May 21, 2015 San Francisco Zoo takes bite out of Valentine's Day with scorpion, cockroach adoptions Feeling the sting of rejection? Itching to get even with an ex? The San Francisco Zoo is offering the burned and spurned masses the chance to "adopt" a hissing cockroach or giant scorpion in honor of their special ex-someone for Valentine's Day.
May 21, 2015 Dog gets 2nd chance at Utah animal sanctuary after escaping euthanasia in Indiana A dog is getting a second chance at a Utah animal sanctuary a month after escaping a worse fate in Indiana: being euthanized and having its cremated ashes mixed with those of its late owner.
May 21, 2015 Quote on Deschutes County veterans monument not from George Washington; 'Unknown' now credited A quote about respect for military veterans that had been attributed to George Washington and displayed prominently at the Deschutes County Courthouse has a new credit: "Unknown." Although politicians, veterans and others have often attributed the quote to the first president, nobody has been able to document when and where he is supposed to have used the words, Washington scholar Edward Lengel of the University of Virginia told The Bulletin newspaper.
May 21, 2015 Dancing genitals video for children's show not progressive enough for some Swedes In socially liberal Sweden, an educational video for children featuring dancing genitals has become an online hit — and even drawn criticism for not being progressive enough.
May 21, 2015 German court upholds man's right to pee standing up after landlord claimed damages to floor A German court has ruled that a tenant who liked to pee standing up doesn't owe his landlord money for damages apparently caused by splashing, or missing his target altogether.
May 21, 2015 Former US Postal Service worker in Oregon admits he 'just got lazy,' failed to deliver mail A former U.S. Postal Service worker who failed to deliver nearly 1,000 pieces of mail has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor mail obstruction and been sentenced to a year of probation.
May 21, 2015 Bingo, you're busted! Irish grandmother convicted of possessing cocaine at Cork bingo hall Helen Heaphy's number came up at the bingo hall.
May 21, 2015 Western Pennsylvania county commissioners' 1st meeting of 2015 adjourned for lack of ads The first commissioners' meeting of 2105 adjourned after 15 minutes in one western Pennsylvania county because the government hadn't placed legal advertisements listing the time and dates of this year's meetings.
May 21, 2015 Eating while driving: Man who chomped burger while cruising down highway gets traffic ticket A man says enjoying a double quarter-pounder with cheese as he cruised down a highway outside Atlanta got him in trouble with the law — and a ticket for eating while driving.
May 21, 2015 Alabama man cited for eating cheeseburger while driving under Georgia's distracted driver law A man says he was cited by police outside Atlanta for eating a cheeseburger while driving.