02/09/2010 at 18:57:20 - A man sailing the sea in a bath tub, mud sculptures and an ugly fish who finds love - it's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

30/08/2010 at 08:54:53 - A council in southern France has found a novel way of controlling the creeping advance of nature. It employs sheep.

30/08/2010 at 04:33:42 - Residents of the Polish city of Krakow have attempted to break the world record for the longest pizza in the world.

27/08/2010 at 15:59:01 - A group of Ohio strippers protest in bikinis outside a church whose members want to put their strip club out of business.

26/08/2010 at 19:23:26 - Nasa's Kepler space telescope detects two large planets orbiting a star some 2,000 light-years from Earth.

26/08/2010 at 16:59:54 - A Las Vegas casino agrees to pay a $250,000 (£162,127) fine for allowing a high-stakes gambler to dance on a card table during a game.

02/09/2010 at 15:21:01 - Thousands of lorries are stuck in a 75-mile traffic jam on a motorway heading towards Beijing.

02/09/2010 at 12:21:01 - An evening newspaper has come up with an ingenious way to beat a League One football club's ban on photographers.

01/09/2010 at 16:21:01 - A Chinese lingerie company has unveiled a new range of underwear featuring a Princess of Wales lookalike model on the 13th anniversary of her death.

01/09/2010 at 15:21:01 - Vuvuzelas have been shown a red card by European football's ruling body amid fears they could damage the game's "magic".

01/09/2010 at 11:21:01 - A woman's decomposing body has been found wedged inside the chimney of her lover's home after she tried to sneak into his house.

31/08/2010 at 17:21:01 - A daredevil French circus star has performed the UK's highest wirewalk across Newport's river footbridge.

Today at 12:42:00 - BERLIN (Reuters) - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences.

Today at 11:03:00 - TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese man drove the wrong way down an expressway for 90 kilometres (55 miles) and broke through five police barricades because his cat had died, he told police.

Today at 09:39:54 - Thousands of lorries are stuck in a 75-mile traffic jam on a motorway heading towards Beijing.

Today at 09:01:00 - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput is blaming the sharp teeth of a rodent for robbing him of his shot at glory on home soil at next month's Commonwealth Games.

Today at 02:48:00 - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet gia ...

Today at 11:57:53 - Panda dog, buffalo boy, revolving house, and banana vending machine.

Today at 11:10:55 - A massive school of sharks were spotted by a rescue helicopter just metres off the beach on the Sunshine coast.

Today at 10:45:55 - A council has shut down a pub after gipsies rode five horses into the bar.

Today at 10:38:54 - The Serbian town of Leskovac hosted an unofficial attempt to make the world's largest hamburger.

02/09/2010 at 11:33:01 - A bizarre fish, a hurricane from space, and an orangutan with lion cubs.

02/09/2010 at 06:44:20 - A doctor involved in an on-off relationship suffocated in a chimney after trying to sneak into her boyfriend's home, according to police.

02/09/2010 at 00:46:30 - A man who jumped more than 400ft after leaping off a New York apartment block survived after crashing feet first into a parked car.

Today at 00:00:00 - Somefin tells us this fish won't win any beauty contests.

02/09/2010 at 00:01:00 - This hulking American football hero is not afraid of taking a few hard knocks - just don't mess with his precious hair!

02/09/2010 at 00:00:00 - Food hygiene inspectors shut down their own canteen - because it was infested with creepy-crawlies.

02/09/2010 at 00:00:00 - With his scruffy sleeping bag and blanket, Daniel Terry looks for all the world like a helpless vagrant.

01/09/2010 at 00:01:00 - Think your partner lacks staying power? Clock these sexual mileage figures and you really will be gasping for breath...

01/09/2010 at 00:00:00 - A woman who attempted to sneak into her lover's home by sliding down the chimney was found dead in the flue.

