Friday, June 25, 2010

Odd News – Newsletter for June 25, 2010

Friday, June 25, 2010


Here comes the bride, down Aisle 9: Couple weds in Wis. grocery store aisle where they met

Wedding on Aisle 9! Couple weds at Wis. grocery

WAUTOMA, Wis. – Here comes the bride, down Aisle 9.
A Wisconsin couple who met in Aisle 9 of the Copps grocery store in Wautoma last year were married there this week.
Marty Czarnecki says he was working in the store’s liquor aisle when Denise Irvine came in to …. Read the original article  : here.

NH man looks out his front window, sees 300-pound dying moose on his lawn

NH man looks out window, sees dying moose on lawn

MERRIMACK, N.H. – Peering out his front window, a New Hampshire man got an unwelcome sight – a dying moose on his lawn. The 300-pound moose, sitting about 15 feet from the front door of Rob Munroe’s house in Merrimack when he woke up Wednesday morning, … Read more »».

New rest stop for New Hampshire race fans as track opens $1 million bathrooms

NH race fans get $1 million bathrooms
LOUDON, N.H. – New Hampshire Motor Speedway officials are flush with excitement.

In addition to a big NASCAR race this weekend, crowds of campers will have access to a new $1 million bathroom.
The Frank Webb Bath Center is being dubbed “the most expensive bathroom in New Hampshire.” The toilets and …. Source  : New rest stop for New Hampshire race fans as track opens $1 million bathrooms.

Malaysian woman charged with smuggling heroin in her bra at a bus terminal

Malaysian charged with smuggling heroin in her bra

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A 43-year-old Malaysian woman was charged with smuggling heroin in her bra. Drug trafficking carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction. Prosecutor Raya Hazeelia Mohammad said Harini Che Soh was charged in a court in eastern Terengganu state Wednesday. No plea was recorded.
Raya Hazeelia … Read more >>.

Tenn. police say at least 10 ‘angry women’ detain accused changing room peeper at thrift store

‘Angry women’ detain accused changing room peeper

CHURCH HILL, Tenn. – Police say 10 “angry women” detained an accused changing room peeper at a thrift store in East Tennessee until officers arrived. Twenty-year-old Bradley J. Wallen was charged with two misdemeanors, observation without consent and photographing in violation of privacy.
Church Hill police chief Mark Johnson told …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Tenn. police say at least 10 ‘angry women’ detain accused changing room peeper at thrift store.

County in Washington state plans blood sucking to bring awareness to mosquito control

Wash. county plans blood drive to fight mosquitoes

WEST RICHLAND, Wash. – A county in Washington state is promoting mosquito control awareness by doing some blood sucking of its own.
The Benton County Mosquito Control District is hosting a blood drive Friday at its West Richland office as part of National Mosquito Control Awareness Week, which runs …. Read the original article  : here.

Tenn. woman charged with DUI utters ‘only’ 3 drugs would show on blood test

Woman charged with DUI names drugs test would show

KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Police said a woman being charged with DUI voluntarily uttered that blood being drawn for testing would show positive for “only” a few drugs. Sullivan County jailers said 35-year-old Bobbie K. Cato posted bond after an amount was set Thursday morning in court. She …. Original article  : Tenn. woman charged with DUI utters ‘only’ 3 drugs would show on blood test.

Feline the long arm of the law: Court says woman driving with 15 cats presented serious risk

Driven to distraction: 15 cats in car is too risky

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer acted correctly when he seized 15 cats from a woman who was driving with the animals running free inside her car.
In a 3-2 decision Thursday, the justices ruled that the felines … Original source on Gaea Times at : Feline the long arm of the law: Court says woman driving with 15 cats presented serious risk.

Parents brawl at Southern California kindergarten graduation ceremony; school locked down

Parent brawl erupts at CA kindergarten graduation

VICTORVILLE, Calif. – Authorities say two women have been arrested following a parents’ brawl that interrupted a Southern California kindergarten graduation ceremony.
School officials placed Puesta del Sol Elementary in the desert town of Victorville on lockdown Wednesday morning after a fight broke out among a group of parents.
The San … Read more : Parents brawl at Southern California kindergarten graduation ceremony; school locked down.

Man passes out at Fla. beach on pool float, drifts a mile from shore in Gulf of Mexico

Man drifts a mile into Gulf off Fla. on pool float

BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. – A man who apparently passed out on a pool float at a Tampa area beach ended up drifting about a mile from Florida’s shore in the Gulf of Mexico.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the man, identified as Jerry Whipple, on Wednesday …. Original source  : Man passes out at Fla. beach on pool float, drifts a mile from shore in Gulf of Mexico.

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