Odd News

Controversy has arisen in Italy after a guard of one of the most prestigious museums in Venice told a Muslim woman to leave because she was wearing a veil over her face. The incident has incurred much controversy between the centre-right and centre-left politicians in Venice.

The incident occurred Sunday at the Ca’ Rezzonico museum, which houses 18th-century Venetian art. “I’m sorry for what happened and if she ever wants to return to our museum, she will be more than welcome,” director Filippo Pedrocco told Reuters by telephone from Venice.

Valerie and Ted Rock have just come into fame and many people are trying their best to get in touch with them concerning their unusual cat - Yoda. Yoda is not your average cat in the fact that it has four ears or so it does in the picture that is being plastered all over the internet.

An Italian priest will be organizing an online beauty pageant that will be made up of nuns. He is hoping that the pageant will help to open up more doors to the Catholic Church and to help to show people that the church is not boring or old and can appeal to the fun and young side of people.

Contraceptive pills help to keep women from getting pregnant - but it seems that there are some unusual side effects one of which include changing the way women see men.

Psychologists believe that women who are on the pill have a tendency to go after men who are macho looking - with a strong jaw and prominent cheekbones. However, women who are not taking that form of contraception seem to be more likely to go for more sensitive types without traditionally masculine features.

In this day and age it is easy to offend someone even when you are not meaning to. You also have to be careful and make sure that you stay on the right side of the law or you will find yourself in big trouble.

A man from New York learned this the hard way when he was arrested for standing too close to his bride during their wedding day. The police said that Timothy Cole was fighting with a wedding guest during a party after his wedding to his ex-wife in Batavia.

New York City officials discovered trespassers in the form of goats. They discovered that the National Park Service imported the goats to take care of the poison ivy and other weeds that had been cropping up in the historical Fort Wadsworth Revolutionary War rampart on Staten Island.

A Daytona Beach police officer told employee Starbucks that they needed to give him free coffee and tea or he would give them slower emergency response time next they called in when something was wrong.

Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year veteran, was fired July 8. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Chief Mike Chitwood says Garvin recently failed a polygraph test that he insisted on taking.

Camp Street has but one annoyance in their friendly neighborhood. They wake up almost every morning and find dozens of pairs of pantyhose that have been placed at the Milford school bus stop. The pantyhose that is left behind is new, used, and always queen-sized black.

Resident Laurie Warich told the Milford Daily News that she picked up 43 pairs in one day. Police have investigated one suspect - but Chief Thomas O’Loughlin said that the only crime the perpetrator has made is littering. Because of this they do not have any just cause to continue the case.

When you travel abroad you will most likely have many problems and if you’re lucky you won’t get into any trouble. That is why you need to make sure that you do not have anything questionable in your bags. However, it isn’t very often that you will have something questionable given to you by the same people who are trying to protect you.