Around The World: Bizarre News Briefs

Around The World: Bizarre News Briefs



ROME – (Wireless Flash) – Italy’s World Cup soccer team is taking a vow of chastity – for the first round anyway. Coach Giovanni Trapattoni says players will only be allowed to see their wives after the first round, which starts May 31 and ends June 13.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio – After 20 years, pets in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, are finally being allowed to do their business. City officials have given the bum’s rush to an ordinance that prevented any animal from pooping within city limits. The old law called for a $100 fine for any pooch or pussycat who answered nature’s call, reports Akron’s Beacon Journal.

LOYAL, Wis. – The Amish people are known for living a spartan lifestyle, so they wouldn’t seem to be the best targets for burglary. Still, that didn’t stop three men from attacking some Amish riding in a horse-drawn buggy in Loyal, Wisconsin. The wannabe thieves told police they were under the impression Amish folks carried around lots of cash, reports the Marshfield News-Herald.

TOKYO – A nine-month-old giraffe in Japan named Taiyo is getting a leg up in life after veterinarians have given him an artificial leg. Taiyo’s right foreleg was amputated in March and zoo-keepers think he broke his leg when a male zebra kept in the same enclosure butted up against him. Taiyo’s fake leg is made of bamboo, plaster, duct tape and the bottom of a rubber boot to prevent slipping.