Odd News

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  Go ahead, egg my Hummer Reuters - Wed Dec 26, 10:41 AM ET

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Hummer owner in Russia's second city St. Petersburg has given antiglobalists the green light to pelt his oversized vehicle with rotten eggs, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.

• Referee pulls out red card, then a gun Reuters - Wed Dec 26, 10:42 AM ET

  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian referee took out his gun and fired warning shots in the air after a local soccer match turned unruly following the suspension of a player, a newspaper said Tuesday.

• Breaking news! Driver crashes into newscast Reuters - Wed Dec 26, 10:44 AM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - The driver of a minivan who interrupted a local TV newscast while it was on the air by crashing into the station's glass-walled studio, was charged on Monday with reckless driving, authorities said.

• Brothers hand out Christmas cash at mall Reuters - Wed Dec 26, 10:44 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shoppers got a Christmas Eve surprise on Monday when a pair of brothers handed out $100 bills at a mall on Long Island, New York.

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  Kyrgyzstan touted as ideal delivery hub for Santa Reuters - Mon Dec 24, 2:30 PM ET

  BISHKEK (Reuters) - Seeking a novel remedy to revive its rickety economy, the tiny ex-Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan has declared itself the new home of Santa Claus.

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  A far from cracking surprise - a dead mouse Reuters - Wed Dec 26, 8:25 PM ET

  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand woman who pulled apart a Christmas cracker got more than the party hat and joke she had expected, finding a dead mouse.

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  Chinese liquor firms fight ban on boozy lunches Reuters - Wed Dec 26, 10:26 PM ET

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Liquor makers in China are demanding that a city regulation barring public servants and Communist Party officials from the Chinese version of a three martini lunch be revoked, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

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  Russian says: Go ahead, egg my Hummer Reuters - Wed Dec 26, 4:21 AM ET

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Hummer owner in Russia's second city St. Petersburg has given antiglobalists the green light to pelt his oversized vehicle with rotten eggs, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.

• Malaysian referee pulls out red card then a gun Reuters - Tue Dec 25, 12:00 AM ET

  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian referee took out his gun and fired warning shots in the air after a local soccer match turned unruly following the suspension of a player, a newspaper said on Tuesday.

• Maradona wants to meet Iranian president Reuters - Mon Dec 24, 4:57 PM ET

  BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Former Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona says he wants to meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a leading U.S. foe, local media reported on Monday.

• Idaho fire crew's Tater Tots start blaze AP - Thu Dec 27, 2:27 PM ET

  BOISE, Idaho - A fire station crew must be a little embarrassed by the way some of this state's famous potatoes got fried.

• Brothers hand out Christmas cash at New York mall Reuters - Mon Dec 24, 4:54 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shoppers got a Christmas Eve surprise on Monday when a pair of brothers handed out $100 (50 pound) bills at a mall on Long Island, New York.

• W.Va. cop says woman wiped nose on him AP - Thu Dec 27, 2:38 PM ET

  DUNBAR, W.Va. - Sometimes you need a police officer; sometimes you need a tissue. Confuse the two, and it could cost you.

• Chinese man gets 10 years for stealing from crash site Reuters - Tue Dec 25, 2:20 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese villager has been jailed for 10 years for keeping 80,000 yuan (5,600 pounds) in cash he found in a plastic bag at the scene of a car accident, local media reported on Tuesday.

• 20 years for bandits who sought tuition AP - Thu Dec 27, 3:10 PM ET

  CINCINNATI - Two college students who claimed they were trying to raise tuition money through armed robberies got a tough lesson in court Thursday.

• Feuding Korean clans end 400-year fight over graves Reuters - Mon Dec 24, 3:27 AM ET

  PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - After nearly 400 years, a few killings and scorned pleas from a king, two powerful clans have settled one of the longest-standing feuds in Korean history, over ancestral burial grounds.

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  Rare 'Jenny' stamp sells for $825,000 AP - Thu Dec 27, 3:29 PM ET

  DALLAS - One of the most famously flawed stamps in U.S. history sold for $825,000 to a New York man who bought it slightly cheaper than the record price another "Inverted Jenny" copy fetched at auction last month.

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  Can GPS system track my dog? Putin asks Reuters - Mon Dec 24, 9:25 AM ET

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was keen to use Russia's planned global positioning system GLONASS to look after his black Labrador Koni.

• Monkey that flew to NY in man's hat dies AP - Thu Dec 27, 9:14 AM ET

  NEW YORK - A small monkey stashed in a man's hat during a flight to New York has died, but federal health authorities don't know why.

• Artist's friends scatter ashes worldwide AP - Thu Dec 27, 10:03 AM ET

  CINCINNATI - Friends of an artist were handed envelopes containing her ashes at her memorial service and given a task: Spread the ashes wherever they felt appropriate.

Most Popular Odd News

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  Hello Kitty products target young males AP - Fri Dec 28, 7:57 AM ET

  TOKYO - Hello Kitty is no sexist.

• Chihuahua helps police find suspect AP - Thu Dec 27, 10:20 PM ET

  AUBURN, Calif. - A three-pound Chihuahua mix named Tink helped police put a fugitive in the clink.

• Man leaves $50,000, car to waitress AP - Fri Dec 28, 8:22 PM ET

  BROWNSVILLE, Texas - For nearly seven years Melina Salazar did her best to put on a smile and tend to the every need of her most loyal and cantankerous customer.

• Furs found after 30 years in storage AP - Thu Dec 27, 5:56 PM ET

  BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. - Sam Haskins didn't ask for a fur coat for Christmas. But he got six of them.

• A far from cracking surprise - a dead mouse Reuters - Thu Dec 27, 11:14 AM ET

  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand woman who pulled apart a Christmas cracker got more than the party hat and joke she had expected, finding a dead mouse.