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Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride

The Associated Press May 17 at 11:07 a.m.

EUGENE, Ore. — An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.

Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled

The Associated Press May 17 at 7:57 a.m.

GREENWICH, Conn. — An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.

Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

The Associated Press May 17 at 12:37 a.m.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

  • Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic

    The Associated Press | May 16 at 11:57 p.m.

    An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.

  • Fleeing Ore. man pleads to be pulled from river

    The Associated Press | May 16 at 2:36 p.m.

    Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. They did.

  • Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru

    The Associated Press | May 16 at 8:31 a.m.

    A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later - in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.

  • Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race

    The Associated Press | May 16 at 12:11 a.m.

    What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.

  • Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride

    The Associated Press | May 15 at 5:51 p.m.

    A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus.

  • Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion

    The Associated Press | May 15 at 10:31 a.m.

    Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef.

  • NH city sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group

    The Associated Press | May 15 at 8:11 a.m.

    The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers.

  • Stinky corpse flower blooms again at Ohio State

    By KANTELE FRANKO, Associated Press | May 14 at 11:11 p.m.

    A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell has bloomed again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open soon, a spokeswoman said.

  • Stinky corpse flower blooms again at Ohio State

    By KANTELE FRANKO, Associated Press | May 14 at 5:51 p.m.

    A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell has bloomed again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open soon, a spokeswoman said.

  • Correction: Kenya-Sandal Animals story

    The Associated Press | May 14 at 12:41 p.m.

    In a story May 8 about artisans in Kenya who turn old sandals into art objects, The Associated Press included two paragraphs that closely paralleled the wording of an earlier story on the subject by the Voice of America. Inclusion of such material should have been attributed to VOA.

  • Man charged in overnight feast at Ky. supermarket

    The Associated Press | May 14 at 6:51 a.m.

    Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville.

  • Wisconsin boy gets handwritten response from Biden

    The Associated Press | May 14 at 6:31 a.m.

    It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpectedly personal response.

  • Calif. man who said he fled zombies pleads guilty

    The Associated Press | May 13 at 9:56 p.m.

    A Tennessee man who stole a big-rig truck in California, caused several accidents and told investigators he was fleeing zombies when he did it has pleaded guilty to several felonies.

  • NYPD officer tries to help cat in tree, gets stuck

    The Associated Press | May 13 at 8:56 p.m.

    Authorities say a New York police officer who went after a cat stuck in a tree got caught himself and needed a little help getting back down to the ground.

  • Remains in Colo. car tied to man missing since '87

    The Associated Press | May 13 at 7:01 p.m.

    Authorities in western Colorado say a human skeleton found in a partially buried car belongs to a man who was reported missing 26 years ago.

  • Ice from Minn. lake pushed ashore to doorsteps

    The Associated Press | May 12 at 4:47 p.m.

    Strong winds have pushed huge ice sheets ashore at a northern Minnesota lake and right up to people's doorsteps.

  • Bold turkey: woman hits cop to kick smoking habit

    The Associated Press | May 10 at 4:58 p.m.

    Think you've heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop and go to jail, where smoking isn't allowed.

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