Articles filed under Curious
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Hamas burns 15 tons of Snickers bars following recallMar 10, 2016 6:00 am - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Fifteen tons of Snickers chocolate bars have met a sticky end in Gaza. Islamic Hamas authorities hurled boxes of the peanut chocolate candy ...
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Too many turkeys: Staten Island calls foul over bird woesMar 10, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is tackling a turkey problem on Staten Island. CBS New York (http://cbsloc.al/1pyYCFK ) says residents are tired of tu...
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Reagan airport says 1 person filed 6,500 noise complaintsMar 09, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Out of the 8,670 noise complaints Washington's Reagan National Airport received last year, officials say a whopping 6,500 of them came from the same pe...
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100 pairs of shoes found on Washington interstate highwayMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - State Department of Ecology officials say a crew picking up litter found 100 pairs of shoes in boxes along Interstate 90 east of North Bend. KIRO-TV repor...
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Would-be robber tries to stick up cab with deputy behind himMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - READING, Pa. (AP) - Police say a would-be robber in Pennsylvania had some poor timing when he pulled a gun on his taxi driver with a sheriff's deputy behind him. The Ber...
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Charitable Norwegian turns over cash hidden under fireplaceMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - A Norwegian real estate broker is being praised after he found almost $40,000 hidden underneath the fireplace of his new apartment and donated all of it...
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Highway tiger: Big cat in Qatar gives drivers a frightMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Talk about a hair-raising commute. Drivers in the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar got a surprise Monday when an escaped tiger was ...
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Fake parking tickets 'rickroll' North Carolina motoristsMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Motorists in North Carolina who tried scanning fake parking tickets ended getting "rickrolled." WLOS-TV (http://bit.ly/21S8BqX ) reports the fake ...
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Ruh-roh: Scooby-Doo like van escapes California policeMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Northern California police have a real mystery on their hands. A driver of a mini-van painted to resemble the "Mystery Machine" from the Scooby Do...
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Vienna burp leads first to fine, then to expenses-paid tripMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - A sonorous burp after a doner kebab led to a fine for Vienna bartender Edin Mehic. But the belch also had its benefits - an all-expenses paid trip to Istan...