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"Woman posts 'little' penis pics"

2010-02-12T13:38:00.001-06:00

Odd News:

"Woman posts 'little' penis pics"

(UPI) -- A Swedish 18-year-old was charged with harassment for posting pictures of her ex-boyfriend's "little" penis on lampposts in his neighborhood, officials say.

Court papers say the teenager posted the pictures, complete with the "tiny" description and the 24-year-old ex-lover's name and phone number, after he ended their brief relationship to date another woman, The Local reported Thursday.

The newspaper said the woman also allegedly posted pictures of her ex-beau's new squeeze with a note labeling her a "slut" and threw eggs at her ex-boyfriend's car.

Police said the woman admitted to them that she knew her activities were illegal.

Song of the Day:
Too Short - Cocktales

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"Internet hoax bedevils Ohio man"

2010-02-11T10:04:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Internet hoax bedevils Ohio man"

(UPI) -- A local official in Ohio was the target of an Internet hoax that sent a string of strangers to his house to cart away his belongings, authorities say.

Riverside City Councilman Mike Denning and his wife were stunned to see trucks and trailers arrive Jan. 29, driven by people responding to an online craigslist.org ad, the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News reported Wednesday.

The anonymous posting listed Denning's address and said the couple were leaving the country and giving away their things, the newspaper said.

Police say they will ask a judge for a subpoena to serve on craigslist to reveal who placed the ad.

"Hopefully that will help us identify the poster," Riverside Police Chief Mark Reiss said, adding the person could face misdemeanor menacing or stalking charges.

Craigslist said the Web site would cooperate.

"Use of craigslist for criminal purposes inevitably leads to apprehension and prosecution," spokeswoman Susan Best said. "An electronic trail to the perpetrator is created, and craigslist actively cooperates with law enforcement."

Song of the Day:
Badfinger - Come And Get It

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"Message in bottle yields response"

2010-02-10T11:56:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Message in bottle yields response"

(UPI) -- A group of California fishermen who sent a message in a bottle two years ago said they were delighted when someone found the bottle and even sent a reply.

The fishermen, from the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas, said they tossed the bottle into the water just south of San Diego in August 2007 with a message about Bob Dubcich, a friend of theirs who died from a rare form of cancer, KSBW-TV, Salinas, Calif., reported Monday.

The men said they enclosed $20 with the note to increase the chances of someone coming forward after finding it, which they said felt like sending their friend out to sea for a last voyage.

"(We said) if anyone found the bottle, send it back and we'd send you $100 so we made sure we'd get it back," John Saunders said.

Saunders said he and his friends were shocked by how far the bottle had traveled -- to the Philippines.

"To send him on a trip for 10,000 miles was bigger and better than anything we'd ever expected," Saunders said.

The fishermen said the man who found the bottle in the Philippines and sent it back to them has more than $100 coming.

"If he ever comes to America, he's going fishing with us. We're taking him, period," Saunders said.

Song of the Day:
The Police - Message in a Bottle

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"New pint glasses aimed at curbing violence"

2010-02-09T10:49:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"New pint glasses aimed at curbing violence"

(UPI) -- A British official is praising a pair of prototype shatterproof pint glasses being tested for their durability to reduce injuries from bar violence.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson said the glasses, created by the company Design Bridge, are aimed at curbing the estimated 87,000 broken-glass attacks in Britain each year, The Independent reported Friday.

"Having that weapon in your hand is an enormous part of why these injuries take place in the first instance," Johnson said.

Johnson said the first prototype, dubbed "Glass Plus," is a single layer of glass with a resin coating on the inside, and the second, "Thin Wall," features two layers of glass held together by resin. He said the designs were based on the windshields of cars.

"All being well, we'll find either one of these two projects, or even both of them, to be the kind of glasses you'll get in pubs and clubs not just in this country but around the world," he said.

Song of the Day:
Smash Mouth - Why Can't We Be Friends

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"N.Y. seminary employee alleges boss stinks"

2010-02-08T09:15:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"N.Y. seminary employee alleges boss stinks"

(UPI) -- An employee of New York's Jewish Theological Seminary said her boss stinks in more ways than one.

