The Other Side of Life 24/7: Reuters Oddly Enough Report

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Reuters Oddly Enough Report

Click to View in Browser

03/26/2014

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

German woman, dead six months, found in front of TV

BERLIN (Reuters) - The corpse of a 66-year-old German woman who died more than six months ago was found in her apartment, in front of a television set that was still on, the Frankfurter Neue Presse newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Before you go to court, ask the witchdoctor, says Kenya's top judge

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A frustrated chief justice told Kenyans on Tuesday that even witchdoctors could help them resolve their disputes without taking each other to the overburdened courts.

Former Animal Planet TV host sentenced for illegal lizard sale

(Reuters) - Donald Schultz, the former host of a popular Animal Planet TV show featuring some of the world's most deadly creatures, was sentenced in a California federal court on Tuesday to community service and $9,000 in fines for selling two endangered lizards online.

Icelander goes into currency cyberspace, central bank frowns

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland grew a little richer on Tuesday, at least in cyberspace, with the launch of a virtual currency its pseudonymous founder hopes will circumvent the island's capital controls and eventually replace the crown.

Wall St. arbitrator booted for fake credentials heard nearly 40 cases

(Reuters) - The outcomes of nearly 40 securities arbitration cases dating back more than 15 years and involving some of Wall Street's most well-known brokerages could be compromised because one of the arbitrators who heard them allegedly lied about being a lawyer.

Water buffaloes escape Sydney film set, race down busy street

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two water buffaloes startled residents of an inner-Sydney suburb on Tuesday morning, as they pelted 2 km (1.2 miles) down a city street past disbelieving pedestrians, while car drivers scurried to get out of the way.

Connecticut chimp attack victim seeks right to sue state

HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A woman whose face and hands were ripped off by a friend's pet chimpanzee in 2009 came to the Connecticut State Capitol on Friday to ask permission to sue the state for $150 million in damages.

Couple in U.S. lived on yacht, collected welfare: prosecutor

(Reuters) - A couple who collected food stamps and other public assistance from Minnesota while living on a yacht in Florida were being sought on fraud charges, prosecutors said on Friday.

Find of the century? U.S. scrap dealer finds $20 million Faberge egg

LONDON (Reuters) - When a scrap metal dealer from U.S. Midwest bought a golden ornament at a junk market, it never crossed his mind that he was the owner of a $20 million Faberge egg hailing from the court of imperial Russia.

Book on awkward dating problem gets odd book award

LONDON (Reuters) - A tongue-in-cheek book that purports to deal with an awkward but critical issue, "How to Poo on a Date", scooped an award for the Oddest Book Title of the Year on Friday.