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Cockatoo with dinosaur-like screech vexes neighbors
Associated Press | October 16, 2015 12:48 pmA cockatoo with the screech of a dinosaur is vexing residents of a tony Boston suburb. -
The devil made her do it: ‘Hell on Wheels’ arrested for DUI
Associated Press | October 16, 2015 12:16 pmPolice say a woman accused of drunken driving and hitting six vehicles initially identified herself to an officer as "Hell on Wheels." -
Overdue books returned to Oregon library, 52 years later
Associated Press | October 16, 2015 8:44 amPortland State University librarians in Oregon finally got their hands on two overdue books -- a half century after they were checked out. -
College honors retired professor with 17 mph speed limit
Associated Press | October 16, 2015 8:01 amA Massachusetts college has changed all the speed limit signs on campus to honor a retired mathematics professor who spent his career fascinated by the… -
Cops: Pennsylvania woman did her laundry in woman’s bathtub
Associated Press | October 16, 2015 6:08 amA Pennsylvania woman has been jailed on charges she broke into a neighbor's home, where she was caught doing her laundry in the bathtub. -
Unexpected visitor: Woman finds bear inside apartment
Associated Press | October 16, 2015 4:04 amA North Carolina woman says she entered her daughter's apartment and found a bear, who had entered by opening an unlocked door, roaming through the… -
Authorities shoot cow running loose on Phoenix-area freeway
Associated Press | October 15, 2015 3:40 pmArizona authorities say an officer was forced to shoot a cow that got loose on a Phoenix-area freeway, stopping traffic. -
American flight from Texas to Germany delayed by bees
Associated Press | October 15, 2015 1:16 pmSome unusual travelers caused a delay for one American Airlines flight. -
Los Angeles doctor delivers baby on flight from Taiwan
Associated Press | October 15, 2015 11:28 amA Los Angeles doctor returning from her honeymoon ended up delivering a baby on an overseas flight when a fellow passenger went into early labor. -
Police say man discovered living in church attic arrested
Associated Press | October 15, 2015 6:48 amPolice say a man who had been living in the attic of a Virginia church for three years has been arrested.