Fetching a remote XML doc: 1
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<?php include('./.config.php');
2 // Four ways to fetch an XML document via http: Part 1 of 4
3 // If allow_url_fopen is enabled, just say:
4 ini_set('allow_url_fopen',1);
5 $xml = file_get_contents('http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oddlyenough');
6 echo '<pre>'. htmlentities($xml) .'</pre>';
7
8 include('./.footer.php')?>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:ynews="http://news.yahoo.com/rss/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Odd News Headlines - Yahoo! News</title> <link>http://news.yahoo.com/oddlyenough/</link> <description>Get the latest odd news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking odd news, including analysis and opinion on top odd stories.</description> <language>en-US</language> <copyright>Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved</copyright> <pubDate>2012-05-18T15:23:06-04:00</pubDate> <ttl>5</ttl> <image> <title>Odd News Headlines - Yahoo! News</title> <link>http://news.yahoo.com/oddlyenough/</link> <url>http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif</url> </image> <item><title>Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar</title><description><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italy-dog-cat-tax-muzzled-uproar-192306183.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/489t1XlTfvHvD0_HhYd..A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-18T192306Z_1_CBRE84H1HUQ00_RTROPTP_2_WEATHER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dog sits on a sun chair at a beach for dogs on the Tiber river in Rome" align="left" title="Dog sits on a sun chair at a beach for dogs on the Tiber river in Rome" border="0" /></a>ROME (Reuters) - 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cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public. Italy was abuzz for hours after local media reported that a parliamentary commission had proposed a tax on domestic "animals of affection" to raise revenue for debt-strapped cities and towns. ...</p><br clear="all"/></description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/italy-dog-cat-tax-muzzled-uproar-192306183.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T19:23:06Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">italy-dog-cat-tax-muzzled-uproar-192306183</guid><media:content url="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/489t1XlTfvHvD0_HhYd..A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-18T192306Z_1_CBRE84H1HUQ00_RTROPTP_2_WEATHER.JPG" type="image/jpeg" width="130" height="86"></media:content><media:text type="html"><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italy-dog-cat-tax-muzzled-uproar-192306183.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/489t1XlTfvHvD0_HhYd..A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-18T192306Z_1_CBRE84H1HUQ00_RTROPTP_2_WEATHER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dog sits on a sun chair at a beach for dogs on the Tiber river in Rome" align="left" title="Dog sits on a sun chair at a beach for dogs on the Tiber river in Rome" border="0" /></a>ROME (Reuters) - 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. Italy was abuzz for hours after local media reported that a parliamentary commission had proposed a tax on domestic "animals of affection" to raise revenue for debt-strapped cities and towns. ...</p><br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company"></media:credit></item><item><title>Man with record-breaking 14-foot mustache has some grooming tips</title><description>Ram Singh Chauhan of India has the world's longest mustache, 14 feet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Chauhan had received attention long before entering the world record books. According to the London Telegraph, his famous facial hair was featured in the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy" and he has made cameos in [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-record-breaking-14-foot-mustache-grooming-tips-191739973.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T19:17:39Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/man-record-breaking-14-foot-mustache-grooming-tips-191739973</guid></item><item><title>Photographer âblows awayâ subjects</title><description>Click image to see more photos. (Tadas Cerniauskas) An eye-popping photo series shows that perhaps there is no "good side" when your face is getting blasted by powerful gusts of wind. Lithuanian photographer Tadas Cerniauskas from the Tadao Cern studio created the work entitled "Blow Job."Â He took the photos during a design exhibition in [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/artist-blows-away-photo-subjects-190920418.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T19:09:20Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/artist-blows-away-photo-subjects-190920418</guid></item><item><title>Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar</title><description>ROME (Reuters) - 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. Italy was abuzz for hours after local media reported that a parliamentary commission had proposed a tax on domestic "animals of affection" to raise revenue for debt-strapped cities and towns. ...</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/italy-dog-cat-tax-muzzled-uproar-190132925.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T19:01:32Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">italy-dog-cat-tax-muzzled-uproar-190132925</guid></item><item><title>Postal employee on workersâ comp caught running Boston Marathon</title><description>A U.S. District Court in Florida convicted a former Florida postal worker of health care fraud after she was caught participating in more than 80 long-distance races, including the Boston Marathon, all while taking workers' compensation for a back injury. Jacquelyn V. Myers, 55, was also convicted of making false statements and faces up to [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/postal-employee-workers-comp-caught-running-boston-marathon-175558832.