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September 19, 2017

'Zombie dogs' roaming near Chicago are infected coyotes, police warn

Police are warning residents at an Illinois town to avoid helping "zombie" dogs because they are infected coyotes.

September 19, 2017

Convicted drug dealer's 67 boxes of shoes put up for auction

The Columbus Dispatch reports there are 67 boxes of confiscated footwear up for sale by Licking County officials.

September 19, 2017

Spiderman the monkey dead at 43, New York zoo says

Spiderman the monkey has died, the Seneca Park Zoo wrote on Facebook. He was 43 years old.

September 19, 2017

'Ghost' lobster hauled from ocean off Maine

Some lobsters are red, some are blue, some are half blue or half orange — but one lobster recently found could trump them all.

September 19, 2017

British girl finds her own 'Excalibur' in legendary pool

A young British girl swimming at a lake in the United Kingdom believed to hold the legendary King Arthur’s famous sword happened upon a shiny sword herself.

September 19, 2017

Russian taxi drivers fired for green-dye smearing of women

Two Russian taxi drivers were fired after a video of them forcing women to smear their faces with green antiseptic dye – allegedly as punishment for not paying – went viral.

September 19, 2017

Tiger shot dead after running loose on Georgia highway

A tiger was shot dead Wednesday morning after several residents reported the animal running loose on a Georgia highway and attacking a neighborhood dog, police said.

September 19, 2017

Sharks found in NY home's basement pool

Seven live sharks and three dead ones have been seized from a pool in the basement of a home in New York's Hudson Valley.

September 19, 2017

Man trashes 7-Eleven in California after clerk refuses to sell beer after 2 a.m.

After a clerk declined to sell him beer in the middle of the night, an enraged customer trashed the front counter and smashed the windows of a 7-Eleven in California, authorities said.

September 19, 2017

Millionaire taunts lesbians by blasting songs about men in feud over rooster

A multi-millionaire harassed his lesbian neighbors by playing “When a Man Loves a Woman” after their rooster crowed, a court in the U.K. heard on Wednesday.