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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) -- Five veterinary clinics in eastern Alabama received 32 surprises in the last week: Healthy cats in containers and carriers, along with notes from an anonymous donor saying she is dying from cancer....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) -- Sure, gas prices have come down lately. But to 34.9 cents a gallon? That's what Kelly Joosten and dozens of other motorists paid at a Citgo station Monday. The sign advertised $3.43 for a gallon of premium fuel, but the pump cost read $0.349 a gallon....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) -- Thad Starr's giant pumpkin really began putting on weight in August - a lot of weight. The pumpkin gained about 30 pounds a day on its way to victory Monday at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay. Starr's pumpkin finished at a record 1,528 pounds....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (AP) -- A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse - thanks to a prosthetic eye. The 65-pound horse, named KBuck, was born June 1 at Lil Chums Miniature Horse Farm in Lawton and lost its eye a few days after birth. Owner Kelsey Chumbley, 12, said she suspects the young horse was the victim of a swift kick from its mother....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) -- Delpha Speak has 13 grandchildren and she didn't think it was completely implausible that one of her grandsons-in-law would call her to say he was in trouble. The 72-year-old retiree could tell something was wrong, and she wanted to do whatever she could to help....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A McDonald's cashier called 911 after a Vero Beach drive-thru customer allegedly offered to pay for his meal with marijuana. The Indian River County Sheriff's Office said the cashier called Monday with a description of the vehicle the suspect had been riding in....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- You can call her CutoutDissection.com, Cutout for short, but just don't call her Jennifer....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
OSAGE, Iowa (AP) -- A Minnesota man is under arrest after allegedly stealing a combine and taking it for drunken ride through several yards and crashing into a garage. The man was charged with first offense operating while intoxicated, third-degree burglary, third-degree theft and criminal mischief as a Class C felony....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Brooklyn butcher shop worker called his specialty "hot kielbasa" - for snorting, not eating. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the kielbasa was really cocaine - not the Polish sausage sold in a popular meat market....
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10/15/2008 01:53 PM
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A playful polar bear pawing at a toy lost his balance and slipped into a moat at the Milwaukee County Zoo....
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