Tag: Oddities
Walter the friendly grouse becomes man’s backyard companion
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Some people are greeted by the family dog. For Todd Westward, it's a ruffed grouse.
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Airport changes name after years of fighting over ‘Orlando’
MELBOURNE, Fla. — After years of fighting and litigation over who can include “Orlando” in the name of their central Florida airport, Orlando International...
‘A whirlwind.’ 1st Ohio vaccine lottery winners speak out
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The first winner of Ohio's first $1 million Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive prize was driving to her family's home in suburban...
Big cheese no more: UK drug dealer caught out by cheese pic
LONDON — A drug dealer in the English city of Liverpool thought he was the big cheese — until police got all the evidence...
Louisiana gator swaps swamp life for Texas beach getaway
PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas — A young alligator traced to the Louisiana bayous traded swamp scum for a sandy Padre Island beach in...
Germany: Large cocaine haul thrown in garbage bins
BERLIN — Staff at a logistics company in Germany threw cocaine with a street value of up to 1 million euros ($1.2 million) in...
Woman gets back $1M lottery ticket she had thrown away
SOUTHWICK, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman who accidentally tossed out a $1 million lottery ticket eventually collected her winnings thanks to the kindness and...
Las Vegas officials hold pop-up vaccine clinic at strip club
LAS VEGAS — Wearing a French maid-inspired lingerie costume and high heels, dancer JoJo Hamner waited patiently to get her COVID-19 vaccine in a...
Whimsical NYC waterfront park funded by Barry Diller opens
NEW YORK — A whimsical new park that appears to float on pilings above the Hudson River opened to the public just off the...
Vax and scratch: NY offers $5M lottery for newly vaccinated
ALBANY, N.Y. — Anyone who gets vaccinated at a state-run vaccination site in New York next week will receive a lottery scratch ticket with...