Today at 13:21:02 - Indonesian Toddler Who Smoked Up To 2 Packs Of Cigarettes A Day Kicks The Habit

Today at 08:21:02 - Snakes In A Bag: Malaysian Smuggler Guilty Over 95 Live Boas Found In Burst Luggage At Airport

02/09/2010 at 19:21:02 - Ryan Seacrest and Larry King will be leading celebrations for "Beverly Hills Day" on September 2, 2010, or "09-02-10" -- the city's famous zip code.

02/09/2010 at 15:21:05 - Ohio Woman Getting Used To Impatient Babies After Giving Birth A 2nd Time On Drive To Hospital

02/09/2010 at 15:21:05 - Homeless Man Calls 911 From Hot Tub, Asks For Towels, Hug, Hot Chocolate

02/09/2010 at 14:21:02 - The infamous smoking toddler's mother checked him into rehab and is optimistic her son will quit smoking for good.

Today at 13:16:09 - Climate Change sceptic changes his mind, chupacabras blamed for 300 goat beheadings, plus hotel rooms for virtual girlfriends

02/09/2010 at 12:58:04 - NYC tap water crammed with crustaceans, dead flowers accused of arson, and Darwin's secret role in future colonisation of Mars

01/09/2010 at 11:22:50 - Woman dies stuck in boyfriend's chimney, Serbia's testicle-eating festival, and a stocky dragon with fearsome claws

31/08/2010 at 11:34:52 - Christians could learn from heavy metal, drunk baboons, and never-ending job nears end

30/08/2010 at 15:19:02 - Piranha caught in Thames, doctors brawl in delivery room, plus Castro claims Osama Bin Laden is a CIA agent

27/08/2010 at 12:31:57 - A map of swooping magpie activity around Melbourne, robots controlled by GM frog-insect nose, plus whisky made from urine

Today at 12:00:56 - funny graphs - Hogwarts. A+ for SPELLS, C- for SPELLING

02/09/2010 at 20:01:36 - awesome infographic - 600 Hanna-Barbera Characters

02/09/2010 at 18:00:47 - funny graphs - Wait, Everyone Didn't Just Sneak Out?

02/09/2010 at 16:00:10 - funny graphs - That's Because She Put It Back.

02/09/2010 at 14:00:23 - funny graphs - I like you. But I Don't 'Like' Like You.

02/09/2010 at 12:00:15 - funny graphs - And By 'Old' You Mean What, The Eighties?

01/09/2010 at 22:00:44 - awesome music typography - Epic Typography: Daft Portrait

01/09/2010 at 18:00:58 - funny graphs - I Swear My Laptop Is Guilt-Tripping Me

01/09/2010 at 16:00:18 - funny graphs - Hey, It's Good Enough For Jared!

Today at 11:41:32 - By 2010-09-03T10:41:32Z JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's smoking toddler has kicked the habit....

Today at 05:23:58 - By 2010-09-03T04:23:58Z KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage convey ...

02/09/2010 at 14:05:52 - By 2010-09-02T13:05:52Z BETHEL, Ohio (AP) -- For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital....

02/09/2010 at 06:30:47 - By 2010-09-02T05:30:47Z BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) -- A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for tresp ...

01/09/2010 at 20:24:36 - By 2010-09-01T19:24:36Z SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Police said a 37-year-old man driving a dump truck led them on an hour-long chase over roads, rails and yards in the Syracuse area that ended wi ...

Today at 11:03:00 - AFP - TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese man drove the wrong way down an expressway for 90 kilometres (55 miles) and broke through five police barricades because his cat had died, he told police.

Today at 02:49:00 - AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the Inter ...

Today at 01:37:00 - The Canadian Press - CALGARY - Rain, snow, sleet and hail may not stop the mail from getting through, but dive-bombing birds sure will.

02/09/2010 at 20:34:00 - The Canadian Press - HELENA, Mont. - Two young goats that wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent two days high above a highway were hungry but safe when they were plucked to safet ...

02/09/2010 at 19:24:00 - Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Finance Ministry Thursday acknowledged it was defrauded out of more than 160,000 euros ($204,800) earlier this year by an employee of the ministry unit that h ...

