Reuters: Oddly Enough News

Nats pitcher Strasburg brings the heat, regrets it

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:28 +0000

(Reuters) - Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg may read warning labels a little closer in future after some 'Hot Stuff' heat rub ointment got on "the wrong place" and made Tuesday's outing on the mound an uncomfortable one.

Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:40:18 +0000

PARIS (Reuters) - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.

Shock-seekers snap up new Aussie art dare

Mon, 14 May 2012 04:12:37 +0000

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Smelling excrement may not be everyone's idea of fun, but for those who like to push the boundaries, Australia's most controversial new museum may be just what they are looking for.

Man bitten by rattlesnake at Washington state Walmart

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:54:11 +0000

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand.

Universitario given 3-0 win over short-handed Bolivar

Sat, 12 May 2012 19:23:21 +0000

(Reuters) - Universitario have been awarded a 3-0 victory against Bolivar after Thursday's Bolivian league match was abandoned with the visitors down to six men.

Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup

Sun, 13 May 2012 15:24:38 +0000

KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming month-long championship.

"Subversive" newspaper crossword stirs Venezuela

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:04:53 +0000

CARACAS (Reuters) - A veteran Venezuelan crossword-writer has been accused of hiding a coded message to assassinate President Hugo Chavez's brother in the latest surreal twist to election year politics in the South American nation.

Afterlife comes at a discount for diehard Benfica fans

Fri, 11 May 2012 14:30:38 +0000

LISBON (Reuters) - Diehard fans of Portugal's Premier League soccer club Benfica can now rest in peace knowing they can be buried at a discount thanks to a deal signed between the club and the country's largest undertakers agency.

Handshake ends S.African "Tempest in a D-cup" race row

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:04:48 +0000

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two models at the eye of a race storm that has exposed the thin veneer of social harmony in South Africa 18 years after the end of apartheid shook hands on Thursday and vowed to work towards Nelson Mandela's vision of a non-racial "Rainbow Nation".

World's biggest boxes of pasta on sale in Turkey

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:04:15 +0000

ROME (Reuters) - Shoppers can buy a half-tonne box of pasta from Thursday at supermarkets in Turkey, but not in the world's spaghetti capital of Italy.