Reuters: Oddly Enough

Berlin 'sex academy' offers tips for visitors

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:39:27 -0400

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - Wannabe Latin lovers can improve their technique by playing with the erogenous zones of naked mannequins at a new interactive exhibition that has now opened in Berlin.

Drunk badger disrupts traffic

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:53:05 -0400

BERLIN (Reuters) - A badger in Germany got so drunk on over-ripe cherries it staggered into the middle of a road and refused to budge, police said on Wednesday.

Polarizing money dispute settled

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:06:52 -0400

BERLIN (Reuters) - An ugly dispute between the Berlin Zoo and a provincial rival over celebrity polar bear Knut was settled out of court on Wednesday when Berlin agreed to pay the Neumuenster Zoo a cash settlement of $600,000.

Want to make 80K a year? Try casting a spell

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:26:11 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Fancy 80,000 dollars a year on a stress-free job with flexible working hours and no need to wear a suit?

Man sues Kimberly-Clark over bad-breath device

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:40:48 -0400

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Boston-area inventor sued Kimberly-Clark Corp on Tuesday, contending that the maker of Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers had violated his patent for a device to detect bad breath.

U.S. chicken feet are being booted out of China

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:40:42 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - China and the United States are kicking up a trade war over chicken in which Beijing effectively has given the boot to millions of dollars worth of U.S. chicken, about half of which is chicken feet.

Plan to ban Uluru climb sparks debate

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:44:01 -0400

CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian government proposal to stop people from climbing the famed Uluru, in deference to the wishes of indigenous people, sparked debate on Wednesday with lawmakers opposing the plan.

Drunken tractor driver leads police on slow chase

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:33:03 -0400

BERLIN (Reuters) - A drunk German sparked a slow-speed police chase after stealing a tractor to get home from a nightclub after his girlfriend left without him, said police, who used pepper spray to try to stop the vehicle.

Bayer gets stiffed by potency pill heist

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:42:48 -0400

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A gang of four looted 4.9 million euros ($6.9 million) worth of potency pills in a burglary at Bayer AG's headquarters, the company said on Monday.

That'll do pig, zoo tells only porker

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:14 -0400

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's only known pig trotted out of quarantine Saturday, two months after he was locked away because of swine flu fears, to bask again in the mud at the Kabul Zoo.