Oddly Enough
"Grease Devil" panic grips rural Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Panic over nighttime assaults blamed on "grease devils" has struck across rural Sri Lanka, leading to the deaths of at least three people this week, prompting women to stay indoors and men to arm themselves, police and local media said.
Recent Oddly Enough News
Man allegedly stole, swallowed client's ring
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago-area home repairman was charged with felony theft on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to hide the evidence by gulping it down, presumably without chewing first.
Feared criminal takes short walk to freedom
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - One of South Africa's most wanted criminals appears to have made one of the most mundane of escapes when he slipped from police custody by walking out of a Pretoria court door along with the public.
Trojan horse t-shirts trick neo-Nazis
BERLIN (Reuters) - Festival goers at a nationalist, right-wing concert in Germany were taken by surprise when souvenir t-shirts they were given had a secret anti-far right message that emerged only after being washed.
Deaf man complains nudists would not provide interpreter
HUDSON, New York (Reuters) - A deaf man has accused a nudist park in upstate New York of violating federal law by refusing to provide him with a sign-language interpreter at an annual festival.
Mystery woman in iconic Elvis photo identified
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. magazine has identified the mystery woman seen kissing singer Elvis Presley in a backstage theater stairwell in an iconic 1956 photograph.
Cheese it! It’s Wonder Woman!
Blog Guy, you have a lot of inside info on politics and I'm hoping you can clear something up for me. I've heard that Sarah Palin may actually be Wonder Woman...
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