India Breaking News: Reuters Oddly Enough: August 25, 2015

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Enough to make Mona Lisa smile: Taiwan boy falls through Italian masterpiece

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A T$50 million ($1.54 million) masterpiece by an 17th century Italian artist was back on display in the Taiwan capital on Tuesday after a 12-year-old boy tripped, fell and punched a hole in the canvass, the exhibit organizer said.

Made in Denmark love match as Harto proposes

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - European Tour journeyman Andreas Harto stole the show at the Made In Denmark event by proposing to his girlfriend during the tournament in Farso on Friday.

Woman bites rider who asks to move bag from seat in New York subway

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who took a bite out of another passenger in a dispute over a seat on a crowded subway was being sought for assault on Friday, the New York City police said.

Santa goes bust over Finnish tax bill

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Santa Claus Office has been declared bankrupt over unpaid taxes after a sharp drop in visits from recession-hit Russians, once the center's best customers.

The flying marshal: North Korea builds private runways for plane-loving Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - His father was afraid to fly, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken to the skies, building a series of small runways long enough to land light, private aircraft next to some of his palaces, satellite imagery shows.

'Silence of the Lambs' house, sans dungeon, for sale in Pennsylvania

(Reuters) - A Pennsylvania house that portrayed the lair of a serial killer who raises insects and makes a suit out of human skin in the thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" just hit the market.

Man charged with trying to halt departing plane at Denver airport

DENVER (Reuters) - A 58-year-old man who arrived late for a flight to attend his high school reunion is accused of running onto a concourse at Denver International Airport in an attempt to stop the departing plane, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Ireland scraps heritage certificates presented to Tom Cruise, Obama

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's call to its 70-million-strong diaspora to make a show of their ancestry at up to 120 euros ($132) each went largely unanswered and the government as a result scrapped its "Certificate of Irish Heritage scheme" this week.

Colorado cops rescue bear cub with head stuck in tub

DENVER (Reuters) - Police in Colorado rescued a bear cub whose head was stuck in a large plastic tub of protein powder, giving the cub a ride in the back of a cruiser before tranquilizing her so she could be freed.

California man seeks to legalize pet ferrets - even though they bite

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Pat Wright loves his three ferrets - even though they do sometimes bite and he's had to replace the baseboards in part of his house after they urinated for years along the walls - and he really wants them to become legalized as pets in California.