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December 24, 2017

Pennsylvania woman stunned by $284 billion electric bill

A Pennsylvania utility customer got the shock of her life after checking on her monthly electric bill and seeing that she owed $284 billion.

December 22, 2017

Daring gang caught stealing from mail trucks traveling at 50 mph

Daring, but dumb.

December 18, 2017

Ashes of woman's father stolen from front porch of Arizona home, reward offered

A $10,000 reward is being offered by the postal service after someone stole a package containing a man’s ashes from the doorstep of his daughter’s Arizona house.

December 15, 2017

Oklahoma vet says he pulled 21 pacifiers from dog's stomach

A veterinarian in Oklahoma took to Facebook last week to share what he described as “the most fascinating and exciting surgery” in his career.

December 15, 2017

Stripper's jealous boyfriend set fire to strip club, cops say

West Virginia police said Creio Chance Bishop, 21, set JB Gentlemen’s Club in Huntington, W.Va., on fire because he was tired of his girlfriend working there.

December 15, 2017

UPS loses inheritance of nearly $1M -- then offers $32 refund

UPS lost a bank draft containing a Canadian family's $846,000 inheritance, and then initially tried making things right by offering to refund a mere $32 shipping fee.

December 13, 2017

Human foot washes ashore in Canada, the 13th in a decade, report says

Canadian officials are investigating why a human foot washed ashore on the nation’s shoreline on Vancouver Island last week, marking the 13th foot in the last 10 years to do so.

December 13, 2017

Egyptian singer sentenced to prison for racy music video involving banana

An Egyptian female pop singer was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday after she was convicted of promoting debauchery for a racy music video that featured her provocatively eating a banana.

December 12, 2017

Naked man crashes into truck, runs in traffic, jumps on vehicles near DC airport

Wild video shows the scene after a naked man crashed a truck near Washington Dulles International Airport, began running in the roadway and jumping on multiple vehicles Tuesday afternoon.

December 10, 2017

Swiss woman angry over champagne refusal ejected from plane

German police say the pilot of a passenger jet destined for Zurich made an unscheduled stop at Stuttgart airport because a Swiss passenger become aggressive after being denied champagne.