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…
Cops: Couple’s copper theft for wedding netted $18
ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — Police say a western Pennsylvania couple desperate for money to pay for their wedding netted just $18 for the stolen copper wire they cut from more than a dozen utility poles. North Sewickley police say…
Mass. official sorry for public meeting bra trick
ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) — The chairman of the school committee in Abington, Massachusetts, is apologising for a magic trick he performed before a televised meeting this week in which he appeared to tear the bra off a fellow committee member…
Trump casino offers $25K plastic surgery prize
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The latest casino promotion in Atlantic City gives new meaning to “going bust.” The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort plans to give $25,000 worth of plastic surgery to a winner from a player’s card contest….
Mass. cat with 2 faces lives 12 years, sets record
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future. Now, 12 years after Marty Stevens rescued him from being put to…
