Odd News Items [Archive]

Chefs in Bangkok prepare $25,000 meal (AP)
Woman breaks tooth, wants town to pay (AP)
Deputies find alligator during drug bust (AP)
Truck spills 40 tons of cow intestines (AP)
Postmaster shows lot of love in Fidelity (AP)
Ky. man accused of stealing lingerie (AP)
Philippine couples pucker up for world record (Reuters)
Hang out with monkeys, win cash
Luxury loo a 'bathroom dream'
US worker fired for Iraq troop criticism
Family forces couple to divorce
Pillow fighting goes professional
6,124 couples kiss, break world record (AP)
Truck spills 165,000 eggs on Va. highway (AP)
Students charged in online snow-day hoax (AP)
Cat survives being frozen in trough (AP)
Man frees grandson from anaconda death grip (Reuters)
Ugly side of work revealed
Card makers capitalize on 'anti-V Day' (AP)
Wayward donkey proves to be elusive (AP)
Exotic pet startles Calif. investigators (AP)
Dog that fooled airport security caught (AP)
Foot found at Va. landfill is apelike (AP)
Mirror considered for sunless village (AP)
Jail me, chocolate-eater urges (Reuters)
"Restaurant" for vultures serves health food (Reuters)
Restaurant offers skinny models free meals (Reuters)
One "bad apple" spoils the whole office (Reuters)
Man-made shape explains how turtles self-right (Reuters)
New literary twist added to laundry cycle (Reuters)
Backyard bear gives N.J. woman a scare (AP)
Farmer exasperated with wayward donkey (AP)
Bathe in chocolate this Valentine's Day (Reuters)
NZ parachutist releases video of near-death fall (Reuters)
'Bullwinkle is going to stomp somebody' (AP)
Wisconsin man spears a 6-foot sturgeon (AP)
Man allegedly fakes kidnap to hide crash (AP)
Zoo pays feng shui expert to aid monkeys (AP)
Connecticut man busted twice for drugs (AP)
Chimps may have had their own Stone Age (Reuters)
Teens turn out to be underarmed and dangerous... (Reuters)
Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace (Reuters)
EU legislators disobey own smoking ban (Reuters)
"For sale" ad skirts hotel's chequered past (Reuters)
Castro signing cigar humidors for big Habanos fest (Reuters)
Man charged after shooting his foot (AP)
Fat Oregon feline gets celebrity status (AP)
Ore. students raise pigs for school trip (AP)
Wisconsin man spears a 6-foot sturgeon (AP)
Japan Valentine chocs send bitter messages (Reuters)
Happiness is a bald puppy (Reuters)
Toons to make wisecrack ringtones (Reuters)
China villagers see red over green-painted quarry (Reuters)
Mexican man finds forty dinosaur prints in desert (Reuters)
Mother cat adopts pup rejected by mother (AP)
Alligator attacks golf course worker (AP)
Some advice to take to heart -- take a nap (Reuters)
Chinese workers paint mountain green (AP)
Heartbroken donkey still on the lam (AP)
Fla. teen hiccuping for over 3 weeks (AP)
Newborn ends up in Pa. woman's pant leg (AP)
Cow: $571. DNA Test: $914. Results: Good (AP)
Maltese Falcon stolen from restaurant (Reuters)
Turtle eaten by golden retriever lives (AP)
Vodka-fuelled fisherman wrestles with shark (Reuters)
Cat travels from Arkansas to Florida (AP)
British soldier's postcard 92 years late (AP)
Man wins $25,000 lottery two days in row (AP)
J.F.K. window sells for $3m
Eek!: Men flee after seeing 'giant rat' (AP)
Click here: Strange but True- Newborn Ends Up in Mother's Pant Leg -
Britney Spears Goes Bald
Thousands aim to break snow angel record (AP)
Tiny duckling has rare mutation: 4 legs (AP)
Mauresmo wins diamond studded racket (Reuters)
Couple says please don't invite us to your wedding (Reuters)
Twelve-step programme for e-mail addicts (Reuters)
Florida baby as small as pen set to go home (Reuters)
New Zealand fishermen land massive squid (Reuters)
Police warn men about 'Hugging Bandit' (AP)
Rats run wild in KFC-Taco Bell in N.Y. (AP)
1st Beaver spotted in NYC in 200 years (AP)
Child finds $1,300 in thrift store book (AP)
Declaration of Independence for $2.48 (AP)
Bus driver leaps off bus to save girl (AP)
N.J. town to set time limit on barking (AP)
Beer bounty for cane toads
Summer hailstorm blankets Australian capital (Reuters)
Record amount paid for rare baseball card (Reuters)
Tiger, orangutan babies playmates at zoo (AP)
Home gets hit with suspected meteorite (AP)
Wassup! Princes Pull Phone Prank on Queen Elizabeth II
Starbucks steams at 'Starstrucks' coffee chain (Reuters)
Model citizen Naomi left to mop up mistakes
Missing words on $1 coins mystify U.S. Mint (Reuters)
Aristocrat offers dog as best man at gay weddings (Reuters)
Mo. man shares golf cart with bobcat (AP)
Springfields vie for 'Simpsons' premiere (AP)
