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 Reuters: Oddly Enough 15 May 2008 at 12:06pm HUSAVIK, Iceland (Reuters) - Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to donate theirs to him when they die. "No, after you - I'm just here to rob the place!" 15 May 2008 at 10:23am SYDNEY (Reuters) - A man politely waited his turn in a queue at a busy central Sydney post office before jumping over the counter, grabbing money from two tills and running off, police said on Thur... Wedding day fireworks land groom in jail 15 May 2008 at 10:23am ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Bridegroom Kedir Mohamed wanted his wedding day to go with a bang and decided to celebrate by letting off firecrackers after the ceremony. Inmates showcase designs at prison show 15 May 2008 at 10:24am MILAN (Reuters) - The models are strutting past and the celebrities are carefully eyeing the collections, but it's not at every fashion show that you see prison guards by the catwalk. "Snake man" slithers out of prison cell 14 May 2008 at 10:34am VIENNA (Reuters) - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday. Green aliens, UFOs said to visit 14 May 2008 at 1:53pm LONDON (Reuters) - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating r... Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" poster 14 May 2008 at 2:08pm LONDON (Reuters) - The advertising watchdog has banned a poster for a teenage TV drama series that featured a dishevelled, semi-naked young woman sitting on a bed, surrounded by couples apparently ... Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart 14 May 2008 at 11:23am TOKYO (Reuters) - Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod. Von Trapp's "Sound of Music" villa to become hotel 14 May 2008 at 10:28am SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - "The Sound of Music," one of Hollywood's greatest money-spinners, will scale new heights when the original von Trapp family villa near Salzburg opens as a hotel in July. Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet 13 May 2008 at 2:11pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who says he was denied a seat on a five-hour JetBlue flight and was instead told to "hang out" in the plane's bathroom has sued the airline for $2 million, sayin... AP Top Strange News At 8 a.m. EDT 9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach15 May 2008 at 9:08am ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.... Michigan Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies 15 May 2008 at 7:37am DETROIT (AP) -- A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national reco... Giant beetles seized at Pennsylvania post office 14 May 2008 at 6:38pm PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Customs agents seized more than two dozen giant beetles - some the size of a child's hand - from an overseas package after postal workers heard the insects making scratching no... 10-year-old scholar takes Calif. college by storm 14 May 2008 at 3:14pm DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) -- With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages an... NYC cabbie is fined $1,000 for foul-mouthed tirade 14 May 2008 at 3:42pm NEW YORK (AP) -- The days of the cursing cabbie may be over. A New York City cab driver has been fined $1,000 for launching a foul-mouthed tirade at another cabbie.... Police thwart scheme to steal light poles 14 May 2008 at 3:53pm MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say a dimwitted scheme to steal light poles from a village storage yard has resulted in two arrests on Long Island. Nassau County Police Lt. Ray Cote said Wednesday tha... Texas cops: Substitute teacher came to class drunk 14 May 2008 at 3:33pm RICHARDSON, Texas (AP) -- A substitute teacher suspected of being drunk in a suburban Dallas middle school class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.... Woman accused of faking cancer to avoid work 14 May 2008 at 4:27pm ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) -- A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. Theft charges were filed Tuesday against Sandra Dee Martinez, 40, formerly of... Mich. city spends $5.21 to mail 51-cent tax bill 14 May 2008 at 3:13pm BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property tax bill. It isn't just that Phil Kazanji's bill is so low. It's that it cost the city of Brighton $5.21 to se... 911 operator fired for cursing after report 14 May 2008 at 11:00pm NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Nashville 911 operator has been fired after he was recorded saying that he didn't "give a s---" about what happened to a woman who had just called to report her ex-boyfri... 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Substitute Teacher Teaches Class While Drunk 15 May 2008 at 1:00am Is this even a shock? How else do you deal with those damn kids? Woman Fakes Cancer To Avoid Work 15 May 2008 at 1:00am Well this is the ultimate "faking sick scheme" Why You Are Fat 14 May 2008 at 12:12pm Are you a fatty in denial? You are if you have replaced smoking dope with smoking ham Students Challenge Schools No-Hugging Rule 14 May 2008 at 12:12pm An Oregon school has put in place a no hugging rule....hypocritically, there are no rules against "hallway handys" British Army Advertises On Condoms 14 May 2008 at 12:12pm Apparently Ricky Gervais isnt the only funny person in Britain...the RAF is hilarious College Student New Mayor Of Oklahoma Town 14 May 2008 at 12:12pm This 19 year old managed to get 70% of the vote Pothead Hands Stash To Security 14 May 2008 at 12:12pm How high do you have to be to hand over your weed to security? |