In an apparently cold-blooded attempt at smuggling, a California man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport this week with more than a dozen wriggling lizards strapped to his chest. Michael Plank, 40, was detained by U.S. Customs agents after they discovered 15 live lizards stuffed into his money belt, officials with the U.S. Fish [...]
November 21, 2009
EMMITSBURG, Md. — Operators of a Catholic shrine in Maryland thought they had been blessed with a big donation this month when a worker found $40,000 worth of rare coins on the grounds. But officials at Mount St. Mary’s University said Wednesday that the bags of money had only been left at the National Shrine [...]
November 21, 2009
Everyone has favorite foods from home that they want to bring to holiday dinners, or items from their destination that they want to bring back home. Travelers are advised, however, that while pies are permitted through the airport security checkpoints, there are some other holiday staples that cannot make it into the plane as carry-on [...]
November 20, 2009
NEW YORK — Benjamin Scherler was walking home on Sunday night when he spotted a sign at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens that seemed to scream out for help. The letters E and S on marquee at Elmhurst Hospital on Broadway in Queens seemed to have fizzled out, leaving a distinctive message. The resulting effect is [...]
November 20, 2009
Meet Yoda, a household pet born with an extra pair of ears. Chicago, Illinois, couple Valerie and Ted Rock took the cat in two years ago after they visited a local bar, where a group of drinkers were handing the animal around and making fun of him. Since being adopted by the Rocks and after [...]
November 20, 2009
PITTSBURGH, PA — A man accused of murdering his wife has been charged with forging documents to steal a cemetery plot so he could be buried beside her. Bedford County District Attorney William Higgins contends the alleged scam is 39-year-old John Gerholt’s latest effort to harass his late wife, Karen, and her relatives. “I’ve never [...]
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