Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride

|Friday, May. 17, 2013

An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.Read more

Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled

|Friday, May. 17, 2013

An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.Read more

Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

|Friday, May. 17, 2013

Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.Read more

Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic

|Thursday, May. 16, 2013

An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.Read more

Fleeing Ore. man pleads to be pulled from river

|Thursday, May. 16, 2013

Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. They did.Read more

Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru

|Thursday, May. 16, 2013

A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later - in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.Read more

Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race

|Thursday, May. 16, 2013

What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.Read more

Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride

|Wednesday, May. 15, 2013

A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus.Read more

NH city sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group

|Wednesday, May. 15, 2013

The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers.Read more

Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion

|Wednesday, May. 15, 2013

Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef.Read more