Roberta Feinsmith, 67, of Fairlawn, N.J., and an executive assistant at the seminary for 12 years, filed suit alleging that Alan Cooper, her supervisor since 2007 emitted "constant barrages of ... flatulence" in her work space, the New York Post reported Sunday.

Further, Cooper staged yelling and cursing "fits" on a daily basis, the suit alleges.

Feinsmith said she objected to Cooper's behavior, but then discovered Cooper had sent a mass e-mail in May to the seminary's staff recommending that older employees quit.

The e-mail allegedly said that baby boomers "have created a kind of bottleneck in the work world. The frustration this poses for the young and talented should be obvious."

The next day, Cooper fired her, Feinsmith said.

Song of the Day:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell

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"Canadian serial jailbreaker nabbed again"

2010-02-05T09:50:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Canadian serial jailbreaker nabbed again"

(UPI) -- A Canadian career criminal who claims to be the most-escaped prison inmate is back behind bars after his latest break, police in British Columbia said.

L. Wayne Carlson, 67, went missing Jan. 25 from Victoria, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police issued a statement describing him as violent and dangerous, The (Vancouver) Province reported Thursday.

Earlier this week, an RCMP officer on routine patrol in Chilliwack, 50 miles east of Vancouver, spotted a vehicle matching the description of what Carlson was likely driving and stopped it.

Carlson was arrested without incident, police said.

In 2001, he wrote a memoir of his prison antics called "Breakfast with the Devil: The Story of a Professional Jailbreaker."

The jacket of the book alludes to Carlson's criminal career that began in 1960.

"From Saskatchewan to Vermont, Carlson broke out of jail 13 times, making him the most-escaped prisoner in modern North American history," the jacket says.

His various convictions have included bank robberies, frauds, car theft, weapons offenses and property crimes, report said.

Song of the Day:

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

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"Couple ordered to paint pink house white"

2010-02-04T09:05:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Couple ordered to paint pink house white"

(UPI) -- A British couple said they are appealing an order from local officials to repaint their pink cottage white because neighbors called it "offensive" and "tacky."

James Rogers and Alison Hall said they have repainted the Acton Beauchamp, England, cottage about every four years since purchasing it in 1984. But it wasn't until they painted the cottage Rose Madder, a shade of pink, that council planners ordered them to paint the home white and keep it that way, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.

"It's an absolute disgrace and makes the whole village look tacky," said neighbor Brian Taylor, 62. "Why ruin a perfectly nice home with such an offensive color?"

The couple said officials are pointing to the cottage's status as a grade II-listed property, a category the government reserves for buildings of special architectural or historic interest, in ordering the repainting.

Rogers said he and Hall are appealing to the Government's Planning Inspectorate to have the home delisted so they can paint it whatever color they choose.

Song of the Day:
John Mellencamp - Pink Houses

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"Homemade sledding rocket explodes"

2010-02-03T09:58:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Homemade sledding rocket explodes"

(UPI) -- Authorities in Michigan said a man was hospitalized with second-degree burns when his homemade sledding rocket pack exploded.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said the 62-year-old Independence Township man constructed a backpack from a motorcycle muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder and put on a motorcycle helmet before sledding down his back yard hill with the fuse lit, the Detroit Free Press reported.

"At some point during the ride, the device exploded," Undersheriff Mike McCabe told The Detroit News. "Apparently, he has this sledding party every year, and he always does outrageous things at it, but he's never blown himself up before."

McCabe said the man suffered burns to 18 percent of his body, including second-degree burns to his right side and his face.

Song of the Day:
Def leppard - Rock Of Ages

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"Police: Man terrified ex-wife with mice"

2010-02-02T10:20:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Police: Man terrified ex-wife with mice"

(UPI) -- Police in the Swedish capital said they arrested a man who allegedly pushed 19 mice through the mail slot of his musophobic ex-wife.

Stockholm police spokesman Lars Lisberger said the 37-year-old woman woke up at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday and discovered her apartment was full of mice -- an animal she had a special fear of, Swedish news agency TT reported Monday.

