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Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 04:05 PM PDT
Today's Odd News - Reuters News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Maine town is shaken by Zumba prostitution scandal Get your checkbook out - you've come last, S.League says Australian "misogyny" speech prompts change to dictionary EU settles on threesome to collect Nobel peace prize UK police sorry for using stun gun on blind man Barley genome breakthrough may lead to better beer Vienna museum to cover nude male posters after outcry

Maine town is shaken by Zumba prostitution scandal  Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 04:05 PM PDT KENNEBUNK, Maine (Reuters) - Every summer, vacationers come to this lighthouse-studded stretch of the Maine coast to nibble on lobster and admire the scenery. Now locals are confronting allegations that dozens of men from the surrounding area have also been visiting the picturesque town of Kennebunk to rendezvous with a Zumba fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution business out of her downtown studio. ... Full Story	Top
Get your checkbook out - you've come last, S.League says  Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:13 PM PDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - As if a rock-bottom finish in Singapore's S.League was not bad enough, the city-state's soccer bosses are now planning to punish the weakest team further with fines, according to a local newspaper. Under a new "carrot-and-stick" approach, while the reward for winning the Singaporean title was being boosted, five-figure penalties were to be introduced for make-weights, TODAY newspaper reported on Wednesday. ... Full Story	Top
Australian "misogyny" speech prompts change to dictionary  Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:08 PM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - A fiery speech against sexism by Australia's first woman prime minister has prompted the textbook of Australian English to broaden the definition of "misogyny" to better fit the heated political debate raging downunder. Prime Minister Julia Gillard last week used a parliamentary debate to launch a strong attack against conservative Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, accusing him of being a misogynist, and her speech has since become an Internet hit. ... Full Story	Top
EU settles on threesome to collect Nobel peace prize  Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:06 PM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Almost a week after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the European Union has finally decided who will collect the award. Rather than one person making the trip to Norway on December 10, the EU has decided it will send three people -- one to represent each of its main institutions: the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament. As a result, Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Parliament President Martin Schulz will all fly to Oslo for the ceremony, EU officials said on Wednesday. ... Full Story	Top
UK police sorry for using stun gun on blind man  Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:04 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British police apologized on Wednesday for using a stun gun on a blind man after officers mistook his white cane for a samurai sword. Officers were responding to "a number of reports that a man was walking through Chorley armed with a samurai sword", when they confronted Colin Farmer, who was on his way to meet friends in a pub last Friday, in the northern English town. When Farmer, 61, did not respond to their calls to stop, one of the officers used his taser stun gun, which delivers a 50,000 volt shock. ... Full Story	Top
Barley genome breakthrough may lead to better beer  Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 12:51 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - An international consortium of scientists has published a high resolution draft of the barley genome in a move that could not only improve yields and disease resistance but may also hold the key to better beer. "This research will streamline efforts to improve barley production through breeding for improved varieties," said Professor Robbie Waugh, of Scotland's James Hutton Institute, who led the research. "This could be varieties better able to withstand pests and disease, deal with adverse environmental conditions, or even provide grain better suited for beer and brewing. ... Full Story	Top
Vienna museum to cover nude male posters after outcry  Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 06:51 AM PDT VIENNA (Reuters) - A prominent Vienna museum has decided to cover the "intimate parts" of three naked male soccer players on big posters put up in the Austrian capital after they caused an outcry. "We got many, many complaints," Leopold Museum spokesman Klaus Pokorny said about the public display of the placards used to advertise its "Naked Men" exhibition due to open on Friday. "We didn't realise that many, many people would be really upset or really angry in a way that we are also afraid about security, about protection of the visitors of the museum. ... Full Story	Top

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