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Fish flies out of lake, breaks Arkansas teen's jaw

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- It's a fishing tale that packs a wallop so strong it broke the jaw of a southeastern Arkansas teen and covered him in fish blood and guts....

Rocket fuel experiment by NASA engineer blows up

HITCHCOCK, Texas (AP) -- A retired NASA engineer looking to develop an inexpensive way for people to travel to space might have to go back to the drawing board after one of his experiments exploded Saturday....

Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors

TOKYO (AP) -- Green polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo....

Man in wheelchair robs Texas 7-Eleven of condoms

DALLAS (AP) -- A robber rolled into a Dallas convenience store came armed with a bat and a knife. He left with a lot of condoms and an energy drink....

Doctor fired for allegedly drinking on the job

BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts doctor has been fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly trying to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk....

Team dumps logo near buttocks after 70-0 loss

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The Idaho Vandals football team is dumping the letter "I" from the buttocks region of players' new pants following a season-opening 70-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats....

Ohio preacher, 71, avoids jail in road rage case

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher convicted of waving a gun and threatening another driver won't be going to jail. A Hamilton County judge on Thursday sentenced Thomas Howell to two years' probation and 100 hours of community servic ...

Hey! You have a snake hanging from your car!

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home? The News Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that biochemical engineer Marika Suominen-Yeh got the surprise of her life last week when a mot ...

NJ cops kick in door over bird's cries for help

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house. Officers arrived and when no ...

Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm

PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) -- One Utah community is cheering a special bear - but don't call him Smokey....

Texas UPS driver goes 1 million miles, no crashes

PALESTINE, Texas (AP) -- A routine package delivery turned into a milestone for a UPS driver in East Texas....

Parrots wreak havoc at New Zealand bird sanctuary

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A gang of unruly teenage bush parrots have wrought havoc at a bird sanctuary in New Zealand by using their powerful beaks to destroy nesting boxes....

Greek rural postmen top odd book title list

LONDON (AP) -- It may not be a best-seller, but "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" has won a literary accolade: oddest book title of the past 30 years....

Cats rescued after apparently starting house fire

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Chattanooga firefighters rescued several cats during a house fire that investigators say was probably caused by the cats themselves....

Man shows up in Pa. court with loaded handgun

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A central Pennsylvania man faces additional charges after showing up for a hearing on summary charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct with a loaded handgun....

Boy doles out hundreds of fake $20 bills at school

OCALA, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was handing out hundreds of dollars in fake $20 bills at an Ocala elementary school. School officials reported the boy to police on Tuesday....

Mountain jumper survives crash after chute problem

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A Norwegian BASE jumper said he learned a hard lesson about tempting fate after surviving a spine-chilling crash from a mile-high mountain....

Neb. man sues prosecutor to get his leg back

ALLIANCE, Neb. (AP) -- After being shot five times, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors....

Alleged thief leaves giveaway clue _ his signature

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Police didn't have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card - he signed his own name on one of the receipts....

Jaywalker allegedly moons motorists after ticket

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Athens-Clarke police have arrested a woman who they say started mooning motorists after she received a ticket for jaywalking. An officer stopped the 23-year-old woman and a friend about 1:10 a.m. Saturday after they walked diagonal ...

Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast behind

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled wit ...

8-foot mechanical ape missing, owner mystified

EAST MACHIAS, Maine (AP) -- An 8-foot mechanical gorilla standing outside a flea market store could move its arms but not much else, and it was heavy....

Buy $169K Michigan dollhouse, get real home 'free'

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- Like many homeowners around the country, Gerry and Cindy Mann have struggled to sell their house during the past year....

Colorado deputy clocks VW Beetle at 115 mph

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) -- A 27-year-old man was being held on $10,000 bond in the Arapahoe County Jail after allegedly speeding up Interstate 25 in a Volkswagen Beetle. An Arapahoe County sheriff's deputy arrested the man on Monday after the deputy sai ...

N.D. woman, 86, labors through the holiday

FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Millions of Americans had Labor Day off, but not Lucy Dumas. The 86-year-old Fargo woman did what she's always done: work. Dumas has been earning an income for more than 70 years. "You name it and I've done it," said Dumas, a forme ...

Man told to get a job accused of chair attack

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A man was arrested after he allegedly responded to someone telling him to get a job by picking up a folding chair and striking another man with it three times....

Iowa man accused of offering bribe with sandwich

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa City police said a man who was driving drunk tried to bribe a police officer - with a sandwich. Police said a 25-year-old man was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning after an officer saw him driving with his ...

Cat survives 70-mile trip under owner's truck

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) -- A cat survived a 2 1/2-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. Gil Smith recently drove from his Gilbert home 70 miles away for a business meeting in Kearny. When he got out of the truck, he heard a cat in distress an ...

 

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