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Oregon funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride

Published May 17th, 2013 - 9:05AM

An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.

Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled

Published May 17th, 2013 - 5:55AM

An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.

Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

Published May 16th, 2013 - 10:35PM

Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic

Published May 16th, 2013 - 9:25PM

An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.

Fleeing Ore. man pleads to be pulled from river

Published May 16th, 2013 - 12:19PM

Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. They did.

Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru

Published May 16th, 2013 - 6:34AM

A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later - in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.

Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race

Published May 15th, 2013 - 10:14PM

What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.

Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride

Published May 15th, 2013 - 3:49PM

A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus.

NH city sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group

Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:39AM

The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers.

Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion

Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:20AM

Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef.

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