ENC Agent » odd http://encagent.com Local Business, News, and Forum. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:37:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Crosses in potatoes appear to online sellers (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_special_spuds http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_special_spuds#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:44:33 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100106/us_odd_special_spuds This photo provided by Det. Dennis Bort shows a potato with a cross design inside that he and his wife discovered on Dec. 25, 2009 in Brunswick, Ohio. Two Midwestern families are hoping for a little leftover holiday spirit — and cash — after they found what appear to be crosses inside potatoes. (AP Photo/Dennis Bort, HO)AP - Move over, Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese. Step aside, Fish Stick Jesus. Online bidders, meet the Holy Cross Potato. Both of them. Yes, the 2009 holiday season bestowed (at least) two miraculous spuds with crosses at their centers. Aside from the sizes of the spuds, the main difference is price.


]]> This photo provided by Det. Dennis Bort shows a potato with a cross design inside that he and his wife discovered on Dec. 25, 2009 in Brunswick, Ohio. Two Midwestern families are hoping for a little leftover holiday spirit — and cash — after they found what appear to be crosses inside potatoes. (AP Photo/Dennis Bort, HO)AP – Move over, Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese. Step aside, Fish Stick Jesus. Online bidders, meet the Holy Cross Potato. Both of them. Yes, the 2009 holiday season bestowed (at least) two miraculous spuds with crosses at their centers. Aside from the sizes of the spuds, the main difference is price.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_special_spuds/feed/ 0 United Airlines pilot admits being over drink limit (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pilot_odd http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pilot_odd#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:36:14 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended nm/20100105/us_pilot_odd Reuters – A United Airlines pilot admitted in court on Tuesday that he had turned up at London’s Heathrow Airport to fly a plane to Chicago while three times over the alcohol limit.

]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pilot_odd/feed/ 0 New Year drunks should pay for hospital care? (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hangovers http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hangovers#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:02:44 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended nm/20091231/us_hangovers A customer poses for the camera with a pint of beer in a public house in Leeds, northern England October 13, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisReuters - Excessive drinking over New Year's Eve could cost Britain's National Health Service as much as 23 million pounds, according to a report on Thursday which recommends drunks be charged a hospital admission fee of 532 pounds ($845.9).


]]> A customer poses for the camera with a pint of beer in a public house in Leeds, northern England October 13, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisReuters – Excessive drinking over New Year’s Eve could cost Britain’s National Health Service as much as 23 million pounds, according to a report on Thursday which recommends drunks be charged a hospital admission fee of 532 pounds ($845.9).


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hangovers/feed/ 0 Fla. man wanting ride to bar calls 911, arrested (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd911_bar_ride http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd911_bar_ride#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:34:47 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20091231/us_odd911_bar_ride This photo provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's office on Wednesday Dec. 30, 2009 shows Gregory J. Oras, 37. Authorities say Oras, the Florida man who called 911 claiming he'd been beaten and shot at was hoping the tale would get him a ride to a bar. Oras is facing charges of misusing the 911 system and battery of a law enforcement officer. (AP Photo/Pinellas County Sheriff's office )AP - Authorities say a Florida man who called 911 claiming he'd been beaten and shot at was hoping the tale would get him a ride to a bar. Instead, 37-year-old Gregory J. Oras is facing charges of misusing the 911 system and battery of a law enforcement officer.


]]> This photo provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's office on Wednesday Dec. 30, 2009 shows Gregory J. Oras, 37. Authorities say Oras, the Florida man who called 911 claiming he'd been beaten and shot at was hoping the tale would get him a ride to a bar. Oras is facing charges of misusing the 911 system and battery of a law enforcement officer. (AP Photo/Pinellas County Sheriff's office )AP – Authorities say a Florida man who called 911 claiming he’d been beaten and shot at was hoping the tale would get him a ride to a bar. Instead, 37-year-old Gregory J. Oras is facing charges of misusing the 911 system and battery of a law enforcement officer.


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