January 13, 2015 Butter sculpture of Abraham Lincoln to share spotlight with Iowa State Fair's world-famous cow A butter sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln will share the dairy-centric spotlight this year with the world-famous butter cow at the Iowa State Fair.
January 13, 2015 Los Angeles man, 24, arrested on after running through San Francisco Zoo exhibits Police say a man hoping to dodge the $15 entrance fee at the San Francisco Zoo led security officers on a wild chase as he dashed through animal exhibits.
January 13, 2015 Va. police corral escaped cow that had been on the loose for 2 days on suburban streets A wayward, pregnant cow that had been roaming the streets and backyards of a Washington, D.C., suburb after escaping her farm has been captured.
January 13, 2015 5-figure Ohio water bills blamed on new software; pastor jokes holy water use caused $93K bill A spate of five-figure water bills in an Ohio city are being blamed on new software, but a pastor jokes his church's $93,000 bill was from using too much holy water.
January 13, 2015 Treasure hunters discover gold coins reportedly worth around $250G buried off Florida coast A group of treasure hunters says they have found 48 gold coins reportedly worth hundreds of thousands of dollars buried in the sand in Florida's "Treasure Coast," where eleven Spanish ships laden with gold sank in 1715.
January 13, 2015 Wis. mayor proposes 1st motto for capital of Madison: '77 square miles surrounded by reality' The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city is proposing it adopt its first official motto: 77 square miles surrounded by reality.
January 13, 2015 In tiny tourist town of Dorset, Minn., mayor is 4-year-old boy who likes ice cream and fishing Supporters of the mayor in the tiny tourist town of Dorset can stuff the ballot box all they want as he seeks re-election.
January 13, 2015 Minn. man dubs rabbit 'Frankenstein' in video attracting hundreds of thousands of viewers A southern Minnesota college student's spoof video of an apparently tumorous rabbit that he dubbed "Frankenstein" has attracted hundreds of thousands of Internet viewers.
January 13, 2015 Officials: Albuquerque woman watching fireworks struck by lightning, gives birth A pregnant New Mexico woman has survived a bolt from the blue to give birth to a bouncing baby girl.
January 13, 2015 4 wallabies recaptured after walkabout at Des Moines zoo Four red-necked wallabies made a break for freedom after a gate was left open on the Australia exhibit at a Des Moines zoo.
