This morning's news round-up is full of all the odd news you can handle:

A billboard in Chicago containing a 'partially clothed man and woman' with the phrase 'Life's Short. Get a Divorce' was advertising...you guessed it...a law firm. So many complaints were raised that the billboard was torn down on a technicality. Read more. 

I'm sorry to hear that the Japanese are beginning to fight the battle of the bulge, but, in keeping with their usual technological savvy, they've come up with a new approach. They can take a picture of everything they eat with their cell phone camera, then e-mail it to a nutritionist to get a detailed report. Read more.

Another reason to think of safety first: last week a delivery truck ran over a man's head but the bicycle helmet he was wearing managed to leave him with only a concussion and lingering headaches. Read more.

Finally, customers in rural Alaska are doing a lot of mail order shopping. They send in an order to Wal-Mart or Fred Meyer and the like, who package it up in a big box and then it's either mailed or flown hundreds of miles back to the teeny tiny town where the person lives. I thought it was a pretty innovative way for folks to avoid paying $5.35 for 18 eggs locally, but the reporter managed to point out that, as in every other town in America, the mom and pop stores can't compete with big bad Wal-Mart. Read more.