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The World's Hairiest Girl: Popularity at A Price (weirdasianews)
The Guinness Book of Records has dubbed an eleven-year-old girl from Thailand with the dubious honor of being the "World's Hairiest Girl." Supatra Sasuphan has lived a life of isolation and torment at the hands of other children who called her ' monkey face ' and 'wolf girl' and other terrible epithets.

No strings attached: Puppets robbed in Hawaii (Denver Post)
Thieves broke into a performing arts organization's van and stole three puppets worth $10,000, cutting the company's cast in half in the middle of a popular tour and prompting workers to frantically dig through trash bins in search of the missing characters.

Indonesian lawmaker resigns after porn scandal
Indonesian lawmaker resigns after porn scandal (WKYC-TV Cleveland)
A conservative Indonesian lawmaker who helped pass a controversial anti-pornography law resigned Monday after he was caught watching explicit videos on his computer during a parliamentary session.

Feral chickens running wild in New Orleans (KAUZ-TV Wichita Falls)
While chicken of the cooked variety - like that seen here being taken care of by New Orleanian Jesse Reilly in 2006 - may be more famous in New Orleans, wild chickens have begun to proliferate in the city.

Woman Found Dead After Duluth Shed Fire (WCCO)
The body of a 30-year-old Duluth woman has been found in the charred remains of a shed owned by her father.

Big Cat Burglars: Break-in at Chicago Lion House (13WMAZ-TV)
Burglars have caused an uproar at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo by breaking into the Kovler Lion House.

U.S. hit with fire, water and ice
U.S. hit with fire, water and ice (CNN)
Middle East unrest After revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, political upheaval roils countries across the Arab world Budget showdown U.S. lawmakers face a government shutdown if they don't come up with spending plan for rest of 2011 Gotta Watch Check out the videos that are making news and igniting conversation today Attack on Libya A multinational ...

New app calculates calories through photos of food (WGNO)
Worried about how many calories you are going to consume in that slice of pizza, chocolate cake or bag of fries? A new iPhone application may help.

Tax officials summon dead writer (weirdwebtoday)
Russian tax officials apologized to the family of famous writer Vasily Aksyonov after they summoned him to be interviewed as a witness even though he was already dead.

Actor dies 5 times in 24 hours (abc.au)
In line with local custom, Law received several red packets with a token amount of money for good fortune after his characters were killed off.

Porcupines Poised to Be a Public Enemy in Pa.
Porcupines Poised to Be a Public Enemy in Pa. (13WMAZ-TV)
Pennsylvania hunting regulators say it's time to stick it to porcupines. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is poised to declare open season on the slow-moving, razor-sharp rodents on Tuesday, citing complaints of property damage from residents.

Doctor Arrested For Diving While Drunk And Asleep (Anorak)
GP Donald Stuart Clegg is appearing at Bury magistrates' court, having beenA arrested by police in Prestwich for, apparently, driving while intoxicated and asleep.

Football team pulled over for autograph (web.orange.co.uk)
Football stars have told how they were pulled over by a police car with sirens blaring - so they could sign autographs for a besotted WPC.

'Aliens exist' say real-life X-Files (thesun.co.uk)
The top secret memos appear to back up conspiracy theories that extra-terrestrials landed in the US town of Roswell - before they were sent to the infamous Area 51 US airbase.

Four killed in northern Missouri in apparent murder-suicide (Kansas City Star)
Authorities say a man in the midst of a divorce apparently killed his estranged wife and two acquaintances before committing suicide in rural northern Missouri.The Mercer County Sheriff's Office identified the shooter Sunday as 50-year-old John Hufford and the victims as 37-year-old-Misty Hufford, 33-year-old Waylon Wages and 41-year-old Lisa ...

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