Thieves snag valuable horsehair
BELGRADE, Mont. (AP) — A Montana woman says she knows it sounds mean, but she hopes her horse at least tried to kick the person that cut the hair off her tail. Belgrade-area resident Alisha Novotny tells KTVM-TV that she…
Paralysed man uses mind-powered robot arm to touch
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Giving a high-five. Rubbing his girlfriend’s hand. Such ordinary acts — but a milestone for a paralysed man. True, a robotic arm parked next to his wheelchair did the touching, painstakingly, palm to palm. But Tim Hemmes…
Salt Lake City underwear run sets world record
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A protest of Utah’s uptight laws that featured people running through the streets of Salt Lake City in their underwear has set a new world record. Guinness World Records says the Utah Undie Run broke…
Medical pot user turned in by pizza delivery man
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man who got a visit from police after a pizza delivery driver smelled marijuana at his home is getting free pizza from a rival restaurant. Frederick Smith says police searched his home in Aurora after…
NM fraternity finds severed goat head on porch
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — University of New Mexico police are trying to determine who left a severed goat head on the porch of a fraternity house. Members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity found the head last week and reported…
Snoop Digs Record-Breaking Vegetable
NEWPORT, UK (AP) – Ian Neale from Newport earned a place in horticultural history by cultivating the 38.8kg (85.5lb) swede. His efforts won praise from the unlikeliest of people – cannabis activist and hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg. In a short…
Utah rat eater has animal cruelty charge dismissed
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who is no longer facing charges for eating a live baby rat says the act was grotesque, but shouldn’t be considered as animal cruelty. Prosecutors charged Andy Ray Harris with animal cruelty…
Mass. official who performed bra trick resigns
ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) — The chairman of a Massachusetts school board has resigned days after performing a magic trick at a televised meeting that made it appear as if he had removed a fellow board member’s bra. Russell FitzGerald said…
Kangaroo at exotic-animal farm attacks Ohio man
GREEN CAMP, Ohio (AP) — An 80-year-old man is in fair condition after a kangaroo attacked him for 15 minutes at an exotic-animal farm in central Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Marion County sheriff’s office received a 911…
NJ police chief: Double-parking wife not above law
LODI, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey police chief says no one is above the law — not even his wife. Lodi (LOH’-deye) Police Chief Vincent Caruso ordered an officer to ticket his wife after she double parked while dropping…
