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November 21, 2015

Arizona officials find fake skeletons in lawn chairs while searching for bodies

Authorities in far west Arizona have found two fake skeletons in the Colorado River sitting on lawn chairs and wearing sunglasses.

November 21, 2015

9-foot tall paper ball sets world record, shows Minnesota how much recyclable paper it tosses

A state agency in Minnesota is claiming the world record for largest ball of paper.

November 21, 2015

Deformed mutt named Quasi Modo is crowned World's Ugliest Dog; she wins $1,500 for owner

A 10-year-old mutt named Quasi Modo, whose spinal birth defects left her a bit hunchbacked, is the winner of the World's Ugliest Dog contest.

November 21, 2015

Police: Delaware man arrested after officers discover cocaine hidden in his prosthetic leg

Police say a Delaware drug suspect went out on a limb to transport a stash of cocaine, but he was busted when officers discovered the drug hidden inside his prosthetic leg.

November 21, 2015

Gang leader impregnated 4 prison guards while running contraband scheme, authorities say

An indictment says a contraband ring that involved sex between inmates and guards led to four of the officers becoming pregnant by Tavon White, leader of a jailhouse gang called the Black Guerrilla Family. 

November 21, 2015

Teen is longest cherry pit spitter but crown goes to another spitter at annual Michigan event

A 15-year-old Michigan girl said there was nothing special about the way she spit a cherry pit Saturday.

November 21, 2015

'In Dog We Trust' accidentally printed on rugs at a Florida Sheriff's Office headquarters

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office in Florida has gone to the dogs.

November 21, 2015

Grand Canyon officials try to outsmart elk nosing into water-refilling stations for a drink

Thirsty hikers have to wait.

November 21, 2015

Norway's latest TV must: Watch a mountainside crumble live, but when?

Norway, which provided TV viewers with five hours of knitting live, showing a fire burning itself out and minute-by-minute salmon fishing, has found a new attraction — a rockslide on a mountain.

November 21, 2015

Ohio State greenhouse awaits corpse flower's rare stinky bloom, with odor of rotted flesh

Researchers at an Ohio State University greenhouse are awaiting a rare second bloom by a rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its unpleasant odor.