Provides the latest RSS feeds for Weird News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Haiti Sun.com http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/cat/76fb320dcacdad95/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:46 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:46 -0400 30 For the second week running, we have a very silly film directed by ace US director Baker Smith. In last week's Ad Break, he presided over a sordid scene in a winery so it's a relief to see that his latest film is altogether more wholesome: the Aflac duck's recovery after an injury is improved by the peace of mind provided by the insurance company that gave it its name... and a ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214712474/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:45 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214712474/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 HANOI, Vietnam -; One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214710326/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:54 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214710326/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 PHILADELPHIA -- For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube.The 26-year-old bike courier didn't intend to become Internet-famous. He originally shot footage of the outings only to prove ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214709236/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:53 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214709236/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 WASHINGTON - The government’s efforts to snoop on Fox News reporter James Rosen during a leak investigation were broader than first revealed - extending to other Fox reporters and even included Rosen’s parents’ home on Staten Island.The feds swept up information on several phone numbers associated with Fox News’ bureau in DC, the network confirmed, and two phone numbers ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214707355/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:51:00 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214707355/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 KATHMANDU, Nepal - An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest -- although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week. Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 8,850-metre peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time Thursday, ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214707533/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:34:31 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214707533/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 IT'S not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 180-kilogram tiger has needed help from veterinary surgeons when he couldn't hack up a soccer ball-sized furball by ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214704247/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:59:21 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214704247/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 MI6 drew up a secret hit list of key German figures to be assassinated in preparation for the D-Day landings, according to official papers made public for the first time. The targets included senior Gestapo officers in France as well as logistics experts considered vital to the movements of the German troops who would confront the Allied invasion force, files released by the National Archives ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214703122/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:56:11 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214703122/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 CLEARWATER, Fla. -- It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.The 17-year-old tiger named Ty underwent the procedure Wednesday at a veterinary center in the Tampa Bay area community of Clearwater. Doctors said in a statement that they safely removed ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214701945/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:01:15 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214701945/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Attorney General Luther Strange Strange pointed out that an IRS official invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination earlier Wednesday when called before a House committee. (Dave Martin | Associated Press | ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214700569/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:27 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214700569/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 reports on the outlook for the second year of the sequester, which will reduce spending in FY2014 from $1.043 trillion to $967 billion. In all likelihood, the $76 billion in additional austerity will come from another round of indiscriminate cuts. And The Republican head of the House's Appropriations Committee isn't ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214700570/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:11 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214700570/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 "Clearly," the government authors write, "someone is not telling the truth." That is a rather obvious deduction, given the contents of the 30-page report into what went wrong to allow a private plane, ferrying wedding guests, to land at the country's top air ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214699200/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:36 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214699200/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Brandon Phillips bounced a bizarre double over first base to snap a ninth-inning tie, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the struggling New York Mets with a 7-4 victory ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214699201/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:07 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214699201/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Three sisters say they were kicked out of a Pennsylvania mall because they refused to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214697771/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:13 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214697771/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Scientists have discovered a strangely patterned new insect in the Philippines, dubbing it the "pirate ant" because of a dark stripe over its eyes that makes it look like it's wearing an eye patch. The formal name of the newfound creature is Cardiocondyla pirata, and belongs to a group of species that are found from Thailand across the whole Indonesian-Malaysian region. "On a ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214697473/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:31 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214697473/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 It would be overly simplistic to imagine a chasm between the haves and have-nots in today's psych-rock landscape, even between the ones with huge production values and the ones sticking it out with streamers and bubblegum. The reason: All the best bands these days carry some degree of scrappiness, no matter how gigantic their approach. Reigning acid champions The Flaming Lips still hold on ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214696334/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:41 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214696334/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 and the taxes that they do or don't pay which seems to me to be entirely bizarre. Yet it appears that people are taking it entirely seriously. The point is that the committee (or, as I assume was the case, its driving force Senator Carl Levin) noted the difference between Apple's provisions for taxes it would have to pay and the actual amount of cash that it handed over. What makes it ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214694367/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:45 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214694367/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 The elderly Villa Hills residents recently received a confession from the beer thief, along with $140 in cash on their back patio, according to Cinncinati.com. The letter was addressed "Dear Homeowner" and read, "Enclosed is a sum of cash that my friends and I owe you and your family to repay you for all of the times