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T17:55:58Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/postal-employee-workers-comp-caught-running-boston-marathon-175558832</guid></item><item><title>Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show</title><description>NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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. "Spy, the Secret World of Espionage," which opens at the Discovery Times Square on Friday, includes hundreds of artifacts, some from the vaults of the CIA and FBI and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). ...</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/cloak-dagger-world-spies-exposed-nyc-show-150145850.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T17:23:53Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">cloak-dagger-world-spies-exposed-nyc-show-150145850</guid></item><item><title>Man who fathered 30 kids says he needs a breakâon child support</title><description>And you thought Octomom had her hands fullâa Tennessee man who has fathered 30 children is asking the courts for a break on child support. Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville has children with 11 different women, reports WREG-TV. The state already takes half his paycheck and divides it up, which doesn't amount to much when [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-fathered-30-kids-needs-break-child-support-140439765.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T14:04:39Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/man-fathered-30-kids-needs-break-child-support-140439765</guid></item><item><title>Presidential penis portrait riles S.Africa's ANC</title><description><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/presidential-penis-portrait-riles-africas-anc-131619875.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/neJXdo8jOYZ9bElNxpPIsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-18T132545Z_1_CBRE84H11B000_RTROPTP_2_SAFRICA-ZUMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Visitor photographs a painting of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma at an exhibition in Johannesburg" align="left" title="Visitor photographs a painting of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma at an exhibition in Johannesburg" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - 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. The African National Congress wants the Goodman Gallery to remove a painting of Zuma called "The Spear", which depicts the president with his genitals exposed, and another work that has a "For Sale" sign superimposed over the party logo. The picture of Zuma is a facsimile of a famous poster of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. ...</p><br clear="all"/></description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/presidential-penis-portrait-riles-africas-anc-131619875.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T13:16:19Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">presidential-penis-portrait-riles-africas-anc-131619875</guid><media:content url="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/neJXdo8jOYZ9bElNxpPIsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-18T132545Z_1_CBRE84H11B000_RTROPTP_2_SAFRICA-ZUMA.JPG" type="image/jpeg" width="130" height="86"></media:content><media:text type="html"><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/presidential-penis-portrait-riles-africas-anc-131619875.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/neJXdo8jOYZ9bElNxpPIsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-18T132545Z_1_CBRE84H11B000_RTROPTP_2_SAFRICA-ZUMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Visitor photographs a painting of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma at an exhibition in Johannesburg" align="left" title="Visitor photographs a painting of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma at an exhibition in Johannesburg" border="0" /></a>JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - 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. The African National Congress wants the Goodman Gallery to remove a painting of Zuma called "The Spear", which depicts the president with his genitals exposed, and another work that has a "For Sale" sign superimposed over the party logo. The picture of Zuma is a facsimile of a famous poster of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. ...</p><br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company"></media:credit></item><item><title>'Psychic' pig to make Euro tips</title><description>KIEV (Reuters) - A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland. Kiev's city government said on Friday it would wheel out the porky tipster to give daily forecasts once the tournament kicks off next month. "A unique oracle hog, a real Ukrainian pig and a psychic which knows the mysteries of football," a statement said. "Every day at 16.00 it will predict the result of the upcoming match. ...</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/psychic-pig-euro-tips-111555369--sow.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T11:15:55Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">psychic-pig-euro-tips-111555369--sow</guid></item><item><title>Car with four kids riding in trunk nearly hit by semi truck (VIDEO)</title><description>In this video from Romania, a car is driving down a highway with four children riding in the trunk. While the children appear to be having a good enough time, the conditions are obviously anything but safe. In fact, the children are using their arms to apparently hold up the door to the trunk. At [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/car-four-kids-riding-trunk-nearly-hit-semi-010959389.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-18T01:09:59Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/car-four-kids-riding-trunk-nearly-hit-semi-010959389</guid></item><item><title>200 buffalo escape Iowa farm, spotted across five counties in two states</title><description>"Home on the Range," is the state song of Kansas, but after 200 escaped buffalo made their way across five Iowa counties, the Hawkeye State is singing a similar tune. The Press-Citizen reports that authorities are still attempting to round up some of the escaped buffalo that broke out of pen at the Frick and [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/200-buffalo-escape-iowa-farm-spotted-across-five-211235677.