Articles filed under Curious
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No joke: 3 mayors walk into an elevator, get stuckMay 20, 2016 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Three mayors walk into an elevator - but what happened next was no joke, though the officials managed to amuse themselves until they could be rescued a...
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Airbus unit unveils 3D-printed electric motorcycleMay 20, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - What weighs 77 pounds, goes 50 mph (80 kph) and looks like a Swiss cheese on wheels? An electric motorcycle made from tiny aluminum alloy particles using a...
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Trails of history: Meet the volunteer with a passion for stagecoach linesMay 19, 2016 1:00 pm - In the late 1970s, an older gentleman in the newspaper office mentioned that, as a teen, he was involved in the last cattle drive out of Sycamore into St. Charles to her...
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Eiffel Tower to be turned into a Euro 2016 rental apartmentMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Four lucky competition winners are set to be the first people in history to use the Eiffel Tower as a vacation home next month. Rental company HomeAway is t...
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Huge peach, scorned by some, is plucked from Atlanta skylineMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - To some, the metal tower supporting a giant peach atop an Atlanta building was about as popular as a freeway-snarling ice storm. It was so unpopular that ...
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Firefighters rescue naked man from Iowa business's chimneyMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - Carrie Sapp teased her husband, Brad, about being afraid of ghosts when he said he heard someone whisper "get out of here" while he was sorting cans...
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Burglary suspect turns out to be raccoon hiding under plantMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) - Police officers responding to a burglary call at a property management office in central Florida found an unlikely culprit - a raccoon hiding behin...
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German shepherd survives 5 weeks on California freewayMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - GALT, Calif. (AP) - A dog that fell from a truck onto a California freeway eluded capture for five weeks among the oleander bushes of the median before being rescued. Lo...
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Watch where you sit: Baby opossum rescued from toiletMay 18, 2016 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego County Department of Animal Services says a baby opossum is doing well after being rescued from a toilet. The soaking wet little creature ...
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Texas woman sells 'housebroken' bison she let wander insideMay 16, 2016 7:00 am - ARGYLE, Texas (AP) - A 1,000-pound "domesticated" bison that was allowed to roam in her owner's Dallas-area home has moved on to pastures new. Bullet the bison was trans...