Couple who had gnome stolen get replacement and apology 13 years later

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 12:48 PM EST (Telegraph)

The gnome was taken from Denis and Doris Heard's garden in Leeds in 1996 and they were later teased when they received a postcard from him, while he was apparently in Devon.

odd-news, theft, return, thief, replacement, gnome, replaced

Lavatory art show (pics)

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 12:16 PM EST (austriantimes.at)

It may get a panning from the critics, but this exhibition of luxury loos is certainly giving the public something to go on. Artists were asked to turn the humble lavatory into works of art for the show in Florence, Italy.

arts, art, toilet, bathroom, lavatory, loo

Amphibious bus crashes on first day of testing in the River Clyde

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 10:48 AM EST (thescottishsun.co.uk)

HOPES for Scotland's new floating bus service were sunk yesterday - when the £700,000 vehicle was wrecked on its FIRST DAY of testing. Red-faced Stagecoach bosses witnessed their hi-tech Amfibus crash into a ramp as it tried to navigate on to dry land.

odd-news, water, service, bus, floating, stagecoach, clyde, amphibious, amfibus

Umami: Tubes of Taste No 5 set to revolutionise cooking with fifth taste

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 9:51 AM EST (the Mail online)

Many an amateur chef has tasted a dish only to declare that something is missing. What follows is the inevitable excursion through the larder looking for that magic ingredient.

odd-news, taste, fifth, 5th, umami

Indian man's internal organs all back-to-front

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 9:45 AM EST (Telegraph)

An Indian man has ben told by doctors that all his internal organs are back-to-front in what is thought to be the only living case of "situs inversus".

health, situs, invertus

Haiti man rescued 'after surviving 27 days in rubble'

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 9:03 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

A man rescued in Haiti may have spent the past 27 days trapped in rubble, it was reported today. The news came 11 days after the last survivor was rescued, following the devastating 12 January earthquake, which killed as many as 200,000 people.

odd-news, market, haiti, survivor, muncie, 27-days

Beer can strengthen bones

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 2:31 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

It may not be uppermost in the minds of pub goers eager to slake their thirst, but could aid negotiations on the domestic front. A regular pint, it turns out, helps strengthen the bones and prevent fractures in old age (so long as you don't drink too much of it and fall over).

health, beer, bones, old-age, silicon, strengthen, brittle

Australian twins learn of brother's car crash death 'from Facebook'

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 2:11 AM EST (Telegraph)

Angela and Maryanne Vourlis, both 20, learnt the grim news that Bobby, 17, had died in the triple fatality after logging on to the social networking site to read their birthday messages.

odd-news, police, death, facebook, mother, sisters, car-crash, bobby, vourlis

Police handed me a £150 bill after carjacker drove off with my daughter

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 1:58 AM EST (the Mail online)

A mother had to pay £150 to recover her car from a police compound. But Sarah McDonald- Lee hadn't been parked illegally and there was nothing wrong with her car. Her 'crime' was to see her little daughter being driven away at high speed during a carjacking.

odd-news, police, car, bill, daughter, recovery, check, abandoned, pound, carjacking

Family meals can 'cut risk of child obesity by 40%'

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 1:35 AM EST (the Mail online)

Traditional family routines could stop children becoming obese, a study has claimed. It found that ditching modern lifestyles for the way many lived decades ago could cut the risk by 40 per cent for four-year-olds.

health, tv, family, obesity, meals, bedtimes, children-routine

Girl with no vagina gets pregnant after oral sex and stabbing

Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 4:29 PM EST (metro.co.uk)

a girl with missing genitals who got pregnant after having oral sex and then being stabbed in the stomach

odd-news, pregnancy, stabbing, oral-sex, vagina, lesotho

One-armed man hunted for stealing single cufflink

Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 10:06 AM EST (Telegraph)

A one-armed man is being hunted by police for stealing a single cufflink worth £120 from a jewellery shop.

odd-news, man, shop, thief, jewellery, robber, cufflink, one-armed

German Rail CEO intervenes after railway gives teen wine as redress

Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 9:59 AM EST (thelocal.de)

Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube has personally intervened after a 16-year-old girl thrown off a train on one of the coldest nights of the year was compensated by the company with a bottle of wine.

odd-news, teen, wine, train, compensation, thrown-off

Two fizzy drinks per week 'can raise your chance of getting pancreatic cancer by 87%'

Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 5:21 AM EST (the Mail online)

People who have at least two sugary fizzy drinks each week may be putting themselves at risk of deadly pancreatic cancer, scientists say.

health, pop, sugar, link, soda, pancreatic-cancer, fizzy-drinks

Soldier father accused of 'waterboarding' daughter, 4, because she can't recite alphabet

