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June 23  Canadian police are hunting for a brazen thief who swiped a take-away meal while making a naked sprint past a fast food restaurant's drive-though window in Vancouver, reports Reuters.
An employee of a Langley, British Columbia, Wendy's restaurant was handing food to a customer waiting in her car when a naked man ran between them, taking off with her fries, and leaving little evidence behind, according to police.
The man, believed to be in his 20s, jumped into a waiting van, which sped away from the scene, police said.
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June 03  The owner of an American flight school was forced to call the police after a swarm of more than 10,000 bees settled on the wing of one of his planes, reports Metro.
The buzzing horde completely covered the left wing of a plane used for training at a flight school in Danvers, Massachusetts.
The police called a bee removal expert who employed a special vacuum cleaner to suck the bees off the wing.
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May 20  A janitor at a Scottish secondary school was injured when Vaseline was smeared on a banister as a leaving-day prank, reports the BBC.
Linda Gillie suffered a bang to the head and bruising to her body after slipping on the stairs at the Galashiels Academy.
Head teacher Kathleen Angus described the incident as an "unfortunate accident" which would be investigated thoroughly.
The injured janitor was treated overnight at Borders General Hospital and is now recovering at home.
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May 19  Police in Germany are looking for a motorist who beat a 24-year-old woman selling white asparagus because he was upset about the price she was charging for the vegetable, reports Reuters.
The cost of white asparagus fluctuates wildly during the spring months, peaking at 10 euros per kilo.
According to Reuters, the angry customer screamed at the saleswoman that her asparagus was overpriced. He then punched her in the face and threatened to unleash his attack dog at her. She fled and called police.
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May 14  An amateur Australian surfer has saved a kangaroo from drowning by using his board to rescue the exhausted animal, reports website couriermail.com.au.
Neil McCallum, 48, was walking along Kirra Beach in Queensland when he saw a young kangaroo dive into the sea and swim out into the shark-infested waters.
Mr McCallum rushed home, grabbed his surfboard and headed out to sea. He wrestled the struggling marsupial onto his board and herded it back to shore. Back on land, the kangaroo quickly recovered before bounding away.
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May 08  A boy picking up litter in a small American town found a backpack stuffed with more than US$8,000 cash.
Ten-year-old Arie Johnston was helping his grandmother in the annual roadside clean-up in Alton, New Hampshire, when he spotted a charred rucksack, reports local newspaper Foster’s Daily Democrat.
Arie’s grandmother contacted the town clerk about the discovery. Based on documents found in the backpack, the clerk was able to identify the bag’s owner: a woman who lived in Alton until a fire damaged her apartment in 2008.
Associated Press (AP) reports that the woman has since moved to the state of Maine and asked that the money be given to her sister who still lives in Alton.
According to AP, Arie’s grandmother believes a reward may be forthcoming.
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April 23  Two men from Pennsylvania claim they have broken a world record by exchanging more than 217,000 texts in a month.
Between March 7 and April 6, Nick Andes and Doug Klinger say they texted each other non-stop in a bird to break the record of 182,000 texts received by Deepak Sharma of India in 2005, reports UPI.
Despite having an unlimited texting plan, Andes’ record-setting feat almost saddled him with a bill for $26,000 (US dollars). Luckily, his provider T-Mobile agreed to waive the bill on the condition that he refrained from any more mobile-based record attempts in the future.
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April 16  Young, fit and active? Then Harrow Council wants you to tie on bells and hankies to learn the traditional art of Morris dancing.
The Council is backing its local Morris 'side', the Merrydowners Morris, with publicity for a recruitment drive.
The authority is also loaning the dancers free use of a historic 16th century barn to practice in and hopefully sign up new members to learn the ancient folk custom. The Council will also provide free publicity for Morris dancing workshops.
From April 15, the authority is allowing the borough's local team, the Merrydowners Morris, regular free use of Harrow's historic Tithe barn - built in 1506 on the orders of the Archbishop of Canterbury - for rehearsals and workshops.
And from next month, Harrow Council will help the 16-member Morris dancing "side", formed in 1990, with a recruitment drive to sign up new members. The Council's help will consist of free use of the barn, based at Harrow Museum, and publicity material to promote workshops open to the public.
Anxiety over the future of Morris dancing was raised in January when the Morris Ring, which represents more than 200 teams, warned that the dearth of new blood could mean the traditional English art dying out in 20 years.
Tony Adamson, Bagman for the Merrydowners Morris, said: "I'm delighted at Harrow's support. We hope to convert the curious into dancers when they see us perform close up in the Tithe barn and try the moves for themselves! We'd welcome fiddle, flute or accordion players as well as dancers."
