Odd News

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A man using a rental truck and a chain to dislodge an automated-teller machine in Colorado appears in four photos taken by a security camera, police said.

LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Touchstones of the English countryside like village pubs and red phone boxes are vanishing fast in the name of corporate profit, an American author says.

REPTON, England, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- An English bishop warns that wishing a blanket "Happy Christmas" could be resented by those Christians suffering this season.

BATH, England, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A British music Web site has named Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child" as the "Greatest Guitar Riff of All Time," followed by "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a man who robbed a bank was drastically overdressed for the warm weather with an oversized coat.

MADISON, Wis., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- City officials in Madison, Wis., said they are exploring ways of preserving a 45-year-old mural when it comes time to tear down the city library.

FRASERBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A Scottish brewery says it has made a beer as strong as some distilled liquors, a brew an executive describes as "bold, energetic and uncompromising."

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Swedish authorities said a man who admitted to paying for sex told them he went to the prostitute because his wife was pregnant.

TRURO, England, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A 40-year-old British man broke into a barn and was found masturbating while sitting in a pile of manure, authorities allege.

BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Two Siberian bear cubs given to Switzerland by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are said to have made themselves at home in Bern, Switzerland.

LEEDS, England, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A British university is seeking a lap-dance researcher who has already studied the erotic dance industry.

AXEDALE, Australia, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Firefighters who responded to an Australian farmer's report of a gas leak discovered the source of the gas was his children's pet pig.

NUNEATON, England, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Residents of a housing estate in Nuneaton, England, said they were shocked to find a herd of 15 cows traveling down local roads, denting cars along the way.

BIRMINGHAM, England, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A 19-year-old man will spend 2 1/2 years in jail for robbing a bank in Birmingham, England, only to be caught hiding just down the street.