama_s_helper ap/20091120/us_odd_mama_s_helper AP odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:05:37 GMT AP - A 2-year-old in north Mississippi has done something few toddlers can: He helped his mother give birth to his brother. Bobbye Favazza told The Commercial Appeal she went into labor this past Friday and gave birth on the family's living room couch in Olive Branch. She said her toddler, Jeremiha Taylor, got her a towel and caught the baby before firefighters arrived to cut the umbilical cord. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_light_pole_crash ap/20091119/us_odd_light_pole_crash AP odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:52:50 GMT AP - Fargo police said a man ran over a light pole and punched a police officer in the mouth when the officer tried to arrest him. Police Sgt. Mark Lykken said police got a report about 2 a.m. Thursday that a pickup hit a light pole and pulled into a nearby parking lot. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_careless_robber ap/20091120/us_odd_careless_robber AP odd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:58:32 GMT AP - A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. Albert Perkins, 40, admitted Thursday that he stole more than $3,100 from First Federal Bank in Kansas City on May 7. Prosecutors said that after he ordered a teller to give him all the $100 bills, he placed his wallet on the counter and handed her a plastic bag. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_clown_lawsuit ap/20091119/us_odd_clown_lawsuit AP odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:16:07 GMT AP - A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_chicken_costume ap/20091119/us_odd_chicken_costume AP odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:23:09 GMT AP - A person in a chicken costume ruffled the feathers of Durango's city council as its members discussed rules for backyard fowl. At a council meeting Tuesday, someone in a chicken costume quietly entered the council chambers just as the mayor was discussing a recently-passed backyard hen ordinance. The costumed chicken took a few turns, flapped its arms, then took a seat in the nearly empty gallery. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_christmas_parade ap/20091119/us_odd_christmas_parade AP odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:33 GMT AP - A town on New York's Long Island is hoping for better attendance at its 16th annual holiday boat parade this year by restoring "Christmas" to the event's name. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_turnpike_turkey ap/20091119/us_odd_turnpike_turkey AP odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:19:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_turnpike_turkey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.0bded7d911194cd28ba15365015b1090.turnpike_turkey_njme103.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=OVQSUi.f1qjGml0Bn9eo6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="A wild turkey rests near the toll booths at exit 14B of the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2009. The turkey, who toll workers named Tammy, was caught Wednesday by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists after spending about two months in the area. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - A wild turkey that's taken up residence at a New Jersey tollbooth and spends its days scooting around 18-wheelers won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic. State Fish and Wildlife officials netted the bird Wednesday after failed attempts during the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_turnpike_turkey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.0bded7d911194cd28ba15365015b1090.turnpike_turkey_njme103.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=OVQSUi.f1qjGml0Bn9eo6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="photo" title="A wild turkey rests near the toll booths at exit 14B of the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2009. The turkey, who toll workers named Tammy, was caught Wednesday by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists after spending about two months in the area. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_mail_carrier_arrest ap/20091119/us_odd_mail_carrier_arrest AP odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:31:20 GMT AP - Police in Marion and postal authorities are investigating the case of a mail carrier who was allegedly found drunk inside a residence while on the job. Police said the postal worker, 46, was charged with public intoxication Nov. 3 after she was found sitting on the kitchen floor of 95-year-old woman's house, eating leftover noodles from her refrigerator. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_police_station_pot ap/20091119/us_odd_police_station_pot AP odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:34:31 GMT AP - Officials said an elaborate marijuana growing site was found in an industrial building 25 feet from the back door of the Topanga police station in Los Angeles, and three people are under arrest. Officer Karen Rayner said the pot was discovered Wednesday when a search warrant was served at an address adjacent to the station in Canoga Park.