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Eviction escape: Man flees, pig attacks
Sep 29 2005 5:18PM (CT)
BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (AP) - A man and his pet wild pig facing eviction from their Boulder Creek home have eluded authorities _ the man by running into the woods, and the pig by attacking deputies.
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Pastor gets unwelcome supply of Viagra
Sep 29 2005 4:52PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A pastor received an unwelcome supply of Viagra pills by registered mail earlier this month. The 500 pills of the impotence drug was very unexpected, he said.
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Street plagued by foul odor gets relief
Sep 29 2005 4:32PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Residents of a suburban street plagued with a revolting sewer stench are finally getting some, ahem, relief. "Sometimes, it's just overwhelming," accountant Nikki Warner said of the intersection of Zanker and Trimble. "Sometimes you go outside and, ugh."
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Opossum found in Airport trash can
Sep 29 2005 4:04PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A postal worker discovered a 15-pound opossum moving around inside a trash bin at Honolulu International Airport, the second such animal found at the airport in the past three months, state agriculture officials said.
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Texas judge orders teen barred from sex
Sep 29 2005 3:38PM (CT)
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) - A state district judge has ordered a 17-year-old drug offender barred from sex as a condition of her probation. Judge Lauri Blake made the ruling that bars the girl from having sex as long as she is living with her parents and attending school.
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Man found driving ambulance with dead deer
Sep 29 2005 1:03PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A man reported missing from a Florida hospital was found in North Carolina dressed like a doctor and driving a stolen ambulance with a dead deer wedged in the back, authorities said.
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Lawmaker balks at funeral parlors at malls
Sep 29 2005 12:57PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Wisconsin lawmaker thinks strip malls are no place for the dearly departed _ he wants to ban funeral parlors from setting up shop there.
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Jake the cat gives Gov. Richardson fits
Sep 29 2005 12:46PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson may love cats but he and his 20-pound neutered tabby aren't big on posing for photos together.
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Danish air force compensates Santa
Sep 29 2005 6:07AM (CT)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The Danish Air Force said Thursday it paid 31,175 kroner ($5,032) in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart failure when two fighter jets roared over his farm.
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Thieves pull plug on Brunei power utility
Sep 29 2005 12:43AM (CT)
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) - A gang of thieves has stolen cables, pillars and doors from scores of power substations in Brunei, disrupting service and leaving power lines dangerously exposed, an official said.
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