http://www.redorbit.com Oddities http://www.redorbit.com/modules/news/images/tools/rss_logo.gif http://www.redorbit.com KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When Ned Kehde talks about Bass Fishing 101, he isn't referring to some introductory course in college. He is defining his primary goal in life. Each time he goes fishing in northeast Kansas, he strives to catch 101 bass. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1459969/fisherman_hopes_to_catch_101_bass__each_time_out/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:10:00 -0500 Oddities If Sacramento wanted a poster couple for its "green city" aspirations, it would be hard to do better than Anne Hartridge and Matt George. The husband and wife bought a home in east Sacramento for easy biking to work and shopping. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1459554/couple_who_let_lawn_die_to_save_water_face_fine/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:00:00 -0500 Oddities DELAND, Fla. (AP) -- A man was charged with battery after he hit his mother in the head with a three-pound package of Polish sausage, police said. Gregory Allen Praeger, 46, was in the kitchen cooking and talking on the phone when officers arrived Saturday night. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1459834/florida_man_hits_mom_in_head_with_sausage/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0500 Oddities A Florida man is facing criminal charges for allegedly chucking a 3-pound container of Polish sausage at his mother's head during an argument, police said. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1460536/man_charged_for_hitting_mom_with_sausage/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:00:05 -0500 Oddities The owners of Moe, a celebrity chimp missing in the mountains of Southern California, say the aging animal is not equipped to survive in the wild. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1458407/chimp_lost_in_southern_calif_mountains/index.html?source=r_oddities Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:09 -0500 Oddities A Texas eighth-grader was charged Thursday with killing the baby boy she gave birth to in a school toilet. Prosecutors had not yet decided whether to charge the 14-year-old as an adult or a juvenile, the Houston Chronicle reported. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1452676/girl_who_gave_birth_in_toilet_charged/index.html?source=r_oddities Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Oddities By St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul. 4--ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 07/04/2008 ALTON -- A dog chewed off an Alton woman's big toe while she napped earlier this week. Linda Floyd, 56, is recovering at St. Anthony's Hospital in Alton. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1463353/brief_dog_chews_off_alton_womans_toe/index.html?source=r_oddities Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:04 -0500 Oddities The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains - a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years. Meredith Smith died in February at age 74. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1463134/pyrotechnicians_cremated_remains_part_of_fireworks_show/index.html?source=r_oddities Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:05 -0500 Oddities By David Hanners, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Jul. 4--When politicians claim scads of people earn a living by selling stuff on eBay, Max P. Sanders probably wasn't the sort of person they had in mind. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1463133/minneapolis_man_charged_with_offering_to_sell_his_presidential_vote/index.html?source=r_oddities Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:05 -0500 Oddities Teen joyrides in stolen police car DILLON, S.C. - Call him the short arm of the law. Police in Dillon, a small town near the North Carolina border, say a 13-year-old with an interest in law enforcement twice stole a police cruiser and took it out to do some patrolling. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1462854/odd_stories/index.html?source=r_oddities Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:00:03 -0500 Oddities By WAYNE PARRY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEA BRIGHT Trapping them in giant cages. Using enormous nets to herd them along. Flying helicopters low over the water, and playing recordings of killer whales. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1462180/wave_of_concern_for_river_dolphins/index.html?source=r_oddities Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0500 Oddities By Shawna Morrison shawna.morrison@roanoke.com 381-1665 It's taken three weeks, three treatments and the removal of a hidden animal carcass, but the fleas are almost gone from the Pulaski County Courthouse. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1461394/court_back_to_pleas_not_fleas/index.html?source=r_oddities Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:00:23 -0500 Oddities By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEA BRIGHT, N.J. - A group of 15 dolphins who have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stay there through the July Fourth weekend, even though a nearby fireworks display draws heavy boat traffic. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1460809/dolphins_to_remain_in_nj_river_for_now/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:00:03 -0500 Oddities No one ever said catfish are smart BERLIN A catfish has apparently choked to death after trying to chow down a soccer ball in the locks of a Bavarian canal. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1460538/the_morning_jolt/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:00:05 -0500 Oddities By ASSOCIATED PRESS SEA BRIGHT A group of 15 dolphins who have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stay there through the July Fourth weekend, even though a nearby fireworks display draws heavy boat traffic. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1460537/dolphins_will_be_left_to_spend_holiday_in_river/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:00:05 -0500 Oddities By Jan Hefler and Troy Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer Jul. 2--SEA BRIGHT, N.J. -- McLoone's Rum Runner, a waterfront restaurant in Monmouth County, is known for its good location near the ocean, a few miles up the Shrewsbury River. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1460254/dolphins_draw_crowds_on_shore/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:00:06 -0500 Oddities By Brian Day -- Photo Gallery: Famed Chimp "Moe" Escapes into Forest -- Photo Gallery: Moe the Chimp missing | 2 -- Video: Moe the Chimp Missing -- Related Articles: Still no Moe at search site | Saga of Moe has lost some of its luster Volunteers searching for Moe are asking the public's help in finding the chimpanzee. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1459383/publics_help_sought_to_find_moe/index.html?source=r_oddities Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:00:03 -0500 Oddities SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST - People searching for Moe the chimp are asking the public's help in finding the domesticated chimpanzee. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1459143/help_sought_in_finding_moe/index.html?source=r_oddities Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:00:03 -0500 Oddities Students who write obscenities in their GCSE English exams can still be awarded marks, a chief examiner said yesterday. One pupil, who wrote "f*** off" on an examination paper, was given two points for spelling it correctly, and conveying a meaning. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1458934/pupil_who_swore_on_examination_paper_scored_two_marks_for/index.html?source=r_oddities Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:00:03 -0500 Oddities The Amsterdam police said 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus yesterday after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1457889/giraffe_helps_camels_zebras_pigs_flee_circus/index.html?source=r_oddities Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:00:05 -0500 Oddities A Briton selling his "entire life" online following the break-up of his marriage yesterday agreed a Pounds 200,000 fee. Ian Usher, 44, who emigrated to Australia six years ago, decided to sell his house, car, job and even his friends to the highest buyer in an effort to make a fresh start. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1457366/no_regrets_as_briton_auctions_entire_life_online_for_pounds/index.html?source=r_oddities Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:03 -0500 Oddities By Associated Press PERTH, Australia (AP) -- A man who auctioned his life -- his house, his car, his job, even his friends -- on eBay said Monday he is disappointed with the selling price: almost $384,000. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1455917/man_who_auctioned_life_is_disappointed/index.html?source=r_oddities Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:01:11 -0500 Oddities A 24-year-old man with cerebral palsy has walked 830 miles on stilts to raise money to fight the condition. Neil Sauter did the eight-week trek in Michigan, US, and raised pounds 32,000. (c) 2008 Daily Record; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1455564/830mile_stilt_trek/index.html?source=r_oddities Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:00:32 -0500 Oddities It was a saltwater crocodile, a man-eating species that can grow to 15ft. This one was still a baby at 2ft and appeared friendly, but the folk in the Noonamah Tavern played it safe and taped its mouth. Sarah Sparre, the barmaid, said: "It's not every day you see something like that. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1453320/a_crocodile_walks_into_a_bar_and_entertains_drinkers/index.html?source=r_oddities Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:49 -0500 Oddities By Kathy Marks Not much happens in the Northern Territory town of Noonamah (population 483), so when a crocodile wandered into the pub car park, the drinkers invited it in. It was a saltwater crocodile, a man-eating species that can grow to 15ft. http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1453024/a_crocodile_goes_into_a_bar_so_the_drinkers_snap/index.html?source=r_oddities Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:01:09 -0500 Oddities