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T21:12:35Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/200-buffalo-escape-iowa-farm-spotted-across-five-211235677</guid></item><item><title>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer robbed again</title><description><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-justice-breyer-robbed-again-204057581.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f38pOMqZzEr78AfjYExlKA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-17T204658Z_2_CBRE84G1LGF00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer speaks at the American Society of International Law's 106th meeting in Washington," align="left" title="Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer speaks at the American Society of International Law's 106th meeting in Washington," border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said no one was home at the time of the burglary, which was discovered May 4 by a housekeeper. The Washington, D.C., police were investigating, she said. Breyer and his wife, Joanna, have a townhouse in Washington's upscale Georgetown neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Times. ...</p><br clear="all"/></description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-justice-breyer-robbed-again-204057581.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T20:46:58Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">supreme-court-justice-breyer-robbed-again-204057581</guid><media:content url="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f38pOMqZzEr78AfjYExlKA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-17T204658Z_2_CBRE84G1LGF00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" type="image/jpeg" width="130" height="86"></media:content><media:text type="html"><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-justice-breyer-robbed-again-204057581.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f38pOMqZzEr78AfjYExlKA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-17T204658Z_2_CBRE84G1LGF00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer speaks at the American Society of International Law's 106th meeting in Washington," align="left" title="Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer speaks at the American Society of International Law's 106th meeting in Washington," border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said no one was home at the time of the burglary, which was discovered May 4 by a housekeeper. The Washington, D.C., police were investigating, she said. Breyer and his wife, Joanna, have a townhouse in Washington's upscale Georgetown neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Times. ...</p><br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company"></media:credit></item><item><title>Goodwill sorting through allegedly accidental $14,000 donation</title><description>A Goodwill Industries outlet in St. Louis received a very generous donation this week: $14,505 in cash. The only problem is it appears to have been unintentional rather than a literal act of goodwill. Store manager Tina Wells was sorting through a box of Christmas donations when she discovered the money, which included 266 $50 [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/goodwill-sorting-allegedly-accidental-14-000-donation-194038233.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T19:40:38Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/goodwill-sorting-allegedly-accidental-14-000-donation-194038233</guid></item><item><title>Canadian police waiting for alleged thief to âpassâ swallowed diamond</title><description>All things must pass. At least that's the plan in place for police in Ontario who are waiting for a man to extricate a $20,000 diamond from his body, after he allegedly swallowed the stolen gem last week. The Canada Press reports that Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is being held by police after allegedly swapping [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/canadian-police-waiting-alleged-thief-pass-swallowed-diamond-173521768.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T17:35:21Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/canadian-police-waiting-alleged-thief-pass-swallowed-diamond-173521768</guid></item><item><title>Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry</title><description>OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said. The Canada Science and Technology Museum will open the "Sex: A Tell-all Exhibition" on Thursday as planned despite strong criticism from Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, who has called it an insult to taxpayers. ...</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/canada-museum-kills-masturbation-video-outcry-162016463.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T16:20:16Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">canada-museum-kills-masturbation-video-outcry-162016463</guid></item><item><title>Escaped penguin spotted alive, healthy and free</title><description>A young penguin that pulled off a miraculous escape from an aquatic park in Japan has been spotted alive and well in the nearby Tokyo Bay. "You can see it's got the same ring around its flipper and identical facial patterns," said Kazuhiro Sakamoto, deputy director of the Tokyo Sea Life Park. "It didn't look [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/escaped-tokyo-zoo-penguin-spotted-alive-healthy-free-161808398.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T16:18:08Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/escaped-tokyo-zoo-penguin-spotted-alive-healthy-free-161808398</guid></item><item><title>Man tries to corral 300-pound gator using towel; doesnât go so well (VIDEO)</title><description>A North Carolina man was bitten on the arm while trying to corral an alligator using a towel. Fred Boyce, a herpetologist at Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium, was called in to move the 10-foot, 300-pound gator, which had been spotted in a ditch near a highway in Stacy, N.C., on Tuesday. Its attempted removal was [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-tries-corral-300-pound-gator-using-towel-161513819.