Chestnut wins NY hot dog eating match, 3d in row (AP) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:41:20 GMT Joey Chestnut, left, of San Jose, Calif., defending champion of the Nathan's Famous July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest, celebrates his victory over former champion Takeru Kobayashi of Nagano, Japan, Saturday, July 4, 2009, in New York. Chestnut logged his third consecutive win in Coney Island's annual hot dog eating contest with a world-record 68 franks. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout (AP) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:24:04 GMT George Shea, left, of Major League Eating presents the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition held with Nathan's Famous in Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., Friday, July 3, 2009. The competition features three Ringling Bros. Asian elephants, from left to right, Susie, 46, Minnie, 48 and Bunny, 42, and three Major League Eaters. The human eaters will compete the next day in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)

New Zealand airline issues nude safety video (AP) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:48 GMT In this undated photo supplied by Air New Zealand Friday, July 3, 2009, its staff is seen with body paint on in the airlines latest safety video call the 'Bare Essentials of Safety.' The video shows three cabin staff and the pilot, all in uniform-colored full body paint, talking viewers through the aircraft's safety procedures. New Zealand's national airline has adopted the cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. (AP Photo/Air New Zealand, HO)

NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduation (AP) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:42:29 GMT This undated image provided by the New York Police Department shows Dariel Firpo. Firpo, a New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers has made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/New York Police Dept.)

Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker (AP) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:06:09 GMT AP - Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

"Great Train Robber" is refused parole (Reuters) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:09:19 GMT Reuters - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release on Wednesday after the British government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he was "wholly unrepentant."

Fireworks spread terror in war weary town (Reuters) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:22 GMT Fireworks are set off over the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Russia bans all gambling and shuts casinos (Reuters) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:42:38 GMT A dealer stacks chips on a roulette table at the Shangri La Casino in Moscow June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

Man had boss killed to save job? (Reuters) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:53:02 GMT A view of a lobby area at the Barcelona International Convention Center in an undated photo. REUTERS/Handout

Mosquito repellent firm in dock for mosquito breeding (Reuters) Oddly Enough News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:51:28 GMT Health workers walk through a cloud of insecticide after spraying the lobby area of an office building in downtown Singapore July 4, 1998. REUTERS/John Pryke