Young Japanese Women Rent Out Their Bare Legs as Advertising Space

A good way to make sure your advertisement gets plenty of exposure is to place it where a lot of people are looking. With this important marketing rule in mind, one Japanese advertising service is offering brands a novel way to raise awareness to their business – placing advertising stickers on the bare thighs of young girls.We’ve featured some pretty bizarre advertising techniques here, on Oddity Central. We’ve had people renting out their...

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Facebook hacked, says no user data compromised

Facebook says it was recently hacked, though it says no data about its more than a billion users was compromised.The company described the "sophisticated attack" in a blog post on Friday, saying it took place in January when a small number of employees visited a compromised website that installed malware on their machines."As soon as we discovered the presence of the malware, we remediated all infected machines, informed law enforcement...

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Mindy McCready, a Singer Long Troubled, Dies at 37

Her life was one of those aching odysseys sermonized redundantly across the musical landscape in which she performed. The rocket rise to stardom. The volcanic men. The depression. The drugs and booze. The brushes with the law. The heartache. The suicide attempts.Enlarge This ImageJohn Bazemore/Associated PressMindy McCready in 1998.Such were the tangled threads of the country music singer Mindy McCready, who could never seem to outrun life’s ill...

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Meteorite explodes over Russia, more than 1,000 injured

A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured 1,200 people.People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow.The fireball, travelling...

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Christopher Dorner Manhunt: Cops Believe Ex-Cop Never Left Cabin as It Burned

Investigators have not been able to enter the still smoldering remains of the California mountain cabin where they believe fugitive ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner barricaded himself today, but they believe he was still there as the structure burned to the ground, police said tonight.Cindy Bachman, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, which is the lead agency in the action, said the cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear was still too hot and dangerous for investigators to enter.She said, however, that...

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Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Resign

Citing advanced years and infirmity, Pope Benedict XVIstunned the Roman Catholic world on Monday by saying he would resign on Feb. 28 after less than eight years in office, the first pope to do so in six centuries.MultimediaThe Resignation of Pope Benedict XVIRelatedThe Lede: Latest Updates on the Pope’s Resignation (February 11, 2013)Pope Resignation Announcement Text (February 11, 2013)Times Topic: Pope Benedict XVIDo Popes...

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Massive power outages as Northeast blizzard turns deadly

A blizzard predicted to be of epic proportions is pounding the Northeast, already bringing more than a foot of snow to some areas as 40 million residents in its path brace for the worst.As of 5:20 a.m. ET, more than 650,000 homes and businesses had lost electricity as wet snow, freezing rain and howling winds caused havoc.More than 28 inches of snow has fallen in central Connecticut, and areas of southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire...

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Weather NYC: Blizzard Threatens Rockaways, Ravaged by Sandy

Along the beachfront in New York’s Rockaways, the raw wounds from Hurricane Sandy are still visible.Almost every home on the narrow strip of land was at least damaged during the storm three months ago. Today, the community prepared for what is now being called a “monster blizzard.”In addition to more than a foot of snow in New York City, the forecast called for 50 to 60 m.p.h. winds, high tides, flooding and power outages — quite a...

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Christopher Dorner Manhunt: Search For Ex-Cop Suspected Of Killing 3 Covers California

 Police spent all night searching the snowy mountains of Southern California but were unable to find the former Los Angeles police officer accused of carrying out a killing spree�because he felt he was unfairly fired from his job. �Authorities planned a midmorning Friday news conference about 80 miles east of LA at Big Bear Lake, where Christopher Dorner's torched pickup was found Thursday.Local ski areas were open, but Bear Valley schoolchildren...

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Remains Confirmed as King Richard III's

Researchers said the long-lost remains of King Richard III have been found and identified—after sitting under what is now a parking lot in the English Midlands for more than 500 years.The findings could solve a centuries-old mystery involving one of England's most-storied rulers, who has remained in the public fascination through a Shakespeare play and Hollywood movies.King Richard III Grave ConfirmedView SlideshowNeil Hall/ReutersKing Richard III...

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Mary Leakey's 100th Birthday: A Look at Her Human Achievements

Yesterday marks the 100th birthday of anthropologist Mary Leakey, whose extensive research in Africa's Rift Valley taught us that our ancestors had capabilities far beyond the image of the primitive, brutish Neanderthal (although the existence of Arnold Schwarzenegger could argue against it).Born in 1913 in London, Mary Leakey showed little interest in her formal education and only found her calling once she discovered archaeology....

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