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Maine police on lookout for missing porcupine sculpture
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 1:08 amPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine police are on the lookout for a prickly piece of art. Officials said Tuesday that a porcupine sculpture was recently… -
Meowing traced to kitten found stuck inside home’s wall
Associated Press | April 11, 2016 11:21 pmDEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters have rescued a kitten that was trapped inside the wall of a South Florida home, bringing an end to… -
Police: Man arrested when robbery victim turns out to be cop
Associated Press | April 11, 2016 8:02 amKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Call it a case of very rotten luck. A man in Tennessee has been arrested after authorities say he tried to… -
Goat breaks free, goes on Starbucks run in California
Associated Press | April 11, 2016 5:22 amROHNERT PARK, Calif. (AP) — Police say a goat apparently needed a caffeine fix when it wandered into a Starbucks in Northern California. Rohnert Park… -
Authorities: ‘Hamburglar’ breaks into Five Guys restaurant
Associated Press | April 11, 2016 1:55 amWASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say a man got hungry while he was burglarizing a District of Columbia hamburger restaurant and began cooking himself some food.… -
Record for longest human mattress dominoes chain topples
Associated Press | April 11, 2016 1:05 amNATIONAL HARBOUR, Md. (AP) — Aaron’s Inc., an appliance and electronics-leasing company, has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest human mattress domino chain.… -
Like magic, large rabbit nabbed from Utah farm reappears
Associated Press | April 10, 2016 11:06 pmSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Like a magic hat trick, a large rabbit named Dolly Parton who disappeared from a Salt Lake County farm has… -
Minnesota Burger King workers smash windows after prank call
Associated Press | April 9, 2016 6:26 amCOON RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — A prank caller tricked workers at a Minnesota Burger King into smashing the windows of the restaurant to keep it… -
LeBron James shows off his pizza game in California visit
Associated Press | April 9, 2016 1:04 amThe employee working at a pizza place in this Los Angeles suburb called himself Ron. -
The Latest: Man who scaled cliff to propose later arrested
Associated Press | April 8, 2016 7:49 pmMORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a man who scaled a cliff in California to propose (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Authorities say…