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  • Streaker at Cardinals game says he lost a bet

    ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A streaker who ran naked onto the field during a Cardinals game says he did so because he lost a bet....

  • Priest apologizes for unholy language on Facebook

    LONDON (AP) -- A British priest has apologized for some unholy language on his Facebook page, his bishop says....

  • City of Pied Piper fame again faces rat problem

    BERLIN (AP) -- The German city of Hamelin may be in need of another Pied Piper - it seems the rats are back....

  • Ill. man who renamed himself Led Zeppelin II dies

    BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) -- He was known as George Blackburn for most of his life, but after his divorce last fall he wanted to start life over. So Blackburn changed his name to Led Zeppelin II....

  • Northern California man finds giant oyster

    EUREKA, Calif. (AP) -- A northern California man who's been searching for years for a record-sized oyster appears to have found one....

  • Police say roving cows drank Mass. backyard brews

    BOXFORD, Mass. (AP) -- Police say a roving group of cows crashed a small gathering in a Massachusetts town and bullied the guests for their beer....

  • Tornadoes didn't stop Kansas couple from marrying

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- On the plains of Kansas, tornadoes are so unremarkable that wedding guests barely flinched as a couple exchanged their vows as a twister loomed in the distance....

  • Mass. woman finds bike she lost 42 years ago

    WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) -- The little girl thought she had lost her new bike forever when she tumbled off a rickety bridge over a muddy stream in Wellfleet, Mass., 42 years ago....

  • Cougar reluctant to leave cage in Wash. state

    EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- Wildlife agents in Washington state were ready to release a captured cougar back into the wild, but it didn't want to go....

  • Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004....

  • Police: British bandits foiled by glued-up bills

    LONDON (AP) -- Three bandits were foiled in Britain when their attempt to pry open a stolen cash box ran up against a new security system that slathered the bills with glue....

  • Cops: Pa. men mistook Bible for purse in snatching

    ARMAGH, Pa. (AP) -- Police say two western Pennsylvania men mistook a woman's Bible carrying case for a purse when they tried to snatch it from her, knocking her to the ground....

  • Wis. theft victim uploads video of suspected thief

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Wisconsin man whose camcorder was briefly stolen has found a way to get back at the suspected thief: He uploaded a video to YouTube that the suspect took with the camera, a clip in which the man reveals his name, shows his face and admits he stole the camera....

  • Tales of lunar rocks through the years

    LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The saga of lunar rock traveling from the first moon landing in 1969 to the Las Vegas Strip in 1987 and back to NASA in 2012 recalls other moon rock stories. Here are a few:...

  • Wanted: Bigfoot hair samples for European study

    LONDON (AP) -- European researchers are planning to use new techniques to analyze DNA that could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists....

  • City official consults Ouija board before vote

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A San Francisco supervisor says he consulted a Ouija board before city leaders voted on whether to recommend naming a Navy ship after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk....

  • 6-year-olds wander from Pa. school to museum

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are investigating an impromptu field trip of sorts that occurred when two 6-year-old students wandered away from their school and walked to the city's Children's Museum a few blocks away....

  • Indian state OKs shooting tiger poachers on sight

    NEW DELHI (AP) -- A state in western India has declared war on animal poaching by allowing forest guards to shoot hunters on sight in an effort to curb rampant attacks on tigers and other wildlife....

  • Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA

    LAS VEGAS (AP) -- It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon....

  • Iowa man with zebra, parrot in truck gets DUI

    DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving....

  • Silicon Valley tech exec accused of Lego thefts

    SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A Silicon Valley tech executive faces charges after authorities say he put fake bar codes on hundreds of Lego sets at various Target stores so he could buy the toys at steeply discounted prices, then sell them online for thousands of dollars in profits....

  • Elephant and pig tapped to predict Euro 2012 games

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Who's going to win the European Championship? Time to ask an elephant - or a pig....

  • SEC reviewing JPMorgan's filings after $2B loss

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators are reviewing what JPMorgan Chase told investors about its finances and the risks it took weeks before suffering a multibillion-dollar trading loss....

  • Ore. workers awarded $332K in onsite toilet fight

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Two workers who claimed they were forced to urinate in a bucket have been awarded $332,000 after a jury found they were fired for complaining to Oregon regulators about the lack of an onsite toilet....

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