Odd News Headlines
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Traditional reindeer racing is delighting spectators in frigid Finland
Traditional reindeer racing has drawn an international crowd to the town of Salla in northern Finland
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Finnish pair wins a barrel of ale in annual 'wife-carrying' contest in England
About two dozen couples have taken part in the U.K. Wife Carrying Race, one of the country's quirkiest annual sports events
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Bag containing weed and cash accidentally donated to a New Zealand charity shop
Police in New Zealand say a knapsack left in a donation area at a charity shop contained marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash
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Spanish soccer team desperately seeking Madonna and her 36-year-old shirt
A Spanish soccer team is asking Madonna for help in finding the club shirt she wore on stage during a concert in 1990
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Bloodhounds in North Dakota are blazing a trail in the Midwest
The North Dakota Highway Patrol's newest recruit has floppy ears, four legs and a powerful tool for finding people
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Denmark is set to explore if gastronomy can be recognized as an art form
Denmark is debating whether top-level cooking counts as art, and the country’s most theatrical restaurants sit at the center of it
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Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends
Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys
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Claims of 'rediscovered' Michelangelos unsettle Renaissance experts
An independent researcher has asserted that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo


