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    Man gets $2.6 mn for 14 years’ false imprisonment

    New York, March 31 (DPA) A 43-year-old New York man is to receive $2.6 million as compensation for spending nearly 14 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, the New York Times reported Monday.

    Olmedo Hidalgo was sentenced in 1992 to 25 years in prison for the murder of a bouncer at a New York discotheque. In 2005, after an extended legal process, he was freed after an ex-drug dealer confessed to the crime.


    Google Street View lands Brit love cheat in divorce trouble

    London, Mar 31 (ANI): A Brit man is facing divorce after his wife spotted his car parked outside another woman’s house, via Google’s Street View application.

Star Trek’s porn version round the corner

Mar 30th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, Technology, World

Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Get ready for an saucy version of Star Trek, for porn magazine Hustler is all set to turn the sci-fi series into an X-rated movie.



Judy or Joshua are Britain’s happiest names, while Lynn or Ben most miserable

Mar 28th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

London, March 28 (ANI): People named Judy or Joshua are likely to be the happiest in Britain, and those called Lynn or Ben the most miserable.
This suggestion comes from Dr David Holmes, a psychologist at Manchester Metro-politan University, who believes that people’s personalities can change to fit the name they are given.



16yr-old English girl has had 17 heart ops

Mar 27th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

London, March 28 (ANI): A 16-year-old English girl has had 17 heart operations to save her life.
Sarah Haselgrove of Hythe, Kent, was not expected to survive seven days after she was born five weeks prematurely, and had been operated five times before she was one.
She might have spent half her life in hospital, but that has not stopped her from living a normal life.



TummyTub bath designed to create womb-like environment for babies

Mar 27th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

Melbourne, Mar 27 (ANI): Dutch researchers have invented a TummyTub to give babies the feeling that they are in the womb, while they can simultaneously view their surroundings.



Spooky figure at Scottish castle leaves ghosts experts baffled

Mar 27th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

London, Mar 27 (ANI): The eerie image of a figure captured in a photograph at a Scottish castle is said to have left ghost experts baffled.



Victorian ‘ghost’ caught on Google Street View

Mar 26th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, Technology, World

London, Mar 26 (ANI): Google Street View cameras have captured something that could send shivers down your spine – a ‘ghostly’ figure dressed in Victorian clothes.



Meet the 3yr-old artist dog whose paintings sell for £171 each

Mar 26th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

London, March 26 (ANI): A three-year-old Pekingese dog’s unique brand of abstract expressionism has made it a big shot in the art world.
Ziggy, from Fallbrook, America, has been creating works of art since 2007.



Spurned wife shackles self to hubby to resolve dispute

Mar 25th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

New York, Mar 25 (ANI): An American lady, who tried to keep her marriage from ending, handcuffed herself to her husband while he was sleeping.