Provides the latest RSS feeds for Weird News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tucson Post.com http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/cat/76fb320dcacdad95/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 14:37:10 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:37:10 -0400 30 A woman from Newport, South Wales, has developed a peculiar condition in which she cleans and tidies the house while she is still sleeping. Claire Bartlett, 50, has an odd habit of doing the dishes, dusting and even shining the windows in a deep slumber, the Sun reported. It started in October 2012, but since she does such a good job of cleaning up, neither she nor husband Crispin, want to seek ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214682625/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214682625/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 The elderly Villa Hills residents recently received a confession from the beer thief, along with $140 in cash on their back patio, according to Cinncinati.com. The letter was addressed "Dear Homeowner" and read, "Enclosed is a sum of cash that my friends and I owe you and your family to repay you for all of the times we have stolen from your poolside fridge/bar over the past few ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214691227/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214691227/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 While Mary Jane Hart didn't win the $600 million jackpot, she did manage to collect a cool $1 million. She used the numbers of her favorite NASCAR drivers to fill out her ticket, which she checked only after getting a call from work, Jonesboro, Ark., TV station KOIT reported. "Someone had called me and told me that there was a winning ticket sold at the store, so I went to the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214691446/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214691446/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Daniel Dennett, a cheerleader for Darwin and atheism, attracts fierce criticism for his views on free will. He talks about his new book and explains why philosophers have to walk a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214691428/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214691428/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 With the advent of the digital camera, mobile phones and social networking, the world is now drowning in photographic imagery. This raises the question: Can photography survive as an art form in a world where it is ubiquitous? The exhibition of work by Kayo Ume, under the title ';Umekayo,'; at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery offers a partial response to this question, and suggests how ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214691447/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:36 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214691447/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 True the Vote, the nation's leading voters' rights organization, filed suit in federal court in Washington, D.C., against the IRS. True the Vote is asking the court to grant its long-awaited tax-exempt status and is seeking damages for delays in the processing of its application. According to court documents filed by True the Vote, True the Vote's application for tax-exempt status ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214689570/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:38 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214689570/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 CBS News contributor Dr. David Agus, director of the Westside Cancer Center at the University of Southern California, talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about why the cost for a genetic test for breast cancer is so ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214689868/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:03:42 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214689868/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 "I came to Japan for the first time in 1987, when I attended the well-known Japanese Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF), which gathers nuclear scientists from around the world. It takes place in spring when cherry trees blossom, so everything was very beautiful and unusual. I delivered a speech on Chernobyl, and, among other things, Academician Legasov. Some time later, I went to Japan for the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214689869/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:08 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214689869/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Stephen Harper's approach to managing crises - fire, stonewall and punt - was on vintage display as he addressed caucus over the Senate expenses scandal. That approach has served the Prime Minister well in the past. But it may not work this time, because this time is ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214688321/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:17:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214688321/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics closely for signs the U.S. Supreme Court will tighten controls in this area. It's an easy position to sympathize with; how can someone own the rights to a human gene? ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214688322/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:07:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214688322/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 From jewel encrusted mobile phones to USB sticks shaped like human fingers, a new exhibition at a gallery in Hamburg is exposing crimes against ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214688323/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:55:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214688323/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 no equivalent in English . Other words for complicated and difficult-to-convey ideas simply haven't been invented yet. A new website, however, is dragging a bunch of these previously inexpressible words into ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214688324/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:48 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214688324/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Anjan Contractor develop a 3D food printer. Contractor received the six month grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer. The mechanical engineer plans to build ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214686923/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214686923/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Prime Minister Julia Gillard's one hour public forum in western Sydney went from hilarious to emotional and back again. But mostly it went smoothly.Hundreds of people packed the school hall at Regents Park Christian School on Wednesday night as rain poured heavily on activists outside protesting against live cattle exports."No ban, no vote" the protesters chanted as residents from ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214685752/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:55:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214685752/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Justin and Selena attended Cirque's "The Beatles' Love" at The Mirage. Taylor celebrated her eight awards with dinner at Nobu Caesars Palace. Singer and friend Kacey Musgraves accompanied her. Hayden Panettiere and rumored fiance boxer Wladmir Klitschko, DJ Afrojack, Jenny McCarthy and David Arquette were at the season opening of XS' nighttime swim party. Christina ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214684713/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214684713/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Ben Bernanke 's Capitol Hill testimony Wednesday follows lawmakers charging he purposely