Today at 08:25:01 - A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban US home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.

Today at 03:17:01 - A dancing dog from Chile is the latest video to go mega on YouTube.

Today at 02:08:00 - Contact between 33 Chilean miners trapped for weeks underground and the outside world took an irreverent twist on Thursday, as the men passed dirty jokes to the surface - and the Pope sent down b ...

02/09/2010 at 23:50:18 - Prince Charles, Britain's heir-to-throne, has a woolly idea or two about how vintage clothes, recycling and the fashion industry can help protect the planet.

02/09/2010 at 23:16:00 - Divers who found what's believed to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne say they have also discovered two-centuries-old bottles of beer at a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.

Today at 08:19:02 - The White House on Thursday tried to rule out the chances of a new economic stimulus package as the economic indicators stay on the downside in the recent weeks. - (AHN)

02/09/2010 at 23:27:57 - The United States led coalition forces in southwestern Afghanistan including Helmand province have significantly reduced corruption in the region, a top-level army commander in the region told journal ...

02/09/2010 at 22:30:42 - The Sundance Channel is moving into fashion. The TV channel that’s known for airing movies and independent films announced today the network plans to develop a multiplatform fashion and style franchis ...

02/09/2010 at 21:49:59 - The GO International collections at Target are still best-sellers for the retail giant. The next designer to be featured is designer Gaby Basora, whose collection, Tucker for Target, will launch on Se ...

02/09/2010 at 20:27:08 - The bidding war for data storage company 3Par ended Thursday with Hewlett-Packard as the winner after rival Dell declined to match its $2.4 billion offer for the company. - (AHN)

Today at 04:21:02 - Just months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, another Gulf oil rig exploded into flames Thursday. ...

02/09/2010 at 22:56:08 - Dams, wetland destruction, and overfishing threaten to wipe out more than 20 percent of Africa's freshwater species, many unique to the continent. Africa - Wetland - Overfis ...

02/09/2010 at 22:36:46 - Though expected to only graze the U.S. coast, Hurricane Earl is the first of many intense storms that could menace the U.S. East Coast this season, one expert says. Hurrica ...

02/09/2010 at 19:21:33 - The world's strongest solid rocket motor revs up, a star nursery is seen in its sharpest view yet, and more in this week's best space pictures. Solid-fuel rocket - Rocket en ...

02/09/2010 at 18:40:15 - The discovery on Madagascar of the new species-given away by its flat snout-is a "Tarzan yell for conservation," a new study says. Madagascar - Tarzan - Africa - Species - E ...

Today at 00:21:02 - Some modern religious leaders believe that Acts of God (a legal, not theological, term) are divine retribution for mankind's wickedness and immorality.

Today at 00:21:02 - Exotic particles called geuneutrinos could reveal secrets behind earthquakes and volcanoes.

31/08/2010 at 00:21:03 - Scientists have caught rat whisker signals on video.

31/08/2010 at 00:21:03 - Not everything about these magical stories are limited to the imagination.

31/08/2010 at 00:21:03 - Straight lines may do the trick on level ground, but zigzags work best on a slope.

30/08/2010 at 19:21:03 - While personal beliefs in witchcraft are benign, the actions some take based on these beliefs can be horrific.

29/08/2010 at 00:21:02 - Pouring champagne at an angle, and keeping it chilled, turns more of the drink's carbon dioxide into bubbles.

02/09/2010 at 19:23:20 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canadian parents are more lenient with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy, according to a new study.

02/09/2010 at 19:20:20 - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet.

01/09/2010 at 19:06:53 - BERNE (Reuters) - Vuvuzelas have been kicked out of European competitions after UEFA said that the controversial plastic trumpets drowned out supporters and detracted from the emotion of the game. ...

01/09/2010 at 18:29:39 - BERLIN (Reuters) - A British airplane en route to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after a 56-year-old woman spilled a hot cup of tea on herself, German police said on Wednesd ...

