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NJ cops kick in door over bird's cries for help
(AP)
AP - Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house. Officers arrived and when no one answered the door, they kicked it in to make a rescue.
Parrots wreak havoc at New Zealand bird sanctuary
(AP)
AP - A gang of unruly teenage bush parrots have wrought havoc at a bird sanctuary in New Zealand by using their powerful beaks to destroy nesting boxes.
W.Va. man accused of drunk driving on a tractor
(AP)
AP - A Charleston man faces drunken driving charges after police spotted him riding a farm tractor on a highway without lights or proper warning signs. Kanawha County sheriff's deputies arrested 22-year-old Joshua David Postalwait early Friday morning.
Team dumps logo near buttocks after 70-0 loss
(AP)
AP - The Idaho Vandals football team is dumping the letter "I" from the buttocks region of players' new pants following a season-opening 70-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats.
Hey! You have a snake hanging from your car!
(AP)
AP - Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home? The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that biochemical engineer Marika Suominen-Yeh got the surprise of her life last week when a motorist flagged her down after seeing a snake drop from beneath her minivan.
Ancient bronze mirrors stolen from museum
(Reuters)
Reuters - A bronze mirror that is more than 1,600
years old was stolen from a museum in Dunhuang in northwest
China's Gansu Province, the Xinhua news agency said Wednesday,
citing a museum curator.
Police hunt high-speed skateboard outlaw
(Reuters)
Reuters - Police are trying to track down a man
filmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of south German
motorway at 100 km an hour (62 mph), far above the speed limit.
Ex-boxing champ shot dead in smoking dispute
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former British heavyweight boxing
champion James Oyebola was shot in the neck in a nightclub
after asking a group of men to stop smoking, a court heard
Tuesday. Prosecutor Jeremy Donne told the Old Bailey that the
boxer died after the "senseless" shooting at the Chateau 6 club
in Fulham, west London, in July 2007.
Woman eyes skydive record over Everest
(Reuters)
Reuters - A British woman plans to make a
parachute jump over Mount Everest hoping to become the first
woman ever to skydive over the world's highest peak, organizers
said Sunday.
Putin saves TV crew from Siberian tiger
(Reuters)
Reuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was feted
by Russian media on Sunday for saving a television crew from an
attack by a Siberian tiger in the wilds of the Far East.
Greek postmen beat zombies to win oddest book title
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Greek Rural Postmen and Their
Cancellation Numbers" benefited from a late surge in public
support to win the title on Friday of oddest book title of the
past 30 years, The Bookseller magazine said.
MP in jungle cocaine search drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - A British MP trekking in Colombia was
held at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffee
whitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook it
for cocaine.
Pole dancers model lingerie at NY Fashion Week
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lingerie creator Heather Thomson got a
jump-start on the New York Fashion Week, turning to some of the
city's best pole dancers to display her new line of Yummie
Tummie underwear on Thursday.
Vienna's dancing horses get first female riders
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two women have made history at Vienna's
Spanish Riding School by becoming the first female riders to
pass the entrance exam in 436 years.
Musical taste "defines personality"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fans of classical music and jazz are
creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the
stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types
who are at ease with themselves.
Doctor fired for allegedly drinking on the job
(AP)
AP - A Massachusetts doctor has been fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly trying to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk.
Japan PM parting shot T-shirt a hit
(Reuters)
Reuters - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo
Fukuda was unpopular with voters but T-shirts printed with his
huffy parting shot are now a hit.
Ohio preacher, 71, avoids jail in road rage case
(AP)
AP - A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher convicted of waving a gun and threatening another driver won't be going to jail. A Hamilton County judge on Thursday sentenced Thomas Howell to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service on his conviction for aggravated menacing.
Taiwan county shuts last legal brothel
(Reuters)
Reuters - Authorities in central Taiwan have
turned off the red light at the county's last legal brothel
after the death of its pimp aged 87, newspapers said on Friday.
Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm
(AP)
AP - One Utah community is cheering a special bear — but don't call him Smokey. Investigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away.