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Posted on July 30, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Priest who blessed Morales found with cocaine (Reuters)

Reuters - The Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian President Evo Morales at an inauguration ceremony four years ago has been arrested in possession of 530 pounds (240 kg) of cocaine, police said Thursday.

Posted on July 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Churchill’s dentures fetch nearly $24,000 (Reuters)

Sarah Prior holds a partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill - described as the teeth that saved the world - after they were sold at auction in Aylesdham, England, Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.) The upper dentures, one of several sets specially made for the wartime prime minister, were crucial for maintaining his distinctively slurred speaking style famous from World War II-era radio broadcasts. The dentures were bought by a British collector of Churchill memorabilia, at three times the estimated price. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)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.



Posted on July 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Brewer claims world’s strongest beer (Reuters)

A waiter takes a tablet of beer mugs on the opening day of Schweizerhaus beer garden in Vienna March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter BaderReuters - 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.



Posted on July 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Vicar conducted 360 sham marriages (Reuters)

Wedding bell balloons fly from a storefront in Rhinebeck, New York, July 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - 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 residency in Britain.



Posted on July 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Escaped tiger found after massive South Africa search (Reuters)

A tiger looks on as it rests at the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary near Bethlehem, South Africa April 26, 2010.REUTERS/Peter AndrewsReuters - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts.



Posted on July 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Fur farm foxes trained to combat rat plague (Reuters)

A silver fox looks out of its cage at the private farm in Rovnoye village, about 230 km (143 miles) southwest of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk November 30, 2009. REUTERS/Ilya NaymushinReuters - 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 media said on Wednesday.



Posted on July 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Former top diplomat Rice opts for Mozart concerto (Reuters)

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 a charity concert.

Posted on July 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Hamas targets women’s underwear in modesty drive (Reuters)

A Palestinian woman walks next to mannequins outside shops in Gaza City July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Ismail ZaydahReuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.



Posted on July 27, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Tiger escapes from trip to the vet (Reuters)

Reuters - A 17-month-old tiger escaped from the back of a pick-up truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts.

Posted on July 27, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Bear crashes in runaway car (Reuters)

A male Himalayan black bear rests inside its open enclosure at the Padamaja Naidu Himalayan zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri October 17, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - 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 car rolling down a slope into trees.



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