Belleville News Democrat: Odd news http://www.bnd.com/430/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Odd news 60 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:28:43 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Man says cell phone saved him from stray bullet http://www.bnd.com/430/story/550325.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/550325.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:27 CST R.J. Richard says he doesn't normally put his cell phone in his chest pocket. But he says it saved his life the one time he did. Iowa first lady admits violating state smoking ban http://www.bnd.com/430/story/550163.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/550163.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:47 CST Her husband just signed a smoking ban into law in April. Now Iowa first lady Mari Culver admits she already broke it. Priest gets probation for jogging nude at track http://www.bnd.com/430/story/550126.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/550126.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:07 CST A Catholic priest convicted of indecent exposure for jogging naked around a track at a high school has been sentenced to five years probation. Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex http://www.bnd.com/430/story/550005.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/550005.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:48 CST Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges that they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time behind bars by having sex. Woman wins $2.4M in her first trip to Vegas http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549992.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549992.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:37 CST A 24-year-old woman, on her first trip to Las Vegas, is worrying less about the nation's economy. That's because Jessica Agbunag won $2.4 million on Wednesday at a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the California Hotel and Casino. Warrant, cocaine lead to job seeker's arrest http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549973.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549973.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:37 CST A mid-Michigan man who'd been looking for work found trouble after an arrest warrant popped up during a background check at a police station. Police also found cocaine in his pocket. The company the man was applying to required a police background check. Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549945.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549945.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:07 CST A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard's chest while he was mowing the lawn - hitting so hard he thought it was a stone kicked out by his tractor. He pulled out the phone. It fell apart. NY couple, trucker help injured butterfly migrate http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549871.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549871.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:13 CST A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama. Mass. cops puzzled by butcher-quality meat chunks http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549869.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549869.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:42 CST Police are trying to figure out who keeps leaving chunks of meat on the town common, and why. Police said residents have been finding butcher-quality cuts of meat on the common for about five weeks. In the most recent incident, a resident discovered a large piece of raw, unwrapped meat, along with what appeared to be a liver and some bones on Tuesday. Octogenarian charged with dealing pain pills http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549868.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549868.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:37 CST Law enforcement authorities arrested an 81-year-old man who illegally sold powerful prescription pain relievers. The arrest followed a raid on a home Monday by the Alaska Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcement. Dog hits controls, drives van into coffee house http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549804.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549804.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:42 CST A dog left inside a running van put the vehicle in drive, causing it to crash into a Long Island coffee house. Suffolk County police said no one was injured in the incident, which damaged the glass window and some patio furniture at Cool Beanz coffee shop in St. James. Volunteers make 143 tons of spicy kimchi in Seoul http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549303.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549303.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:13 CST Thousands donned aprons and hair nets Thursday outside Seoul's City Hall in a bid to make the world's biggest batch of kimchi, the spicy pickled cabbage that is Korea's best-known dish. Fla. man accused of hurling sandwich at girlfriend http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549054.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/549054.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:08 CST A Florida man is accused of tossing a sandwich at his girlfriend as they cruised down an interstate, knocking off her glasses and nearly causing her to lose control of the car. Thieves pry bronze Virgin Mary statue from church http://www.bnd.com/430/story/548872.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/548872.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:03 CST Thieves may have to take an awkward trip to the confessional. A bronze statue of the Virgin Mary was lifted from a Catholic church in Newport Beach. Police Lt. Craig Fox said the 4-to-5 foot statue was pried from its base on the front of Our Lady Queen of Angels Church on Friday night. Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song http://www.bnd.com/430/story/548523.html http://www.bnd.com/430/story/548523.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:08 CST He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police said, a rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name. A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright Monday to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip hop confession to police.