Odd News
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Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride
Friday, May 17, 8:59 am
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle. Sunset Hills Cemetery... Read more...
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Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
Friday, May 17, 5:47 am
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived. Officials at the LEO Zoological Conservation... Read more...
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Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
Thursday, May 16, 10:26 pm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant. Police... Read more...
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Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic
Thursday, May 16, 9:44 pm
SYDNEY (AP) - An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing... Read more...
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Fleeing Ore. man pleads to be pulled from river
Thursday, May 16, 12:31 pm
IRRIGON, Ore. (AP) - Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve... Read more...
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Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru
Thursday, May 16, 6:23 am
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later _ in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works. The... Read more...
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Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race
Wednesday, May 15, 10:05 pm
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin. Marvic Feraren and Boyet... Read more...
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Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride
Wednesday, May 15, 3:41 pm
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus. The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat newspaper ( http://bit.ly/14nGOx0) reports the... Read more...
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Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion
Wednesday, May 15, 8:19 am
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada... Read more...
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NH city sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group
Wednesday, May 15, 6:04 am
KEENE, N.H. (AP) - The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers. The group calls... Read more...
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Stinky corpse flower blooms again at Ohio State
Tuesday, May 14, 9:06 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell has bloomed again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because... Read more...
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Correction: Kenya-Sandal Animals story
Tuesday, May 14, 10:36 am
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - In a story May 8 about artisans in Kenya who turn old sandals into art objects, The Associated Press included two paragraphs that closely paralleled the wording of an earlier... Read more...
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Man charged in overnight feast at Ky. supermarket
Tuesday, May 14, 4:39 am
MOUNT WASHINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville. The manager of a ValuMarket says he... Read more...
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Wisconsin boy gets handwritten response from Biden
Tuesday, May 14, 4:25 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) - It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpectedly personal response. The 7-year-old, second-grade... Read more...
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Calif. man who said he fled zombies pleads guilty
Monday, May 13, 7:49 pm
TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) - A Tennessee man who stole a big-rig truck in California, caused several accidents and told investigators he was fleeing zombies when he did it has pleaded guilty to several... Read more...