"She was scared out of her wits and is now being cared for in hospital," Lisberger said.

The woman's 59-year-old ex-husband was brought in for questioning and admitted to dumping the mice into the mail slot of the apartment, Lisberger said. He was placed under arrest.

The mice were captured and brought to the police station for examination by a veterinarian.

Lisberger said the man has demanded the mice be returned to him.

"He has treated both the mice and his ex-wife badly, so I do not think that he should be given any of them. But we shall have to wait and see what the authorities decide," the spokesman said.

Song of the Day:
Modest Mouse - King Rat

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"Man says police destroyed mystical powers"

2010-02-01T10:16:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Man says police destroyed mystical powers"

(UPI) -- An Oregon man claims in a lawsuit Idaho police destroyed the mystical powers of a medicine bag when they opened it during his drunken driving arrest in August.

Craig Clark Show, 49, of Portland said the bag provided protection, had been blessed by a medicine woman and had remained closed since 1995, the Sandpoint (Idaho) Bonner County Daily Bee reported Friday.

The suit seeks $25,000 in damages.

Show was stopped on U.S. Highway 95 in Granite Hill while riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a test revealed a blood alcohol level of 0.16, police said.

In his Jan. 17 complaint against the state police and the Bonner County Sheriff's Office, Show also alleged he was persecuted for his religious beliefs and that his motorcycle was scratched by a drug-detection dog during a search.

The lawyer representing Show in the DUI case moved to suppress evidence on constitutional grounds, but a judge ruled the traffic stop and DUI investigation were conducted lawfully.

Show was supposed to have been tried this month, but was ill. A new trial date is to be set.

Song of the Day:
Stevie Wonder - Superstition

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"Pastor accused of pulling gun on son at church"

2010-01-31T12:08:00.000-06:00

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"Pastor accused of pulling gun on son at church"

(ap)-ALCOA, Tenn. – The son of a well-known Alcoa pastor has taken out an order of protection against his father, claiming he was threatened with a gun during an argument at a church over his lack of church attendance. The order of protection was filed by 32-year-old Michael Louis Colquitt against 60-year-old Joe Colquitt, pastor of St. John Missionary Baptist Church.

The younger man told police his father pulled out a handgun when they met at the church to discuss church attendance. He told officers his father pointed the gun at him and threatened to kill him, his wife and family.

Joe Colquitt declined to comment when contacted by The Daily Times of Maryville.

A Feb. 4 hearing was set in Blount County General Sessions Court.

Song of the Day:
Lamb of God - Now You've Got Something to Die For

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"Company relies on sales parties for men"

2010-01-30T10:54:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Company relies on sales parties for men"

(UPI) -- A Minneapolis company is taking the female tradition of sales parties in a new, male-oriented direction with back yard barbecue events.

Man Cave Worldwide is a start-up outfit specializing in barbecue equipment sales through representatives at parties -- just like Tupperware or Mary Kay cosmetics only with male-targeted products, including a $25 spatula large enough to flip four burgers at once, a $55 branding iron for putting the chef's initials into steak and a $30 set of rollers for cooking bratwurst.

John Schaffran, a San Jose, Calif., sales representative for Man Cave, said there are a few tricks to a successful sales party with men, including premiums for large purchases and the ever-important free beer, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.

"Free beer is something that will always get a crowd of guys together," Schaffran said.

Song of the Day:

GRAVEYARD BBQ - THE CLOTHES THAT MAKES THE MAN

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"Man banished as part of sentence"

2010-01-29T09:21:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Man banished as part of sentence"

(UPI) -- A Missouri man who paid a youngster to destroy a World War II monument has agreed to banishment from town as part of his punishment.

Rex Barstow Sr., 57, who was convicted in December of paying a 14-year-old ne'er-do-well to knock over a monument to Clark native Gen. Omar Bradley and spray paint a city fire department shed, was sentenced Jan. 20 by Howard County Circuit Judge Scott Hayes to serve 60 days in the Randolph County Jail, The Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune reported.

Barstow is to serve four years of probation "and by agreement, stay out of Clark." He was also ordered to pay $7,563 restitution.