withheld strategic information from them. Bernanke is to appear before the House-Senate Joint Economic Committee at 10 a.m. This will be followed 4 hours later by the release of the minutes of the central bank's most recent policy meeting. The testimony and the minutes release could alter the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214683653/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:05:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214683653/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Plans by the European Commission to stop restaurants placing refillable cruets of olive oil on tables are 'bizarre', says Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte. Brussels says the rules, which require olive oil bottles to be sealed and labelled, are necessary to ensure customers know exactly what they are eating and that the oil is of good quality. Rutte said the Netherlands had campaigned ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214682804/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:25:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214682804/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Dina Garipova of Russia performs the song "What If" during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Opera Hall in Malmo at the weekend. Photograph: Jessica Gow/Scanpix ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214681832/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214681832/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Political analyst Dr Winford James said yesterday if the e-mails implicating the Prime Minister and two senior members of her Cabinet in criminal activities are true then "the Government would have no choice but to step down and call fresh ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214679822/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:12:31 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214679822/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Chef and TV personality Andrew Zimmern and 13-year-old Isaac Xiong of Brooklyn Park discussed ways to cook squirrel on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Zimmern, host of "Bizarre Foods" on the Travel channel, was visiting patients at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Isaac, who has leukemia, hunts and eats squirrels with his father and has been a longtime fan of Zimmern's show. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214679823/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:47:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214679823/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 WASHINGTON -- Two prominent old-line Senate Republicans threw down the gauntlet to their more conversative colleagues on Tuesday, challenging them to stop obstructing the passage of a budget. Led by tea party Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), Republicans have been preventing the Senate from sending the budget it passed earlier this year to a conference committee ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214679824/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:43:09 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214679824/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 But one pre-school has decided children's imaginations are getting too wild and has moved to ban superhero games.A school flyer has emerged online warning of the dangers of superhero antics.''The imaginations of our preschool children are becoming dangerously overactive causing injuries within our pre-k community,'' the flyer ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214678771/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:35:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214678771/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Michael Douglas, right, plays Liberace and Matt Damon is Scott Thorson in "Behind the Candelabra," which tells the strange story of Thorson's life before and after his relationship with Liberace. (CLAUDETTE BARIUS | ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214677759/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214677759/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentinos Juniors, staring into the jaws of relegation, have had a set of false teeth thrown at their coach by an angry fan while the club's president has quit his seat at the Argentine ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214677808/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:27:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214677808/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 The Army is planning to launch a new reality TV program, "Starting Strong," on June 2, aimed at recruiting 18- to 24-year-olds to enlist in the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214676752/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:24:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214676752/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Canadians trust their politicians to do the right thing, even if they do the wrong thing. They trust them to have honour, and to respect the honour of their office.The time for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to address allegations that he was captured on videotape smoking crack in the presence of a drug dealer was last Friday, when the allegations emerged, or Tuesday at the latest. The moment passed him ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214675356/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:34:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214675356/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Las Damas de Blanco .Ten long years ago they came together after the government crackdown on dissidents and independent journalists known as Black Spring, when 74 men and one woman were thrown in prison and handed long sentences. The men were their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. The Ladies in White became their voices on the outside.To this day, despite beatings and detentions, in ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214675561/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:59 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214675561/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Special Agents Christopher W. Lorek and Stephen P. Shaw, who died May 17 during maritime counterterrorism exercise, were remembered by Director Mueller and others at a memorial service in Quantico, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214675562/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214675562/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 It shows a man cradling a young girl, who is looking over her shoulder at a woman behind them. The woman is holding hands with another young girl, who is crying. The man’s face is smeared with blood, and the woman appears to be seriously wounded, with one eye swollen shut.Some television networks showed the photograph and used it to accompany stories of families reunited, of parents ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214675563/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:55:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214675563/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Remarks prepared for delivery. Days like this are among the most difficult we face. We struggle to find meaning in such a tragic accident. We struggle to find the words to measure the men we have lost, and what that loss means to their families, to our FBI Family, and to each of us personally. It has been said that valor is a gift. Those who have it never know for sure until the test comes. And ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214674232/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214674232/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) combination handout photo shows Jason Leon (L), who caught an 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python in southeast Miami-Dade County May 11, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214674233/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:57:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214674233/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Computerworld - In the 10 years since I launched my consulting/training venture, I've worked with thousands of software developers around the world. As you might expect, I've seen many ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214671315/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:58:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214671315/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Modern alligators and crocodiles rarely share the same environments but that was not true of their prehistoric ancestors in South America, paleontologists say. From 9 million to 5 million years ago the deltas of the Amazonas and the Urumaco, a river on the Gulf of Venezuela that no longer exists, boasted an unparalleled abundance of extremely diverse, highly specialized species of crocodile, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214671484/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214671484/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Beef rendance is traditionally cooked in curry sauce, but chef Alec Martin prefers adding the curry sauce after cooking. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214669584/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:50 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214669584/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 U.S. essayist and humorist David Sedaris, seen at the 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair, has released his latest book Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214669558/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:20 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214669558/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Shami Chakrabarti , has hit out against politicians and newspaper barons, accusing them of letting down the public over promises to set up a new press watchdog.One of six assessors on ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214667984/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:49 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214667984/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 is feeling the wrath of the Internet after tweeting several politically charged jokes about the devastating tornado that decimated Moore, Okla., on ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214667930/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:13 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214667930/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 in 1967, and it ran for 11 seasons on CBS, scoring 25 Emmys; Burnett herself won six over the course of her career, not to mention eight Golden Globes, 12 People's Choice Awards and a Peabody (for the 1979 ABC ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214667933/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214667933/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 "But that's good motivation." The Hootie and the Blowfish frontman, who traded pop superstardom for a solo country venture in 2008, has since scored platinum album sales, a CMA award and membership in the coveted Grand Ole Opry, among other accolades. Rucker's country debut, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665408/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:08 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665408/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tomorrow, the House of Representatives should pass a bill aiming to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, but some House Democrats are trying to offer amendments to clarify the true nature of the project. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665574/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:08:59 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665574/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 The 2014 draft will likely take place the weekend of May 15-17. (Greg Payan/AP) For reasons that the NFL appears set to explain as scheduling conflicts or respect for religious holidays, the league’s draft will move from late April to mid-May, starting in 2014. What does that mean for the pre- and post-draft processes? Let’s take a closer look, by sorting through the facts and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665575/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665575/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech police found a million liters of illegal alcohol hidden in underground tanks in one of the biggest seizures of untaxed booze ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665576/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:58:48 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665576/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Comedian Carol Burnett presents the Legacy of Laughter Award for the late Lucille Ball during the 5th Annual TV Land Awards held at Barker Hangar on April 14, 2007, in Santa Monica, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665517/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:46 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665517/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 fossil skulls - but these are the first copies of real human hearts. Constructed from plastic, they are exact anatomical replicas of the hearts of patients with unusual complications. This one is being held ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665577/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:46:13 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214665577/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 According to Tumblr blogger Casual Cynic, her mother had been working as a waitress for years and told a customer she had family in Florence and years of art education but had never gotten to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214663762/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214663762/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Despite National Awards, accolades at festivals abroad and the multiplex culture, makers of offbeat cinema in India often continue to struggle when it comes to finding big screen release.An encouraging remark last year by Charles Tesson, artistic director at Festival De Cannes, for the Anurag Kashyap- produced Peddlers said it all about the changing face of Indian cinema. "Good news is that ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214663620/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:39 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214663620/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 BANGKOK -- Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call 'six-legged livestock' - edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that is expected to grow 60 percent by 2050. The agency says ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214660910/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:20 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214660910/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs at the end of March after Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal on his arrival in Munich. He was given until midnight on Friday to produce those documents. But customs spokesman Thomas Meister said the authorities had opened up ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214660911/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:28:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214660911/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Chinese businessman has paid a world record 310,000 euros ($398,500) for a Belgian pigeon, highlighting Asia's huge and growing interest in racing ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214660912/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:23:49 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214660912/scat/76fb320dcacdad95