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 Reuters: Oddly Enough 3 Oct 2008 at 6:57pm CANBERRA (Reuters) - The parents of a 7-year-old boy who broke into an Australian outback zoo and fed a string of small animals to its resident crocodile are likely to be sued after police said the... Spermicide Coke, stale chips research wins Ig Nobels 3 Oct 2008 at 7:01pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A researcher who figured out that Coke explodes sperm and scientists who discovered that people will happily eat stale chips if they crunch loudly enough won alternative "Ig ... Numbers of wild boars surge 3 Oct 2008 at 6:59pm BERLIN (Reuters) - Wild boars are breeding at a huge rate in Germany and wreaking greater havoc than in any other European country by destroying crops, killing pets and even attacking people, accor... Political candidate punches TV host 2 Oct 2008 at 11:55am BANGKOK (Reuters) - An underdog in Sunday's election for governor of Bangkok punched and kicked a television journalist Thursday, saying he was provoked by tough questions during a live interview. Playboy looks for bare market on Wall Street 2 Oct 2008 at 2:04pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - Playboy magazine is offering a new way to lose your shirt on Wall Street. Kindergarten shooting game pulled 2 Oct 2008 at 11:54am HELSINKI (Reuters) - An Internet game in which players roam a school and kill kindergarten students with a shotgun has been pulled from a Finnish children's gaming site one week after the country's... Man swings machete in parking dispute 2 Oct 2008 at 11:06am BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man became so angry in an argument with a taxi driver over parking that he struck him on the head with a machete and chopped off the man's finger. Thieves steal five small planes 2 Oct 2008 at 11:13am MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Armed men stole five small planes from a private airstrip in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa on Tuesday by overpowering a police officer and flying away, security ... Paying for gyms for obese children 2 Oct 2008 at 11:21am SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to help obese children pay for health club membership and other activities that can help them lose weight, an official said on Wednesday. Tell-all scandal book set to embarrass politician 1 Oct 2008 at 12:46pm OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, already on the defensive amid charges of plagiarism, faced the prospect of fresh embarrassment Wednesday over a new book that paints an un... AP Top Strange News At 7:14 a.m. EDT Farmer carves out Calif. record with huge pumpkin4 Oct 2008 at 8:30pm ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) -- That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds.... 'Smoot' measurement reaches new heights at MIT 5 Oct 2008 at 10:50am CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity br... GOP, Democrats battle in Pa. over voter dress code 4 Oct 2008 at 10:01am HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Sue Nace thought election volunteers were joking when they told her she would have to remove her T-shirt to vote in the presidential primary last spring.... Chinese wins tightrope contest across Seoul river 4 Oct 2008 at 9:33am SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A professional tightrope walker from China zipped along a wire strung across the Han River in just under 11 minutes to win Seoul's second international high-wire cham... Big fossil found in Ike-ravaged home's front yard 4 Oct 2008 at 12:27am CAPLEN, Texas (AP) -- A homeowner whose beachfront property in Texas was destroyed during Hurricane Ike has found a football-size fossil tooth in the debris.... 9 from Roswell, NM, claim $200M Powerball jackpot 3 Oct 2008 at 11:56pm ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Roswell, N.M., is usually more associated with little green men than with greenbacks.... Naked lunch promo dropped to placate town board 3 Oct 2008 at 4:51pm GREENVILLE, Maine (AP) -- There's no such thing as a free lunch anymore for Black Frog Restaurant patrons nervy enough to run down a dock and plunge naked into Moosehead Lake.... Chinese pandas fed chicken soup for health 3 Oct 2008 at 1:17pm BEIJING (AP) -- Everyone needs some chicken soup for the soul - even pandas.... Good grief! Gigantic gourd goes missing in Mich. 3 Oct 2008 at 5:05am GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A massive pumpkin has gone missing from a front yard of a home in suburban Flint, Mich. - and its owner suspects some mighty strong thieves.... What a show: Cigarette sets off fireworks in car 2 Oct 2008 at 9:09pm CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island man faces charges after the cigarette he was smoking inside a car apparently ignited fireworks.... 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