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Serving eviction notices isn’t a pleasant business. First of all, you have to kick someone out of their home, and second, you never know what you’ll encounter at the house. Like a family of alligators. On December 16, Detroit police officers received a call to come help serve an eviction notice. The tenant getting evicted …
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The holidays are a time for feeling good about things. And there’s nothing to put you in a better mood than a good animal rescue story. Conveniently enough, there were three cases of unusual animals needing a helping hand just this week. Thanks to the rescue efforts, all of the involved animals survived and are …
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There are some stories that even we at Oddee couldn’t make up if we tried. This is one of those. A French hospital was recently evacuated due to a threat of high explosives. That sounds awful but hold on just a second — it wasn’t a bomb threat. The situation was serious, though, from a …
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Criminal injustice is always a serious matter. But it somehow always seems so much worse when it’s targeted at older ladies. Two Alabama women were recently found guilty on multiple charges. The bizarre part of the whole thing is that the debacle stems from them feeding stray cats. Beverly Roberts, 85, and Mary Alston, 61, …
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If you’ve ever traveled to Berlin, you may have seen the famous AquaDom. Located in the DomAquarée complex, the huge aquarium — surrounded by a Radisson hotel, offices, restaurants, and Berlin Sea Life — houses hundreds of exotic fish. Or at least it did. The world’s largest free-standing aquarium is no more. And neither is …
The pandemic and the rising inflation have put a real damper on economies across the world. But at least you can always count on Santa to pull through for Christmas. Right…? We have some bad news for everybody looking forward to holly jolly merrymaking. Santa may not be coming to town this year. After the …
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If 2022 has proven anything, it’s that if it’s not nailed down, somebody will steal it. Just look at all this heist news this year! There was some hubbub about the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist earlier in the year. Then there was the case of three Florida men stealing $9 million worth of beef. …
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Today, storytelling is a finely developed art form. We have so many ways to tell stories, from novels to movies, comic books, poetry… You name it. But all those ways to tell stories didn’t just suddenly pop up. They all had to start somewhere — and we now have a better idea of where. Archeologists …
Across the country, the teacher shortage is only getting worse. So, this guy (doctor) is stepping in to do his best. Dr. Greg Ciliberti said, “Much to my surprise, I found out you don’t actually have to be a teacher to be a substitute. So I became an emergency substitute teacher.” Ciliberti is a semi-retired primary …
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It was stay at the airport after a cancelled flight, or get a van with 13 strangers. And that’s exactly what they did. It happened at the Orlando airport. Along they way they made friends with each other and even a bit of celebrity. “Amy said, ‘Here’s the deal, everybody,’” Michelle Miller, a van passenger, …
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