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Indian calf makes meal out of poultry
Mar 8 2007 11:40PM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - When his chickens started disappearing a few weeks ago, a farmer in eastern India figured dogs or jackals were to blame _ until he discovered his calf making a meal of his poultry.
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Lawmen corral steer after two-hour romp
Mar 8 2007 11:01PM (CT)
HURST, Texas (AP) - Officers corralled a black steer after its nearly two-hour romp through several cities Thursday, including a trip through a fast-food restaurant's drive-through lane.
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Teacher allegedly whacks child with bow
Mar 8 2007 9:41PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A substitute music teacher has been arrested after allegedly whacking a 10-year-old student on the head with a viola bow after telling the class they were "the worst players I've ever heard."
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Muffin-mix mailer gets community service
Mar 8 2007 9:39PM (CT)
DOVER, N.H. (AP) - A Strafford woman who sent a note and powder to police along with her parking ticket fine was sentenced Wednesday to 100 hours of community service.
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Lassie saves family from fire, dies
Mar 8 2007 9:39PM (CT)
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A collie named Lassie roused her owners and enabled them to escape their burning home but died in the fire, relatives said. "The dog saved their life," said Judi Thompson after her parents' home burned Wednesday morning. "Even the firemen said that. Isn't that amazing? It gives me goose bumps."
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Fla. lawmaker issues diet challenge
Mar 8 2007 9:05PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Pork in government isn't a good thing. Neither are too many ham sandwiches and pork chops, says the chairman of the state House's health care council.
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Uncooperative croc turns into a diva
Mar 8 2007 8:54PM (CT)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - What do you do when a 1,250-pound crocodile turns into a diva? Take him away from his audience. Officials at the St. Augustine Farm and Zoological Park said Maximo has been refusing for about a month to cooperate for his daily feedings of guinea pigs and quail.
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Croc at Fla. zoo quits feeding
Mar 8 2007 8:52PM (CT)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - What do you do when a 1,250-pound crocodile turns into a diva? Take him away from his audience.
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Woman allegedly lived with dead roommate
Mar 8 2007 5:29PM (CT)
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A 28-year-old woman may have kept the body of her roommate in their apartment for up to three weeks, police said. An anonymous caller told police in Wayne County's Canton Township on Tuesday night that the woman was living in the apartment with her dead roommate.
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Refrigerator will toss you can of beer
Mar 8 2007 4:04PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - When John Cornwell graduated from Duke University last year, he landed a job as software engineer in Atlanta but soon found himself longing for his college lifestyle. So the engineering graduate built himself a reminder of life on campus: a refrigerator that can toss a can of beer to his couch with the click of a remote control.
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Man burns genitals in 'Jackass' stunt
Mar 8 2007 4:01PM (CT)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - Attempts to do a movie stunt landed one man in the hospital with burned genitals and another facing criminal charges. The men were trying to do a stunt from one of the "Jackass" movies, in which a character lights his genitals on fire.
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Half ton man continues weight loss
Mar 8 2007 3:28PM (CT)
SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico (AP) - A man who once weighed well over a half ton left his house for the first time in five years Wednesday _ wheeled outside on his bed to greet neighbors and see a mariachi band. "The sky is beautiful and blue and what I want is to enjoy the sun," said Manuel Uribe, who had once been certified by doctors as weighing 1,235 pounds. Though still unable to leave his bed, Uribe has lost 395 pounds since he began a high-protein diet a year ago. He now weights about
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Half ton man continues weight loss
Mar 8 2007 3:28PM (CT)
SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico (AP) - A man who once weighed well over a half ton left his house for the first time in five years Wednesday _ wheeled outside on his bed to greet neighbors and see a mariachi band. "The sky is beautiful and blue and what I want is to enjoy the sun," said Manuel Uribe, who had once been certified by doctors as weighing 1,235 pounds. Though still unable to leave his bed, Uribe has lost 395 pounds since he began a high-protein diet a year ago. He now weights about
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Woman awakens after 6 years, slips back
Mar 8 2007 7:14AM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A woman who went into a vegetative state more than six years ago awoke this week for three days and spoke with her family and a local television station before slipping back.
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Va. clerk candidate embraces naked truth
Mar 8 2007 3:32AM (CT)
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - Charles "Benny" Neal, candidate for Rockingham County Circuit Court clerk, wants voters to know the naked truth about his past.
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