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Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise
(AP)
AP - Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert — the sooner the better.
Yahoo - 16 hours ago

Illinois kindergarten golfer has ace
(AP)
AP - Look out Tiger Woods, 5-year-old Drew Gray's got game.
Yahoo - 16 hours ago

"Robin Hoods" steal at the store, give to the poor?
(Reuters)
Reuters - Greek anarchists stormed a supermarket
on Thursday and handed out food for free in the latest of a
wave of raids provoked by soaring consumer prices.
Yahoo - 16 hours ago

Tycoon jailed 2 hours for organ trading: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Singapore retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung
was Wednesday jailed for two hours and fined S$17,000 ($11,850)
for lying to get approval for a kidney transplant and for organ
trading, the Straits Times newspaper said.
Yahoo - 16 hours ago

Nudist vows to hike on after jail
(Reuters)
Reuters - A naked German hiker has vowed to carry
on rambling in the nude despite spending 10 days in jail for
breaking public nudity laws.
Yahoo - 16 hours ago

Cheney: Russia's actions an 'affront' : Launches Invasion of oil rich Venezuela
(CERNOBBIO, Italy) Ucs News-- In a stinging rebuke, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday that Russia's actions in the conflict with Georgia were an 'affront to civilized standards' and called on Western nations to join with the United States
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Griff Jenkins' Mother to Address Republican National Convention
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ucs News) -- The tearful Isabella Jenkins delivered a powerful speech to the Republican National Convention today. The mother of the slain Fox news reporter Griff Jenkins took the stage with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
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Sarah Palin To Record Re Mix Of Pretty Hate Machine
Unconfirmed sources are reporting that Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be joining Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor to record a remix of the industrial metal album Pretty Hate Machine.
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Levi Johnston : Very Lucky to be alive
(ST. Paul : Minneapolis) Ucs News-- Levi Johnston must be the luckiest guy around. I have to admire him, messing around with the Alaskan governor Sarah Pailn's daughter takes some real balls on his part.
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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Abandons Family to Become President
Overachieving Alaska Governor Sarah Palin says she would much rather run for Vice President than take care of her husband and five children. In addition, she claims she actually wishes to be President. 'F*ck 'em.
Moreover - 16 hours ago

Palin's Politics and Family Blur
Gov. Sarah Palin rides with her husband, Todd, to the starting line of the Iron Dog snowmobile race in February 2007. Todd Palin, a celebrity snowmobiler, has won the grueling race four times.
Moreover - 16 hours ago

Treasury to Save Fannie, Freddie
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson briefed presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama on plan. (By Simon Dawson Via ) Enlarge Photo » Top 35 » Most Popular on washingtonpost.
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John McCain : 'I will ask Sarah Palin and Antonin Scalia to lead nation womb registration program'
(Washington D.C.) Ucs News-- Continuing his efforts to win over conservative voters Arizona Senator John McCain announced a bold new program to help control the reproductive rights of all American women and girls.
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Hey! You have a snake hanging from your car!
(AP)
AP - Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home? The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that biochemical engineer Marika Suominen-Yeh got the surprise of her life last week when a motorist flagged her down after seeing a snake drop from beneath her minivan.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

MP in jungle cocaine search drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - A British MP trekking in Colombia was
held at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffee
whitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook it
for cocaine.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

Vienna's dancing horses get first female riders
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two women have made history at Vienna's
Spanish Riding School by becoming the first female riders to
pass the entrance exam in 436 years.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

Doctor fired for allegedly drinking on the job
(AP)
AP - A Massachusetts doctor has been fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly trying to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

Ohio preacher, 71, avoids jail in road rage case
(AP)
AP - A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher convicted of waving a gun and threatening another driver won't be going to jail. A Hamilton County judge on Thursday sentenced Thomas Howell to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service on his conviction for aggravated menacing.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm
(AP)
AP - One Utah community is cheering a special bear — but don't call him Smokey. Investigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

Man in wheelchair robs Texas 7-Eleven of condoms
(AP)
AP - A robber rolled into a Dallas convenience store came armed with a bat and a knife. He left with a lot of condoms and an energy drink.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

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