Obama's first pardon: A turkey named 'Courage'

Police: Dad leaves boy and goes into strip club

A man was arrested after police said he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck stolen and his child missing. Police said the man was too drunk to remember where he had parked.

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Pa. prosecutor wants 'no-tip' charges dropped

An eastern Pennsylvania prosecutor wants charges dropped against a couple who refused to pay a tip at a restaurant where they said they got poor service. Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said he's recommending that Bethlehem police drop the theft of services charges.

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Deputies use backhoe to find drugs in septic tank

Flushed evidence doesn't go far if your toilet's on a septic system. DeSoto Parish sheriff's Lt. Toni Joe Morris said Tuesday that deputies brought in a backhoe when drug agents raided a home and business and met the owner coming out of a bathroom.

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Utah man makes wrong turn, sees train approaching

A man whose car became stuck on a set of railroad tracks bailed out before a commuter train plowed into it. Danny Ray Olsen, 62, said he took a wrong turn in Ogden and got his 1998 Nissan Sentra high-centered between two sets of rails Monday evening. He said he saw lights approaching in his rearview mirror and decided to get out.

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Furry felons rob SAfrican tourists, steal food

Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.

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Chef Paula Deen accidentally hit by charity ham

Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham — across her face. The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and accidentally smacked her.

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Agent showing house finds pile of bones

A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner. James Kenny, a forensic investigator with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office, says the bones found Saturday were so old that dirt had saturated the marrow inside them. He says they probably are remains of Native Americans buried long before the house was built.

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Sparkling reindeer-dung jewelry sells at Ill. zoo

Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are going on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up its dung Christmas ornaments last year.

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Court drops case in nude photo shoot at NYC museum

Nude, yes. Lewd, no.

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Mass. woman seeks funds for turkey's eye surgery

A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry and another turkey from a Rhode Island farm last week. But Jerry has cataracts, and the eye problems mean he can't eat independently or join his female companion, Penelope, in flying.

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Police: RI teen skipped school, robbed bank

Police say a 17-year-old Warwick boy who skipped school to rob a bank has been arrested after leaving fingerprints on the threatening note he passed to the teller. Warwick police Capt. Sean Collins said the boy handed a note riddled with misspellings to a teller Thursday, demanding money or "everyone will be shot."

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Me-OW! Cat survives Illinois outage-causing run-in

A cat went from meow to ow when officials say it accidentally made contact with a substation's fuse, causing an outage to about 1,500 homes and businesses in southwestern Illinois. The feline apparently survived the encounter early Monday in the Greene County city of Carrollton.

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Tavern owner says he'll unveil 100-proof turkey

You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey. New York City tavern owner Paul Hurley said he'll unveil what he is calling the nation's first 100-proof turkey on Monday. A spokesman for the owner of O'Casey's Tavern in Midtown Manhattan said that the bird is infused with fruit-flavored and 100-proof Georgi vodka for three days before being cooked. The flavors of vodka include peach, raspberry, cherry and apple.

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Ga. high court rules mower isn't a motor vehicle

A riding lawn mower may have four wheels, a powerful engine and can cost as much as a used car. If it's stolen, however, the Georgia Supreme Court concluded Monday that it's not a motor vehicle.

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Phelps looking ahead to better times in 2010

Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport.

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Kangaroo tries to drown dog, attacks owner

A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs. The Australian, Chris Rickard, was in stable condition Monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old elbowed the kangaroo in the throat.

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Christmas kissing: On the cheek to avoid swine flu

Britain's authority on etiquette says it's more hygienic to exchange kisses on the cheek than to shake hands — so the swine flu pandemic should not make people afraid of kissing under the mistletoe this holiday season.

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Thanks to the recent rise in vampire popularity, people living within the Idiocracy are beginning to believe that they might actually be vampires.

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A first edition of Charles Darwin's seminal "The Origin of Species" will be sold this week after it was found in a family's toilet in southern Britain, an auction house said Sunday.

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How will we look back at The Beatles in 1000 years? How will John Lennon, Paul Mackenzie, George Hutchinson, and Scottie Pippen stand the test of time? This retrospective from the year 3000 fills us in (though it seems that the details from the 20th century as a whole have become …

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It's feels like it's been forever since we've seen some quality supermarket ballroom dancing.

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What would you do if your municipal branding consultant suggested at a public board meeting that your town's new logo look like a penis? That happened this week in upscale Oak Park, Illinois.

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Shutdown Corner Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:37 am EST PSA: Playing some Thanksgiving Day football? Beware of deer By MJD

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Three sex-starved women kidnapped an 18-year-old man in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe on November 17, with one of the women raping the young lad in a cathedral.

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I'd rather go to a nightclub dressed with sleazy women on a date. That way, I can see if he's a womanizing dog. Rather find out earlier than later. Word from the wise!

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The sequence of events happens dozens of times every day at the BP gas station/convenience store at U.S. 19 at Nursery Road. An unsuspecting customer pulls up to the drive-through window.

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ELLENWOOD, Georgia — Someone made off with loot from a church but also left behind an apology.

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On November 25, 2009, one lone turkey will walk the hallowed halls of the West Wing... and leave a free bird. The turkey takes a tour of the White House, and is pardoned.

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NEW YORK (AP) — You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey. New York City tavern owner Paul Hurley said he'll unveil what he is calling the nation's first 100-proof turkey on Monday.

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Connoisseurs describe turkey testicles as "chewy" and "rubbery." Those brave enough to find out for themselves can have a taste Wednesday at this year's 27th annual Turkey Testicle Festival, hosted under a large white tent outside Parkside Pub in downtown Huntley.

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REHOBOTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry and another turkey from a Rhode Island farm last week.

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Dogs and dog owners are lining up in New Jersey to wash their dog without all the mess.

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The Northern Territory Government says residents of a remote Central Australian community are too scared to leave their houses because it has been overrun by thousands of wild camels. Local Government Minister, Rob Knight, says the situation is critical.

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A paralympic champion who dragged himself through an airport after a budget airline made him check in his wheelchair has received an apology.

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