Provides the latest RSS feeds for Weird News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Singapore Star.com http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/cat/76fb320dcacdad95/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 09:41:56 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:41:56 -0400 30 Prison Planet.com May 18, 2013 In his recent testimony before Congress, US Attorney General Eric Holder, the so-called highest law-enforcement officer in the land, responded to questions about the AP scandal. Holder's Justice Dept. had secretly subpoenaed and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters. Holder stated he didn't know anything about anything, because he had ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214600391/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:37:19 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214600391/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Johannesburg - In defiance of Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa’s refusal to publicly disclose a list of national key points, the bid by civil society coalition Right2Know (R2K) to "crowd source" the list has turned up 84 of the estimated 180 to 200 ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214599897/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:16:16 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214599897/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 , which is both its strength and its flaw. It's a flaw if you're expecting traditional horror and dread. The kind of dread that does emerge is, for example, a young gay man's dread of coming out. Or an immigrant's horror at being forced to fit into a closed society that loathes him.Kieren returns to his home village of Roarton, in northern England. Complications arise ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214596237/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:12:55 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214596237/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 For many years, one of my favorite places to meet someone for a cocktail was the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel. I loved the moodiness of the dark-paneled room, the whimsy of the Maxfield Parrish mural behind the ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214591851/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:07:27 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214591851/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 sat on for more than a year or you receive a flurry of excessive and/or illegal information requests, that's not targeting. That's what former acting IRS commissioner Steve Miller, speaking at a new Ways & Means hearing, on Friday called "horrible customer service."To a layperson, the semantic parsing over whether the Tea Party-type groups were targeted or not seems ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214591852/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:05:06 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214591852/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Every week we are inspired by the many people throughout the country who are doing excellent work to challenge the power structure and put forward a new path for the country. The popular resistance to plutocracy, concentrated wealth and corporatism is decentralized, creative and growing. One growing series of protests has been the "MoralMonday" demonstrations in North Carolina. They do ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214591676/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:19 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214591676/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Edmonton police have released a photo radar image taken May 10, 2013, of a new dark grey Dodge Dart involved in the alleged abduction of a woman on May 16, 2013, near Rexall ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214590467/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:39 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214590467/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 puttered through the winding streets of a tony enclave near Israel’s presidential residence. The spring evening was warm, and the scent of flowers filled the air. The neighborhood was a calm oasis, away from the dust and tumult of the Old City. The streets were particularly empty after the Sabbath began on Friday, April 15, 1983. The Simca drove along HaPalmach Street and stopped in front ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214589333/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:46:37 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214589333/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Chinese people aren't known for their respect for rules of the road. Drunk driving, drag racing, and jaywalking all plague city streets. The latest astounding fashion: prepaying fines.According to a recent media report, a man in Nanchang, capital city of Jiangxi Province, was caught jaywalking and asked to pay 10 yuan ($1.62) under a new traffic regulation issued earlier this year. He took ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214587995/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:48:38 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214587995/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic. Reports by gossip website Gawker and The Toronto Star said it was taken by a man who claimed he had sold crack to Mayor Rob Ford. Ford said when he emerged from his house on Friday that the allegations are "ridiculous." He later made similar comments twice outside his office, but ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586421/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:03 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586421/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 From right, actors Emma Watson, Claire Julien, director Sofia Coppola and actor Taissa Fariga pose for photographers during a photo call for the film The Bling Ring in Cannes on May 16, 2013. (Franois ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586451/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:37 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586451/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 JEEPNEY RIDER "Fast and Furious 6" star Vin Diesel, here in Manila on a three-day visit to promote the latest installment of the blockbuster action series, chills inside a passenger jeepney. Diesel's twin brother Paul is married to a Filipino. PHOTO FROM VIN DIESEL'S FACEBOOK ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586546/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:20 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586546/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 On May 2, 2011, Brendan Brier woke up at 2am to intense headaches and relentless vomiting. It had passed by 7am but he went to see the doctor. They prescribed paracetamol and concluded it was cluster headaches. The headaches kept returning and Brier went back to the doctor a week ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214592992/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214592992/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 New corruption probe for Italy's Silvio Berlusconi MILAN - The nightclub dancer at the centre of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s "bunga bunga" sex trial told a court on Friday that guests at the media tycoon’s parties dressed as nuns, nurses and U.S. President Barack Obama. Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name "Ruby the ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586140/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:13 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586140/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the former commander told reporters during a video webcast from ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586547/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:13:56 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214586547/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 EUGENE, Ore. -- An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.Sunset Hills Cemetery and Funeral Home director Wade Lind says he got the idea from bikers and designed the pedal-powered hearse himself. It has an electric motor to give him a little help hauling the casket.KVAL reports ( ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214584854/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:47 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214584854/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Friday are "ridiculous" and "absolutely not true." Ford spoke briefly to reporters waiting outside his home Friday morning as he left the residence. He arrived at City Hall around 11 a.m. but didn't respond to reporters asking about the allegations. Ford's comments came as the Toronto Star published a report Friday morning saying that two reporters from the ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214584524/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:10:01 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214584524/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 According to the patent application, the toothbrush could also be packed with flavoring like berry or lemon or even herbal remedies like lavender or ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214583255/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:55 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214583255/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Luo Gang, born in a small town in Sichuan province, was kidnapped on his way to kindergarten and taken to Fujian province, where he was raised by loving adopted parents, the South China Morning Post ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214583256/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:54 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214583256/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 INDORE: A man, who put a "chastity lock" on his wife in a cruel, self-devised way, was awarded 10 years' rigorous sentence by the court here on Friday though the victim had retracted her statement during the trial. additional sessions judge Avnindra Kumar Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on the accused Sohanlal (38), a mechanic by profession, under sections 326 (causing ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214583257/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:47:00 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214583257/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 GREENWICH, Conn. -- An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.Officials at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center tell the Greenwich Time ( http://bit.ly/14wsum4) they had removed the only male anteater from the enclosure in August, long before the six-month gestation period for baby Archie would have begun.They ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214581801/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:41:30 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214581801/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 , that will be coming out on July 29. I hope you enjoy it, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. One of my first humbling experiences came early in my life, when I learned the value of commitment by failing in some important areas. This experience taught me that I was capable of achieving a measure of success on my own, but that nothing compares to winning as a team. My three summers as ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214580565/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:23:48 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214580565/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Vinyl records are a rarity these days and many are collectors’ items. The shop we discovered held a treasure trove of recordings from the golden age of Egyptian music. Artists such as Umm Kulthum, Abd al-Halim Hafiz, Farid al-Atrash, etc., as well as some of the foundational Moroccan musicians from the mid-twentieth century, artists like Nass al-Ghiwane, Jil Jilala, Hamid al-Zahir, and many ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214578480/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:53:12 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214578480/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.Police spokeswoman Dani Myren says officers were sufficiently concerned about the thickness of the ice covering Cheney lake that none of them wanted to venture onto it. So a standoff ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214577659/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:39:07 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214577659/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 over on the Member Feed , I spoke to the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin about Attorney General Eric Holder's claim that he recused himself in the case of the Justice Department obtaining extensive phone records from the Associated Press, yet said that there was likely no written evidence of that fact. For the benefit of the Ricochet audience, I thought I'd share with you what I ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214576684/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:58:44 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/214576684/scat/76fb320dcacdad95