Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- 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
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) -- 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
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- 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....
Exhibition of secretly shot photos upsets NYers
NEW YORK (AP) -- Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows....
Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest
MALMO, Sweden (AP) -- An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath....
Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic
SYDNEY (AP) -- 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....
Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) -- 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....
Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator
HOUSTON (AP) -- A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator - the heaviest ever certified in Texas - on his first alligator hunt....
