Iowa man with zebra, parrot in truck gets DUI
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving.
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Police: Pa. officer broke into house, did laundry
AVALON, Pa. -- Dirty clothes have a Pittsburgh-area police officer in hot water.
Ore. workers awarded $332K in onsite toilet fight
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Two workers who claimed they were forced to urinate in a bucket have been awarded $332,000 after a jury found they were fired for complaining to Oregon regulators about the lack of an onsite toilet.
Ohio family's stolen swine statue is returned
CINCINNATI -- A life-size swine statue is back at home after disappearing in the city once dubbed "Porkopolis."
Ohio pair get engaged after running half-marathon
CLEVELAND -- An Akron couple is celebrating after their half-marathon ended up being a sort of race to the altar.
Tons of pot found floating off Southern Calif.
DANA POINT, Calif. -- Authorities say three and a half tons of marijuana have been found floating in the ocean off Southern California.
Authorities: Trooper gets text seeking illegal buy
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Two women face possible charges after authorities say a text message seeking the illegal purchase of alcohol was errantly sent to an Alaska State Trooper.
Cops: NY man shoots friend in leg at his request
STOCKHOLM, N.Y. -- Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.
Man freed on bond must write book reports
RICHMOND, Calif. -- A man charged in an undercover sting operation in Northern California that ended in gunfire has been ordered released on bond on the condition that he read and write book reports.
Calif. family wakes to find Lexus in their pool
LA PUENTE, Calif. -- The Diaz family awoke to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.
Conn. teen's body spray sets off school fire alarm
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Officials say a fire alarm that went off at a Connecticut high school was activated by a student's "overabundance" of body spray in a locker room.
Phoenix-area man hits $1 million jackpot six times
PHOENIX -- A suburban Phoenix man made a lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky guess in a recent multistate lottery game.
Naked unicyclist charged for distracting drivers
KEMAH, Texas -- Police say a man arrested in a Southeast Texas city for riding his unicycle in the nude was distracting drivers and creating a hazard.
Black bear abandons hibernation spot under cabin
PHILIPSBURG, Mont. -- A 200-pound black bear that swiped some blankets and pillows from a western Montana cabin to line his makeshift den in the cabin's crawl space has moved on.
Nebraska man changes name to Tyrannosaurus Rex
YORK, Neb. -- A 23-year-old southeast Nebraska man has legally become Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Trailer loaded with Corona is stolen in Pa.
CARLISLE, Pa. -- Somebody is a few thousand limes away from one big party.
Teen's sweet prom dress made of Starburst wrappers
ISHPEMING, Mich. -- A northern Michigan teen put together one sweet prom dress, thanks to the help of classmates who collected thousands of Starburst wrappers for her.
Excuse me: Gassy dinosaurs helped warm Earth
WASHINGTON -- Potty humor just got prehistoric. A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago.
A man and his monkey pulled over in Florida
LARGO, Fla. -- A Florida man is charged with felony drunken driving and wildlife violations after police discovered a small monkey in his truck.
NATO video includes errors about city, president
CHICAGO -- It seems NATO may also stand for Not All That Observant.
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