Aquarium apologizes for tweets about sea otter
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium has apologized after some people perceived a tweet about a sea otter as body-shaming. The aquarium on Tuesday tweeted…
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Scuba-diving Santa brings holiday cheer to fish, museum goers
Missouri poacher ordered to repeatedly watch ‘Bambi’
Steer too beefy to become burgers reprieved to life on farm
Police: Mom drove with son on car hood over dentist dispute
Home where witch trials victim John Proctor lived for sale
Good Samaritan driver revives squirrel after car scare
Walk into my parlor: Greek spiders spin giant web over shore
Missouri town gets new newspaper, The Uranus Examiner
Animal crackers break out of their cages
The Associated Press After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free. Mondelez International, the parent company…
Stinky ‘corpse flower’ in full bloom in California
SAN MARINO, Calif. (AP) — Visitors were flocking to the Huntington Library in Southern California on Friday to get a whiff of a so-called corpse…
St. Paul raccoon reaches roof after scaling downtown tower
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A raccoon that appeared to be stranded on a ledge after climbing more than 20 stories of a high-rise office…
City looks for answers after zombie alert sent to residents
LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) — Officials say they still don’t know who sent a “zombie alert” to residents of a Florida city following a power…
US Postal Service issuing scratch-and-sniff stamps
WASHINGTON (AP) — Letter writers will soon be able to express their sentiments in words and smells. The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it…
Drunken man’s choice of bed causes Munich commuter chaos
BERLIN (AP) — An intoxicated man’s ill-advised decision to spend the night on a freight train caused commuter chaos in Munich as police had to…
Dream job: Harley-Davidson paid interns get a motorcycle too
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Harley-Davidson is offering free motorcycles for those who join its summer internship program. Eight college students or recent graduates will have the…
Army: No more kissing soldiers on St. Patrick’s in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Army wants to halt a favorite St. Patrick’s Day shenanigan in Savannah that for decades has left marching soldiers with…
Family’s dog turns up 10 years after vanishing from home
APOLLO, Pa. (AP) — A family has been reunited with its dog 10 years after the dog went missing. Debra Suierveld and her family assumed…
Eagles fan who slammed into pole in subway says he’s OK
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia Eagles fan whose attempt to rally subway passengers for a playoff game ended with him running into a concrete pole…
Dozens dressed as T. rex descend on public square
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — His name means “king of the tyrant lizards,” but sometimes Tyrannosaurus rex just wants to party. Make that many T. rexes….