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 Reuters: Oddly Enough 29 Jul 2010 at 11:08am LONDON (Reuters) - A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain re... Brewer claims world's strongest beer 29 Jul 2010 at 10:59am AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world's strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume. Churchill's dentures fetch nearly $24,000 29 Jul 2010 at 11:04am LONDON (Reuters) - A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate. Hamas targets women's underwear in modesty drive 28 Jul 2010 at 12:55pm GAZA (Reuters) - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty. Fur farm foxes trained to combat rat plague 28 Jul 2010 at 12:44pm BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in China's far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state ... Former top diplomat Rice opts for Mozart concerto 28 Jul 2010 at 12:41pm PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abandoned international affairs for a Mozart piano concerto on Tuesday, teaming up with Soul legend Aretha Franklin to perform at... Escaped tiger found after massive South Africa search 28 Jul 2010 at 3:01pm JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts. Bear crashes in runaway car 27 Jul 2010 at 3:16pm DENVER (Reuters) - A black bear attracted by the smell of a peanut butter sandwich managed to open the door of a car, climb in and got stuck, knocking the gear stick into neutral and sending the ca... Caves offer new tour -- in Klingon 27 Jul 2010 at 2:23pm SYDNEY (Reuters) - Staff at the Jenolan Caves west of Sydney have added a new out-of-this-world attraction -- a tour in the Star Trek language Klingon. Teenager survives fall from 16th story balcony 26 Jul 2010 at 12:24pm WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived with minor injuries after falling 16-storeys from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor, New Zealand media re... AP Top Strange News At 6:20 p.m. EDT Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank29 Jul 2010 at 6:20pm By 2010-07-29T22:20:53Z ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina woman found out fast food won't make your car go fast. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a com... 500-pound alligator rounded up in SC lagoon 29 Jul 2010 at 4:26pm By 2010-07-29T20:26:50Z HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- As gators go, the one found in a South Carolina lagoon was downright gargantuan. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that an 11-f... Prodigal gun: Man reunited with stolen revolver 29 Jul 2010 at 6:19pm By 2010-07-29T22:19:36Z TERRELL, Texas (AP) -- A rural East Texas man has been reunited with his long-lost gun more than two decades after it was stolen. According to a Kaufman County Sheriff'... Fla. deputy shoots himself in leg during training 29 Jul 2010 at 3:18pm By 2010-07-29T19:18:12Z CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) -- An Okaloosa Sheriff's deputy is on leave after shooting himself in the leg during a training exercise at a firing range. Miguel Rojas accidental... Acupuncture patient says she was locked in office 29 Jul 2010 at 3:16pm By 2010-07-29T19:16:04Z BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Police in Bellingham, Wash., say an acupuncture patient called 911 for assistance after she says clinic workers apparently forgot about her an... Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England 29 Jul 2010 at 11:48am By 2010-07-29T15:48:28Z LONDON (AP) -- A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill - described as the teeth that saved the world - sold at auct... Florida great-grandma takes a bite out of crime 28 Jul 2010 at 9:24pm By 2010-07-29T01:24:32Z DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A great-grandmother in Daytona Beach bit an assailant and was dragged several feet hanging on to the getaway car of a couple who snatched he... Bear gets into home, eats and grabs stuffed bear 28 Jul 2010 at 3:13pm By 2010-07-28T19:13:05Z LACONIA, N.H. (AP) -- A black bear walked into a New Hampshire house through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, took a drink from the family fishbowl an... Ohio man KOs gas meter, causing leak, evacuations 28 Jul 2010 at 3:33pm By 2010-07-28T19:33:24Z MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) -- Fire officials in Ohio said a man hitting a punching bag accidentally knocked out his gas meter, causing a natural gas leak that evacuated near... Cops issue cat alert for feline that caused wreck 29 Jul 2010 at 7:30am By 2010-07-29T11:30:18Z BANKS, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon State Police have taken the unusual step of issuing a missing cat alert for a feline that caused a car crash, escaped from a smashed SUV and ... 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