Seeded on Sun Feb 7, 2010 4:43 PM EST (the Mail online)

A U.S. soldier has been accused of 'waterboarding' his four-year-old daughter because she couldn't recite the alphabet. Joshua Tabor admitted to police that he used the CIA torture technique because he was so angry.

odd-news, child, daughter, soldier, waterboarding, 4-year-old, alphabet, joshua-tabor

One thousand pigs survive barn roof collapse

Seeded on Sun Feb 7, 2010 5:39 AM EST (thelocal.se)

Winter should not come as a surprise in Sweden. But it did – after many mild seasons. And it wasn't enough that human beings had to brave transport delays, icy highways and collapsed roofs. The fact is: even pigs suffered.

odd-news, sweden, snow, collapse, pigs, roof, barn

Posties get new weapon in war with dogs

Seeded on Sun Feb 7, 2010 5:34 AM EST (Telegraph)

Royal Mail delivery staff are being equipped with a device which releases compressed air and makes a hissing sound designed to scare off dogs.

odd-news, uk, dogs, attack, worker, weapon, bite, postal, bitten, postman

Why children need more sleep

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 1:56 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Children sleep an hour less today than 30 years ago – and it's having a dramatic effect on their intelligence, behaviour and obesity levels

science, children, sleep

Dutch nightclubs to collect illegal arms

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 1:40 PM EST (Radio Netherlands Worldwide | RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24 HOURS A DAY, ON RADIO, TELEVISION AND THE INTERNET.)

Five hundred nightclubs and cafés in the Netherlands will be fitted with vaults where visitors can drop off their illegal weapons and drugs anonymously. Police will keep the keys to the vaults and will regularly open them to confiscate the contents.

world-news, drugs, weapons, netherlands, illegal, arms, anonymous, drop-off, vaults

Can the power of thought stop you ageing?

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 12:20 PM EST (BBC News)

How much control do you have over how you will age?

science, aging, mind, age, thought, positive-thinking, old-age, mindset

Saleswomen have to pay their store the money stolen by a robber

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 11:43 AM EST (croatiantimes.com)

Four saleswomen at a Tea supermarket in Djakovo in eastern Croatia have to pay for the 3,800 kunas (519 Euros) stolen by an armed robber on 12 January.

odd-news, money, cash, stolen, croatia, thief, robber, desk, till, repay

Phone search ends in sewer tragedy

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 11:40 AM EST (austrianindependent.com)

A 40-year-old man drowned as he tried to fish his mobile telephone out of a sewer in Tyrol yesterday (Tues).

odd-news, phone, austria, drowned, sewer, tyrol

Row over Rio Carnival role for seven-year-old girl

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 4:18 AM EST (BBC News)

A row has erupted in Brazil over the decision to make a seven-year-old girl "queen" of a top samba school taking part in the Rio de Janeiro Carnival.

world-news, school, queen, carnival, rio, samba, julia, seven-year-old, caneval, lira

Cats owners 'more educated than dog owners'

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 2:38 AM EST (Telegraph)

Cats have long been thought to be cleverer than dogs - and now it seems the same is true of their owners.

odd-news, dogs, intelligence, cats, owners

The end of the battery: British invent material that looks like plastic but can store electricity

Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 2:32 AM EST (the Mail online)

The battery, which has powered our lives for generations, may soon be consigned to the dustbin of history. British scientists say they have created a plastic that can store and release electricity, revolutionising the way we use phones, drive cars - and even wear clothes.

technology, electricity, battery, store, plastic, thin, wafer

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Couple who had gnome stolen get replacement and apology 13 years later
Source: Telegraph
The gnome was taken from Denis and Doris Heard's garden in Leeds in 1996 and they were later teased when they received a postcard from him, while he was apparently in Devon.
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Lavatory art show (pics)
Source: austriantimes.at
It may get a panning from the critics, but this exhibition of luxury loos is certainly giving the public something to go on. Artists were asked to turn the humble lavatory into works of art for the show in Florence, Italy.
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Amphibious bus crashes on first day of testing in the River Clyde
Source: thescottishsun.co.uk
HOPES for Scotland's new floating bus service were sunk yesterday - when the £700,000 vehicle was wrecked on its FIRST DAY of testing. Red-faced Stagecoach bosses witnessed their hi-tech Amfibus crash into a ramp as it tried to navigate on to dry land.
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Umami: Tubes of Taste No 5 set to revolutionise cooking with fifth taste
Source: the Mail online
Many an amateur chef has tasted a dish only to declare that something is missing. What follows is the inevitable excursion through the larder looking for that magic ingredient.
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Indian man's internal organs all back-to-front
Source: Telegraph
An Indian man has ben told by doctors that all his internal organs are back-to-front in what is thought to be the only living case of "situs inversus".
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