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La. chimpanzees get pregnant despite vasectomies

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:20:48 GMT

Female chimpanzees are going on birth control and male chimps are getting another round of vasectomies at a sanctuary in Louisiana after workers discovered two surprise pregnancies.

SC's Riverbanks Zoo offers its poop for planting

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:37:36 GMT

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, S.C., is offering lucky gardeners a chance to put in orders for its famed poop produced by elephants, giraffes and zebras.

NC man loses $49k collection of poison snakes

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:25:10 GMT

A North Carolina man is losing his exotic reptile collection worth $49,000 after police found dozens of venomous lizards and snakes in his home.

Photo leads Wash. police to bank rob arrest

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:29:46 GMT

Armed with a good surveillance photo and a little help from the neighbors, police in Spokane, Wash., made an arrest in a downtown bank robbery less than an hour after the crime.

Wait a minute, I thought YOU had the loot!

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:35:51 GMT

There's nothing like a flat tire to ruin a carefully planned heist.

Cop suspended, charged after raiding refrigerator

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:36:06 GMT

A sting operation by a suburban Houston police department netted one of their own when surveillance cameras caught an officer repeatedly stealing colleagues' food and drinks from the refrigerator in the station's break room.

Man charged after cooking own meal at Denny's

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:53:13 GMT

Police say a Wisconsin man took the Denny's restaurant chain slogan "America's diner is always open" too far, marching into one of the restaurants, announcing he was the new boss and cooking himself dinner.

Ky. precinct decides alcohol sales with coin flip

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:43:02 GMT

One area in Kentucky still won't be able to buy alcohol _ a decision made by the flip of a coin.

Hot tub installation on campus roof a mystery

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:55:09 GMT

Officials are puzzled over a mysterious hot tub that was installed _ and then removed _ from the roof of a building on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.

Unpaid bill from years ago leads to hospice gift

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:18:03 GMT

A Chicago businessman who insisted on paying an unpaid bill dating back some 25 years has instead donated the money to a Kentucky hospital.