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"Police chase" took on a new meaning when a motorist angry about getting a speeding ticket decided to go after the officer who issued the citation, slamming her car into his cruiser several times.
It was no tall order for giraffe keeper Rich Schweitzer to check on his charges one recent morning, even though he was scheduled to work with elephants that day at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
A man shoplifted some meat and escaped in a stolen pickup truck, but police are confident he'll be arrested soon because he left behind his wallet and identification.
Digital poltergeists are afoot these days as an explosion of garage door openers, television remotes, cellular phones and other wireless devices create quirky and potentially dangerous interference in the increasingly crowded airwaves.
When Varg the police dog was sent into a candy factory to track down two intruders, his sense of taste got the better of his sense of duty. The German Shepherd nearly ate himself sick.
An estimated 25 million cars in the U.S. contain electronic systems — known as black boxes but more correctly called event data recorders — that record crucial vehicle information in the seconds before an accident.
