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The one that didn't get away yields long-lost ring
BUNA, Texas (AP) -- The one that didn't get away held an unlikely surprise for a Texas man. The blue-stoned class ring of Joe Richardson, engraved with his name, turned up inside an 8-pound bass 21 years after he lost it while ...
Pizzeria mistakenly butchers deer near customer
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- An Allentown pizzeria said venison is not on the menu - despite the impression a customer may have gotten when she saw one of the cooks butchering a deer in the shop's kitchen. John Okumus, the manager of ...
Man uses candy cane to subdue attacker with knife
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A man using a candy cane lawn ornament fended off a knife-wielding neighbor who had been attacking holiday guests at a Sacramento home. Police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong said the man used the ...
Fla. man accused of making boy drive on beer run
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities in southwest Florida say an intoxicated man had his 9-year-old son take him on a beer run. Cape Coral police arrested the 27-year-old man last week, after seeing a pickup truck drive onto a ...
Want jail credit? Just clean up blood, vomit, etc.
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee County jail inmates can knock an hour off their sentence for each hour they spend on some dirty work - cleaning up blood, feces, saliva and other bodily fluids at the House of Correction and Criminal ...
RI man bags mutant, 4-clawed lady lobster
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- A lady lobster with four claws was pulled from the deep this week in the waters off Newport. With a large crusher claw and three pincher claws - instead of the usual one - the crustacean was unlike anything ...
Ghost tour spooked after car plows into group
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Things got a little spookier than expected during a ghost tour when a driver lost control of her car and plowed into the group. The Charleston Post and Courier reported two people suffered minor injuries ...
Ohio artist offers legless Santa and crazed tree
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) -- A northern Ohio artist known for envelope-pushing holiday displays is back - with Santa Claus in a wheelchair being pushed down stairs by a crazed tree....
Camels found wandering in Mexican border city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- It may have seemed like a mirage: Two camels nibbling on a pine tree along a street in this desert metropolis on the Texas border. Police tried lassoing the animals, which lunged at the officers with ...
Message in bottle tossed off NJ in '69 found in NC
NORTH HALEDON, N.J. (AP) -- A message in a bottle tossed into the ocean off Barnegat Bay has turned up in North Carolina - 39 years later. The note was sealed in a Schaefer beer bottle. It was dated Aug. 17, 1969 and read: "If ...