Reuters: Oddly Enough

Student expelled after row over short dress

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:42:49 +0530

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students outraged at the short outfit she wore on campus.

Man provides photo for his own wanted poster

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:53:11 +0530

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.

Online auction site launches for rich and famous

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:54:46 +0530

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millionaires down on their luck now have a place to sell their mega-yachts, super-cars and family jewels without having to resort to the pawn shop.

Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:24:00 +0530

LONDON (Reuters) - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen.

Driver suspected in Bank of France van heist

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:59:53 +0530

LYON, France (Reuters) - French police are looking for the driver of a security van suspected of driving off with more than 10 million euros ($14.85 million) after the man vanished, apparently after first clearing out his flat.

Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:44 +0530

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.

Giant snake capture was a hoax?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:22:14 +0530

MIAMI (Reuters) - A man who caught a 14-foot (4.2-meter) python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture.

Health worker fired for hockey flu shots

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:44:30 +0530

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Senior health officials in the Canadian province of Alberta said on Wednesday they had fired an unidentified worker for giving National Hockey League players preferential access to the H1N1 flu vaccine.

Wife's free handbag a "symbol of derision"

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:43:56 +0530

LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA vice-president Jack Warner is returning a handbag given to his wife by England's 2018 World Cup bid because he says it has become "a symbol of derision, betrayal and embarrassment."

"Give pees a chance" student may face jail

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:27:55 +0530

LONDON (Reuters) - A university student who was photographed urinating over a war memorial was warned on Wednesday that he could be jailed for the "disgusting act."