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When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some clues scattered nearby — dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer.
A man bolted from a job interview when he saw a woman steal his truck with his sleeping 6-month-old daughter inside, and the prospective employers say he'll be hired.
Three Virginians who had fortune cookies for dessert at Chinese restaurants they visited used the numbers they received to win $175,000 each in a Mega Millions drawing.
A homeowner fatally shot a 300-pound bear who first made off with bird seed from a porch, eluded police, then returned and tried to enter the front door.
A judge ruled the state can suspend the driver's license of a man who lost his driving privileges after his doctor reported to police that he drank a six-pack of beer a day.
The poster for the 2004 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta features a cowboy on horseback, a colorful desert landscape and hot air balloons hovering above shrubs and saguaro cactuses. One problem: Saguaros don't grow in New Mexico. They're indigenous to the Sonoran desert of Arizona and Mexico.
A North Carolina dentist accused of putting semen into the mouths of six female patients closed his office after a panel of the Board of Dental Examiners revoked his license.
In South Euclid, Ohio, it's illegal to sell frozen treats from a truck, or to grill in city parks. It's also against the rules to sit in a car and eat in a fast-food restaurant parking lots.
Just three weeks after finishing an eight-week swim down the Hudson River, a Colchester man announced that he will swim the length of Lake Champlain from New York to Quebec to promote cleaner water.
Environment activists piled thousands of dead fish at the foot of Berlin's biggest tourist attraction, the Brandenburg Gate, in a demonstration against over-fishing and pollution in the North Sea.
Good as New is the wildest, wackiest and possibly worst of trendy attempts to update Holy Writ. Billed as "women, gay and sinner friendly," it has stirred up a minor ruckus in Canada and Britain, but less chatter in the United States.