Cop suspended for sex during church service

Seeded on Tue Jan 5, 2010 4:16 AM EST ()

Police in southern Germany say an officer has been suspended from duty after allegedly having sex in a Catholic church during a service.

germany, church, sex, odd, odd-news, ingolstadt

The best of Bond, James Bond

Seeded on Sat Nov 1, 2008 9:35 AM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

The British secret agent, James Bond, was off and running for the most enduring series in cinema history: 21 "official" movies before Quantum Of Solace this month, total box office almost $ 4,400 million.

entertainment, james-bond, movies, quantum-of-solace

Not your average @#*&%@!! Joe

Seeded on Fri Oct 3, 2008 4:39 AM EDT (aol.com.au)

Joe Kinnear may only be an interim manager at Newcastle United football club, but he's likely to be remembered forever after swearing more than 50 times in his first pre-match press conference.

football, sports, newcastle, joe-kinnear

Snakes, spiders found in parcel

Seeded on Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:49 PM EDT (aol.com.au)

U.S. and Australian authorities are investigating the smuggling of snakes and venomous spiders that were found in a parcel in Sydney.

smuggling, odd, odd-news, sydney, snakes, scorpions

Train kills couple having sex on tracks: Report

Seeded on Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:15 PM EDT (aol.com.au)

A couple who chose to have sex on rail tracks were killed by a freight train in South Africa. The train driver saw the couple from a distance and repeatedly hooted "but they continued with their business".

train, south-africa, odd, odd-news, sowetan

China limits use of Olympians' names online

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:13 AM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves

technology, olympics, china, internet

Anti-pope activists toss condoms at Catholic pilgrims

Seeded on Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:42 PM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

More than 500 anti-pope activists faced off against happy pilgrims in Sydney on Saturday, shouting their distaste at papal policies as thousands of Catholic youth streamed past on their way to an evening address by Pope Benedict XVI.

abortion, religion, sex, pope-benedict-xvi, homosexuality, condom, christianity

Close call with exploding phone

Seeded on Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:31 AM EDT (www.aol.co.nz)

A Nokia cellphone exploded "like a small bomb" scattering pieces 10 metres away in a Christchurch workshop while it was being charged.

new-zealand, odd-news, nokia, cellphone, christchurch

Vet rescues shark

Seeded on Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:25 AM EDT (aol.com.au)

A veterinarian in Australia plunged his arm up to his shoulder into the throat of a rare shark to save the animal after it swallowed a grappling hook.

australia, odd-news, shark, byron-bay, veterinary-surgeon

Together at last, after 70 years

Seeded on Tue May 20, 2008 12:28 PM EDT (aol.co.nz)

They were teenage sweethearts separated by war and sectarian prejudice. Now Phil O'Neill and Joan Dean are about to marry, nearly 70 years after he first intended to propose.

odd, odd-news, relationships, world-war

'Sound of Music' plan evokes jarring notes

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 9:19 AM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

Plans to run a hotel out of a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the blockbuster hit movie "The Sound of Music" have triggered fierce resistance from neighbors who fear tourists will tie up traffic and make a nuisance of themselves.

travel, tourism, cinema, salzburg, sound-of-music

9-year old Greek girl carrying her embryonic twin

Seeded on Thu May 15, 2008 8:54 AM EDT (aol.com.au)

A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said.

odd-news, greece, embryonic-twin

American plane lost panel on flight last month

Seeded on Thu May 8, 2008 12:52 PM EDT (aol.com.au)

American Airlines is investigating how a jet bound for Paris lost a panel from its belly shortly after taking off from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport before continuing on across the Atlantic.

paris, american-airlines, odd-news, dallas, aviation

NYT columnist Friedman hit by pie at Brown university

Seeded on Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:38 PM EDT (aol.com.au)

A student faces disciplinary action after two people threw green whipped cream pies at New York Times columnist and author Thomas L. Friedman as he began an Earth Day speech at Brown University.

new-york-times, us-news, thomas-friedman, earth-day, brown-univeristy, world-is-flat

Soviet Internet domain name resists death

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:44 PM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

The Soviet Union may be in the dustbin of history, but there's one place the socialist utopia lives on: cyberspace.

technology, russia, internet, soviet-union, domain, websites

Helmut Kohl plans to remarry

Seeded on Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:12 AM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is planning to remarry. He plans to wed 43-year-old economist Maike Richter.

germany, helmut-kohl, world-news, chancellor, maike-richter

Handcuffed suspect escapes cops by stealing their car

Seeded on Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:24 AM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

Australian police are searching for a burglary suspect who escaped custody by stealing a police car - despite being handcuffed.

arrest, australia, police, odd, burglary, odd-news

Obama bin Laden??

Seeded on Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:48 PM EDT (aol.com.au)

A journalist during a press conference asked Barack Obama whether he could envision sending many more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, where "Obama bin Laden is still at large."

afghanistan, politics, odd, news, barack-obama, osama-bin-laden

Shane Warne's car hits tram

Seeded on Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:28 PM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

Retired Aussie cricketer Shane Warne's black Mercedes took a hit after a run-in with a Melbourne tram.

sports, world, australia, mercedes, cricket, sport, shane-warne, road-mishap

Boycotts don't work: Sebastian Coe

Seeded on Wed Apr 9, 2008 10:58 AM EDT (www.aol.co.au)

Sebastian Coe, who competed at the boycotted 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won gold medals at both, says even a 'cursory glance' at history reveals how futile they are.

sports, olympics, britain, athletics, track-and-field, sebastian-coe

Condom factory to help preserve the Amazon rain forest

Seeded on Mon Apr 7, 2008 11:26 PM EDT (aol.com.au)

Brazil has inaugurated a condom factory that officials say will help hundreds of poor Brazilian rubber tappers make a living while helping to preserve the Amazon rain forest.

brazil, environment, odd-news, condom, amazon-rainforest

US soldier's widow has his sperm extracted after death in quest to have his child

Seeded on Mon Apr 7, 2008 7:43 PM EDT (aol.com.au)

A soldier's widow has succeeded in having sperm taken from his body and frozen four days after he was slain in Iraq, though medical experts said it's highly unlikely she would be able to bear his child.

iraq, georgia, odd-news, us-army, sperm