we have stolen from your poolside fridge/bar over the past few ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214691227/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:43 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214691227/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 While Mary Jane Hart didn't win the $600 million jackpot, she did manage to collect a cool $1 million. She used the numbers of her favorite NASCAR drivers to fill out her ticket, which she checked only after getting a call from work, Jonesboro, Ark., TV station KOIT reported. "Someone had called me and told me that there was a winning ticket sold at the store, so I went to the ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214691446/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:43 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214691446/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Daniel Dennett, a cheerleader for Darwin and atheism, attracts fierce criticism for his views on free will. He talks about his new book and explains why philosophers have to walk a ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214691428/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:06 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214691428/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 With the advent of the digital camera, mobile phones and social networking, the world is now drowning in photographic imagery. This raises the question: Can photography survive as an art form in a world where it is ubiquitous? The exhibition of work by Kayo Ume, under the title ';Umekayo,'; at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery offers a partial response to this question, and suggests how ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214691447/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:36 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214691447/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 True the Vote, the nation's leading voters' rights organization, filed suit in federal court in Washington, D.C., against the IRS. True the Vote is asking the court to grant its long-awaited tax-exempt status and is seeking damages for delays in the processing of its application. According to court documents filed by True the Vote, True the Vote's application for tax-exempt status ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214689570/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:38 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214689570/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 CBS News contributor Dr. David Agus, director of the Westside Cancer Center at the University of Southern California, talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about why the cost for a genetic test for breast cancer is so ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214689868/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:03:42 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214689868/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 "I came to Japan for the first time in 1987, when I attended the well-known Japanese Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF), which gathers nuclear scientists from around the world. It takes place in spring when cherry trees blossom, so everything was very beautiful and unusual. I delivered a speech on Chernobyl, and, among other things, Academician Legasov. Some time later, I went to Japan for the ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214689869/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:08 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214689869/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Stephen Harper's approach to managing crises - fire, stonewall and punt - was on vintage display as he addressed caucus over the Senate expenses scandal. That approach has served the Prime Minister well in the past. But it may not work this time, because this time is ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214688321/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:17:24 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214688321/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics closely for signs the U.S. Supreme Court will tighten controls in this area. It's an easy position to sympathize with; how can someone own the rights to a human gene? ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214688322/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:07:56 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214688322/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 From jewel encrusted mobile phones to USB sticks shaped like human fingers, a new exhibition at a gallery in Hamburg is exposing crimes against ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214688323/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:55:17 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214688323/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 no equivalent in English . Other words for complicated and difficult-to-convey ideas simply haven't been invented yet. A new website, however, is dragging a bunch of these previously inexpressible words into ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214688324/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:48 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214688324/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Anjan Contractor develop a 3D food printer. Contractor received the six month grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer. The mechanical engineer plans to build ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214686923/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:45 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214686923/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Prime Minister Julia Gillard's one hour public forum in western Sydney went from hilarious to emotional and back again. But mostly it went smoothly.Hundreds of people packed the school hall at Regents Park Christian School on Wednesday night as rain poured heavily on activists outside protesting against live cattle exports."No ban, no vote" the protesters chanted as residents from ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214685752/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:55:55 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214685752/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Justin and Selena attended Cirque's "The Beatles' Love" at The Mirage. Taylor celebrated her eight awards with dinner at Nobu Caesars Palace. Singer and friend Kacey Musgraves accompanied her. Hayden Panettiere and rumored fiance boxer Wladmir Klitschko, DJ Afrojack, Jenny McCarthy and David Arquette were at the season opening of XS' nighttime swim party. Christina ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214684713/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:14 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214684713/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Ben Bernanke 's Capitol Hill testimony Wednesday follows lawmakers charging he purposely withheld strategic information from them. Bernanke is to appear before the House-Senate Joint Economic Committee at 10 a.m. This will be followed 4 hours later by the release of the minutes of the central bank's most recent policy meeting. The testimony and the minutes release could alter the ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214683653/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:05:32 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214683653/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Plans by the European Commission to stop restaurants placing refillable cruets of olive oil on tables are 'bizarre', says Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte. Brussels says the rules, which require olive oil bottles to be sealed and labelled, are necessary to ensure customers know exactly what they are eating and that the oil is of good quality. Rutte said the Netherlands had campaigned ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214682804/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:25:19 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214682804/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Dina Garipova of Russia performs the song "What If" during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Opera Hall in Malmo at the weekend. Photograph: Jessica Gow/Scanpix ... http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214681832/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:07 -0400 http://www.haitisun.com/index.php/sid/214681832/scat/76fb320dcacdad95