Police find 700 pot plants next to Berlin subway station
BERLIN — It wasn’t the world’s best-hidden marijuana plantation. Berlin police said they were called to a subway station Monday morning by a street cleaner who reported finding “numerous small plants...
View ArticleSenior sells booze, pays prostitutes, loses housing subsidy
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A man living in a suburban Philadelphia assisted-living facility has lost his housing subsidy after officials say he paid prostitutes using profits earned from peddling alcohol to...
View Article'Scary' Lucille Ball statue to be moved to comedy center
By LINDSEY BEVER | THE WASHINGTON POST The widely mocked bronze statue intended to depict Lucille Ball will soon be relocated to a new comedy center set to open next year in upstate New York. The...
View ArticleSea lion pup climbs aboard yacht
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — A surprising stowaway startled a man out on his boat in San Diego: A sea lion pup who decided to crash in a bunk, waking the owner with his snoring. Michael Duffy, 48,...
View ArticleStudent asks girlfriend to prom while skydiving
POMFRET, Conn. — A northeastern Connecticut boarding school student has videotaped himself asking his girlfriend to go to prom with him while jumping out of an airplane. WVIT-TV reported Pomfret...
View ArticlePolice discourage chasing bears while drunk
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts have some sage advice: Don’t go chasing after bears while drunk and armed with nothing more than a dull hatchet. North Adams police said on their Facebook...
View ArticleVandals attack selfie-taking statue of Turkish prince
ISTANBUL — A statue erected in a Turkish city of an Ottoman prince taking a selfie with a cellphone has met swift and violent criticism. Just days after it was erected, vandals — perhaps offended by...
View ArticleMan rescued from Colorado restaurant's greasy air duct
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 22-year-old man was rescued Saturday after falling through the roof of a Colorado restaurant and becoming lodged in a greasy kitchen air duct. Poudre Fire Authority officials...
View ArticleMale cat nurtures kittens
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Six abandoned kittens named after the kids in "The Brady Bunch" TV series are getting a nurturing boost from an unlikely source - a male cat with a slight neurological disorder.The...
View ArticleMan evades police, then caught while returning for lost hat
EASTLAKE, Ohio — An 18-year-old had successfully eluded officers in northeast Ohio, but a search for his missing hat led him back into the hands of police. Northeast Ohio Media Group reported officers...
View ArticleOverbooked flight leads to under-dressed traveler at airport
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After dressing down a gate agent about an overbooked flight, an angry would-be passenger apparently decided he would get undressed. WBTV in Charlotte reported one witness said the...
View ArticleObama's trade agenda clears key Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's trade agenda cleared a key Senate hurdle and advanced toward likely passage on Thursday despite opposition from most Democrats.The 62-38 vote capped a long, tense...
View ArticleMan in scuba gear gets warning after causing restaurant stir
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Police say a belligerent man dressed in scuba gear caused a stir at a northern Michigan fast food restaurant. The Traverse City Record-Eagle and MLive.com reported the man, who...
View ArticleBoston still has snow piles - and they're filled with trash
BOSTON - Snow piles from the record-setting New England winter are lingering in the Boston area, even as the weather turns summer-like.A 75-foot-high snow mound in Boston's Seaport District has been...
View ArticleEnglish resort sees crime fall after mankini clampdown
LONDON — It was one small ban for mankinis, one giant step for an English seaside resort town. Officials in Newquay say crime has fallen since they cracked down on stag parties with revelers wearing...
View ArticleBear runs through Wyoming city, falls asleep, gets captured
CASPER, Wyo. — After leading wildlife officials on a daylong chase through a Wyoming city, an exhausted young black bear fell asleep under an aspen tree. State Game and Fish wardens told the Casper...
View ArticleMystery of disappearing holes in Swiss cheese solved
BERLIN — The mystery of Swiss cheese and its disappearing holes has been solved: The milk’s too clean. A Swiss agricultural institute discovered that tiny specks of hay are responsible for the famous...
View ArticlePolice take stray pig into custody outside Detroit-area home
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Officers in suburban Detroit took a stray pig into custody, holding the animal in the back of a police vehicle before reuniting it with its owner.Debbie DeRiemaecker told...
View ArticleTeacher takes middle- and high-school students to adult shop
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A sex education teacher has drawn the ire of parents after taking students on a field trip to an adult novelty store in Minneapolis. Gaia Democratic School director Starri Hedges...
View Article81 things Huckabee has denounced, including Beyonce, biscuits and gravy
By David A. FahrentholdThe Washington PostFormer Arkansas governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has denounced the following:1. Dancing, in general. "Christian teens stay away." (1973)2....
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