Reuters: Oddly Enough

• Chicago alligator stakeout snaps shut after professional catches reptile
  An elusive alligator residing in a Chicago lagoon was caught early on Tuesday after the reptile, thought to be an abandoned pet, captivated locals for nearly a week.
• Colombian caught in Spain with cocaine under toupee
  A Colombian man was detained at Barcelona's international airport after half a kilo of cocaine was found hidden under an over-sized toupee, Spanish police said on Tuesday.
• The longest toilet break? Belgian sits for five days in bid for record
  A Belgian man sat on a toilet for nearly five days this week in a bid to set a world record.
• Sneakers give art a run for its money at first-of-a-kind Sotheby's auction
  Move over Monet. Nike is hot on your heels.
• Lithuanian couple defends world wife-carrying championship title
  A Lithuanian couple won the World Wife-Carrying Championship for a second time in a row in the Finnish town of Sonkajarvi on Saturday, triumphing in a contest where men complete an obstacle course with their wives slung over their shoulders.
• Later alligator: Chicago wants scaly resident out of local lagoon
  An alligator has taken up residence in a Chicago lagoon, surprising locals after a winter of polar temperatures in the third-largest U.S. city.
• 'Best day ever!' Internet pokes fun at Mexico's finance minister grim-faced job acceptance
  Mexico's Arturo Herrera looks grim in a viral video in which President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador names him finance minister, a job Herrera's predecessor left in a huff at a time when Latin America's second largest economy is signaling weakness.
• Flight crew restrains 'God' aboard Delta flight, returns to Puerto Rico
  Delta Air Lines flight attendants restrained a passenger on a flight from Puerto Rico to New York after he shouted "I am God!" and claimed he would save the world, forcing the plane to return to the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rican police and the airline said on Wednesday.
• Stowaway falls from plane over London, narrowly missing sunbather
  The body of a suspected stowaway fell hundreds of meters from a plane flying over southwest London, landing in the garden of a man's home, just missing him as he sunbathed, according to neighbors.
• Feeling the heat? Estonian takes his sauna on the road, literally
  A lot of Europe has felt like a sauna this month, which makes Willem Maesalu's weird car seem even weirder: the bright yellow Audi 100 Avant is a rolling sauna.