Provides the latest RSS feeds for Weird News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Venezuela Star.com http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/cat/76fb320dcacdad95/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:45 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:45 -0400 30 Political analyst Dr Winford James said yesterday if the e-mails implicating the Prime Minister and two senior members of her Cabinet in criminal activities are true then "the Government would have no choice but to step down and call fresh ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214679822/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:12:31 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214679822/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Chef and TV personality Andrew Zimmern and 13-year-old Isaac Xiong of Brooklyn Park discussed ways to cook squirrel on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Zimmern, host of "Bizarre Foods" on the Travel channel, was visiting patients at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Isaac, who has leukemia, hunts and eats squirrels with his father and has been a longtime fan of Zimmern's show. ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214679823/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:47:32 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214679823/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 WASHINGTON -- Two prominent old-line Senate Republicans threw down the gauntlet to their more conversative colleagues on Tuesday, challenging them to stop obstructing the passage of a budget. Led by tea party Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), Republicans have been preventing the Senate from sending the budget it passed earlier this year to a conference committee ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214679824/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:43:09 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214679824/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 But one pre-school has decided children's imaginations are getting too wild and has moved to ban superhero games.A school flyer has emerged online warning of the dangers of superhero antics.''The imaginations of our preschool children are becoming dangerously overactive causing injuries within our pre-k community,'' the flyer ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214678771/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:35:19 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214678771/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Michael Douglas, right, plays Liberace and Matt Damon is Scott Thorson in "Behind the Candelabra," which tells the strange story of Thorson's life before and after his relationship with Liberace. (CLAUDETTE BARIUS | ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214677759/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:53 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214677759/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentinos Juniors, staring into the jaws of relegation, have had a set of false teeth thrown at their coach by an angry fan while the club's president has quit his seat at the Argentine ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214677808/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:27:03 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214677808/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Canadians trust their politicians to do the right thing, even if they do the wrong thing. They trust them to have honour, and to respect the honour of their office.The time for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to address allegations that he was captured on videotape smoking crack in the presence of a drug dealer was last Friday, when the allegations emerged, or Tuesday at the latest. The moment passed him ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214675356/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:34:53 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214675356/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Las Damas de Blanco .Ten long years ago they came together after the government crackdown on dissidents and independent journalists known as Black Spring, when 74 men and one woman were thrown in prison and handed long sentences. The men were their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. The Ladies in White became their voices on the outside.To this day, despite beatings and detentions, in ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214675561/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:59 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214675561/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Special Agents Christopher W. Lorek and Stephen P. Shaw, who died May 17 during maritime counterterrorism exercise, were remembered by Director Mueller and others at a memorial service in Quantico, ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214675562/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:32 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214675562/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 It shows a man cradling a young girl, who is looking over her shoulder at a woman behind them. The woman is holding hands with another young girl, who is crying. The man’s face is smeared with blood, and the woman appears to be seriously wounded, with one eye swollen shut.Some television networks showed the photograph and used it to accompany stories of families reunited, of parents ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214675563/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:55:34 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214675563/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Remarks prepared for delivery. Days like this are among the most difficult we face. We struggle to find meaning in such a tragic accident. We struggle to find the words to measure the men we have lost, and what that loss means to their families, to our FBI Family, and to each of us personally. It has been said that valor is a gift. Those who have it never know for sure until the test comes. And ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214674232/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:02 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214674232/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) combination handout photo shows Jason Leon (L), who caught an 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python in southeast Miami-Dade County May 11, ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214674233/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:57:56 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214674233/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Computerworld - In the 10 years since I launched my consulting/training venture, I've worked with thousands of software developers around the world. As you might expect, I've seen many ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214671315/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:58:00 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214671315/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Modern alligators and crocodiles rarely share the same environments but that was not true of their prehistoric ancestors in South America, paleontologists say. From 9 million to 5 million years ago the deltas of the Amazonas and the Urumaco, a river on the Gulf of Venezuela that no longer exists, boasted an unparalleled abundance of extremely diverse, highly specialized species of crocodile, ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214671484/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:12 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214671484/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Beef rendance is traditionally cooked in curry sauce, but chef Alec Martin prefers adding the curry sauce after cooking. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214669584/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:50 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214669584/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 U.S. essayist and humorist David Sedaris, seen at the 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair, has released his latest book Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214669558/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:20 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214669558/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Shami Chakrabarti , has hit out against politicians and newspaper barons, accusing them of letting down the public over promises to set up a new press watchdog.One of six assessors on ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214667984/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:49 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214667984/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 is feeling the wrath of the Internet after tweeting several politically charged jokes about the devastating tornado that decimated Moore, Okla., on ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214667930/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:13 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214667930/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 in 1967, and it ran for 11 seasons on CBS, scoring 25 Emmys; Burnett herself won six over the course of her career, not to mention eight Golden Globes, 12 People's Choice Awards and a Peabody (for the 1979 ABC ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214667933/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:11 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214667933/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 "But that's good motivation." The Hootie and the Blowfish frontman, who traded pop superstardom for a solo country venture in 2008, has since scored platinum album sales, a CMA award and membership in the coveted Grand Ole Opry, among other accolades. Rucker's country debut, ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665408/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:08 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665408/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tomorrow, the House of Representatives should pass a bill aiming to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, but some House Democrats are trying to offer amendments to clarify the true nature of the project. ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665574/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:08:59 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665574/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 The 2014 draft will likely take place the weekend of May 15-17. (Greg Payan/AP) For reasons that the NFL appears set to explain as scheduling conflicts or respect for religious holidays, the league’s draft will move from late April to mid-May, starting in 2014. What does that mean for the pre- and post-draft processes? Let’s take a closer look, by sorting through the facts and ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665575/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:00 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665575/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech police found a million liters of illegal alcohol hidden in underground tanks in one of the biggest seizures of untaxed booze ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665576/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:58:48 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665576/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Comedian Carol Burnett presents the Legacy of Laughter Award for the late Lucille Ball during the 5th Annual TV Land Awards held at Barker Hangar on April 14, 2007, in Santa Monica, ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665517/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:46 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665517/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 fossil skulls - but these are the first copies of real human hearts. Constructed from plastic, they are exact anatomical replicas of the hearts of patients with unusual complications. This one is being held ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665577/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:46:13 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214665577/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 According to Tumblr blogger Casual Cynic, her mother had been working as a waitress for years and told a customer she had family in Florence and years of art education but had never gotten to ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214663762/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:11 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214663762/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Despite National Awards, accolades at festivals abroad and the multiplex culture, makers of offbeat cinema in India often continue to struggle when it comes to finding big screen release.An encouraging remark last year by Charles Tesson, artistic director at Festival De Cannes, for the Anurag Kashyap- produced Peddlers said it all about the changing face of Indian cinema. "Good news is that ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214663620/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:39 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214663620/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 BANGKOK -- Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call 'six-legged livestock' - edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that is expected to grow 60 percent by 2050. The agency says ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214660910/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:20 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214660910/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs at the end of March after Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal on his arrival in Munich. He was given until midnight on Friday to produce those documents. But customs spokesman Thomas Meister said the authorities had opened up ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214660911/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:28:19 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214660911/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Chinese businessman has paid a world record 310,000 euros ($398,500) for a Belgian pigeon, highlighting Asia's huge and growing interest in racing ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214660912/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:23:49 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214660912/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 When news of Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr first hit, Tumblr users took their reactions online. The posts were quirky and sharp with plenty of worry about the ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214659652/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:36:23 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214659652/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 AUSTRALIAN filmmaker Baz Luhrmann is used to getting mixed reviews, but he's having the last laugh with The Great Gatsby. The Australian-filmed Gatsby has received some lacklustre reviews from the critics, but it has opened with a box office bang. "This morning internationally we were No.1 in the world against Iron Man and Star Trek," Luhrmann said during an interview on 7.30 on the ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214660809/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:28:21 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214660809/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Prison Planet.com May 21, 2013 A bizarre video has emerged of Pope Francis appearing to perform an exorcism on a man in St Peter’s ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214658569/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:29:10 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214658569/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 MOSCOW has reacted angrily as its neighbour Azerbaijan admitted its vote at the Eurovision Song Contest awarding no points to Russia's song appears to have been falsified. The scandal topped the agenda at a televised briefing between the countries' foreign ministers in Moscow, as Azerbaijan's top diplomat admitted that the votes submitted for Russia via mobile phone had somehow been ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214659653/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:18:14 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214659653/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Two microscope slides bearing the blood of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi are to go on sale in London on Tuesday and are expected to fetch from 10,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds.The slides were obtained in 1924 when the father of the Indian independence movement was recovering from an appendectomy near Mumbai. He was thought to have donated the blood to the family he was staying with at the ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214658956/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:08:32 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214658956/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 News.Az intervews Thijs Rommens, researcher at the Research Group Russia & Eurasia of the Institute for International and European Policy at the University of Leuven, ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214657650/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:22:10 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214657650/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Webcomics are a popular, diverse and increasingly widespread format that most people are blissfully unaware. To address this, an interview was conducted with the team behind the popular UK-based webcomic Exterminatus ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214655688/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:03:50 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214655688/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 A Navajo reservation near Gallup, N.M., had a 20 percent increase in HIV diagnoses in 2012 from 2011, a doctor says. Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in Gallup, said he compiled the report for the federal Indian Health Service because he used to treat a small number of Navajo men with human immunodeficiency virus each year. However, the 47 new cases ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:23 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 The NT News reports.Far North Queensland keepers of the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity sang the old croc Happy Birthday before giving him the 20kg meat cake topped with candles."He destroyed it in about 30 seconds," Marineland Melanesia croc wrangler Billy Craig said. "It's one of the biggest meals he's had - we decided to spoil him."The 5.48m ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214653178/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:37:51 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214653178/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 LOS ANGELES ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214656680/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:04:57 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214656680/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 /enpproperty--> Unilateral actions taken by Japan since last year, including the decisions to "purchase" and "nationalize" the Diaoyu Islands, have pushed Sino-Japanese relations to their lowest point in four decades. Japan claims that the Diaoyu Islands were terra nullius before it discovered and incorporated it into the Japanese territory. But the truth is, ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214650245/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:35:14 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214650245/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma received further backing from the White House on Monday in its campaign to be called ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214650246/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:23:06 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214650246/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 In rugby, a scrum can become a ruck with the right fend. Play starts at the gain line and moves toward the try line, unless a team opts for a Garryowen. You can be onside, offside, openside or even on the full. A drop goal -- worth three points -- is not to be confused with a drop kick, which is not to be confused with a grubber kick. Speaking of confusion, even players themselves can have ... http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214650247/scat/76fb320dcacdad95 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:12:53 -0400 http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/sid/214650247/scat/76fb320dcacdad95