Unusual News

After 20 years in front of the camera as a broadcast news reporter, Mark Garay has launched his own Professional Tributes.  

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Not for the first time in top-level European competition, Biarritz failed to win an important match in England for the very good reason that they failed to play for the first two-thirds of the contest. As this was more by design than accident – the word "conservative" doesn't do the remotest...  

Seve Ballesteros has a brain tumor and will undergo a biopsy Tuesday. The five-time major winner announced the news Sunday in a statement issued by Madrid's La Paz Hospital. It was unknown whether the tumor was benign or malignant.  

By embracing the hyperlink ethos of the Web to a degree not seen before, news organizations are now acting in effect like aggregators.  

In case you thought "crime doesn’t pay” is only a cliche, listen to this story out of Michigan. A robber approached a 36-year-old man in a Detroit suburb and demanded his money. The robber got $50. But when the robber tried to leave, the victim tackled him, placed the robber in a choke hold...  

LOS ANGELES (AP)-A strange cold case murder story that stretched halfway around the globe and back over a span of nearly 30 years ended this weekend a few blocks from where it began, with the shocking suicide of Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura in a downtown jail cell.  

Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said Friday. The city will temporarily reinstate measures it introduced during the Olympic Games and ban cars on alternate days - depending on whether their license plates are...  

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - A man who caused damage at a waste water treatment plant in Eau Claire has decided to pick public humiliation over jail time to pay for his crime.  

Perhaps the most frustrating staple of post-debate network news coverage is that all-too-familiar battleground state "assembly of odd": The 20 or so "undecided" or "persuadable"...  

DETROIT -- It'll be a special moment when the Red Wings raise their championship banner Thursday against Toronto, but also a bit strange for new Wings Marian Hossa and Ty Conklin.  

Odd news from around the nation.  

Lane Kiffin's firing as Oakland Raiders coach included a surreal news conference at which owner Al Davis charged Kiffin with insubordination. But Kiffin has company in the world of offbeat partings in sports.  

Japanese actor Ken Ogata dead at 71 ... 'DWTS' star May-Treanor set for surgery ... Lawyer: David Duchovny is out of rehab ... Jolie faced her fears for 'Changeling' ... News from United Press International.  

Odd news stories from around the nation.