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Ice from Minn. lake pushed ashore to doorsteps

|Sunday, May. 12, 2013

Strong winds have pushed huge ice sheets ashore at a northern Minnesota lake and right up to people's doorsteps.Read more

Bold turkey: woman hits cop to kick smoking habit

|Friday, May. 10, 2013

Think you've heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop and go to jail, where smoking isn't allowed.Read more

Durango, Colo., area couple gives up catwalk fight

|Friday, May. 10, 2013

A Durango area couple is giving up their fight to keep a 13-foot escape route for their cats outside their Colorado apartment.Read more

Celebrity panda at center of Thai-China deal

|Friday, May. 10, 2013

Thailand's celebrity baby panda Lin Ping is almost 4 years old now. It's time to move to China, find a mate and have cubs.Read more

Ore. smokejumpers skydive into illegal pot garden

|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season.Read more

Mass. panel: No profanity on rapper's headstone

|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

Commissioners at a Massachusetts cemetery have said no to profanity on headstones.Read more

Scratch-and-sniff cards prompt natural gas scare

|Wednesday, May. 08, 2013

Those scratch-and-sniff cards the energy company sends to customers to teach them to recognize the artificial smell added to natural gas? Turns out they work pretty well.Read more

Brazilian woman survives harpoon shooting

| |Wednesday, May. 08, 2013

Brazil Harpoon Accident

A 28-year-old woman miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon, Brazilian officials said Wednesday.Read more

Rodman to Kim: 'Do me a solid' and free American

|Wednesday, May. 08, 2013

North Korea American Detained

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North.Read more

Critter cams provide peek into the lives of bears

|Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

Biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are getting a peek into what city bears do all day.Read more