SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. — A church made famous by Washington Irving’s short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” has rejected a couple’s request to hold a Halloween-themed wedding. Lisa Panensky and Jim Nieves signed a contract 13 months ago to get married on Halloween at the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Church officials [...]
October 31, 2009
EVERMAN – A growing colony of South American parrots has drawn curious bird watchers to the little town of Everman. But, now the lime green parrots’ nests have started to become a pricey problem for the small city located south of Fort Worth. The parrots don’t talk, but they’ve clearly charmed their earthbound neighbors. “They’re [...]
October 31, 2009
CARROLL, Iowa —Police say guilt was written all over their faces. Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man’s home in Carroll, Iowa. When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller’s description blocks away, they were stunned by the men’s disguises. [...]
October 31, 2009
Researchers have simulated a mini black hole in the lab, though luckily not the kind that could swallow up the Earth. This pseudo black hole captures only light, not mass. “The device we created is not a real black hole, but only a device to mimic the black-hole effect,” said researcher Tie Jun Cui, a [...]
October 30, 2009
LAUDERHILL, FL. — The five-ton ball of rubber bands groaned and swayed as the crane lifted it from the driveway. A small frog hopped out from underneath. “Let’s cross our fingers and hope we don’t see if it bounces,” said Edward Meyer, who bought the ball for an undisclosed sum for Ripley’s Believe It or [...]
October 30, 2009
Nothing, not even a train, could stop Kenyan Simon Sawe from winning the Des Moines Marathon for the second time. Sawe was leading countryman David Tuwei by 10 seconds when, after a left turn onto the final stretch on Southwest Fourth, he stared right at a train passing on the road. “Nobody is prepared for [...]
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