Bizarre Story of the Day

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Woman Crashes When Teaching Dog to Drive

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060828/API/608280631

Runnerup for today's award goes to this story:

CNN on air reporter Kyra Phillips wore her microphone to the bathroom during President Bush's speech,
and the mike stayed on as listeners got hear Kyra taking her potty break.

http://hotair.com/archives/2006/08/29/potty-break-mic-snafu-cnns-phillips-chats-in-the-loo-during-bush-speech/

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=18140

Honorable Mentions:

Katie Couric picture is altered using photoshop software before being released by CBS, making Katie look slimmer.

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/weighing_anchor_nationalnews_don_kaplan.htm

and a story about a man who claims to be Osama Bin Laden being caught near the White House

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/war-on-terrorism/osama-caught-137-miles-from-white-house-196530.php

Police station flower pots found to be growing marijuana (in Minnesota)

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2006/08/30/news/doc44f58e02e4174574853155.txt

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Re: Bizarre Story of the Day

Police station flower pots found to be growing marijuana (in Minnesota)
http://www.poststar.com/articles/200...4574853155.txt

Is the reason you noted that story came from Minnesota supposed to have relevance to Bradley basketball?

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No, but here's one that's actually sports related.

The NCAA has hired a full time director to be in charge of "gender issues'. Surprisingly, as many gender relted issues as they've had in Colorado (rape allegations, harrassment, etc.), she is an assistant AD at University of Colorado.

She will be known as
"director of gender initiative"

http://msn.foxsports.com/wcbk/story/5912926

I wonder if anyone else ever considered studying gender issues when you were in college?

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Here is one for the bizarre file.
Outspoken feminist (and ex-Aussie) Germaine Greer has taken slams at Steve Irwin
and is under fire for her amazingly ill timed criticisms.
"The Animal World Got Its Revenge"

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-animal-world-got-its-revenge-germaine-greer/2006/09/05/1157222132684.html

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20362022-661,00.html