decommission Woody the Duck?

Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2007 12:32 AM EDT (statesmanjournal.com)

Oregon town may "decommission" 350-pound polyurethane landmark April 1, 2007 ALBANY — After 23 years as a landmark in Albany, Woody the wood duck is covered with seagull droppings and may no longer be welcome in an Albany city park.

oregon, us-news, waverly-lake, spray-foam

worst way to save gas ever

Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2007 12:04 AM EDT (statesmanjournal.com)

Oregon man puts two children in trunk for vacation April 1, 2007 PORTLAND — An Oregon man was arrested after police found two of his children traveling in the trunk of the car for a family vacation, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

oregon, us-news, trunk-kids

Hazing of sea lions in Northwest begins again

Seeded on Sat Mar 3, 2007 10:51 AM EST (The Buffalo News)

Oregon and Washington fish and wildlife departments will again begin hazing sea lions to deter them from preying on runs of threatened salmon and steelhead below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.

hazing, us-news, salmon, sealions

Alleged Burglar Does Laundry, Gets Pizza

Seeded on Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:05 PM EDT (The Buffalo News)

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- A burglar who made himself at home after a break-in overstayed his visit, police said. Larcellus Angelo Scott, 23, had ordered a pizza and was doing a load of laundry Wednesday when Denise Bealessio returned home from work.

burglar, police, odd-news, break-in, kern, denise-bealessio, scottpizza, kern-county-jail

IRS announces $30 to $60 refund of telephone taxes

Seeded on Sat Sep 2, 2006 5:55 PM EDT (siliconvalley.com)

problem remaining: being that this tax was first put in place to fund the Spanish-American War (the one that ended, oh, over 100 years ago) -- what if we go to war with Spain again?

irs, us-news, tax-refund, spanish-american-war, federal-excise-tax, long-distance-telephone-taxes

Cruise makes apology to Shields

Seeded on Sat Sep 2, 2006 5:20 PM EDT (BBC News)

Sounds like Cruise is trying to put some shine back into his persona. The pair had a public spat over the issue last year Tom Cruise apologised to actress Brooke Shields for attacking her use of anti-depressant drugs, she has told a US television chat show. "He came over to my …

entertainment, cruise, scientology, sheilds, anti-depressant-drugs, post-natal-depression

NO Parking?!? Fake Sign gets mini towed

Seeded on Sat Sep 2, 2006 12:50 PM EDT (The Buffalo News)

The NY DOT is going to try to reverse the ticket caused by a fake no parking sign that was put up in the night.

new-york, parking, odd-news, ny-dot

Row over Bush TV 'assassination'

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:43 PM EDT (BBC News)

A British television channel has been criticised as "irresponsible" for making a drama in which US President George Bush is assassinated. Death of a President, on More4, uses actors and computer effects to portray the president being shot dead during an anti-war rally in Chicago …

entertainment, bush, more4, toronto-film-festival

Parents become the all knowing OZ.

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:40 PM EDT (NPR)

For every mother who ever told her kids that she had eyes in the back of her head, modern technology can now do one better: It allows Mom and Dad to watch their kid's every move, even from across town.

technology, gps, alltrack