"From those in town that I've talked to, they seem to be well pleased" with the sentence, said Clark Mayor Homer Colley, who was a witness at the trial.

Song of the Day:
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More

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"Boulder crashes into woman's bedroom"

2010-01-28T08:46:00.002-06:00

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"Boulder crashes into woman's bedroom"

(UPI) -- Firefighters in Tennessee said a 75-year-old woman was shocked when she was awakened by a boulder the size of a small car crashing through her bedroom wall.

Authorities said Elizabeth Allred was sleeping in a hospital bed in her Rogersville home while recovering from a broken hip when the boulder crashed through the wall, sending her wheeled bed rolling across the room, the Kingsport (Tenn.) Times reported.

"This wasn't a gravel. This was a very large rock, and it broke loose from a bank above the apartment," Rogersville Fire Chief David Jackson said. "It was dark and pouring down rain, and I don't know if it rolled or slid, but it came off of the embankment beside the building. It rolled or slid into the end of the apartment."

Jackson said Allred, who was taken to Hawkins County Memorial Hospital, was startled by her ordeal but not seriously injured.

"I asked her what she thought was happening, and she said she thought it was a train," Jackson said.

Song of the Day:
Queen - We Will Rock You

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"Undertaker opens coffin, finds pulse"

2010-01-27T08:25:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Undertaker opens coffin, finds pulse"

(UPI) -- A Polish funeral director said he opened the coffin of a 76-year-old man to retrieve items for the bereaved family only to discover the man was still alive.

Jerzy Wisniewski, a spokesman for the Regional Ambulance Service in Katowice, said beekeeper Josef Guzy collapsed near his barn and was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor, The Times of London reported Tuesday.

"There were no signs of life when his wife called the ambulance. An experienced doctor with a specialist qualification in resuscitation found that the patient was not breathing, there was no heartbeat and the body had cooled -- all the characteristics of death," Wisniewski said.

However, funeral director Darius Wysluchato said he opened Guzy's coffin later that day to retrieve a necklace for the man's wife and discovered a pulse.

"I happened to touch the artery in the neck and was totally shocked. I checked it again and shouted, 'There is a pulse.' My assistant checked as well. I leaned in close and I could tell that he was still breathing. My God, it was a miracle," Wysluchato said.

Guzy was rushed to intensive care and was released from the hospital after a few weeks of treatment. He said he is grateful to Wysluchato for finding his signs of life.

"The undertaker saved my life. I am so grateful. The first thing I did when I got out of hospital was take him a pot of honey," he said.

Song of the Day:
Spamalot - Not Dead Yet

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"Obama won't be seated in a jury box"

2010-01-26T06:57:00.004-06:00

Odd News:

"Obama won't be seated in a jury box"

(UPI) -- A jury of one's peers in Illinois' Cook County doesn't include President Barack Obama, who won't be honoring his jury summons, officials said.

The Cook County Circuit Court sent a jury summons to Obama's South Side Chicago home, requesting his presence at the courthouse beginning Monday, WLS-AM, Chicago, reported.

A White House official said the president has alerted the court he won't be able to make it, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

"The president won't be expected to show up, but I'm sure he has already received his summons and responded," a court official said. "The jury summons contains his Kenwood address and is for a jury trial on Monday."

Obama's schedule for Monday was, well, busy. It included a meeting with a task force on the middle class, welcoming the Los Angeles Lakers, the reigning NBA champions, and discussing issues of mutual interest with Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani. On Wednesday, Obama is scheduled to deliver his State of the Union speech.

Song of the Day:
Lene Nystrøm - It's Your Duty (To shake that booty)

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"Teens guzzle hot sauce, end up in ER"

2010-01-25T08:31:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Teens guzzle hot sauce, end up in ER"

BERLIN - Officials in Germany say eight teenagers were hospitalized after a test of courage in which they drank chili sauce more than 200 times hotter than typical Tabasco sauce.

The Red Cross in the southern city of Augsburg says that 10 boys, aged 13 and 14, drank the sauce Wednesday morning, apparently in school.

