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Want to live like a cowboy? Try Wyoming (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:59 +0000

Reuters - Whether you want to live like a rock star or a cowboy, or become an urban gardener or just opt for the simple life, there is a town in America to suit everyone's taste.

Paying to pick seats loathsome, many passengers say (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:14 +0000

Reuters - Paying for extras has become routine for airline passengers but it doesn't mean they like it, with a poll showing more than half all travelers hate having to fork out to choose their seat.

Man takes double hit from wife (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:33 +0000

Reuters - A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife -- twice, local media reported on Friday.

Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:34:59 +0000

Reuters - A 16th century dog, the only known female to have served aboard King Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship the Mary Rose, has stolen the show at Britain's Crufts dog show this year.

The price you pay for being romantic… (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:23:32 +0000

Reuters - A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday.

Nurses’ union: Care does not include sex (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:21:22 +0000

Reuters - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.

Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:18:05 +0000

Reuters - A 16th century dog, the only known female to have served aboard King Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship the Mary Rose, has stolen the show at Britain's Crufts dog show this year.

Japan’s spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:17:37 +0000

Reuters - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.

Canada Parliament eats seal to defy “ignorant” EU (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:46:59 +0000

Reuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.

“Dead” baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zoo (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:34:52 +0000

Reuters - An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb.

Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:32:12 +0000

Reuters - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.

New Zealander auctions “ghosts” in a bottle (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:31:43 +0000

Reuters - A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported.

Cyprus holds two for theft of ex-leader’s corpse (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:09:19 +0000

Reuters - A court in Cyprus remanded two men in custody Wednesday on suspicion of snatching the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, holding it for ransom for three months until its discovery Monday.

Ex-president’s body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:06:11 +0000

Reuters - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave Monday three months after it disappeared from its tomb.

Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:54:27 +0000

Reuters - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.

Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:50:11 +0000

Reuters - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday.

Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:28:13 +0000

Reuters - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conservative government this week, forcing Ottawa to scrap plans to make the country's national anthem gender-neutral.

U.S. blacks, Hispanics losing more sleep over worries (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:24:53 +0000

Reuters - Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found.

Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:24:23 +0000

Reuters - Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products.

Aussie underwear has gone bananas (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:11:58 +0000

Reuters - Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men's underwear made with bananas.