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Vicar conducted 360 sham marriages
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 tank
29 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 SYLVIA HUI 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 ...

Buzz Stories from BuzzPage.com
NYC judge rules that wearing low-slung trousers may look foolish but is not a...
CBC - 2010-07-29

Pot Reviewer Gets Paid To Get High
WSBTV - 2010-07-28

Black bear gets in U.S. house, eats, drinks, takes stuffed bear to go
CBC - 2010-07-28

Hamas targets women's underwear in modesty drive
Reuters - 2010-07-28

Cats That Look Like Hitler Bemuse, Annoy
clickorlando.com - 2010-07-28

Md. man sentenced for stealing library's tarantula
MSNBC - 2010-07-28

Firefighters dismantle police car to rescue kitten
myway.com - 2010-07-28

Want to Live Longer? Get Some Friends
livescience.com - 2010-07-28

Fake shark devours surfer in latest statue prank
Houston Chronicle - 2010-07-28

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