Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/odd/ap odd Odd News - AP en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:53:59 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/odd/ap http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_gun_accident ap/20100210/us_odd_gun_accident AP odd Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:53:59 GMT AP - A man accidentally shot himself in the leg shortly after leaving a Jupiter gun store. Police said the unidentified man went to Chuck's Guns and Ammo Monday afternoon, looking for batteries for the laser sight on a small handgun. When the man was back in his car, the gun accidentally fired, hitting him in the leg. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_odd_snow_rescue_colorado ap/20100209/us_odd_snow_rescue_colorado AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:57 GMT AP - A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had not food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_fe_st/as_odd_new_zealand_cow_count ap/20100209/as_odd_new_zealand_cow_count AP odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:26:28 GMT AP - New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_rotting_radishes ap/20100208/us_odd_rotting_radishes AP odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:32:07 GMT AP - An Ohio fire department says the smell of decaying radishes prompted calls from residents worried about a possible gas leak. Tiffin Township Volunteer Fire Department near Defiance in northwest Ohio responded to five reports of suspicious smells in the last 45 days. A field of oilseed radishes, planted as a cover crop that adds nutrients to the field, is near a natural gas compression station and a gas exchange station. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*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/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_quake_relief_strip_club ap/20100208/us_odd_quake_relief_strip_club AP odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:25:11 GMT AP - A strip club in Ohio has raised $1,000 for Haitian earthquake relief during what was billed as "Lap dances for Haiti." Marilyn's on Monroe in Toledo donated the $10 cover charges collected Saturday to ISOH (I-S-O-H)/IMPACT, an organization based in suburban Perrysburg that provides food and clothing for Haiti. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_bad_escape ap/20100206/us_odd_bad_escape AP odd Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:58:45 GMT AP - Police say a man suspected of stealing a bottle of Schnapps from a Wyoming grocery store didn't have the best escape route planned. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_urine_test_bribe ap/20100206/us_odd_urine_test_bribe AP odd Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:09:01 GMT AP - A pot-smoking parolee in Colorado faces criminal charges for allegedly offering a cash bribe to try to pass a drug test. Police said a 34-year-old man tried Jan. 3 to bribe a state worker to allow him to use a device called a "Whizzinator" to pass a drug test he had to take while on parole. The man allegedly said he had a medical marijuana card, though officials couldn't confirm whether that was true. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_human_rocket_failure ap/20100206/us_odd_human_rocket_failure AP odd Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:08:56 GMT AP - A 62-year-old sledder looking for a burst of power got it when the homemade rocket strapped to his back exploded, burning him over nearly 20 percent of his body. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was hospitalized in stable condition Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_failure_to_communicate ap/20100206/us_odd_failure_to_communicate AP odd Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:09:01 GMT AP - Communication skills were clearly lacking in a woman who police said tried to rob two Memphis credit unions. She fled empty-handed both times. The Commercial Appeal reported the suspect is a short, thin black or Hispanic woman dressed in dark clothing with a red scarf. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_us/us_illegal_dog_surgery ap/20100206/us_illegal_dog_surgery AP us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:35:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_us/us_illegal_dog_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.5e53444d351b4bffa492bfb64edfa4ba.illegal_dog_surgery_bx202.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=sTJBC5XEwvOGU9w4hCSd7Q--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="In this Feb. 4, 2010 image from video released by WPRI-TV, Alan MacQuattie speaks about recently removing a cyst from the leg of his dog in Barrington, R.I. MacQuattie has been charged with illegally operating on the pet. (AP Photo/WPRI-TV)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Rhode Island man who says he couldn't afford veterinary care for his dog has been charged with illegally operating on the pet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_us/us_illegal_dog_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.5e53444d351b4bffa492bfb64edfa4ba.illegal_dog_surgery_bx202.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=sTJBC5XEwvOGU9w4hCSd7Q--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="In this Feb. 4, 2010 image from video released by WPRI-TV, Alan MacQuattie speaks about recently removing a cyst from the leg of his dog in Barrington, R.I. MacQuattie has been charged with illegally operating on the pet. (AP Photo/WPRI-TV)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddnewsap/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_tipped_by_cow ap/20100206/us_odd_tipped_by_cow AP odd Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:08:56 GMT AP - People probably can't tip cows, but a cow tipped a person in Knoxville. Then it stepped on him. An ambulance was called to the University of Tennessee agriculture campus Friday morning. Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran told The Knoxville News Sentinel first responders found a 40 to 50-year-old man who said he was working with cattle in a pen when one knocked him down and stepped on his chest.