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No 'Sex,' please: Ohio courthouse bans poster
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (AP) -- A poster for a play with "Sex" in the title has been banned from a northeast Ohio courthouse....
Fairbanks hit with record-breaking cold: 41 below
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska's second-largest city is used to cold weather, but few residents expected record-breaking cold this early in the season....
Calif. teacher with porn sites gets put on leave
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- A high school teacher is under investigation after school officials said she was maintaining a pornographic website from her school-issued laptop computer....
NY man wearing 'I'm a drunk' shirt accused of DWI
CORAM, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York man wearing a T-shirt declaring "I'm a drunk" is facing DWI charges after a collision with a police car....
Ohio troopers say they find gift-wrapped pot
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio troopers making a traffic stop say they found a pot present: a gift-wrapped package containing 25 individually wrapped packets of marijuana....
Strangers who helped each other reunite
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- A motorist who had a heart attack but was kept alive by a stranger whom just minutes earlier he had stopped to help along a Wisconsin interstate has had a tearful reunion with that woman and the first responders who saved his life....
Alaska man charged in ax attack on snowplow
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska State Troopers say a man apparently angry that a snow berm was blocking his car is accused of attacking a snowplow with an ax....
Maine couple, 88 and 87, get married, kiss 3 times
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- A Maine couple have proved that true love knows no age limits....
Dog that survived gassing finds new home in NJ
NUTLEY, N.J. (AP) -- The dog that survived an Alabama dog pound's gas chamber has found a permanent home in New Jersey....
More cats than inmates at Fla. prison set to close
BELLE GLADE, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say dozens of cats that sneaked into a South Florida prison will be found new homes before the facility closes next month....
Moohunt: Runaway cow captures German hearts
BERLIN (AP) -- A runaway cow named Yvonne is on the loose in Germany and the manhunt - or moohunt - for the Bavarian bovine has captivated the country....
Orange goo on Alaska shore was fungal spores
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An orange-colored goo that streaked the shore of a remote Alaska village turned out to be fungal spores, not millions of microscopic eggs as indicated by preliminary analysis, scientists said Thursday....
Billy goat spells grief for German tourists
AUSSERVILLGRATEN, Austria (AP) -- No buts about it - this billy goat was a pain in the butt....
Snake bites man in car after yard sale purchase
DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a Pennsylvania man picked up more than he bargained for at a yard sale....
NY man, 61, suing over skimpy lifeguard trunks
LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) -- A 61-year-old New York man says he lost his job as a lifeguard when he refused to wear skimpy swim trunks for the annual swim test....
Bat causes stir at NH selectman's meeting
EPPING, N.H. (AP) -- Maybe the bat just wanted to air its concerns to the board....
Giant rodent native to South America seen in Calif
PASO ROBLES, Calif. (AP) -- A giant rodent native to South America has been spotted roaming in a city on California's Central Coast....
Stolen tombstones found during Calif. meth raid
LOMA LINDA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities said Wednesday that narcotics investigators raiding a Southern California home during a methamphetamine bust found something odd in the backyard - two dozen granite and marble tombstones....
Officials clean up toilet-papered Idaho river
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -- A river in Idaho has finally run out of toilet paper....
Swedish house up for sale, complete with skeleton
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A Swedish real estate agent has an unusual piece of property up for sale: a five-bedroom house, complete with medieval tomb and skeleton in the cellar....
