Today, the dead tree version of the Journal welcomes back the odd news after being hiatus for a full week.

Having run the copy desk for a half decade or so before moving over to online, I can say one of my favorite parts of the shift was finding a good odd story for the day. But with the new design, there is no rail (the left hand column that was dedicated to teasers, the weather and the index), and hence, no odd news on Page 1.

However, no need to despair, as today, the Journal launches Page Too, the perfect repository for the news of the odd and an assortment of other news that previously got short shrift in the dead tree edition.

That being said, I had to head online for the past week or so in search of my odd news, and when it comes to the Web, there is plenty of it. Here are my favorites over the past week.

5. Another retirement for good ol' No. 4, Brett Favre

From the boys will be boys department, 12-year-old David Witthoft finally gave up a 4-1/2 year crusade of wearing his No. 4 Brett Favre jersey and opted for something different.

What's so amazing isn't that a boy would choose to wear the same jersey day after day for 1,581 days; it's that his mother willingly washed it every other day and mended it when needed.

4. Ashes to ashes, suds to suds

Dude, so retro.

Whom among us wouldn't did a coffin done up as a PBR can that could double as cooler? OK, so, that would be most of us.

The only thing I wonder is if it has a safety pull tab or an old-school fish killer.

3. What's in a name? Divine inspiration

For this Chicago-area artist, the best way to express himself is to change his name to "In God We Trust."

That would be first name "In God," last name "We Trust."

I like this story. It has kind of a Noah and the Ark feel to it. But what's even better is the list of interesting legal name changes contained at the bottom of the story.

2. Woman Trapped for Days Under Dead Husband

When I saw this video move last week, I just had to post it to the Editor's Pick section on our home page. It certainly fits the news of the weird category.

Its introduction reads as follows:

Newspaper carrier Bruce Pitts knew something was wrong when an elderly couple on his route didn't collect their daily paper. When he investigated, he found the woman, trapped under her dead husband.

1. Proof that junk food really can be bad for you

Timothy Caudill, an inmate at a southeastern Ohio correctional facility, may be sent to prison for sharing a Little Debbie snack cake with a fellow inmate.

Oh, sure, he hadn't been a complete angel at the halfway house, but Little Debbies? OK, maybe if it was Deep Fat Fried Mars Bars or a box of Twinkies, but Little Debbies?