Offbeat - News April 5, 2011

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Verizon iPhone 4 owners experience significantly fewer call drops: survey (examiner)
This is definitely a shocker, as no one could have foreseen this (insert sarcasm here). Verizon iPhone 4 owners are seeing significantly less dropped calls than their AT&T brethren.

Women staffers believe chair got them pregnant (weirdwebtoday)
A chair in a UK hotel is thought to be making female staffers who sit in it pregnant.

The showjumping Cow (telegraph.co.uk)
A 15-year-old girl denied a horse from her parents has turned to a cow to fulfil her riding dreams.

Kid plays with ghosts, pics to prove it (metro.co.uk)
A youngster's ghostly playmate has been caught on camera in a photograph taken on a mobile phone, a family claims.

Face of Elvis found on a bug in Singapore forest (metro.co.uk)
A man has been left all shook up after looking at a bug in the forests of Singapore and finding the face of Elvis staring back at him.

The 132-pound toddler (emirates247)
Lu Hao, who is nearly 4 years old, eats a roast chicken wing at a market in Foshan, Guangdong province.

Woman fined for walking dog while driving car (emirates247)
Picture used for illustrative purposes only. AN elderly disabled woman in Wisconsin was ticketed for allowing her dog to walk free without a leash while she drove behind in a car.

One-legged man trips up robber (emirates247)
A man with a prosthetic leg saved the day at a Boston convenience store when he tripped a robber attempting to escape.

London boot camp held for pint-size 'princesses' (emirates247)
With Britain's royal wedding around the corner, wannabe princesses gathered Saturday at a posh London hotel for a crash course on how to curtsy, what to say to the queen and how keep pesky crumbs off their lips when eating finger sandwiches.

South Korea pulls EU trade deal to fix translation errors (WQAD)
South Korea will withdraw the text of a free trade agreement with the European Union from parliament because it is riddled with translation errors and introduce a new one in the hope of getting it ratified by July, its chief trade official said.

Steve Rogers back as Captain America (KNVA-TV Austin)
The original Cap is coming back. Marvel Comics said Monday that Steve Rogers, the young man who tried but failed to join the Army during World War II only to take a super-soldier serum that turned him into the agile, strong and daring Captain America, will return to the role in "Captain America" No.

Only 201 days later, Apple approves Trapcall caller ID unblocking app (examiner)
Trapcall is a new app on Android, BlackBerry OS, and iOS, which can unblock and reveal the actual caller ID of a blocked call. It can even reveal first and last names when available (and if you buy the correct plan). And, to be honest, it only took a mere 201 days before Apple approved it.

How to have 'the talk' with your son, to prevent a GPU mishap (examiner)
There comes a time in each parent's life when they have to have "the talk" with their children. Sometimes, this video shows, "the talk" is not necessarily about the facts of life.

Woman attacks 'evil' painting (WOTV)
Officials at the National Gallery of Art say a painting by Paul Gauguin is being inspected for damage after it was attacked by a visitor.

The Onion digitizes archives (KXAN-TV Austin)
The satirical paper of record is dipping into its archives. The Onion will announce Monday that it is publishing digitized versions of all its old print editions.

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