OVERTON, Texas – Two Texas girls whose lemonade stand was shut down because they lacked a permit will instead offer the drink for free. Television station KLTV reports (http://bit.ly/1JMtmci ) that 8-year-old Andria Green and her 7-year-old sister, Zoey, will take only donations for lemonade Saturday in Overton, about 120 …
Read More »Man claims he’s ‘targeted’ by the same bird after multiple attacks on his way home from work
Oops, the bird did it again. A man claims that a territorial bird has singled him out after attacking him day after day on his route home from work. Alejandro Rios, 25, lives in Brisbane, Australia, and bikes home from his kitchen catering job every day, as SWNS reported. Rios …
Read More »Missing shipwreck found after 128 years thanks to invasive species of mussels
While producing a documentary about a mussel species in the Great Lakes, two filmmakers discovered a shipwreck that went missing 128 years ago. Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick were in the process of filming the invasive quagga mussel in Lake Huron when they stumbled upon the Africa, a steamship that …
Read More »Alabama man cited for eating cheeseburger while driving under Georgia's distracted driver law
MARIETTA, Ga. – A man says he was cited by police outside Atlanta for eating a cheeseburger while driving. Madison Turner, who’s from Alabama, tells Atlanta station WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/14Xxy83) he ordered a double quarter-pounder with cheese from a McDonald’s in the Marietta area shortly before he was pulled over last …
Read More »Ithaca, New York, tourism office surrenders to winter, tells visitors to go to Florida instead
ITHACA, N.Y. – The tourism office of Ithaca, New York, is waving the white flag on winter and advising visitors to its website to check out the Florida Keys instead. VisitIthaca.com’s home page displays Sunshine State vacation photos and provides links to the website for tourism information about the Florida …
Read More »Authorities seek owner of 'disorderly' goat that was corralled in northern New Jersey town
PARAMUS, N.J. – A “disorderly” goat has been corralled in northern New Jersey, and authorities are now trying to determine who owns the wayward animal. Two Paramus police officers nabbed the small white goat shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday. The department says on its Facebook page they were responding to …
Read More »Massachusetts police getting calls for help from Australian community with same name
NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. – A Massachusetts police department has been receiving some curious calls from people with Australian accents. Police dispatchers in Northbridge say they have recently received several calls on their business line from people in an Australian community with the same name. Northbridge, Massachusetts, is about 35 southwest of …
Read More »Iowa pilot airborne again, 2 weeks after suspected duck plowed through helicopter's windshield
An Iowa helicopter pilot is back in the air, two weeks after a waterfowl smashed through the windshield of his chopper and knocked him for a loop. Pilot Troy McCormick told KCAU-TV that he’s lucky he wasn’t hurt worse on Nov. 23 when what he believed was a duck came …
Read More »America's oddest laws include bans against dressing as nuns, eating frogs and feeding alligators
Americans know that they should never run a red light or steal items from a grocery store. But what about selling a car in Missouri on a Sunday? That, too, is actually illegal. Here, in part one of a three-part series, Fox News Digital presents some of the most bizarre …
Read More »Authorities: Frozen meat, chain saw only items reported taken during break-in at Michigan home
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Authorities say frozen meat and a chain saw were the only things taken during a break-in a home in Michigan. The Ann Arbor News reports (http://bit.ly/1LPfq1k ) deputies with the Washtenaw County sheriff’s department were called Thursday to the home in Ypsilanti Township following the theft, …
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