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Police: Helpful suspect left ID in vehicle

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:29:39 -0400

SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee - Police in the Smoky Mountains foothills have arrested a burglary suspect who inadvertently aided them.

Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:49:41 -0400

GREENWICH, Connecticut - An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.

Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:28:05 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

Fleeing Ore. man pleads to be pulled from Columbia

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:10:06 -0400

IRRIGON, Oregon - Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. They did.

Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:25:18 -0400

KENNEWICK, Washington - A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later - in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.

Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:07:03 -0400

MANILA, Philippines - What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.

Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:45:52 -0400

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania - A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus.

Pa. chief chided for using fire truck as prom limo

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:47:05 -0400

WEST NEWTON, Pennsylvania - A volunteer fire chief's decision to have his son and the boy's date chauffeured to their high school prom in a fire truck has sparked a four-alarm controversy in their southwestern Pennsylvania borough.

Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:23:14 -0400

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef.

$1,330 bid saves Santa Claus, 4 reindeer in Flint

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:41:21 -0400

FLINT, Michigan - A $1,330 bid was good enough to save a Santa Claus, sleigh and four reindeer that once brought holiday cheer atop City Hall in cash-strapped Flint.

Quincy odor mystery solved

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:34 -0400

QUINCY, Massachusetts - The mystery of the foul odor that's been wafting over coastal Quincy for several weeks has been solved.

Stinky corpse flower blooms again at Ohio State

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:08:47 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell has bloomed again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open soon, a spokeswoman said.

Man charged in overnight feast at Ky. supermarket

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:41:05 -0400

MOUNT WASHINGTON, Kentucky - Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville.

NYPD officer tries to help cat in tree, gets stuck

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:47:35 -0400

NEW YORK - Authorities say a New York police officer who went after a cat stuck in a tree got caught himself and needed a little help getting back down to the ground.

Mass. city puts 'ghost ship' up for auction

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:53:22 -0400

NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts - The city of Newburyport has an offer for sailors looking for a sturdy sailboat, if they're not spooked by the supernatural.

Ice from Minn. lake pushed ashore to doorsteps

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:52:15 -0400

LAKE MILLE LACS, Minnesota - Strong winds have pushed huge ice sheets ashore at a northern Minnesota lake and right up to people's doorsteps.

Graffiti photos on Facebook send UT tagger to jail

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:42:02 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah tagger who was so proud of his graffiti that he posted photos of his artwork on Facebook has been arrested after police sent him a friend request through a fake online profile.

9 get to attend W. Pa. prom despite vaccine issue

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:38:22 -0400

IRWIN, Pennsylvania - Nine students in a western Pennsylvania school district who were told they couldn't attend their prom because they hadn't been vaccinated for chickenpox were able to attend after all.

Pa. man has close encounter with wayward emu

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:37:42 -0400

WALNUTPORT, Pennsylvania - An eastern Pennsylvania man says when he looked out his kitchen window earlier this week, he saw what he first thought was a huge wild turkey.

Durango, Colo., area couple gives up catwalk fight

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:41:04 -0400

DURANGO, Colorado - A Durango area couple is giving up their fight to keep a 13-foot escape route for their cats outside their Colorado apartment.