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News in Odd Things on 05/06/2013
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New posts Three women missing for years found alive in Cleveland house 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 10 05/06/2013 at 21:52:03

Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus in a combination image. REUTERS/FBIBy Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Three women believed to have been abducted years ago were found alive on Monday at a Cleveland house a short distance from where at least two of them were last seen, and police said a school bus driver was arrested in connection with their disappearance. A neighbor in the community said he was alerted to their presence by screams from the house and rushed to the dwelling where he found the women, one of whom used his cell phone to call police. "Help me! I'm Amanda Berry. I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm here. ...


New posts Newsreel footage shows Hindenburg disaster in stunning detail 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 6 05/06/2013 at 14:55:42
Rarely seen footage of the Hindenburg airship's tragic end, posted by the Public Domain Review, is an amazingly intimate look at a 76-year-old disaster. While the exact cause of the airship’s fiery demise is still a mystery, the video—which also includes historical newsreel coverage of the Hindenburg on safely executed flights—is a moving look at [...]
New posts Report: Early humans dined on antelope brains 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 5 05/06/2013 at 14:26:18
According to a recent article from Science News, early humans enjoyed dining on antelope brains. Science News reports that the findings came from recently discovered fossils in Kenya. Via the publication: Three sets of butchered animal bones unearthed at Kenya’s Kanjera South site provide the earliest evidence of both long-term hunting and targeted scavenging by [...]
New posts U.S. returning looted Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 5 05/06/2013 at 14:10:59
By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton from the Gobi Desert that was smuggled to the United States in pieces and auctioned for more than $1 million was returned on Monday by the U.S. government to Mongolia. The huge Tyrannosaurus bataar's skull was on display at a repatriation ceremony near the United Nations in New York, where officials of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and the U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) formally turned over the nearly complete skeleton to Mongolian officials. ...
New posts NJ governor 'saves' children from spider 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 3 05/06/2013 at 13:45:31
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while he spoke to a group of schoolchildren.
New posts Bell tower emerges from Italian lake 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 7 05/06/2013 at 13:02:35
A surreal sight greets visitors in the northern Italian town of Curon Venosta: The steeple of a church submerged in the water. As Slate reports, the people of the town had moved to higher ground soon after World War II to make room for an artificial lake. The abandoned city is now underwater, with the [...]
New posts Wash. State graduate wears wedding gown under robe 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 5 05/06/2013 at 12:42:50
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — With friends and family already gathered for her graduation from Washington State University, Cassie Dotts thought it would be a good time for another ceremony — her wedding.
New posts Woman accidentally buys winning $14 million lotto ticket 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 4 05/06/2013 at 12:33:49
A single mother of four sons accidentally purchased an extra lottery ticket. Another dollar down the drain? Nope. Thuan Le told NBCLosAngeles.com that she normally she buys $4 worth of Powerball tickets and one $1 SuperLotto Plus ticket. This time, Le accidentally put an extra buck into the self-service machine, purchasing another SuperLotto Plus ticket. [...]
New posts Woman accidentally buys $14 million-winning lotto ticket 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 6 05/06/2013 at 12:33:49
A single mother of four sons accidentally purchased an extra lottery ticket. Another dollar down the drain? Nope. Thuan Le told NBCLosAngeles.com that she normally she buys $4 worth of Powerball tickets and one $1 SuperLotto Plus ticket. This time, Le accidentally put an extra buck into the self-service machine, purchasing another SuperLotto Plus ticket. [...]
New posts New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie squashes spider; PETA not pleased 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 1 05/06/2013 at 10:32:55
Come election time, Chris Christie will not get the spider lover vote. The New Jersey governor demonstrated his bug killing skills to a group of fourth-graders when the unwelcome guest crawled across the desk in his office. Video captured the crowd of kids pointing out the arachnid, and the governor making an executive decision: He [...]