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Yahoo! Daily News Digest: Odd News News for Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:00 AM PSTLady Vols offer free tuition in giveawayhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=1&u=/ap/20071117/ap_on_fe_st/bkw_tennessee_tuition_giveawayAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:58 am PSTEven Tennessee, the NCAA's top draw in women's basketball, knows it takes more than seven national titles to put fans in the stands, especially students.Woman stabs dog that attacked her cathttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=2&u=/ap/20071117/ap_on_fe_st/odd_dog_stabbedAP - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:45 pm PSTAuthorities said a woman stabbed a pit bull that got into her house and attacked her cat. The Otter Tail County sheriff's office said the woman's daughter and a friend were walking into the house on Wednesday evening when the neighborhood dog made it past them and got into the home.Pilot lands copter to pick mom mushroomshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=3&u=/ap/20071117/ap_on_fe_st/as_odd_thailand_mushroom_stopAP - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:45 pm PSTA Thai air force pilot has been suspended from flying duties after allegedly landing his helicopter in the countryside to collect wild mushrooms for his mother, a spokesman said Friday.Mystery Fla. animal likely a squirrelhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=4&u=/ap/20071117/ap_on_fe_st/odd_mystery_animalAP - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:44 pm PSTAn animal sneaking around Baker County is not an orangutan as originally thought but likely a fox squirrel, state wildlife officials said Friday. Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission laid doughnuts at a base of a tree after residents reported seeing a "big orange ball of fur."Pastor's wife: Church is a divorce assethttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=5&u=/ap/20071117/ap_on_fe_st/odd_church_as_assetAP - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:59 pm PSTThe estranged wife of a pastor claims her husband blended his professional and personal finances so thoroughly that his church should be counted as an asset in their divorce.Woman sues boxer de la Hoya over racy photos of himhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=6&u=/nm/20071116/od_nm/photos_dcReuters - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:23 am PSTA New York woman sued Olympic boxer Oscar de la Hoya for ${dlvDollarSign}100 million on Thursday, saying she was coerced into agreeing not to sell photographs of him dancing around a hotel room in women's clothing.Pedophile allowed to work in kindergartenhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=7&u=/nm/20071115/od_nm/pedophile_kindergarten_dcReuters - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:10 am PSTA convicted pedophile sentenced to do community service in a German kindergarten will return to court next week to face charges of abusing two children there, a regional prosecutor's office said Thursday.Sect holes up in cave to await end of worldhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=8&u=/nm/20071115/od_nm/cult_dcReuters - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:57 am PSTAt least 30 members of a Russian doomsday cult have barricaded themselves in a remote cave to await the end of the world and are threatening to commit suicide if police intervene, officials and media said Thursday.Publisher challenges genitals picture banhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=9&u=/nm/20071115/od_nm/mapplethorpe_dcReuters - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:58 am PSTA publisher has taken to Japan's top court his eight-year fight over the banning of imported images of male genitals in a book of pictures by the late American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.Fake crocodile can lead to tearshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=10&u=/nm/20071115/od_nm/crocodile_dcReuters - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:59 am PSTHong Kong people hoping to cure their asthma through the age-old remedy of a dish of crocodile meat could instead come down with sore throats, constipation, nosebleeds and insomnia, a newspaper said Thursday.Italy's "black cat day" aims to halt killingshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=11&u=/nm/20071117/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_cats_helpReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:11 am PSTSaturday is "black cat day", in Italy, an initiative by an animal rights group to try to stop the killing of thousands of the cats by superstitious citizens convinced they bring bad luck.China firemen told to abstain from sexual bribeshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=12&u=/nm/20071116/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_sex_fireReuters - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:58 pm PSTChina has banned fire department officials from receiving sexual favours as bribes from companies seeking their business, local media reported on Friday.Mice close NY home of ${dlvDollarSign}25,000 desserthttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=13&u=/nm/20071115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_dessert_cockroachesReuters - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:02 pm PSTA Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking ${dlvDollarSign}25,000 (12,200 pounds) dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches.China sets hotline for "immature" lottery addictshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=14&u=/nm/20071116/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_lotteryReuters - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:51 pm PSTChina has set up its first help centre for lottery addicts that offers counselling and legal assistance, the Beijing Morning Post said on Friday.Mexico drug hitmen snatch buddy's body from morguehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=15&u=/nm/20071115/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_drugsReuters - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:44 pm PSTTwenty heavily armed drug hitmen snatched the body of a fellow trafficker from a morgue in northern Mexico after he died in a dramatic helicopter crash, police said on Thursday.Woman keeps hair appointment after crashhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=16&u=/ap/20071116/ap_on_fe_st/odd_hair_salon_crashAP - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:35 pm PSTA woman on her way to hair appointment crashed her car through the hair salon. Della Miller, 73, crashed into the Tina's Hair Pros's windows Wednesday, knocking one customer six feet across the room, Soldotna police officer Marvin Towle said. The parking area in front of the salon was snow-covered.Healing touch therapy thrives despite skepticshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=17&u=/nm/20071116/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_healingtouch_newyorkReuters - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:07 pm PSTIt's not traditional medicine but patients love it: an unconventional therapy called the healing touch that is gaining acceptance in some U.S. hospitals.Man in 'Nacho Libre' mask robs storehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=18&u=/ap/20071116/ap_on_fe_st/odd_wrestling_robberAP - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:35 pm PSTPolice are looking for a man they say robbed a Genesee County convenience store wearing a wrestling mask like one seen in the Jack Black comedy "Nacho Libre."Cypriot seeks to unravel curse with pants and egghttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=19&u=/nm/20071116/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_cyprus_eggsReuters - Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:22 am PSTHaving marital problems? Have you tried putting egg in your underpants?Boy, driving for dad, charged with DUIhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=20&u=/ap/20071116/ap_on_fe_st/odd_father_son_drunken_drivingAP - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:05 pm PSTA police officer checking on a truck that got stuck in the mud at a city park was startled to find a 13-year-old boy behind the wheel. The boy's father, who was sitting in the passenger seat, told police he had had too much to drink and let his son drive. The boy had been drinking, too, police said.You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts.

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