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Judge who sued over pants loses job
Nov 13 2007 11:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants has lost his job, District of Columbia officials said.
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Man jumps into gator-infested lake, dies
Nov 13 2007 11:39PM (CT)
MICCOSUKEE TRIBE INDIAN RESERVATION, Fla. (AP) - A suspected thief disappeared into an alligator-infested lake as he fled police only to turn up dead the next day with gator teeth marks on his upper torso, authorities said Tuesday.
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Teacher dispatches raccoon with nail gun
Nov 13 2007 11:22PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ark. (AP) - A high school teacher killed a raccoon with a nail gun after discovering the planned subject of a skinning demonstration was alive.
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Clinton library offers peek at UFO files
Nov 13 2007 8:36PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - In a move sure to provide fodder for conspiracy theorists, the Clinton Library withheld e-mails with subject lines like "X-Files" and "Area 51" from a batch of documents recently released at a UFO buff's request.
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Cows flee after seeing McDonald's
Nov 13 2007 7:43PM (CT)
WEST HAVEN, Utah (AP) - McDonald's? The burger joint? Stampede! Eight cows escaped from a trailer when the rear gate opened as the driver pulled into a McDonald's. It took about two hours to round them up Monday.
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Judge loses more than pants in lawsuit
Nov 13 2007 7:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants has lost his job, District of Columbia officials confirmed.
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La. medical student lands 359-lb grouper
Nov 13 2007 5:31PM (CT)
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - A medical student who blindfolds his friends to keep his favorite offshore fishing spot secret has come up with a record-beating fish _ a warsaw grouper weighing 359.1 pounds.
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Nobody runs for mayor, 7 want to wrestle
Nov 13 2007 5:06PM (CT)
CHILO, Ohio (AP) - Village council members get paid $5 per meeting, while the winner of a wrestling match staged in a wading pool filled with pie filling gets $100. Is it any wonder that more people signed up to wrestle than to run for mayor?
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Woman being 'silly' hit by freight train
Nov 13 2007 4:57PM (CT)
MARYSVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A 54-year-old woman was recovering in the hospital after being hit by a Union Pacific freight train south of Marysville.
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Man in India marries dog as atonement
Nov 13 2007 4:56PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death _ an act he believes cursed him _ a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Parents, school resolve hugging dispute
Nov 13 2007 6:34AM (CT)
MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) - Maybe they hugged it out: school officials resolved their dispute with the parents of a 13-year-old girl given detention for hugging her friends.
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Monkey injures several people in India
Nov 13 2007 12:23AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A wild monkey went on a rampage in a low-income neighborhood in the Indian capital, injuring several people, most of them children, police said Monday.
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