A Tennessee man’s homeowners insurance apparently doesn’t cover “acts of cow.” Jerry Lynn Davis called the Hawkins County Sheriff’s office on Thursday, complaining that a neighbor’s cows had been licking his house. In the process, Davis says the curious bovines did about $100 in damage by ripping off a screen window, cracking the glass and [...]
AUSTIN, TX — An Austin man robbed a convenience store in the early morning hours Thursday while wearing boxer briefs on his head, according to police documents. An arrest affidavit indicates Adam Fujawa, 31, walked into a convenient store at 2:18 a.m. Thursday covered in mud from the knees down when he asked to use [...]
The kiss may have evolved for reasons that are far more practical – and less alluring – than prevously thought. British scientists believe it developed to spread germs. They say that the uniquely human habit allows a bug that is dangerous in pregnancy to be passed from man to woman to give her time to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
December 7, 2009
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