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March 23  A record-breaking crowd of 756 people formed the world’s longest ever queue for a toilet in the Belgian capital of Brussels on March 22 to raise awareness for the need for clean water on World Water Day.
The event was organised by the United Nations' children's agency UNICEF. Each participant was given a numbered wristband and a certificate recognising their involvement in the world record attempt.
None of the 756 people actually used the latrine, a replica of the ‘dry latrines’ used by UNICEF in third world countries.
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March 11  Transit authorities in Washington DC have fired a bus driver who allegedly punched an off-duty police officer who was dressed as law mascot McGruff the Crime Dog.
According to UPI, Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith said Shawn Brim, 39, who has been driving buses in the district since June 2003, was fired after the completion of an internal probe into the incident, The Washington Examiner reported.
Smith said Brim was accused of exiting a bus while he was on duty on February 28 and punching Officer Tyrone Hardy, who was wearing a McGruff costume, in the head.
Brim drove away in his bus but was soon stopped by police. He reportedly told the officers he had struck Hardy ‘to be funny’, Smith said.
Police said several young people witnessed the attack. Brim has been charged with misdemeanour assault.
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March 06  A 4-year-old boy from Taiwan has won the use of an uninhabited tropical island, replete with white sand beaches and clear turquoise waters, in a lottery aimed at boosting spending during an economic downturn, reports Reuters.
Lucky winner Yeh Chien-wei will get exclusive rights to the tiny plot in the Taiwan Strait from May until September. He will be provided with food, drinks, water and electricity for the length of his stay.
According to the terms of the prize, the boy and up to seven family members can visit the island five times, for trips that last a maximum of three days.
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March 04  A man has been arrested after allegedly stuffing his cat in this homemade bong in a bid to calm the pet down, reports The Sun.
Police say 20-year-old Acea Schomaker blew marijuana smoke into the device through a garden hose after putting the female feline inside.
Associated Press reports Schomaker said he never intended to hurt the 6-month-old cat, Shadow, and that he had put the pet in the bong on other occasions and that it calmed the tabby down.
According to AP, Schomaker said law enforcement and animal specialists lectured him about why what he did was cruel, and that he learned from his mistake.
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March 02  A German shepherd dog called Astro who had been missing for over nine years has finally returned home, reports the Associated Press.
Astro’s owners, the Geary family, were shocked when they received a call from an animal control officer who said their long-lost pet had been found.
Astro went missing from the Geary’s home in Port St Lucie, Florida, shortly after being adopted by the family. Since then, they have moved three times and currently reside in Louisville, Kentucky.
In late January 2009, Astro was found in Tennessee by an animal control officer responding to a report about a dog running loose. After picking Astro up, the officers were able to reunite the lost pet with the Gearys thanks to a microchip implanted in the hound’s neck.
AP reports that Dennis Geary wasn’t sure if Astro would remember him. But when they were reunited, the dog sat down and began licking him.
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Technorati Tags: odd news, weird news, odd news stories, oddnews, msn odd news, odd news blog, astro, missing dog, geary, german shepherd, missing dog returns home after nine yearsFebruary 26  An Australian fitness trainer is sticking to his promise to pile on more than 100 pounds in order to empathise with his overweight clients, reports UPI.
Paul James, 32, initially weighed 175 pounds but, thanks to a steady diet of kebabs, pasta and chocolate, has already made it to 217 pounds. His ultimate aim is to reach 280 pounds (20 stones) by June this year.
He intends to work off the excess weight alongside his clients and hopes to return to his initial svelte self by October.
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February 23  Elaine Davidson, the nurse officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the planet’s most pierced woman, has added more silverware to her body, bringing her grand total of body piercings to 6,005.
Davidson first became the holder of her weird world record in 2000 when she boasted a mere 462 piercings.
She now has more than 12 times that amount, including 1,500 described as ‘internal’.
Record breaker Elaine celebrated her new landmark in characteristic style by agreeing to open a piercing studio in Darlington.
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February 18  A robber who wore a thong over his face during a grocery store raid has been jailed for 12 years, reports Metro.
Joaquin Rico, 20, broke into a shop in Denver, Colorado by hurling a rock through the window.
He and his partner-in-crime Joseph Richard Espinoza both wore skimpy women’s underwear – green and blue thongs respectively - over their faces to hide their identities in the early morning robbery.
Both Rico and Espinoza pleaded guilty to the crime. They had initially got away with US$ 100 in cash and 37 packs of cigarettes.
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