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Metal Turtle Sculpture at Boston Playground Burns Children BOSTON (AP) – Boston authorities have covered a new turtle sculpture at a playground after several parents complained that the bronze model…
Road Closes When Bee Boxes Fall Off University Truck PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) – Traffic was disrupted in a Washington state city when boxes holding thousands of bees fell off a…
Snake Turns Up in Washing Machine Smelling ‘Like Downy’ EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) – An escaped pet snake that apparently slithered into a suburban Chicago family’s washing machine ended up smelling…
Massachusetts Town to Fine People Who Pilfer Beach Rocks WESTPORT, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts town is sick of homeowners and businesses raiding its beaches for free landscaping materials. So…
Thai Oil Rig Workers Rescue Dog Swimming 135 Miles Offshore BANGKOK (AP) – A dog found swimming more than 135 miles from shore by workers on an oil rig crew…
Watching Ice Melt? Residents Compete to Guess Time of Thaw WEST DANVILLE, Vt. (AP) – It’s officially spring in one northeastern Vermont community, where people bought tickets to guess when…
Firefighter Recruitment Ad Touts ‘Low Pay, Cool Helmet’ CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri county trying to recruit new firefighters is getting real with its sales pitch, saying in…
Bad Idea: Pouring Gas on Wet Ballfield, Setting It On Fire RIDGEFIELD, Conn. (AP) – Authorities say it could cost over $50,000 to repair a Connecticut baseball diamond where somebody…
Squirrels Are Damaging Some Maple Syrup Operations DANVILLE, Vt. (AP) – Maple syrup producers have more than the weather to worry about. Frenetic squirrels are chomping on equipment, crimping the…
Knitting With a Repurpose: Woman Makes Suit of Plastic Bags GREECE, N.Y. (AP) – Rosa Ferrigno’s new suit takes recycling to an extreme — she knitted it from more than…
Lost Rings Returned to Boston Couple BRANFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two rings lost in the snow at a Connecticut highway rest stop nearly month ago have been found and returned…
Rare Sea Creature Washes Ashore in Southern California SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) – A 7-foot sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish,…
Teacher Wins $10K for Reading Fine Print in Insurance Policy ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida insurance company has awarded a Georgia high school teacher $10,000 for reading the…
House Call Turns Into Horse Call for Police in Minnesota INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) – Authorities say a suburban Minneapolis resident reported a strange intruder in her basement. It…
Volunteer Discovers $4,000 Inside Donated Book in Phoenix PHOENIX (AP) — KPNX reports that volunteer Cathy McAllister was sorting books for a charity book sale in Phoenix last weekend when…
Idaho Looks Into Loud Cannon Fire at Governor’s Inauguration BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Idaho National Guard’s commanding officer says he will look into 19 startlingly loud ceremonial canon blasts that…
Elephant Seals Take Over California Beach During Shutdown SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A colony of elephant seals took over a beach in Northern California during the government shutdown when there…
German Man Survives Ride Between Two Train Cars at 125 Mph BERLIN (AP) – Police say a German man who ducked out of a train for a cigarette during a…
Austrian Train Workers Rescue Wild Goat Buried in Snowdrift BERLIN (AP) — Austrian news agency APA reported Wednesday two workers leapt out of the train and shoveled through the snow…
Cincinnati Zoo’s Premature Hippo Fiona Hits Big Milestone CINCINNATI (AP) – The Cincinnati Zoo is celebrating another milestone for its famous premature baby hippo. The zoo said Wednesday that Fiona…