Odd News

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• "Best Job in the World" is No Picnic

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 769
  Remember how envious you were of the lucky person who got the best job in the world ? Ben Southall, who beat 35,000 job applicants to live in a luxury island home in Australia and blog about the Great Barrier Reef was stung this week by an Irukandji jellyfish. Australia is well-known for its myriad deadly ...
  9 hours ago

• Obama Family Voted Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor for 2010, Octomom Named Worst Neighbor

  
  YubaNet.com — Authority: 538
  U.S. adults would most like to be neighbors with the Obama family, according to the third annual Zillow Celebrity Neighbor Survey(i). "Octomom" Nayda Suleman was named the least desirable neighbor of 2009. The survey asked more than 2,000 U.S. adults which celebrity they would most like to have as their neighbor, and ...
  10 hours ago

• Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez Voted Worst Celebrity Couple of the Decade, According to Date.com Poll

  
  YubaNet.com — Authority: 538
  The breakup of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon was a bitter ending to a decade fraught with numerous divorce and cheating scandals and sparse golden couples in Tinseltown. Over the years, there have been celebrity couples whose commitment to each other have been nothing short of inspirational: Paul Newman and Joanne ...
  10 hours ago

• Devils Visit for New Years Eve in Japan

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 769
  On New Year’s Eve, in the cold hinterlands of northern Japan, a pack of hairy scary devils known as Namahage descend from their mountain lairs to terrorize children. They aren’t going to eat them though. The Namahage want to make sure that they aren’t lazy and will work hard for their family. The Namahage are ...
  15 hours ago

• [pic] “The Precious of Corrections,” gets caught sleeping while on Duty in Rikers Island

  
  STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA — Authority: 147
  Looks like the “the Precious of Corrections,” is gonna be looking for another job.A correction officer has been disciplined for dozing on the job after a colleague snapped a picture of her asleep while on post at a Rikers Island infirmary, officials said yesterday.A clearly conked-out Nadja Green is leaning in a ...
  1 day ago

• China Builds Car Park for Women, Features Extra-Wide Spaces

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 144
  A shopping centre in Chinas Hebei province has built a car park with wider spaces that it says is designed especially to suit women drivers.The women-only car park in Shijiazhuang city is also painted in pink and light purple to appeal to female tastes.
  1 day ago

• [video] Watch an 80 Year Bridge Blow Up

  
  STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA — Authority: 147
  Source: Huff PostFor some reason this bridge was major news in between the wire to wire coverage of the undie-bomber.80-year-old bridge demolished over Lake Champlain.Posted in odd news Tagged: 80-year-old bridge, Lake Champlain, self controlled explosion, undie-bomber
  1 day ago

• [video] Truck does Tokyo Drift-ing (Amazing)

  
  STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA — Authority: 147
  This guy is absolutely nuts but he got skills!Posted in odd news Tagged: drifting, tokyo drift, truck drifting
  1 day ago

• Man Brings Fembot Home at Christmas to Meet His Parents

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 769
  Christmas is all about awkward moments at family gatherings. Le Trung, inventor of the robotic woman substitute Aiko , took that principle to a whole new level when he decided that he should celebrate Christmas with both his parents and his fembot: The science genius enjoyed a festive dinner with his mum, dad and ...
  1 day ago

• Couple stranded 3 days after GPS leads them astray

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 160
  By JEFF BARNARD AP KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – A Nevada couple letting their SUV’s navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road. On Sunday, atmospheric conditions apparently changed enough for their ...
  2 days ago

• Dave Barrys Year in Review: 2009

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 769
  You can find a serious look back at the news of 2009 just about anywhere. A lot of those stories can be downright depressing. Meanwhile, Dave Barry reminds you of what happened while putting his ridiculous spin on 2009. Elsewhere in politics, a team of specially trained wildlife agents equipped with nets and ...
  2 days ago

• [pic] Has the recession gone too far?

  
  STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA — Authority: 147
  Source: THR FEEDYes I would say so because there absolutely nothing that would make me watch Fox News.Posted in odd news Tagged: fox news, Has the recession gone too far, the recession
  3 days ago

• Epic Fail: Mona Diesel (PIC)

  
  STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA — Authority: 147
  Source: Why people why? No disrespect to Vin, but I just had to post this to show that some people really have too much time on their hands. Epic fail.Posted in odd news Tagged: epic fail, Mona Diesel (PIC)
  3 days ago

• Lunacy At Christmas – IBM MVS On A PC

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 607
  I have to admit that today has not been a very productive day, I should have been working, but decided that I would take the day off and have fun. Of course my idea of fun likely does not coincide with the average persons. After a day of visiting relatives and replete with turkey and [...]
  4 days ago

• The 2009 P.U.-Litzer Awards

  
  YubaNet.com — Authority: 538
  For 17 years our colleagues Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon have worked with FAIR to present the P.U.-Litzers, a year-end review of some of the stinkiest examples of corporate media malfeasance, spin and just plain outrageousness.
  4 days ago

• The aslphalt jungle: driveways in the news!

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 179
  Hey Blog Guy, speaking of news photography, when a big story breaks, you know what I’m a real sucker for? I have a pretty good idea
  4 days ago

• Do you believe in crop circles and the aliens that make them?

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 160
  All crop circles carry some kind of interplanetary message to them. Aliens are always trying to tell us something.I can’t figure this one out:http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=147766217&imageindex=11What do you think it means?
  5 days ago

• Otters Cause Flight Delay In Houston

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 769
  When passengers on a Continental flight out of Houston were told their flight would be delayed because of otters, a lot of them laughed, thinking it was a joke. It wasn’t. There were a number of otters set to travel in the cargo area, but one somehow managed to escape its cage. “We watched them take them off the ...
  6 days ago

• Official NORAD Santa Tracker

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 144
  One of my favorite Christmas traditions...
  6 days ago

• The Biggest News Stories of the Year

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 769
  GOOD magazine has a graphic that shows how big the news stories of 2009 were compared to other news stories. The information used is from Journalism.org , which calculates the percentage of coverage news stories get every week. Link -via Nag on the Lake
  6 days ago

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