People, pooches team up to fight flab at Ill. gym
CHICAGO -- Can't get rid of that paunch?
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Tubby tabby finds home with couple, fellow fat cat
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- A St. Louis-area animal shelter has found a home for a 37-pound cat named Biscuit. It even found him a sympathetic shoulder to meow on.
NY man gets summonses for laughing too loudly
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. -- A New York man says he didn't know it was a crime to laugh.
Missing Pa. church pipe organ found; all forgiven
PITTSBURGH -- A Pittsburgh Roman Catholic church says the mystery of its missing pipe organ has been solved.
Mass. police dog digging in snowbank fires gun
LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Police say a dog searching for a gun in a snowbank accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw, firing the weapon.
37-pound tubby tabby Biscuit in need of home
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- At 37 pounds, Biscuit is about the right weight for a 4-year-old -- human, that is.
Tumbleweeds invade West Texas home
MIDLAND, Texas -- A brutal storm system that brought 19 inches of snow to some areas of West Texas has delivered something entirely different to one homeowner.
Calif. mayor puts lock-picking class in newsletter
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The mayor of a California city struggling with a spike in burglaries and other crimes is apologizing for promoting a class about how to pick locks in her newsletter.
Zoo's bald eagle captured after 3 days on the lam
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A radio transmitter and then a feast of quail and mouse led to the capture of a California zoo's bald eagle after three days on the lam.
Maine man can whistle, but he must keep moving
PORTLAND, Maine -- A man charged with disorderly conduct for his loud whistling in downtown Portland has reached a deal with the city -- he can whistle, but he can't linger in one spot.
Mass. boy, trying to avoid bedtime, calls 911
BROCKTON, Mass. -- Police in Massachusetts say a 10-year-old boy called 911 because he didn't want to go to bed.
Woman, 104, forced to lie about age on Facebook
GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. -- Facebook is apologizing for a problem that makes a 104-year-old Michigan woman lie about her age on the social media website.
911 call asking for cigarettes leads to arrest
GRANBURY, Texas -- A Texas woman wanted to make sheriff's deputies the butt of a joke, but she picked the wrong audience when she called 911 to have cigarettes delivered to her home.
Escape antics of 'Houdini Horse' caught on video
MIDLAND, Mich. -- With her escape-artist antics now caught on video, a horse in Michigan is being dubbed the "Houdini Horse" thanks to her knack for opening stall doors.
Belgians hunt boar: No contest, animals win
BRUSSELS -- Belgians went on a boar hunt and at first it looked like no contest: 200 hunters vs. 170 wild boars. Yet in the end, only one boar was slain.
Bunnies taking toll on cars at Denver airport
DENVER -- Silly rabbits.
Ky. pastor wants snakes confiscated in Tenn.
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. -- An eastern Kentucky pastor wants Tennessee wildlife officials to return five venomous snakes confiscated in Knoxville.
Cops: Man swallows cousin's ear lobe during fight
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Police in Connecticut say a city man bit off his cousin's ear lobe and swallowed it during a fight over loud music.
TV station hacker warns of zombies in Montana
GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- A Montana television station's regular programming was interrupted by news of a zombie apocalypse.
Cops: Pocket dial, low battery led to Ohio burglar
SIDNEY, Ohio -- Authorities in Ohio say a pocket-dialing prowler got himself arrested after his cellphone turned informant. Twice.
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