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News in Odd Things on 03/02/2012
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New posts Top Gun 2: It's happening - and the choice of star is stirring controversy 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 10 03/02/2012 at 13:17:07

Not Tom Cruise - people are arguing about the plane

The occasionally rumoured Top Gun 2 movie - sequel to the seminal* '80s aerial action flick - is to go ahead. Reports have it that the project, known to have Tom Cruise aboard already, now has a scriptwriter: and more importantly, the real star, the jet fighter to be flown by Cruise, has been selected.…

New posts Russian election satire takes Putin's manhood away (Reuters) 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 9 03/02/2012 at 15:51:40
Reuters - In a new puppet show satire of Russia's presidential election, the only competition is in the mind of Vladimir Putin, as he fights the loss of his penis.
New posts Ready, steady, grow for London 2012 (Reuters) 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 22 03/02/2012 at 11:55:28
Reuters - London Olympic organizers are asking gardeners to give British athletes some flower power this summer by planting flowers and vegetables in the national colors.
New posts 'We don't know if Google is operating outside EU law' 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 14 03/02/2012 at 11:10:06

Plus: 'It's within our lifetime. It's going to happen'

Quotw This was the week in which Mobile World Congress landed in Barcelona, producing reams of smartphone and fondleslab news, views and shiny gadgets - including waterproof mobes, which are of particular use to Brits since apparently nearly one in ten of them take their phones into the shower.…

New posts World clippers raise the baa in NZ for shear fun of it (Reuters) 0 Yahoo! Odd News RSS | Source 14 03/02/2012 at 04:45:32
Reuters - For lucky sheep, it's like a trip to the hair salon. For the unlucky ones, it can resemble a wild and woolly wrestling match against an opponent armed with a sharp object.
New posts Chinese woman sparks net craze with virgin website 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 12 02/17/2012 at 15:28:05

No, Sir Richard, it's not one of yours

A 38-year-old virgin has become the talk of the web in China this week after she set up a site devoted to her near four decades of abstinence - and urged the nation’s youth to join her in saying no to hanky-panky before marriage.…

New posts 'The full harm to Apple cannot be calculated' 0 TheRegister Odds and Sods RSS | Source 11 02/17/2012 at 11:03:08

Plus LightSquared's rage as the FCC 'changes its mind'

Quotw This was the week when MySpace, which some of you may remember as once being a social network, came back from the dead thanks to its reinvention as a "meaningful social entertainment experience around content" with a million new users signing on since December last year.…

New posts Governor's son sells 'Don't Drop the Soap' 0 CNN "offbeat" news RSS | Source 16 01/28/2008 at 11:05:59
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New posts Texas town hopes to become UFO landing spot 0 CNN "offbeat" news RSS | Source 12 01/23/2008 at 09:39:56
New posts Gamers prove their metal as rock stars 0 CNN "offbeat" news RSS | Source 10 01/22/2008 at 12:27:09
Jess Hu is a child care provider from Brooklyn, New York, but for 20 hours a week, she's a rock star. That's how much she estimates she plays the video game "Rock Band."
New posts Cops snag lotto ticket from accused drug dealer 0 CNN "offbeat" news RSS | Source 18 01/21/2008 at 10:51:26
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New posts Politician cuts the fat with photo fakery 0 CNN "offbeat" news RSS | Source 10 01/19/2008 at 13:56:45
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New posts Puppy vs. polar cub for cuteness title 0 CNN "offbeat" news RSS | Source 19 01/14/2008 at 09:56:18
New posts Comedian is living in an Ikea store 0 CNN "offbeat" news RSS | Source 10 01/08/2008 at 20:23:26
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