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Yahoo! Daily News Digest: Odd News News for Monday, December 10, 2007 12:00 AM PST81-year-old Scotch sells for ${dlvDollarSign}54,000http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=1&u=/ap/20071209/ap_on_fe_st/odd_whisky_auctionAP - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:57 am PSTA bottle of 81-year-old Scotch sold for ${dlvDollarSign}54,000 at this New York's first liquor auction since Prohibition.Cougar nearly joins SD woman in hot tubhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=2&u=/ap/20071209/ap_on_fe_st/odd_close_cougarAP - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:48 pm PSTA relaxing soak in a hot tub came to an abrupt end when Marlene Todd came eye to eye with a mountain lion in her backyard.Horse survives plunge into frozen poolhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=3&u=/ap/20071208/ap_on_fe_st/odd_horse_s_plungeAP - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:01 pm PSTA horse was rescued after accidentally taking an icy plunge in a swimming pool. Jet, a 6-year-old quarterhorse, walked onto the frozen in-ground pool Thursday and broke through six inches of ice into about 3 1/2 feet of water, becoming trapped.NYC mailman accused of filching cardshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=4&u=/ap/20071208/ap_on_fe_st/odd_greeting_card_schemeAP - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:24 am PSTCall it a special delivery. A postal carrier pocketed dozens of greeting cards he was supposed to deliver to get at the cash inside, postal inspectors said.Man in Guinness for getting hit by carhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=5&u=/ap/20071208/ap_on_fe_st/odd_good_samaritan_world_recordAP - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:35 am PSTMatthew McKnight hopes nobody manages to top his feat in the Guinness Book of World Records. That's because McKnight holds the record for "Greatest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident" in the book's 2008 edition.Supreme Court allows women to serve drinks in Delhihttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=6&u=/nm/20071206/od_nm/bartenders_dcReuters - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:10 am PSTWomen will be allowed to work as bartenders in New Delhi, India's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, upholding a lower court's decision that an earlier ban was unconstitutional, local TV channels reported.Firm told to pay ${dlvDollarSign}65 mln for ruining planehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=7&u=/nm/20071206/od_nm/malaysia_lawsuit_dcReuters - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:17 am PSTA Chinese state-run company has been ordered to pay a record ${dlvDollarSign}65 million in compensation, plus interest, for destroying a Malaysia Airlines plane with falsely declared cargo of caustic chemicals.Lights turn red for stunned jaywalkershttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=8&u=/nm/20071206/od_nm/jaywalk_dcReuters - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:14 am PSTPedestrians don't cross the Indian capital's chaotic streets so much as dash across as if their life depends on it, which it very often does."Dead" man hid in family home for three yearshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=9&u=/nm/20071208/od_nm/canoeist_dcReuters - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:13 am PSTA man who had been declared dead after a canoeing accident but in fact survived hid in his home for three years before his arrest this week, his wife told British newspapers Saturday.Thief uses flower pot to steal Porschehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=10&u=/nm/20071205/od_nm/germany_thief_dcReuters - Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:16 am PSTA thief in Germany used a flower pot to steal a 150,000 euro (${dlvDollarSign}221,000) Porsche.Cuban circus juggling act vanishes on Mexican tourhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=11&u=/nm/20071207/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_cubansReuters - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:24 pm PSTEight Cuban acrobat jugglers disappeared before a performance at a festival in central Mexico last week, presumably to defect to the United States, organizers said on Friday.Sex "switch" points way to smarter pest controlhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=12&u=/nm/20071210/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_insect_sexReuters - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:14 pm PSTTurning off a sex "switch" triggered when female insects mate may be a smart and green way of controlling pests in future.Record-size spitting cobra found in Kenyahttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=13&u=/nm/20071207/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_kenya_cobraReuters - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:21 am PSTA new species of giant spitting cobra, measuring nearly nine feet and possessing enough venom to kill at least 15 people, has been discovered in Kenya, a conservation group said on Friday.Southeast Asian Games hit by spats and squabbleshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=14&u=/nm/20071210/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_games_asiaReuters - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:37 pm PSTThe Southeast Asian Games are barely a day old and the gloves are already off.NY to hold first booze auction since Prohibitionhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=15&u=/nm/20071206/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_christies_liquorReuters - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:40 pm PSTNew York's first liquor auction since the U.S. Prohibition era ended will take place on Saturday, with one bottle of Scotch whisky expected to fetch as much as ${dlvDollarSign}30,000 (6,410 pounds).NYC doorman suspended for bad breathhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=16&u=/ap/20071208/ap_on_fe_st/odd_doorman_s_breathAP - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:25 pm PSTA Manhattan doorman has been suspended for having bad breath. Jonah Seeman, who has been ushering tenants into a four-building complex on East 89th Street for 40 years, was told not to come to work Friday because of halitosis.Bush says dial 1-800-OOPS for housing helphttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=17&u=/nm/20071206/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_subprime_bush_numberReuters - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:26 pm PSTU.S. homeowners who could face crippling mortgage payments will have a hard time getting help if they call a telephone number President George W. Bush recommended on Thursday -- he gave them the wrong number.Annapolis police reel in fishy customerhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=18&u=/ap/20071208/ap_on_fe_st/odd_reel_theftAP - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:25 pm PSTPolice said a man was arrested after an officer found him in a store's bathroom with a ${dlvDollarSign}700 fishing reel stuffed into his pants. An employee of the West Marine store in the Hillsmere Shopping Center alerted an officer on Monday afternoon to two suspicious men.Lights turn red for stunned jaywalkershttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=19&u=/nm/20071206/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_jaywalkReuters - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:38 am PSTPedestrians don't cross the Indian capital's chaotic streets so much as dash across as if their life depends on it, which it very often does.Wis. drivers line up for gas at 33 centshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=20&u=/ap/20071208/ap_on_fe_st/odd33_cent_gasAP - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:28 pm PSTDozens of drivers made a mad rush for cheap gas after a station employee accidentally changed the price to 33 cents a gallon.You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts.

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