Greek rural postmen top odd book title list (AP)
AP - It may not be a best-seller, but "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" has won a literary accolade: oddest book title of the past 30 years.
AP - Chattanooga firefighters rescued several cats during a house fire that investigators say was probably caused by the cats themselves.
Ancient bronze mirrors stolen from museum (Reuters)
Reuters - A bronze mirror that is more than 1,600years old was stolen from a museum in Dunhuang in northwestChina's Gansu Province, the Xinhua news agency said Wednesday,citing a museum curator.
Police hunt high-speed skateboard outlaw (Reuters)
Reuters - Police are trying to track down a manfilmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of south Germanmotorway at 100 km an hour (62 mph), far above the speed limit.
Ex-boxing champ shot dead in smoking dispute (Reuters)
Reuters - Former British heavyweight boxingchampion James Oyebola was shot in the neck in a nightclubafter asking a group of men to stop smoking, a court heardTuesday. Prosecutor Jeremy Donne told the Old Bailey that theboxer died after the "senseless" shooting at the Chateau 6 clubin Fulham, west London, in July 2007.
Reuters - A British woman plans to make aparachute jump over Mount Everest hoping to become the firstwoman ever to skydive over the world's highest peak, organizerssaid Sunday.
Reuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was fetedby Russian media on Sunday for saving a television crew from anattack by a Siberian tiger in the wilds of the Far East.
Reuters - "Greek Rural Postmen and TheirCancellation Numbers" benefited from a late surge in publicsupport to win the title on Friday of oddest book title of thepast 30 years, The Bookseller magazine said.
Reuters - A British MP trekking in Colombia washeld at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffeewhitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook itfor cocaine.
Reuters - Lingerie creator Heather Thomson got ajump-start on the New York Fashion Week, turning to some of thecity's best pole dancers to display her new line of YummieTummie underwear on Thursday.
Reuters - Fans of classical music and jazz arecreative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite thestereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative typeswho are at ease with themselves.
Man accused of making license plate 'disappear' (AP)
AP - New York authorities didn't see this one coming. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the driver of a tractor-trailer rigged the front license plate of his vehicle so that it would "disappear" as he drove through a toll plaza, allowing him to avoid paying the $40 fee.
Reuters - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister YasuoFukuda was unpopular with voters but T-shirts printed with hishuffy parting shot are now a hit.
Boy doles out hundreds of fake $20 bills at school (AP)
AP - Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was handing out hundreds of dollars in fake $20 bills at an Ocala elementary school. School officials reported the boy to police on Tuesday.
Reuters - Authorities in central Taiwan haveturned off the red light at the county's last legal brothelafter the death of its pimp aged 87, newspapers said on Friday.
Man shows up in Pa. court with loaded handgun (AP)
AP - A central Pennsylvania man faces additional charges after showing up for a hearing on summary charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct with a loaded handgun.
