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  • Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors (AP)   - 

    A polar bear, its fur stained with algae, stands in its cage at Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, central Japan, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Three polar bears at the zoo changed their colors in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae, prompting many questions from visitors concerned about whether the animals are sick or carrying mold, a zoo official said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Shuzo Shikano)AP - Green-colored polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo.


  • Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise (AP)   - AP - Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert ? the sooner the better.
  • Illinois kindergarten golfer has ace (AP)   - AP - Look out Tiger Woods, 5-year-old Drew Gray's got game.
  • NJ cops kick in door over bird's cries for help (AP)   - 

    Evelyn DeLeon holds her umbrella cockatoo Luna in Trenton, N.J.,Thursday, Sept. 4. 2008. A persistent cry of 'Help me! Help me!' coming from DeLeon's Trenton house turned out to be from the bird. Neighbors called police, who knocked in the door. Inside, they found the cockatoo with a convincing call.(AP Photo/ Michael Mancuso/Trenton Times )AP - Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house. Officers arrived and when no one answered the door, they kicked it in to make a rescue.


  • Man in wheelchair robs Texas 7-Eleven of condoms (AP)   - AP - A robber rolled into a Dallas convenience store came armed with a bat and a knife. He left with a lot of condoms and an energy drink.
  • "Robin Hoods" steal at the store, give to the poor? (Reuters)   - Reuters - Greek anarchists stormed a supermarket on Thursday and handed out food for free in the latest of a wave of raids provoked by soaring consumer prices.
  • Tycoon jailed 2 hours for organ trading: paper (Reuters)   - Reuters - Singapore retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung was Wednesday jailed for two hours and fined S$17,000 ($11,850) for lying to get approval for a kidney transplant and for organ trading, the Straits Times newspaper said.
  • Nudist vows to hike on after jail (Reuters)   - Reuters - A naked German hiker has vowed to carry on rambling in the nude despite spending 10 days in jail for breaking public nudity laws.
  • Ancient bronze mirrors stolen from museum (Reuters)   - Reuters - A bronze mirror that is more than 1,600 years old was stolen from a museum in Dunhuang in northwest China's Gansu Province, the Xinhua news agency said Wednesday, citing a museum curator.
  • Police hunt high-speed skateboard outlaw (Reuters)   - Reuters - Police are trying to track down a man filmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of south German motorway at 100 km an hour (62 mph), far above the speed limit.
  • Greek postmen beat zombies to win oddest book title (Reuters)   - 

    Two women read books in this file image taken October 18, 2005. REUTERS/Alex GrimmReuters - "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" benefited from a late surge in public support to win the title on Friday of oddest book title of the past 30 years, The Bookseller magazine said.


  • MP in jungle cocaine search drama (Reuters)   - 

    MP Michael Fabricant, Conservative member for Lichfield in Staffordshire, in an undated photo. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - A British MP trekking in Colombia was held at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffee whitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook it for cocaine.


  • Pole dancers model lingerie at NY Fashion Week (Reuters)   - 

    Models present creations at the Yummie Tummie by Heather Thomson Spring 2009 collection during New York Fashion Week September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Lingerie creator Heather Thomson got a jump-start on the New York Fashion Week, turning to some of the city's best pole dancers to display her new line of Yummie Tummie underwear on Thursday.


  • Vienna's dancing horses get first female riders (Reuters)   - Reuters - Two women have made history at Vienna's Spanish Riding School by becoming the first female riders to pass the entrance exam in 436 years.
  • Musical taste "defines personality" (Reuters)   - 

    A man plays the saxophone in New York's Central Park October 12, 2007. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Fans of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves.


  • Team dumps logo near buttocks after 70-0 loss (AP)   - AP - The Idaho Vandals football team is dumping the letter "I" from the buttocks region of players' new pants following a season-opening 70-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats.
  • Japan PM parting shot T-shirt a hit (Reuters)   - 

    Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda bows at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) parliamentarian meeting at the party's headquarters in Tokyo September 3, 2008. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was unpopular with voters but T-shirts printed with his huffy parting shot are now a hit.


  • W.Va. man accused of drunk driving on a tractor (AP)   - AP - A Charleston man faces drunken driving charges after police spotted him riding a farm tractor on a highway without lights or proper warning signs. Kanawha County sheriff's deputies arrested 22-year-old Joshua David Postalwait early Friday morning.
  • Taiwan county shuts last legal brothel (Reuters)   - 

    File image of a Taiwanese prostitute in her brothel in Taipei on March 27, 2001. REUTERS/Simon KwongReuters - Authorities in central Taiwan have turned off the red light at the county's last legal brothel after the death of its pimp aged 87, newspapers said on Friday.


  • Hey! You have a snake hanging from your car! (AP)   - AP - Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home? The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that biochemical engineer Marika Suominen-Yeh got the surprise of her life last week when a motorist flagged her down after seeing a snake drop from beneath her minivan.
 
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