January 8, 2015 Spellers in San Diego County bee almost left with nothing but S-I-L-E-N-C-E as words run out David Hay had no words for what was about to happen.
January 8, 2015 With big game on horizon, Sen. McConnell's campaign ad mistakes Duke basketball for Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell's latest campaign video hit all the necessary Kentucky high points: horse racing, bluegrass — and Duke basketball? The campaign was scrambling Tuesday morning to remove an online video that features a split-second clip of Duke basketball players celebrating a national championship.
January 8, 2015 Have you any wool? Ireland needs 1,000 more barber-ready sheep for world shearing contest Do you own a shaggy sheep? Ireland needs ewes.
January 8, 2015 Circus elephants escape handlers in Missouri, damage vehicles in parking lot before recapture Authorities say three elephants escaped from their handlers at a circus near St. Louis and damaged several vehicles in the parking lot before they were recaptured.
January 8, 2015 Police searching for man who sucked woman's toes at North Carolina Wal-Mart Police say a man in North Carolina sucked a woman's toes at a Wal-Mart after he convinced her he was a podiatry student and persuaded her to take off her shoes.
January 8, 2015 'How to Poo on a Date' wins Diagram Prize for year's oddest book title A guide to coping with an awkward romantic moment has been awarded a prize for the year's oddest book title.
January 8, 2015 Search for 1980s 'E.T.' video games in New Mexico landfill put on hold New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumored cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time.
January 8, 2015 State agency sends Hawaiian Homes Commission nomination notice to wrong William Richardson A Hawaii agency says it told the wrong man he was nominated to the board of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, which manages land set aside for Native Hawaiians.
January 8, 2015 Pa. community college students hold festive protest of nixed spring break, including Tiki bar What happens when your college won't let you go on spring break? You bring spring break to your college.
January 8, 2015 Police and lasso-yielding animal control officers chase loose bull along street in Waco, Texas A bull apparently in no mood for vaccinations led police on a chase down a Texas city street before horse-riding, lasso-yielding officers were able to wrangle the animal.