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T16:15:13Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/man-tries-corral-300-pound-gator-using-towel-161513819</guid></item><item><title>Spooked horse swims two miles offshore</title><description>Beach goers and boaters along the coast of Central California are accustomed to seeing fascinating sea creatures large and small off its shoreâbut an Arabian horse? Some at first thought the gleaming white animal bobbing up and down on the waves near Santa Barbara was a seagull, but were surprised to learn it was a [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/spooked-horse-swims-two-miles-offshore-135855078.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T13:58:55Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/spooked-horse-swims-two-miles-offshore-135855078</guid></item><item><title>Fugitive penguin 337 spotted alive in Tokyo Bay</title><description><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fugitive-penguin-337-spotted-alive-tokyo-bay-021400429.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vyALZkmEMi._79g1XiXWbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-17T021400Z_1_CBRE84G067Z00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Humboldt penguin which escaped from its enclosure in Tokyo Sea Life Park two month ago swims at Tokyo Bay" align="left" title="A Humboldt penguin which escaped from its enclosure in Tokyo Sea Life Park two month ago swims at Tokyo Bay" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - After Penguin Number 337 made a daring bid for freedom from a Tokyo aquarium and vanished into the waters of Tokyo Bay two months ago, many feared the worst for the adventurous feathered fugitive. But the one-year-old Humboldt penguin has now popped up on video footage in a different part of the bay, frolicking in the water and apparently healthy. The penguin, still too young to determine whether it is male or female and thus known only by a number, scaled a rock wall four meters (13 ft) high and squeezed through a barbed wire fence to escape its harborside aquarium in March. ...</p><br clear="all"/></description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/fugitive-penguin-337-spotted-alive-tokyo-bay-021400429.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T02:14:00Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">fugitive-penguin-337-spotted-alive-tokyo-bay-021400429</guid><media:content url="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vyALZkmEMi._79g1XiXWbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-17T021400Z_1_CBRE84G067Z00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" type="image/jpeg" width="130" height="86"></media:content><media:text type="html"><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fugitive-penguin-337-spotted-alive-tokyo-bay-021400429.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vyALZkmEMi._79g1XiXWbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-17T021400Z_1_CBRE84G067Z00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Humboldt penguin which escaped from its enclosure in Tokyo Sea Life Park two month ago swims at Tokyo Bay" align="left" title="A Humboldt penguin which escaped from its enclosure in Tokyo Sea Life Park two month ago swims at Tokyo Bay" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - After Penguin Number 337 made a daring bid for freedom from a Tokyo aquarium and vanished into the waters of Tokyo Bay two months ago, many feared the worst for the adventurous feathered fugitive. But the one-year-old Humboldt penguin has now popped up on video footage in a different part of the bay, frolicking in the water and apparently healthy. The penguin, still too young to determine whether it is male or female and thus known only by a number, scaled a rock wall four meters (13 ft) high and squeezed through a barbed wire fence to escape its harborside aquarium in March. ...</p><br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company"></media:credit></item><item><title>Man dies at strip club after night of unpaid lap dances</title><description>We've all got to go sometime. But 67-year-old Robert Gene White did so in a way that some men would find enviable, after receiving several lap dances at a Texas strip club. And he managed to pass away before having to pay his bill. Local Fox affiliate KDFW reports that White "enjoyed several lap dances" [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-dies-strip-club-night-unpaid-lap-dances-005353322.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-17T00:53:53Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/man-dies-strip-club-night-unpaid-lap-dances-005353322</guid></item><item><title>Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry</title><description>OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said on Wednesday. The Canada Science and Technology Museum will open the "Sex: A Tell-all Exhibition" on Thursday as planned despite strong criticism from Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, who has called it an insult to taxpayers. ...</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/canada-museum-kills-masturbation-video-outcry-230517695.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-16T23:05:17Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">canada-museum-kills-masturbation-video-outcry-230517695</guid></item><item><title>Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum</title><description>AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - 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. Paulo Alfredo Macias, 35, was being held in the El Paso County Jail without bond after being caught on Monday at the Paso Del Norte pedestrian crossing with nearly 5 ounces of heroin, officials said. ...</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/sniffer-dog-nabs-smuggler-hiding-heroin-rectum-193802813.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-16T19:38:02Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">sniffer-dog-nabs-smuggler-hiding-heroin-rectum-193802813</guid></item><item><title>Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum</title><description><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sniffer-dog-nabs-smuggler-hiding-heroin-rectum-193720770.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oodGxx.N5cwOiAOPGn6ucA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-16T194454Z_1_CBRE84F1IV000_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEROIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A package of heroin weighing just under five ounces is seen in this U.S. Customs and Border Protection handout photo" align="left" title="A package of heroin weighing just under five ounces is seen in this U.S. Customs and Border Protection handout photo" border="0" /></a>AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - 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. Paulo Alfredo Macias, 35, was being held in the El Paso County Jail without bond after being caught on Monday at the Paso Del Norte pedestrian crossing with nearly 5 ounces of heroin, officials said. ...