Odd News

VALLEJO, Calif. - The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site.

SALEM, Ore. - Oregon police have charged a man with drunk driving after he called police to report his marijuana as stolen.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - A Florida thief with a peculiar penchant for Rolex watches faces up to 25 years in prison.

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time.

OKLAHOMA CITY - It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant?

ENID, Okla. - An Oklahoma couple driving home from church hit an animal - a really big one.

PARIS (AFP) - Paris's Louvre museum on Thursday launched an application giving Apple iPhone and iPod touch users access to its collections.

NEW DELHI (AFP) - A 12-year-old has scored 439 runs in a school cricket tournament in Mumbai that was used as a launch pad for the career of current Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar, local media reported on Thursday.

LONDON (AFP) - An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard during a debate at Britain's Cambridge University, the quick-thinking student who caught the shoe said Thursday.

MADISON, Wis. - Liberian immigrant Mansfield Neblett just wanted to wear his big yellow triangular "cheesehead" hat to President Barack Obama's speech at a middle school in Wisconsin, the self-proclaimed "dairy state.'

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - South African Judge Richard Goldstone's name may be infamous in Israel, but in the Gaza Strip it is sewn onto souvenir Palestinian headscarves in honour of his controversial war inquiry.

MODIIN, Israel (AFP) - A morning commute seems like a good time to embark on an ambitious train of thought.

PARIS (AFP) - Top French chefs have taken their art into the Paris underground, cooking up a treat for a crowd of commuters in a bid to prove haute cuisine can be cheap and simple.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A legion of male admirers found her irresistible before her death but Marilyn Monroe has not been able to exert the same kind of pull in the afterlife.

BEDFORD, Pa. - In exchange for jail time, a woman and her adult daughter have agreed to stand outside a courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday.

TODOS SANTOS CUCHUMATAN, Guatemala (Reuters) - Despite a drinking ban mayhem erupted at a traditional Mayan horse race on Sunday with riders falling off their horses and drunken spectators stumbling through the mountain village.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic.

HONG KONG (AFP) - A man who wore women's clothing to use his dead wife's gym membership has appeared in a Hong Kong court, a report said Tuesday.

SYDNEY (AFP) - A seven-year-old Australian boy "redefined the word lucky" Tuesday when he managed to escape from an out-of-control car moments before it plunged off a cliff, police said.

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AFP) - The governor of the US-administered Northern Mariana Islands is driving himself after his chauffeur-bodyguard pleaded guilty to dealing drugs from the official car.

VIENNA, Austria - The coach of an Austrian women's handball team has resigned after going on court to stop an opposing player from scoring in a Champions League game last week.

WARSAW, Poland - A critic of President Lech Kaczynski has bought a fountain pen that malfunctioned when the Polish leader signed the European Union reform treaty.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery.

LONDON (Reuters) - Two guardians of Britain's historic Tower of London have been suspended after a female colleague, the first woman warden in their 524-year history, accused them of harassment.

By Ralph Jennings

TERRACE PARK, Ohio - A Halloween trick or treater in Ohio may have gotten a bigger treat than expected - a diamond ring.