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Current headlines from AP Top Strange News At 11:37 a.m. EDT:
- Boars help German cops capture auto theft suspect
BERLIN (AP) -- A herd of wild boars has thwarted a suspected car thief's getaway in northern Germany....
- Lost parrot tells veterinarian his address
TOKYO (AP) -- When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught - recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help....
- High gas prices drive farmer to switch to mules
MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- High gas prices have driven a Warren County farmer and his sons to hitch a tractor rake to a pair of mules to gather hay from their fields. T.R. Raymond bought Dolly and Molly at the Dixon mule sale last year. Son Danny Raymond trained them and also modified the tractor rake so the mules could pull it....
- Pilots run out of fuel, pray, land near Jesus sign
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field - coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord."...
- Great-great-grandmother, 96, does laps at Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A 96-year-old great-great-grandmother says it was "fun" going around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 180 mph. "Oh, that was fun!" Edith Pittenger of Muncie said recently after taking a trip around the famous track in a two-seater Dallara with driver Arie Luyendyk Jr....
- Kids picking up trash discover hand grenade
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) -- Three children picking up trash along a river in Hudson for community service work found much more than garbage. Charlie Thompson, 11, Maddie Roth, 10, and Demetri Roth, 8, came across a hand grenade, picked it up and headed home to show off their discovery....
- Dad wrestles with deer after it crashes into salon
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A disoriented deer smashed his way into a suburban hair salon, and a customer wrestled with the animal to keep it from ramming into his 11-year-old son or other youngsters....
- Mexican donkey freed from jail after assault
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) -- A Mexican donkey has been freed from jail after doing time for assault and battery. The Televisa network on Wednesday showed "Blacky" gobbling food from a bucket after spending three days in a jail that normally holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances....
- Woman nabbed for alleged DUI at same crash spot
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- Call it drunken driving deja vu. For the second time in five months, a 23-year-old California woman has been arrested after she allegedly crashed her car while driving under the influence at the exact same spot north of Lake Tahoe....
- Romp in woods ends in charges for airline workers
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A pilot's nighttime romp in the woods with a flight attendant has ended with both suspended and under arrest, police said....
Headlines last updated at May 22, 2008 13:46:58pm.
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