01/09/2010 at 18:28:50 - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A number of Dutch colleges are considering legal action against the publisher of a move-in guide for new freshmen, after the company included an ad recruiting students for jobs a ...

02/09/2010 at 16:27:00 - A robber who targeted a La Marque Walmart shopper ended up becoming the woman's target practice.

02/09/2010 at 13:36:00 - The father, Nathan Schuler, says if the couple has any more children, they'll have to leave for the hospital a whole lot earlier.

01/09/2010 at 12:36:00 - Firefighters spent five hours late Saturday dismantling the chimney and flue from outside the home to extract the body.

01/09/2010 at 01:38:00 - Forget "Fore!" "Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California. The golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine landed a shot in ...

31/08/2010 at 21:21:00 - Police say a California doctor apparently tried to get into the home of the man she had been dating by sliding down the chimney. Her decomposing body was found there days later.

02/09/2010 at 15:00:16 - Visiting Japan, it is difficult to miss the proliferation of mascots that seem to be everywhere. A recent research team concluded that there are at least 42 different police mascots in Japan, some nat ...

01/09/2010 at 16:25:03 - Japan's Internal Affairs and Communication Ministry is pissed off at the US because baby-monitor chatter from US military families is interfering with official business. Japan houses some 47,000 US fo ...

01/09/2010 at 14:33:04 - A young woman in India was forced into a marriage she didn't agree with by her parents, so she followed what she felt to be the only logical course of action: she got a sex change. The woman, who is i ...

31/08/2010 at 14:04:12 - Super Boy, or Kuàilè Nán Sheng, is a singing contest dedicated solely to male contestants-kind of like a boys-only American Idol. Since its inception in 2007, Super Boy has evolved into a mainstream s ...

30/08/2010 at 16:49:08 - What began on August 14 as a simple traffic jam on the National Highway 207 in northern China's Hebei province has transformed into an 11-day+ jam that may not come undone until sometime in mid Septem ...

02/09/2010 at 11:12:00 - The German husband of ailing 93-year-old Hollywood actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor said he wanted to preserve her body by plastination after she dies, the Bild newspaper reported.

01/09/2010 at 10:37:00 - Hundreds of police and officials in Japan have been deployed to catch a band of monkeys responsible for attacking more than 60 people.

31/08/2010 at 22:27:00 - Hundreds are expected at an outback Queensland town for its International Yabby Races.

30/08/2010 at 04:03:00 - Police charge the man known as the French Spiderman after he climbs to the top of a skyscraper in Sydney.

29/08/2010 at 22:47:00 - A horse from South Australia has won the Betoota Cup at the town's race meeting in far south-west Queensland.

29/08/2010 at 15:01:00 - At least 18 mushroom lovers have been killed in accidents while hunting for their favourite fungi in the mountains and forests of northern Italy.

02/09/2010 at 00:42:02 - AN airline wants to host the first-ever in-flight gay wedding and is searching for a suitable couple to walk down the airoplane aisle.

01/09/2010 at 00:40:36 - A SEX-starved businessman was so hung up on his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him that he paid to recreate her as a lifelike doll.

30/08/2010 at 15:00:00 - BELIEVE it or not, kingmaking Independent MP Bob Katter once sported a haircut now worn by teen pop sensation Justin Bieber.

30/08/2010 at 01:24:45 - SURF'S up for a group of sisters preparing to launch the 15th Nun's Beach surfing competition to fund their beachfront retreat.

27/08/2010 at 00:33:46 - A NEIGHBOUR'S goat was not kidding around when it attacked an 88-year-old man for an hour, putting him in intensive care.

25/08/2010 at 12:14:04 - MOTORCYCLIST cops a hefty fine and loads of ribbing from his mates after being caught riding with a barbie strapped to him.

02/09/2010 at 00:23:23 - The annual outhouse races in this northern Ontario community have been cancelled.

01/09/2010 at 14:38:06 - A British airplane en route to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after a 56-year-old woman spilled a hot cup of tea on herself, German police said on Wednesday.

