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January 13, 2015

Minnesota woman saves deer with plastic jar stuck on its head

A whitetail deer got its head stuck in a clear plastic jar that prevented it from eating or drinking for several days, until a resourceful Duluth-area woman managed to pop the jar off.

January 13, 2015

Chasing alligator reports, Los Angeles County deputy also finds kangaroo, monkey

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy could hardly believe the call when he heard two women were spotted near a Lancaster intersection, one of them holding an alligator.

January 13, 2015

Mom gives birth in minivan in Chicago hospital driveway, says new daughter will be unstoppable

Melissa Jones almost made it.

January 13, 2015

Duluth woman training for half-marathon gives birth to surprise baby

An aspiring half-marathon runner in Minnesota whose two-hour training session left her with a sore back was stunned to discover that the pain was not due to a pulled muscle or a slipped disc but that she was about to give birth.

January 13, 2015

Prosecutors: DNA on beer cans leads to arrest of suspect in Feb. break-in at central NY home

Authorities say a burglar's decision to knock back a couple of beers during a break-in at an upstate New York home led to his arrest.

January 13, 2015

Furry offender: guards catch cat on clandestine mission at Russian prison colony

Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones, but this may be the first time they have used a cat as an accomplice.

January 13, 2015

Hive of about 40,000 Africanized bees attacks, kills man in Texas

Africanized bees attack much more aggressively and in greater numbers than European bees.

January 13, 2015

Canadian company to search New Mexico landfill for bad Atari video games, including ET

A New Mexico city commission has agreed to allow a Canadian studio to search an old landfill where old, terrible Atari games are rumored to be buried.

January 13, 2015

Texas banker ups ante to $1M for mathematician who solves tricky number theory problem

A Texas banker is upping the ante to $1 million for whoever solves a tricky problem that's been dogging mathematicians since the 1980s.

January 13, 2015

Casualty of European Union regulations: Law change kills German's longest word

A tweak to state laws in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to conform with current EU regulations has caused an unexpected casualty: the longest word in the German language.