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Media gather outside a police station following a report that police arrested a man who has allegedly gambled away 46.3 million yen ($360,000) in COVID-19 relief aid mistakenly deposited into his bank account in Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Police said they arrested Sho Taguchi, a 24-year-old jobless resident, in the town of Abu town in western Japan, on suspicion of computer fraud, on Wednesday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Man in Japan Gambles COVID Town Funds Mistakenly Sent to Him
  • 19 May 2022
The money was supposed to be COVID-19 assistance for low-income households in a small Japanese...
  • AP News
Man in Japan Gambles COVID Town Funds Mistakenly Sent to Him
File-File phote sows a big cat sitting in the deep grass in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)
Bad Kitty: German Town Grounds Cats to Save Rare Birds
  • 18 May 2022
What a cat-astrophe!
  • AP News
Bad Kitty: German Town Grounds Cats to Save Rare Birds
This image from video shows Sanjeev Ranjan Prasad, a 61-year-old retired government officer, and his wife Sadhana Prasad wait at a lawyer's chamber in Haridwar, India, Thursday, May 12, 2022. The Indian couple has sued their pilot son and daughter-in-law in a court demanding a grandchild within a year or compensation of 50 million rupees ($675,675). Prasad said this was an emotional and sensitive issue for him and his wife and they cannot wait any longer. His son got married six years ago. (KK Productions via AP)
Indian Couple Longing for Grandchild Sues Son, His Wife
  • 13 May 2022
A retired Indian couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law, demanding that they produce a...
  • AP News
Indian Couple Longing for Grandchild Sues Son, His Wife
University of Michigan civil and environmental engineering professor Krista Wigginton applies human urine derived fertilizer to beds of peonies at Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor on Monday, May 9, 2022. The "pee-cycling" effort is part of University of Michigan research that promotes human urine-based fertilizer as beneficial to the plants and to the environment. (Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering via AP)
Michigan Profs Push ‘Pee for Peonies’ Urine Diversion Plan
  • 13 May 2022
A pair of University of Michigan researchers are putting the “pee” in peony.
  • AP News
Michigan Profs Push ‘Pee for Peonies’ Urine Diversion Plan
In this still image from video by WPTV shows emergency personnel surrounding a Cessna plane at Palm Beach International Airport Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in West Palm Beach, Fla. A passenger with no flying experience was able to land the plane safely with help of air traffic controllers after the pilot was too sick to handle the controls. (WPTV via AP)
Pilot Down, Passenger Takes over with ‘No Idea How to Fly’
  • 12 May 2022
A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot...
  • AP News
Pilot Down, Passenger Takes over with ‘No Idea How to Fly’
FILE - A Christie's employee holds "The Rock" a white diamond of 228,31 carats which is the largest white diamond ever seen throughout auction market history, during a preview at Christie's, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 6, 2022. Christie's says “The Rock,” an egg-sized white diamond billed as the largest of its kind to go up for auction, sold Wednesday May 11, 2022, for more than 21.6 million Swiss francs ($21.75 million), including fees — though at the low end of the expected range. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
Egg-Sized Diamond Fetches over $21M with Fees at Geneva Sale
  • 12 May 2022
“The Rock,” an egg-sized white diamond billed as the largest of its kind to go...
  • AP News
Egg-Sized Diamond Fetches over $21M with Fees at Geneva Sale
This undated photo shows a marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store that is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since World War II. The bust, which art collector Laura Young found at Goodwill in 2018, once belonged in the collection of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, according to the San Antonio Museum of Art, which is temporarily displaying the piece until it is returned to Germany next year. (San Antonio Museum of Art via AP)
Goodwill Find in Texas Turns out to Be Ancient Roman Bust
  • 9 May 2022
A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store...
  • AP News
Goodwill Find in Texas Turns out to Be Ancient Roman Bust
This undated photo provided by the Memphis Zoo shows Honey Bunch, the wallaby. The wallaby who went missing at the Memphis Zoo after storms passed through Tennessee this week, has been found hiding in plain sight. “It was an area right behind the exhibit that was a service area that had been searched multiple times in the past 36 hours, but he was camouflaged really well and hidden very well under a bush,” said Jessica Faulk, the zoo's spokesperson, Friday, April 15, 2022. (Memphis Zoo via AP)
Missing Wallaby Found Hiding in Bush Near Zoo Exhibit
  • 19 April 2022
Honey Bunch, the wallaby who went missing at the Memphis Zoo after storms passed through...
  • AP News
Missing Wallaby Found Hiding in Bush Near Zoo Exhibit
In this photo provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, a javelina is seen inside a Subaru station wagon in Cornville, Ariz., Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Sheriff's deputies in Yavapai County responded to the call in the community 10 miles south of Sedona, Ariz., about the javelina stuck in a car. The animal had jumped in to get to a bag of Cheetos when the hatch closed. (Yavapai County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Hungry Javelina Gets Stuck in Car, Goes for Ride in Arizona
  • 12 April 2022
A hungry javelina in Arizona ended up going for a drive when it became trapped...
  • AP News
Hungry Javelina Gets Stuck in Car, Goes for Ride in Arizona
File-File photo shows a 87-year-old man getting his booster shot at the vaccination center in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. A-60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against Covid-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)
Man in Germany Gets 90 COVID-19 Shots to Sell Forged Passes
  • 4 April 2022
A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in...
  • AP News
Man in Germany Gets 90 COVID-19 Shots to Sell Forged Passes
This Feb. 6, 2022, photo shows a discarded snack bag on the sand in Sandy Hook, N.J. On March 30, 2022, the Clean Ocean Action environmental group said over 10,000 volunteers picked up over 513,000 pieces of trash from New Jersey's beaches last year, setting a new record. Plastic items accounted for over 82% of the total. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Braces, Sex Pills, Fake Eyeball Among Bizarre NJ Beach Trash
  • 1 April 2022
Volunteers picked up a record amount of trash from New Jersey's beaches last year, with...
  • AP News
Braces, Sex Pills, Fake Eyeball Among Bizarre NJ Beach Trash
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Man Touts Electric Unicycle As Answer to High Gas Prices
  • 25 March 2022
A Massachusetts man says he has the answer for those singing the blues about stratospheric...
  • AP News
Man Touts Electric Unicycle As Answer to High Gas Prices
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