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Stinky meets sticky: Colorado skunk's head freed from peanut butter jar
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - It was a sticky - and potentially stinky - rescue for a Colorado wildlife officer who pried a peanut butter jar off a skunk's head Saturday in Grand Junction.March 21, 2010
Biting bulldog sinks patrol car despite being tasered
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - What happened to a Chattanooga police officer's car was certainly under the radar.March 16, 2010
Woman delivers own surprise baby, then picks up son from school 
HARRODSBURG, Ky. - A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical cord.
March 10, 2010
Two women charged in ATM scam
GREEN BAY - Two women are accused stealing money from intoxicated men after picking them up at bar closing time in Green Bay and driving them to an automated teller machine.
March 10, 2010
'Old Baldy' horse head going back on display at Phily museums
PHILADELPHIA — A museum in Philadelphia will once again showcase the head of Old Baldy, the horse Gen. George Meade rode during many of the Civil War's most infamous battles.
March 09, 2010
It's snow joke: Michigan tax increase gets frosty reception from army of snowman protesters
LANSING, Mich. - A group opposed to increasing Michigan's taxes wasn't about to let a good snowstorm go to waste. Common Sense in Government crafted more than three dozen snowmen on the state Capitol lawn to greet lawmakers Tuesday. The snowmen, complete with menacing or sad faces, hold signs with slogans including "Don't raise our taxes!" and "I'm mad and I vote."
February 24, 2010
Falling icicle forces Iowa apartment evacuation
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Residents of a Cedar Rapids apartment complex have been evacuated after a gas meter was damaged by a large falling icicle.
February 24, 2010
Oregon police arrest man for arson after he bragged about the blaze to his hairdresser
SALEM, Ore. - Salem police said one of the two men accused of setting a fire to an old training center bragged about the blaze to his hairdresser. According to court documents, a 20-year-old man told his hairdresser that he went into an old building on the former Fairview Training Center campus to smoke marijuana, then set the Jan. 27 blaze that destroyed the building. His hairdresser tipped police, who arrested the suspect.
February 22, 2010
Police say Texas student willingly had buttocks branded, no charges will be filed
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. - Breckenridge authorities said a Texas Christian University student who suffered burns when his peers branded his buttocks participated in the act willingly and no charges will be filed.
February 22, 2010
Minn. city thinks woman's $1,600 water bill is correct, even though it's 20 times usual bill
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis woman has received a $1,600 water bill, a bill the city believes is accurate even though it's 20 times the woman's usual bill. Erica Kocur said her bill is generally $70 to $80 per month. She said her "heart just dropped" when she got her latest bill. The city said she must have a running toilet or dripping faucet.
February 22, 2010
Idaho groom arrested twice on wedding day
LEWISTON, Idaho - A marriage got off to a rocky start after the 21-year-old groom from northern Idaho was arrested twice on his wedding night and charged with assaulting his new wife in nearby eastern Washington.
February 18, 2010
Wis. man convicted of putting ex-girlfriend's puppy in hot oven
GREEN BAY — A 32-year-old Green Bay man has been convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's puppy by putting it in a hot oven.
February 11, 2010
'Lucky' who played 'chicken' with Calif. drivers now living with horse, bearded dragon, lizard
GLENDALE, Calif. - A black chicken who spent two months dodging cars, coyotes and captors at a busy Glendale intersection is a sitting duck no more. Berna Arnold and her 8-year-old son said they used fishing nets to catch the elusive hen and move her to their Simi Valley home, where she is living with a horse, a bearded dragon, lizards and three other chickens.
February 04, 2010
Tenn. deputy became belligerent, was locked in K-9 cage after arrest on DUI charge
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee sheriff's deputy arrested on a drunken driving charge wound up in a dog house before he was taken to the big house. The Kingsport Times-News reported the details of a Tennessee Highway Patrol arrest report, which said 47-year-old Samuel Monroe Bledsoe was kicking the windows of a trooper's cruiser on his way to a hospital for a blood test.
February 04, 2010
New Zealand teen auctions her virginity to raise money for university
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand teenager who says she auctioned her virginity online for $32,000 to raise tuition money did not break any laws but it might be risky for her to follow through on the deal, police warned Wednesday.
February 04, 2010
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