Beaver tries life in a Kennewick garage
A Kennwick, Wash., man woke up this weekend to hear barking dogs and the sound of someone - or something - skulking around on his front porch. When Ken Taylor opened the door, he found a beaver curled up on a wooden chair.

03/17/2003

Man found sleeping in clothes dryer
In Putnam County, NY, a woman screaming about a leg in a clothes dryer had Kent Police thinking they had a murder case.

03/15/2003

Study: Spell-check can make writing worse
A study at the University of Pittsburgh indicates spell-check software may level the playing field between people with differing levels of language skills, hampering the work of writers and editors who place too much trust in the software.

Mountain covers its 'nipple'
Pressure from uncomfortable skiers and other tourists has prompted Wyoming's Grand Targhee Ski and Summer Resort to cover the second half of the name of one of its mountains.

03/13/2003

Man to ride lawn mower across nation
One cross-country trip on a lawn mower apparently wasn't enough for Brad Hauter. The soccer coach from Terre Haute's Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology plans to start a second trip next week in San Francisco as a fund-raiser for Keep America Beautiful Inc.

Two dozen monkeys escape from research facility
Two dozen monkeys escaped from a research center in Louisiana and holed up in a forest, where animal-control workers used bananas and oranges to try to lure them out.

03/10/2003

Okla. lawmaker hurt in heifer attack
Rep. Frank Lucas lost a tooth and got a small cut on his lip when he butted heads with a 250-pound heifer while putting an identification tag on the animal at his ranch, his spokesman said Monday.

Adoptee learns he's an African prince
In Minnesota, Marty Johnson of Eagan is a mortgage broker and father of two. In Nigeria, he's a prince, next in line to be chief.

Wild turkeys invade Eugene neighborhoods
A wild tom turkey who has assembled a harem or a dozen or more hens has been strutting his stuff with abandon through a neighborhood in south Eugene, Ore.

03/07/2003

World's largest Cheeto makes Iowa home
A radio disc-jockey has lured the world's largest Cheeto from Hawaii to rural Iowa to become a tourist attraction.

03/05/2003

Iowa authorities turn over stolen sandwich case to Feds
A case of a stolen peanut butter sandwich at the Des Moines airport has been turned over to federal authorities.

Sailors get 'Beer Day' during deployment
With the blessing of some Navy chaplains, sailors aboard the USS Camden will get their "Beer Day," even though it falls on Ash Wednesday.

Man arrested for wearing peace T-shirt
A man was charged with trespassing in a mall after he refused to take off a T-shirt that said "Peace on Earth" and "Give peace a chance."

Rogue turkeys terrorize N.D. town
Rocklake, N.D. is a town besieged by turkeys. The birds were raised on a Rocklake farm but left to fend for themselves when the family left.

03/04/2003 Running out of ideas? Try extreme ironing Let's be honest. No one really likes to iron. Who wouldn't prefer to go hiking, mountain-climbing, or skiing? But leave it to our friends in Great Britan to find a way to do both at the same time.

03/03/2003

Connecticut girl, pet hen are sledding pals
Lots of people take friends sledding. Eleven-year-old Noreen Sit of Meriden takes her pet hen.

Road littered with wienies after crash
A tractor-trailer crash caused quite a pickle when hot dogs spilled across a highway in northwest Missouri.

Dali sketch stolen from N.Y. jail
A sketch drawn by Surrealist artist Salvador Dali for a former Correction Department commissioner was stolen from the lobby of the men's jail at Rikers Island, officials said Sunday.

Victoria's annual flower count: 3.5 billion blooms
Residents of the British Columbia capital have counted nearly 3.5 billion flowers in bloom, according to tourism promoters for the city.

02/27/2003 Moose alert at University of Alaska The University of Alaska in Fairbanks has issued a moose alert on campus. The alert came after a testy moose parked itself outside a building on campus.

02/26/2003

Bride given two years for 'meth kiss'
Vivian Frazier won't forget her last kiss with her new husband, at least for the next two years.

02/23/2003

Australian men join nude peace protest
About 250 men took off their clothes Sunday and lay down to spell out the words "Peace Man" on a rugby field to protest the Australian government's strong support for Washington's hardline stance against Iraq.

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