The German news agency DAPD quoted the Red Cross as saying the boys complained of feeling sick, and eight were taken to a hospital. They were to be kept in overnight for observation.

The Red Cross said that on the Scoville scale, which measures the hotness of sauce, the sauce measured 535,000 — compared to 2,500 for normal Tabasco sauce.

Song of the Day:
Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot

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"Bag with Kermit the Frog causes school closure"

2010-01-24T07:25:00.002-06:00

Odd News:

"Bag with Kermit the Frog causes school closure"

(ap) – Boulder authorities locked down a Lafayette charter school while they examined a duffel bag left at the campus parking lot that ended up containing a Kermit the Frog doll. Boulder County's bomb squad responded to the Peak to Peak Charter School after an employee there called at about 7:15 a.m. Wednesday to report the unattended bag. Authorities used a robot with movable arms and a camera to investigate the bag and then an officer inspected it to make sure it was safe.

Song of the Day:
Kermit the frog - "Damn it feels good to be a gangsta"

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"Woman finds tooth in candy bar"

2010-01-23T10:55:00.001-06:00

Odd News:

"Woman finds tooth in candy bar"

(UPI) -- A Texas woman said she bit into a Milky Way candy bar
and found a tooth with a silver filling in the candy.

Sue Calhoun of Brownsboro said she brought the candy bar and a Coca-Cola along for the ride to Dallas with her husband to pick up a new tractor on New Year's Day and she noticed something strange about the chocolate bar, KLTV, Tyler, Texas, reported Monday.

"I took one bite and it was fine, so I took another bite and bit down on something and thought, 'Well, it may be a peanut,'" Calhoun said.

"I thought, 'Well, Milky bars don't have peanut or any kind of nuts in it," she said. "I looked at it and I thought, 'Oh, gosh! Gross! How terrible! (It's a) tooth!'"

Calhoun said she called Mars Candy, manufacturers Milky Way, about the find.

"She (a Mars representative) said, 'I'm going to send you a package to send the tooth and the candy back in.' But, I'm not real sure I'm going to send it back to them or not because they could keep the evidence and I'm not sure if I would ever see it again," she said.

Calhoun said she is planning to have her local dentist examine the tooth.

Song of the Day:
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Tooth

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"Poop allegedly rubbed in dog owner's hair"

2010-01-22T09:26:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Poop allegedly rubbed in dog owner's hair"

(UPI) -- Danish police say a man may face charges after allegedly rubbing dog droppings into the hair of a canine owner who neglected to clean up after her pet.

The 41-year-old Silkeborg woman said she was walking home with her dog and a load of groceries when a 68-year-old man angrily confronted her for letting her dog do its business in his garden, The Copenhagen Post reported.

The woman said she offered to run home to get a bag and clean up the mess but the man would not listen.

"He was really aggressive. He grabbed the woman by the hair, held on tight to her and rubbed the dog poop all over her head," a witness said.

Police officer Jens Claumarch said the man could be charged with violence or violations of public order laws.

Song of the Day:
Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog

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"Students demand beer pipeline"

2010-01-21T07:49:00.001-06:00

Odd News:

"Students demand beer pipeline"

(UPI) -- Students from Sweden's Chalmers University marched on a Falkenberg brewery to protest the decades-long lack of progress on a beer pipeline to the student union.

The students said Tuesday's occupation of the Carlsberg Brewery was part of an only partially-serious tradition stretching back to 1959, when the student union purchased a single share in the company that owned the brewery until 2000, The Local reported Wednesday.

The students pushed for a 62-mile long beer pipeline to provide the beverage to the union headquarters, but construction halted in 1968, after only 6 1/2 feet of the pipe was put in place.

Workers at the brewery welcomed Tuesday's march, which included several members of student performing arts groups. Officials agreed to meet with the students and the occupation ended with an announcement from Carlsberg spokesman Goran Orre.

"We've listened and accepted their demand. We'll soon start construction on one meter (3.2 feet) of pipeline," he said.

Song of the Day:
Tom T. Hall - I Like Beer

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"Police probe pic of baby with cig"

2010-01-20T10:11:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Police probe pic of baby with cig"

(UPI) -- British authorities said they visited the home of an 18-year-old mother who posted a picture on Facebook of her infant son with an unlit cigarette in his mouth.