Priests to purify site after Bush visit (AP)
German settles divorce with chainsaw
Man saves dog with mouth-to-snout action (AP)
Americans increasingly medicating pets (AP)
Building boom blamed for skunk sightings (AP)
Car crash shakes NY teacher, pets (AP)
Bet on for fate of Heather Mills' leg (Reuters)
MP tries to Klingon to power
German police rescue 91-year-old man glued to roof (Reuters)
Trucker wants name to be Ynot Bubba (AP)
Lawyer: Man said unicorn caused crash (AP)
Alligator found in Tennessee lake (AP)
Coach at game hours after giving birth (AP)
Woman slips, swallows toothbrush
Stolen camera found with pictures intact (AP)
New Zealand schoolgirls find there's no C in Ribena (Reuters)
Anna Nicole Smith diaries sell for over $500,000 (Reuters)
Croc smuggler gets it off her chest
Wanted in Ohio: two pizzas and a deadbeat parent (Reuters)
Spanish man held after rescue from Niagara Falls (Reuters)
Monster cane toad found in Australia (Reuters)
Woman nabbed for teddy bear theft (AP)
Darth Vader, Chewbacca star on new U.S. stamps (Reuters)
Wash. shelter finds homes for 110 birds (AP)
Maine couple to mark 80th anniversary (AP)
Minn. lawmaker lobbies for Tilt-A-Whirl (AP)
Mom allegedly tells girls to steal dog (AP)
Star Trek's Scotty plots last course for the stars (Reuters)
Crayola stickers plaster Pa. town (AP)
Police: Man arrives at DUI hearing drunk (AP)
Ala. woman on horseback charged with DUI (AP)
Couple fights to name baby 'Metallica' (AP)
Search comes up with snake in Google office (Reuters)
Coyote visits Chicago sandwich shop (AP)
Woman saved by pile of poo
Metallica 'no name for a girl'
Wolf grabs small dog and runs off (AP)
NYC couple hail cab for 2,400-mile ride (AP)
Cat catches bus to fish 'n chip shop
Toronto's scoop on too much dog poop (Reuters)
Nailgun injuries soar among U.S. weekend warriors (Reuters)
Canadian documentary says "Let's hate Toronto" (Reuters)
Pieces of Titanic transformed into luxury watches (Reuters)
Hurley's father-in-law weighs in on wedding (Reuters)
German dog plagues neighbours with loud music (Reuters)
Rock song for Aussie miners who survived rock fall (Reuters)
Graf needs stitches after Andre's miscue (AP)
Friday the 13th is lucky for woman (AP)
Men to be spanked in new town
Man accused of drunken lawnmower driving (AP)
Cat catches bus to fish 'n chip shop
Canada mum freezes eggs so daughter can have child (Reuters)
Woman gives birth to seven babies (Reuters)
Mom, daughter give birth within minutes (AP)
Shower lattes for late risers
Riggs named most 'Beautiful Bulldog' (AP)
Man diversifies by making pet caskets (AP)
Give me a piece of the high life
Drunk man parks horse in German bank (AP)
It's Nugget or the mail in Utah suburb (AP)
Dog-sheep swap scam or sham?
Tiny terrier dies after saving 5 kids (AP)
Stowaway cat beats security
Wandering dog spray-painted 'Go Home' (AP)
Fisherman hook live deer off coast
Calf born with 6 legs on Nebraska farm (AP)
Doctor finds spiders in boy's ear (AP)
Man gets wallet back from 1946 Hudson (AP)
Most-wanted part of $2M estate: the dog (AP)
Man survives garbage truck crushing (AP)
Dog helps rescuers find elderly owner (AP)
Rescue team saves woman, dog and stew (AP)
Blue-throated hummingbird discovered (Reuters)
Survival chances improve for rare koala twins (Reuters)
Mourinho's dog returns to Portugal (Reuters)
Ashes of "Star Trek's" Scotty found after space ride (Reuters)
Girl calls for police help over messy room (Reuters)
Indonesian fisherman nets ancient fish (Reuters)
Man sleeps through gunshot to the head (AP)
Sleuth hired to find missing dachshund (AP)
Man wrestles leopard hunting pet cat in bedroom (Reuters)
Woman unwittingly rescues injured bobcat (AP)
Staring at doggie in window no crime (AP)
Illinois boy discovers blue-eyed cicada (AP)
Dog bite forces Borg out of grasscourt return (Reuters)
Aussie town reclaims pub crawl title
Weapon fragment from 1800s found in whale (Reuters)
Stolen Homer Simpson statue found (AP)
Man carves cheese into Mount Rushmore (AP)
Internet surfers save more than 800 cats (Reuters)
Mud pit draws crowds at Redneck games (AP)
Dog finally off Wash. state voter rolls (AP)
Brothers recovering from double-goring (AP)
Couple name baby Superman after '4Real' rejected
Croc target spent week up tree
The CIA is accused of editing Wikipedia
'Nightmare' tarantula rescued in N.Y. (AP)
Dogs to take over NY swimming pools (AP)
Helmsley's dog gets $12 million in will (AP)
Snatched sniffer dog found in park (Reuters)
Surfer rescues dog swept off Mich. pier (AP)
Bar gossip leads to nasty surprise for couple (Reuters)