Oddly Enough
Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar
ROME - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public.
Recent Oddly Enough News
Presidential penis portrait riles S.Africa's ANC
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption.
Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum
AUSTIN, Texas - A man who tried to smuggle heroin into the United States concealed in his rectum was caught by U.S. officials - with the help of a drug-sniffer dog named Malone - as he walked across the border from Mexico.
Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show
NEW YORK - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies.
Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"
PARIS - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.
Shock-seekers snap up new Aussie art dare
SYDNEY - Smelling excrement may not be everyone's idea of fun, but for those who like to push the boundaries, Australia's most controversial new museum may be just what they are looking for.
The last huzzah?
Today, this site freezes in time. You can always revisit it for a little nostalgia, like that old amusement park in the creepy part of town, with all the chains and cobwebs...


