Weird news

From the Associated Press

Goat on the lam snarls NJ's Pulaski Skyway traffic – 05/21/2013
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase....
Thailand urged to explore edible insect market – 05/21/2013
BANGKOK (AP) -- Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating....
Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago – 05/20/2013
CHICAGO (AP) -- A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite....
Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride – 05/17/2013
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle....
Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled – 05/17/2013
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) -- An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived....
Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail – 05/16/2013
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant....
AP NewsAlert – 05/24/2013
PHOENIX (AP) -- Judge finds Arizona sheriff's office racially profiles Latinos in immigration patrols....
Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest – 05/18/2013
MALMO, Sweden (AP) -- Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine....
Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic – 05/16/2013
SYDNEY (AP) -- An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself....
Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru – 05/16/2013
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) -- A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later - in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works....