Archive for December, 2009
Posted on December 31, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Tweets, sexting “unfriended” in U.S. banned word list (Reuters)
Reuters - If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared "shovel-ready" to be "unfriended" by a U.S. university's annual list of terms that deserve to be banned.Posted on December 31, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
No New Year’s toasts in sauna, Russians urged (Reuters)
Reuters - Russia has urged revelers celebrating the New Year in saunas on Thursday night to refrain from popping open the champagne until they have left the steam houses, warning it could prove fatal.
Posted on December 31, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
New Year drunks should pay for hospital care? (Reuters)
Reuters - Excessive drinking over New Year's Eve could cost Britain's National Health Service as much as 23 million pounds, according to a report on Thursday which recommends drunks be charged a hospital admission fee of 532 pounds ($845.9).
Posted on December 30, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Errant Chinese smoker stops world’s fastest train (Reuters)
Reuters - The world's fastest train hit its first speed bump in the form of a disobedient smoker less than a week after it began running in southern China.
Posted on December 30, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Afghanistan’s first skatepark mixes rich and poor (Reuters)
Reuters - Afghanistan's first skateboarding park and school opened in Kabul on Tuesday with a boarding showdown between dozens of youngsters -- ranging from ministers' children to streetkids -- that it aims to bring together.
Posted on December 30, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
North Korea New Year wish: tear down imaginary wall (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea's New Year's wish of seeing the destruction of a massive concrete wall dividing the Korean peninsula never seems to come true -- mostly because there is no such barrier.
Posted on December 29, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Obamas in, reality stars out in desirable neighbors poll (Reuters)
Reuters - Americans would most like to live next door to the Obama family. But a reality star like California's "Octomom", or Jon and Kate Gosselin and their brood of eight would be a big turn off, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
Posted on December 29, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Facebook, Twitter top list of weird stories in 2009 (Reuters)
Reuters - From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird stories in 2009.Posted on December 28, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Polanski thanks backers as extradition wait goes on (Reuters)
Reuters - Roman Polanski has thanked people who have sent messages of support during his battle to avoid extradition from Switzerland to the United States over a case of having sex with a 13-year-old in 1977.Posted on December 28, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Aussies say “no thanks” to 20 million gifts (Reuters)
Reuters - How many unwanted gifts did you get under the Christmas tree? If you're Australian, the number is likely to be more than one, amounting to a nationwide total of 20 million "useless" presents, according to a survey.