Reuters: Oddly Enough

Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:54:00 -0500

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 10:29:53 -0500

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 10:31:44 -0500

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?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:52:14 -0500

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 12:14:30 -0500

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 12:13:56 -0500

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

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:57:55 -0500

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."

Cheap mobile calls help more young couples elope

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:56:50 -0500

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali courtship was different in Hassan Aden's day. When he was a teenager, you gave the girl's parents 11 camels and an AK-47 assault rifle as bride price and then waited respectfully.

Rebels ban musical ringtones on phones

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:02:34 -0500

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone.

Moonshine turns horse race rowdy

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:42:08 -0500

TODOS SANTOS CUCHUMATAN, Guatemala (Reuters) - Despite a drinking ban mayhem erupted at a traditional Mayan horse race on Sunday with riders falling off their horses and drunken spectators stumbling through the mountain village.