By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer Ray Lilley, Associated Press Writer – Mon Jan 26, 7:18 am ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A captive reptile in New Zealand has unexpectedly become a father at the ripe old age of 111 after receiving treatment for a cancer that made him hostile toward prospective mates.
The centenarian tuatara, named Henry, was thought well [...]
BLOOMFIELD, Ind. – A 72-year-old man with eyebrows so long he brushed them each morning raised $1,600 for charity from people who paid to take turns trimming his out-of-control brows. Some of the wiry hairs shorn from Si Burgher’s shaggy eyebrows measured more than three inches long because the former jeweler’s brows had never been [...]
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Authorities are looking for a shoplifter who was run over twice by her getaway car after stealing $1,200 worth of designer purses from a Cape Coral store. A T.J. Maxx security guard told police she saw a woman stuff six designer Dooney & Bourke purses into her pants Tuesday morning and [...]
Cops arrest pair who allegedly bought home when cash appeared in account
The Associated Press
updated 10:31 a.m. ET, Wed., Jan. 14, 2009
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania couple is behind bars after police say they failed to call the bank when a glitch put an extra $175,000 in their account.
Authorities say 50-year-old Randy Pratt and 36-year-old Melissa [...]
Pesky primate has eluded bucket truck and tranquilizer darts
The Associated Press
updated 6:57 p.m. ET, Wed., Jan. 14, 2009
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Wildlife officials said a rhesus monkey known to throw feces when mad is on the loose in Tampa Bay. Authorities have been trying to capture the primate since Tuesday afternoon, but it managed to evade [...]
Portland police said a customer angry over a convenience store clerk’s refusal to sell alcohol returned and set a fire. Officers said the man became belligerent before leaving the Big Apple store Thursday night, then returned a half-hour later with a gas can.Police said he poured fluid outside the building and in the entryway inside [...]
BEIJING (Reuters) – A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow centenarian so they will have something to talk about, a Chinese paper reported.
Wang Guiying is worried she is becoming a burden to her ageing nieces [...]
One was born just before midnight on New Year’s, the other just after
The Associated Press
updated 5:58 p.m. ET, Fri., Jan. 2, 2009
ROCHESTER, Mich. - They’re twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say.
Tariq Griffin entered the world at 12:17 a.m. on New Year’s Day at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, Mich. Twin brother [...]
A 78 year old blind bowler bowls a 300! A perfect game!
Amazing.One of the most amazing sports stories that you’ll ever hear came out of Buena Vista, Florida this week. The Storm Lake Times reported on a 78-year old bowler who happened to bowl the first perfect game of his life. The catch? The [...]
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