</p><br clear="all"/></description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/sniffer-dog-nabs-smuggler-hiding-heroin-rectum-193720770.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-16T19:37:20Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">sniffer-dog-nabs-smuggler-hiding-heroin-rectum-193720770</guid><media:content url="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oodGxx.N5cwOiAOPGn6ucA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-16T194454Z_1_CBRE84F1IV000_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEROIN.JPG" type="image/jpeg" width="130" height="86"></media:content><media:text type="html"><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sniffer-dog-nabs-smuggler-hiding-heroin-rectum-193720770.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oodGxx.N5cwOiAOPGn6ucA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-16T194454Z_1_CBRE84F1IV000_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEROIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A package of heroin weighing just under five ounces is seen in this U.S. Customs and Border Protection handout photo" align="left" title="A package of heroin weighing just under five ounces is seen in this U.S. Customs and Border Protection handout photo" border="0" /></a>AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - 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. Paulo Alfredo Macias, 35, was being held in the El Paso County Jail without bond after being caught on Monday at the Paso Del Norte pedestrian crossing with nearly 5 ounces of heroin, officials said. ...</p><br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company"></media:credit></item><item><title>âHauntedâ L.A. hospital being converted into senior living home</title><description>Would you want your grandma living in an abandoned hospital so well known for its creepy atmosphere and alleged hauntings that it has been used in various Hollywood productions by folks like Rob Zombie and the makers of the horror film "Se7en"? The L.A. Times says the 107-year-old Linda Vista Community Hospital may soon earn [...]</description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/haunted-l-hospital-being-converted-senior-living-home-192911064.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-16T19:29:11Z</pubDate><source>The Sideshow</source><guid isPermaLink="false">blogs/sideshow/haunted-l-hospital-being-converted-senior-living-home-192911064</guid></item><item><title>Nats pitcher Strasburg brings the heat, regrets it</title><description><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nats-pitcher-strasburg-brings-heat-regrets-164820071--mlb.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XD6xw4pKzRqRZMNTBuylGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-16T164820Z_1_CBRE84F1AOO00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-BASEBALL-NATIONALS-STRASBURG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Washington Nationals' Strasburg hits a double against the Pittsburgh Pirates during their National League MLB baseball game in Pittsburgh" align="left" title="Washington Nationals' Strasburg hits a double against the Pittsburgh Pirates during their National League MLB baseball game in Pittsburgh" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg may read warning labels a little closer in future after some 'Hot Stuff' heat rub ointment got on "the wrong place" and made Tuesday's outing on the mound an uncomfortable one. Strasburg, one of the most promising young pitchers in Major League Baseball, allowed four runs in a 6-1 defeat to the San Diego Padres, the 23-year-old fidgeting his way through four irritating innings on the way to his first loss of the season. Nationals manager Davey Johnson told reporters the ointment had rubbed Strasburg the wrong way. ...</p><br clear="all"/></description><link>http://news.yahoo.com/nats-pitcher-strasburg-brings-heat-regrets-164820071--mlb.html</link><pubDate>2012-05-16T16:48:20Z</pubDate><source>Reuters</source><guid isPermaLink="false">nats-pitcher-strasburg-brings-heat-regrets-164820071--mlb</guid><media:content url="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XD6xw4pKzRqRZMNTBuylGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-16T164820Z_1_CBRE84F1AOO00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-BASEBALL-NATIONALS-STRASBURG.JPG" type="image/jpeg" width="130" height="86"></media:content><media:text type="html"><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nats-pitcher-strasburg-brings-heat-regrets-164820071--mlb.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XD6xw4pKzRqRZMNTBuylGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-16T164820Z_1_CBRE84F1AOO00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-BASEBALL-NATIONALS-STRASBURG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Washington Nationals' Strasburg hits a double against the Pittsburgh Pirates during their National League MLB baseball game in Pittsburgh" align="left" title="Washington Nationals' Strasburg hits a double against the Pittsburgh Pirates during their National League MLB baseball game in Pittsburgh" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg may read warning labels a little closer in future after some 'Hot Stuff' heat rub ointment got on "the wrong place" and made Tuesday's outing on the mound an uncomfortable one. Strasburg, one of the most promising young pitchers in Major League Baseball, allowed four runs in a 6-1 defeat to the San Diego Padres, the 23-year-old fidgeting his way through four irritating innings on the way to his first loss of the season. Nationals manager Davey Johnson told reporters the ointment had rubbed Strasburg the wrong way. ...</p><br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company"></media:credit></item></channel> </rss> <!-- fe655.global.media.sp2.yahoo.com uncompressed/chunked Sat May 19 11:20:24 UTC 2012 -->
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