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Monday, December 23, 2013

Reuters Oddly Enough Report

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12/23/2013

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

The year that was: The good, the bad and the funny

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden congratulated the wrong man on being elected mayor of Boston and college football star Manti Te'o publicly mourned the death of a girlfriend who never was.

Seattle girl escapes serious injury when glasses deflect bullet

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A teenage girl avoided serious injury when her glasses deflected a bullet fired during a drive-by shooting at her Seattle home, police said on Sunday.

Cricket holy war on as Anglicans accept Vatican challenge

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Let the holy war begin. The holy war of cricket, that is.

Cargo of bananas caught in New Jersey legal limbo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cargo ship with 110,000 cartons of overripe bananas will remain docked at a U.S. port while their owner and the shipping company battle in court over who let them go brown.

Israeli woman appeals rabbinical ruling she must circumcise son

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli woman appealed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday against a rabbinical ruling that ordered her to circumcise her one-year-old son, the Justice Ministry said, in the first case of its kind.

Million-dollar Picasso sold at charity raffle for 100 euros

PARIS (Reuters) - A million-dollar drawing by Pablo Picasso was snapped up on Wednesday by a 25 year-old American art lover at a online charity raffle for a mere 100 euros ($140).

Egypt apologies for constitution banner blunder

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has apologized for a banner promoting the new constitution that misspelt the word "Egyptians" and carried images of foreigners instead of locals, embarrassing the government as it tries to rally support for the document.

Atlanta high school student suspended for hugging teacher: TV

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A suburban Atlanta high school student has been suspended for a year for hugging a teacher, a television station reported.

Arrested in Islamic Pakistan for reading the Koran: Ahmadi sect under siege

LAHORE (Reuters) - A 72-year-old British doctor is in prison in Pakistan for "posing as a Muslim", charges that reveal an escalating ideological fight that often spills over into violence.

U.S. parrot rescuers struggle to keep up with unwanted birds

HOPE VALLEY, Rhode Island (Reuters) - Like many a first-time parrot keeper, Marc Johnson had little idea what was in store when he got a bird to keep him company while he worked in his pottery studio.