Articles filed under Curious
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Oldest floating US post office scrapes rock, runs agroundAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) - Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night could stop a U.S. mail boat - and then it ran aground in New Hampshire. The U.S. Mail Boat Sophie...
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London flight delayed for hour as easyJet crew members argueAug 25, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - An easyJet flight from London's Gatwick Airport to Belfast has faced an hourlong delay after two crew members got into an epic shouting match. Shocked pass...
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Childless Bosnian couple stage and attend their own funeralAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - A childless Bosnian couple have staged and attended their own funeral saying they wanted it to be an opportunity to celebrate life wi...
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Purdue entomologist returns moth library book 60 years lateAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - LINTON, Ind. (AP) - A Purdue University entomology professor has returned a copy of "The Moths of the Limberlost" that he checked out 60 years ago at age 8. WTWO-TV in T...
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Twerking, lowriders shut down Route 66 in New MexicoAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A hip-hop video shoot shut down parts of Route 66 in New Mexico last weekend because lowriders were driving around in circles as a crowd of hund...
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Illinois minor leaguer sends homer into own truck windshieldAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - SAUGET, Ill. (AP) - A minor league baseball player in southern Illinois hit a grand slam homerun only to find the ball smashed the windshield of his own truck. The Gatew...
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Health board: Decorative port-a-potties can stay by drivewayAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - WILLIAMSBURG, Mass. (AP) - The health board in a small Massachusetts town says it can't order a resident to remove the port-a-potties flanking his driveway despite the o...
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Michigan couple weds to sweet sound of tornado sirensAug 22, 2016 7:00 am - GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Not even tornado sirens could stop a Michigan couple from saying "I do." As the sirens blared across Grand Rapids, Brandon Warner married Brea...
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Cheers! 1st drink in 81 years sold in formerly dry townAug 22, 2016 7:00 am - BRIDGEWATER, Conn. (AP) - A simple plastic cup of beer has made history by being the first alcoholic drink sold in a small Connecticut town in 81 years. The affluent bed...
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Homeless awareness campaign breaks fist-bumping recordAug 21, 2016 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Three hundred people in Alaska looking to raise awareness of homelessness are the new world record holders in fist-bumping. KTVA-TV reports (htt...