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March 10, 2017

Drunk umpire arrested after calling junior high baseball game

Don’t drink and call strikes.

March 10, 2017

Colorado town's Frozen Dead Guy Days festival salutes chilly corpse

A cryogenically frozen Norwegian grandfather is the inspiration for an oddball three-day weekend party in a small Colorado town.

March 10, 2017

Wisconsin teen asks father to take photos of arrest to post on Facebook

A Wisconsin teen accused of arranging an armed robbery on Facebook asked her father to snap a few photos of her in handcuffs so she could post them on the social media site.

March 10, 2017

Iditarod dogs reach checkpoint after sleeping musher falls off sled

A participant in Alaska’s Iditarod was left behind by his team of dogs after falling asleep during the race and falling off his sled.

March 10, 2017

Dead shark found in shopping cart in Florida Walmart parking lot

Authorities are mystified as to why a 5-foot-long dead shark was left in the parking lot of a northeast Florida Walmart just days before another dead shark was found nearby.

March 9, 2017

DMV computer glitch makes everyone in Denver taller

Thousands of people in Colorado were transformed overnight into giants — on their drivers’ licenses at least – when a company failed to convert people’s height from inches

March 9, 2017

Defense lawyer's pants catch fire during arson trial

Jurors trying to assess the truthfulness of defense lawyer Stephen Gutierrez's closing arguments in an arson trial Wednesday may have been dismayed to notice that his pants were literally on fire.

March 9, 2017

Cute pup adopted by monastery melts hearts around the world

The cute little schnauzer was also given a custom-made title, Fray Bigotón (Big Moustache Friar), which he happily carries around the monastery.

March 9, 2017

Chinese media treat Trump satire as real news

No, the White House did not wrap its phones in tinfoil.

March 9, 2017

Gelato leads police to burglary suspect

Police in South Carolina were able to nab a burglary suspect when they linked gelato in his possession to the same Italian-style ice cream that had been stolen from a store.