The results, an Honesty Index, lent themselves to all kinds of odd news angles that the media covers because we wind up talking about the admittedly unscientific results.

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In an odd way, this news is reassuring.

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Yesterday, Twitter turned into odd blend of frightening weather news and political attacks for many.

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China has been in the news a few times in the last year for odd theme parks and tourist attractions, including in several outlets for a dwarf community in southwest China.

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The good news for Verne readers:Steadily, the 40-odd badly translated works are being improved in new editions.

FORBES: Eerily Prescient

What's intriguing--or odd--here is the Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) connection.

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Checking odometers in reporters' cars against expense reports, running front-page ads and compelling publishers to promptly send weekly financial reports so Jelenic can scan for the odd indulgence are traditions at Journal Register (nyse: JRC - news - people).

FORBES: Cheapskate Journalism

While the source is questionable (I had never visited, much less heard of it before today) and the timing odd (would NBC really can Leno without an end date?), the news would come as little surprise if it proved true.

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Odd, then, that Shell shares hit a record high in the days after the Prudhoe Bay news.

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