Essex police said they visited the Southend, England, home of Rebecca Davey, 18, after online friends reported her for the photo of her 6-month-old son Ollie, the Daily Mail reported.

Police said they found "no immediate concerns" for the infant's welfare. They said the home was also visited by investigators from social services.

The photo has been removed from Davey's Facebook site.

Song of the Day:
Smokey Robinson - Ooo Baby Baby

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"Convicted murderer raps in court"

2010-01-19T07:14:00.000-06:00

Odd News:

"Convicted murderer raps in court"

(UPI) -- A man who pleaded guilty to two murders in Florida performed a self-written rap song in court before he was sentenced to life in prison.

Cordaro Hardin, 21, who was convicted Thursday of the shooting deaths of David Heath and Jeff Shultz in St. Petersburg in January 2007, performed a song entitled "Where Do I Go From Here?" in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Nancy Moate Ley's courtroom before the jury handed down the prison sentence, sparing him the death penalty, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported.

"God, I need a little assistance, will you be with me? By my side when I leave here, where do I go from here?" Hardin sang before receiving two life sentences.

Heath's mother, June Bartke, left the room during the song and later said she found the performance inappropriate.

Song of the Day:
Snoop Dogg - Murder Was the Case

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"Woman leaves cats a home, trust fund"

2010-01-18T09:05:00.001-06:00

Odd News:

"Woman leaves cats a home, trust fund"

(UPI) -- A 77-year-old woman in Auburndale, Mass., left her cats a $300,000 trust fund and a home to live in due to concerns for the felines' welfare, an attorney says.

Attorney George Kickham, who was responsible for ensuring Muriel Bayne's four cats stayed at home, said he attempted to talk Bayne out of creating such a large financial trust for her pets before her death, The Boston Globe said Sunday.

"It is kind of bizarre, quite frankly,'' Kickham said. "We tried to talk this woman out of it.''

The last of the four cats died in 2008 and the two-bedroom home occupied by the felines for seven years was eventually sold to a medical student.

While Kickham questioned Bayne's estate bestowal decision, Massachusetts Humane Society President Joanne G. Mainiero applauded the late senior's dedication to her pets.

"The cats were at least taken care of without being euthanized or dumped somewhere,'' Mainiero told the Globe. "It's great they could enjoy the rest of their lives.''

Song of the Day:
The Cure - The Love Cats

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"Mrs Robinson inspires internet chart push"

2010-01-17T11:07:00.004-06:00

Odd News:

"Mrs Robinson inspires internet chart push"

(Reuters) - The extramarital affair conducted by Iris Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister, has inspired an internet campaign to push "Mrs Robinson," the song from the film "The Graduate," to the top of the British pop charts.
The drive began after Robinson, 60, said last week she tried to kill herself last year following an affair with a then 19-year-old man that resembles the plot of Mike Nichols' Oscar-winning film.

A university graduate played by a young Dustin Hoffman was seduced by the older Anne Bancroft in the 1967 movie which helped the Simon and Garfunkel song to number one in the United States pop charts a year later.

"Lets get the iconic song Mrs Robinson - made famous by the 1960's hit The Graduate - to number 1 in next Sunday's chart in honor of Northern Ireland's disgraced first lady," the campaign page, hatched on the Facebook website, said.

Participants have to download the song from the internet. A similar drive on Facebook, the world's No.1 internet social network, put US rap-metal band Rage Against The Machine on top of the Christmas chart but the 10,000 people backing "Mrs Robinson" falls someway short of the near one-million who supported that push.

Peter Robinson temporarily stood down as first minister on Monday to face an inquiry over whether he should have told authorities of the 50,000 pounds ($80,000) his wife raised to help the 19-year-old man open a cafe in Belfast

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Song of the Day:
The Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson

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Follow Up
Thanks to Simon Fishburn for passing this along.

The Robinson scandal even made it to Australia's most famous Bondi Beach where Paul Winn played a tribute to Iris amusing the Irish travellers.