Cyclist accident makes waves on the Web
The story of a San Francisco cyclist who plowed into a pedestrian on March 29 and then apparently took to a bicycle blog forum to tell his side of the story is blowing up on the Web. Chris Bucchere allegedly struck 71-year-old Sutchi Hui—who later died—at a busy San Francisco intersection, and then identified himself
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Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
MABALACAT, Philippines (Reuters) – Hundreds of barefoot Filipinos marched on roads, carrying heavy wooden crosses and whipping their backs until they bled on Thursday in an annual gory religious ritual as the mainly Catholic Philippines observed near the end of the Lenten season. Many Filipino devotees perform religious penance during the week leading up to Easter Sunday as a form of worship and supplication, a practice discouraged by Catholic bishops, but widely believed by devotees to cleanse sins, cure illness and even grant wishes. …
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Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
This week’s Odd News video
This week’s Odd News lead story is about UK mother, Danielle Young, and the recently released ultrasound image of her 5 million-to-one pregnancy. Young has a rare condition known as uterus didelphys, or double uterus, and became pregnant with twins, one in each womb. Researchers have said that historically there are fewer than a hundred
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‘Oaksterdam University’ pot-growing school raided by DEA agents (with expired tags)
U.S. marshals on Monday, along with federal agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and Internal Revenue Service, raided a Bay Area medical marijuana training facility known as “Oaksterdam University.” The university, in Oakland, Calif., offers training classes to people seeking to become legal medical marijuana providers under California state law. “Clearly, they’re trying to
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‘Oaksterdam University’ pot-growing school raided by DEA agents (with expired tags)
April Fools’ Day: The history of the holiday
Consider yourself warned. Sunday is April Fools’ Day, a day when you are encouraged to pull pranks on loved ones, co-workers, casual acquaintances, and even that one guy at the bus stop. It’s an odd tradition, but how did it get started? What’s the history of April Fools’ Day, anyway? Nobody is completely sure about
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Highway to the cuddle zone: Harry the baby pygmy hippo
Meet Harry the hippo, a baby pygmy so small the average person could carry him around with ease. Harry, named after Britain’s Prince Harry, was born last week at the Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa, the Star reports. His handlers are being forced to hand-rear Harry after his mother Hilda refused to feed him.
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Highway to the cuddle zone: Harry the baby pygmy hippo
Borat anthem played during actual Kazakh gold medal ceremony
A gold medal-winning athlete on Kazakhstan’s shooting team was unintentionally dishonored after organizers of a competition in Kuwait mistakenly played a parody of Kazakhstan’s national anthem from the movie “Borat” during the event’s awards ceremony. When Maria Dmitrienko approached the stage to receive her medal at the 10th Arab Shooting Championship in Kuwait, the fictional
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Borat anthem played during actual Kazakh gold medal ceremony
Pink-haired student invited back to school
(Reuters) – A school that barred a sixth grader after she dyed her hair pink with her parents’ blessing to celebrate her good grades lifted its ban on Tuesday following an outcry from civil rights advocates. After missing three days of classes, pink-haired Brianna Moore headed back to Shue-Medill Middle School in Newark, Delaware, on Tuesday after administrators reversed their decision after a call from the Delaware branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). “We’re on our way right now,” said Kevin Moore as he drove his 12-year-old daughter to school. …
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400-pound gorilla escapes, bites zookeeper at Buffalo Zoo
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) – A 400-pound adult male gorilla escaped his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday, biting a female zookeeper before being tranquilized and captured in what a SWAT team leader called, “the scariest thing I’ve ever done.” Zoo officials said Koga, a 24-year-old silverback gorilla, took advantage of an unlocked door in his living quarters on Monday morning and slipped into the space behind it, used by zoo personnel but closed to the public. …
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400-pound gorilla escapes, bites zookeeper at Buffalo Zoo
Do you have “face blindness?” Are you a “super-recognizer?” Try these new online tests to find out
Prosopagnosia, or face blindness, is a very real medical condition in which an afflicted individual is unable to distinguish facial characteristics of individuals, including friends, family, or even themselves. “60 Minutes” looked into the condition, and in the above video the show documents the rare neurological condition. The reporter even gets the perspective of Dr.
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Do you have “face blindness?” Are you a “super-recognizer?” Try these new online tests to find out