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California Highway Patrol captures flightless fugitive emu
Animal experts say the flightless native Australian birds can sprint at up to 30 mph and trot quickly for longer distances. Read more
Animal experts say the flightless native Australian birds can sprint at up to 30 mph and trot quickly for longer distances. Read more
A solid 18-karat gold toilet, titled “America” by its creator Maurizio Cattelan, was stolen today from an exhibit at Blenheim Palace, the Oxfordshire birthplace and family home of Winston Churchill. Read more
You stink, stay out! That’s the message from one Mississippi Delta convenience store to workers at a neighboring soybean oil mill. Read more
The yak crossed a busy highway and avoided officers trying to capture it by heading for the mountains. Read more
It took 22 years, but a missing man’s remains were finally found thanks to someone who zoomed in on his former Florida neighborhood with Google satellite images and noticed a car submerged in a lake, authorities said. Read more
A South Florida woman who claimed to be a psychic fortune teller was sentenced last week in Miami to prison for taking $1.6 million from a Texas woman to remove a curse from her family. Read more
A Pennsylvania couple who police say went on a spending spree after a bank accidentally deposited $120,000 into their account are headed to trial. Read more
Swedish authorities say that a man has been denied a vanity plate with the letters “TRUMP” because it violated motor vehicle department rules. Read more
Authorities say a burglar broke into a Florida home, cooked himself an early morning meal and told the resident there to “go back to sleep.” Read more
Officials say a truck carrying hundreds of live chickens crashed and erupted in flames, killings hundreds of the birds and snarling this morning’s commute in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read more
Patrick Eldridge parked his smart car in his kitchen to protect it from Hurricane Dorian because he didn’t want it to “blow away” and to prove that he can park his car there. Read more
A deputy opened the container with a pole and put a ladder inside, allowing the bear to scamper out and rejoin its family. Read more
A group that monitors sea turtles in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, has reported finding a two-headed Loggerhead hatchling. Read more
Hundreds of beer can collectors met up in Albuquerque for “CANvention,” an annual gathering sponsored by the Fenton, Missouri-based Brewery Collectibles Club of America. Read more
Wendy Auger has been asked to surrender her vanity plate, which reads “PB4WEGO,” as phrases related to excretory acts aren’t permitted by New Hampshire’s Department of Motor Vehicles. Read more
Thailand has issued a warning against sticky rice hoarders who are looking to take advantage of a recent surge in prices: Do so and risk jail time. Read more
Hundreds of bicyclists have been caught with their pants down — and their shirts and underwear off, too. Read more
An upcoming three-day Colorado extravaganza featuring the longtime progressive rock group Phish won’t be suitable for sleepovers, thanks to a bubonic plague threat. Read more
A German city that’s been the subject of a long-running online light-hearted conspiracy theory claiming it doesn’t really exist is offering big bucks to whoever proves that’s true. Read more
Fearing they could be overwhelmed with visitors, officials in the remote Nevada county that’s home to the Area 51 military base have drafted an emergency declaration ahead of events next month tied to the “Storm Area 51” internet drive. Read more
A South Dakota woman who recently gave birth to triplets says she didn’t find out about her pregnancy until she went to the hospital with what she thought were kidney stones. Read more