January 13, 2015 NJ cease and desist order brings sarcasm-laden rebuttal from lawyer Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie." Then there's the sarcasm-laden document that landed on the desk of the West Orange, N.J., township lawyer Monday.
January 13, 2015 Bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days is rescued in central Pa. Four central Pennsylvania residents say they rescued a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days.
January 13, 2015 Husband accidentally sells box with wife's $22,000 wedding ring inside for $10 Racquel Cloutier put her wedding ring in the wooden watch box for safe keeping while she was in the hospital delivering her fifth child.
January 13, 2015 Boston woman pays $560,000 for 2 parking spots during auction held by IRS Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home.
January 13, 2015 Philly man finds 18-inch reptile relaxing in puddle at curbside sewer grate, offers gator aid A Philadelphia man has offered a little gator aid — calling animal control authorities to help rescue a juvenile alligator he found near a sewer grate on his street.
January 13, 2015 Parents outraged after NYC school has teens write first-person suicide notes for homework The English-class homework at York Prep required students as young as 14 to write goodbye missives from the perspective of a character who offs herself in “The Secret Life of Bees,” a best-selling book and film.
January 13, 2015 No joke: Austrian hotel advertises for jester; applicants must be extroverted, musical Wanted: A jester.
January 13, 2015 Police say Pa. wedding guest stole cards during reception, tried to hide money in her bra A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with stealing money from cards brought to a wedding reception she was attending — and trying to hide the loot in her bra.
January 13, 2015 Czech firms demonstrate electric bicycle capable of flying, but only a dummy rode Is it a bike? Is it a plane? Three Czech companies have teamed up to make a prototype of an electric bicycle that successfully took off Wednesday inside an exhibition hall in Prague and landed safely after a remote-controlled, five-minute flight.
January 13, 2015 Arts group wants to envelope Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Bridge with knitted blankets Andy Warhol's art doesn't often conjure warm and fuzzy images — but a proposed tribute to him just might.
