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Who let the dogs out? Intoxicated woman

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:27:20 GMT

Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that a 47-year-old London woman told deputies she used a blanket to break the glass on her neighbor's front door so she could let two small dogs out of the residence.

Cops: Woman served laced food to family

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:01:11 GMT

Police say an eastern Pennsylvania woman tried to poison her husband and daughter with burritos laced with prescription medicine.

Ducklings saved with cell phone app

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:27:39 GMT

A cell phone app is credited for saving two ducklings. The baby ducks fell into a storm drain in Ontario and wanted nothing to do with their rescuers until one decided there may just be an app for that.

Woman takes on bear, saves husband

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:26:05 GMT

A Wisconsin man is recovering after being attacked by a black bear.

Car smacks another car into pool

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:42 GMT

Surveillance video catches a wrong way driver in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. careening into a parked car, sending into a hotel swimming pool.

Deer crashes through bus windshield

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:06:57 GMT

A bus driver in Pennsylvania had an unexpected four-legged passenger make a smashing entrance into his bus - a deer crashed through the bus windshield.

Baby stroller falls onto subway tracks

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:44:05 GMT

Heart-stopping video shows a stroller that got away from a mother at a subway station. The stroller, with a 14-month-old inside, ended up on the tracks.

Astronaut makes music video in space

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:02:21 GMT

Astronaut Chris Hadfield sings the David Bowie song "Space Oddity" while floating around in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station.

School almost held back teens from prom

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:16:36 GMT

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.

No chickenpox vaccine? No prom.

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:01:07 GMT

Nine students in one Pennsylvania school district may miss their high school prom because they were found not to have the chickenpox vaccine.

Bacon-loving granny shares life secret

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:27:12 GMT

One bacon-loving grandmother in Texas got a special visit from the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

Mario Williams sues ex-fiancee for ring

Tue, 07 May 2013 03:16:18 GMT

Buffalo Bills player Mario Williams is taking his ex-fiancee to court over a $785,000, 10-carat diamond engagement ring.

Get ready:East to be overrun by cicadas

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:58:46 GMT

Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. They will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more.

'Goat-busters' save abducted pet goat

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:27:42 GMT

A stolen mother goat is back with her kids after spending hours away from home.

Cops: woman stalks herself on Facebook

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:44:06 GMT

Cheryl Nelson, a 52-year-old from the Grand Rapids area, complained to sheriff's deputies that she was the victim of stalking, harassment and other crimes.

School closes because of nice weather

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:17:02 GMT

In a sun-deprived part of Washington state, the promise of nice spring weather prompted a small private school to give students a day off to enjoy the sunshine.

Vehicle balances on wires after crash

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:01:40 GMT

A vehicle was precariously balanced on the guy wires of a telephone pole in Lockport after a crash Friday morning.

Bear gets stuck in man's truck

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:41:28 GMT

It's a sight a California man still can't believe, even though he caught it on camera - a bear managed to get into his truck and shut himself inside.

Clogged toilet leads to Pa. pot bust

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:12:55 GMT

Police say a report of clogged plumbing in a northeastern Pennsylvania apartment building led to a drug bust.

Employees get tattoos for pay raise

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:50:41 GMT

A company in New York is offering employees a nice raise if they get the company logo tattooed onto their body.

Fully stocked fallout shelter uncovered

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:34:35 GMT

A piece of Cold War history is on display in Wisconsin. WLUK-TV got a look inside a fallout shelter built in 1960. The current owner of the property told reporter Eric Peterson she was surprised at what she found inside.

Frosty start to ice cream truck season

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:50:32 GMT

The chilly relationship between rival upstate New York ice cream truck operators got out of hand this season, with Sno Cone Joe trying to chase Mr. Ding-A-Ling out of the market, authorities said Wednesday.

Killer whales turn dive trip into fun

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:20:51 GMT

A scuba dive for a Florida couple turned into an invasion of killer whales.

The afterlife has never looked so green

Josh Hinkle — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:59:37 GMT

Green burial sites are growing in the United States with at least three in Texas. One of those is right outside Austin – Eloise Woods Community Natural Burial Park.

Gov. wants man to pay 40-year-old debt

Al Vaughters — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:34:12 GMT

A local man was surprised when the federal government asked him to pay a debt that is more than 40-years-old, for money that wasn't even paid to him.

'Hamburglar' inspired arresting deli ad

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:06:21 GMT

If a guy tried to break into your restaurant, you'd probably be pretty upset, but some deli owners in California have turned a bungled burglary into a hot new ad campaign.

Alleged cancer scam shocks community

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:31:44 GMT

The explanation from prosecutors hit this middle-class Long Island suburban community like a punch in the gut: The 21-year-old Ozarowski wasn't battling cancer at all, they say, but was scamming people out of their money to feed a growing addiction to heroin.

Couple loses child after only praying

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:07:23 GMT

A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died.

Students excavate cave under school

David Yeomans — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:25:05 GMT

The City of Austin in Texas recently agreed to help a high school excavate a cave underneath the school with the goal of turning it into a learning environment.

Pandas stuck in China quake in a panic

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:32:19 GMT

In the 7.0-magnitude quake that jolted Southwest China's Sichuan Province on April 20, giant pandas have become special survivors.