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Man tells Wis. police he's a werewolf
Mar 5 2007 11:12PM (CT)
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) - A former inmate told police that he was a werewolf and could change shapes after he was arrested for breaking into a woman's apartment. Robert Marsh, 39, appeared Friday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court on charges of criminal trespassing, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana.
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Off-duty Northwest employee charged
Mar 5 2007 10:47PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An off-duty Northwest Airlines employee was arrested after a woman on a flight from Seattle complained that the man had ejaculated on her.
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Man, 76, charged in 'Lend-a-Hand' attack
Mar 5 2007 10:36PM (CT)
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - An elderly man was arrested at his retirement home Monday after allegedly striking a fellow resident in the head with a hammer. Richard Edison Johnson, 76, is charged with attempted murder. He is accused of striking Elizabeth Alwine, 81, who was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, officials said.
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Home gets hit with suspected meteorite
Mar 5 2007 8:31PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - When Dee Riddle heard breaking glass inside her central Illinois home on Monday morning, she first thought a bathroom mirror had shattered. But what had broken was a bedroom window and what had caused it to break was an object that had fallen from space, scientists called in to investigate concluded.
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Journalist fired for cemetery urination
Mar 5 2007 6:26PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A television photographer who was fired for urinating in a cemetery while covering the funeral of an Iowa soldier was denied unemployment benefits. Gerry Edwards, of Center Point, was dismissed in December by KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids.
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Teens accused of making ostrich impotent
Mar 5 2007 6:17PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Three teenagers may be on the hook for a hefty fine if a court decides that their festive firecrackers outside an eastern German farm scared the libido right out of an ostrich named Gustav.
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Alaska moose brings down helicopter
Mar 5 2007 6:17PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A helicopter is not necessarily a match for an angry moose. Instead of lying down after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, a moose charged a hovering helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.
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Asian pollution affects Pacific storms
Mar 5 2007 5:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pollution from Asia is helping generate stronger storms over the North Pacific, according to new research. Changes in the North Pacific storm track could have an impact on weather across the Northern Hemisphere. Satellite measurements have shown an increase in tiny particles generated from coal burning in China and India in recent decades, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Scientists try to predict intentions
Mar 5 2007 2:09PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press.
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Calif. city tries squirrel birth control
Mar 5 2007 7:52AM (CT)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Officials have tried poison, gassing and euthanasia to control a breeding frenzy among squirrels in a city park here. Now, they plan to give birth control a shot.
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