31/08/2010 at 21:47:20 - British Airways apologized to passengers after an emergency message warning they were about to crash into the sea was played by mistake.

28/08/2010 at 19:55:25 - A ghost hunter in North Carolina was walking along the supposedly haunted train tracks on a 100-metre long trestle when an oncoming train struck and killed him.

28/08/2010 at 16:51:52 - A 30-year-old flight instructor was killed Friday afternoon at a small airport in Boston after he was struck by the propeller of his own plane.

24/08/2010 at 08:11:00 - Star Wars creator George Lucas has filed a $US5 million trademark lawsuit against a company marketing a technology that allows users to control computer applications with their minds.

24/08/2010 at 01:00:00 - A major Japanese airport has been forced to close for hours after the pilot of a small plane forgot to lower his landing gear while touching down.

22/08/2010 at 23:47:00 - Ambulance officers got more than they bargained for during a rescue at Millfield near Cessnock, in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.

20/08/2010 at 03:00:00 - The southern New South Wales town of Moama is changing its name to Motown in November as part of the Movember fundraiser.

17/08/2010 at 22:02:00 - A giant marriage-wrecking carp that eluded fishermen in Britain for decades has been found dead.

16/08/2010 at 09:19:04 - This math test will determine your favorite movie. Amazing! This is pretty damn amazing. Mine turned out to be "Shrek". That's my favorite movie! I was surprised how this worked. Be honest and don't l ...

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15/06/2010 at 12:49:33 - DHAKA (Reuters) - Authorities in soccer crazy Bangladesh on Monday asked all manufacturing factories in and around the capital Dhaka to suspend operations each evening until the end of the World Cup i ...

14/06/2010 at 15:47:41 - Men take a fraction of a second to decide if they are attracted to a woman or not - but they should not be called shallow because they are genetically programmed to do so, scientists say. Men weigh up ...

30/06/2010 at 09:57:40 - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Greetings fellow Bizarros: I remember parking when I was a teenager. There was a Lutheran church in my neighborhood that had a very poorly lit parking lot. More than a few of ...

26/06/2010 at 09:53:59 - Saturday, June 26, 2010 Greetings fellow Bizarros: Medical marijuana has been in the news a lot recently. There is a big controversy over how available it should be and who should be allowed to dispen ...

23/06/2010 at 09:53:46 - Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Greetings fellow Bizarros: It may seem like I have been picking on cops recently, but seriously, these are the stories that have been in the news! Like this one about a Chatta ...

19/06/2010 at 09:51:02 - Saturday, June 19, 2010 Greetings fellow Bizarros: Anybody want to get married? Two Montanans repeatedly take marriage vows without the benefit of divorce, but they aren't polygamists; they are proxie ...

16/06/2010 at 09:52:46 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Greetings fellow Bizarros: Boobs. Is there anything they can't do? In this case an American woman was rescued from disaster on a mountain in Germany after she used her size DD ...

25/11/2009 at 02:40:47 - A historic trove of Texas photos was found dumped beneath a Fort Worth bridge, local TV station WFAA reported Sunday. The discarded shots include those of a young George H.W. Bush; Gwendolyn Brooks, a ...

15/11/2009 at 01:19:43 - Start with one delightfully warped science project contest for grown-ups. Add a touch of county fair and a whole lot of tailgating. What do you get? Flying pumpkins. See how they do it at the 24th ann ...

14/11/2009 at 00:16:24 - British media were purring with satisfaction Friday over a kitty kerfuffle in Canada.

10/11/2009 at 23:54:38 - The world's most expensive bottle of beer goes on the auction block Saturday -- just don't expect to drink it. In fact, according to Andrew Aldridge of the British auction house Henry Aldridge and Son ...

04/11/2009 at 22:10:43 - When filmmaker Franny Armstrong found herself surrounded by a group of teenage girls, one of them armed with an iron bar, she knew she needed help. And she got it, from a very unexpected source.