British chef Jamie Oliver urges followers to help solve the 'grate cheese...
LONDON (AP) — British chef Jamie Oliver is on the case of the stolen cheddar. Oliver, who rose to fame as “The Naked Chef" on TV by stripping food down to its essentials, got cheeky in an otherwise...
View ArticleRare dime bought by Ohio farm family and hidden for decades fetches $500,000...
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000. The coin, which was struck by the U.S. Mint in San...
View ArticleIn a first since 1938, Des Moines, Iowa, kids will trick-or-treat on Halloween
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Going door-to-door for candy on All Hallows' Eve has long been commonplace...
View ArticleA New Zealand city waves goodbye to its giant hand sculpture that many came...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Perched on two fingers on the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, the giant sculpture of a hand has loomed over the city for five years. Named Quasi, the...
View ArticlePennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North...
GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America. Naomi Whitehead, who lives in a senior care community in Greenville West...
View ArticleInstagram-famous squirrel named Peanut seized by New York state authorities
A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid that also yielded a...
View ArticleKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear shows off his 'Ted Lasso' look on Halloween
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear showed off his Halloween spirit Thursday, decked out as fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso at the start of his news conference. Only the mustache was...
View ArticleHe’s fast, feisty and could play Quidditch. Meet the bat that won a beauty...
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — A winged creature from Oregon was crowned this year’s winner Thursday in an annual bat beauty contest put on by the Bureau of Land Management. On Halloween, which was also the...
View ArticlePets join Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, as Fido and Tiger get their...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pets are not forgotten during Mexico's famed Day of the Dead celebrations, when even Fido and Tiger get a place at the altars Mexican families set up to honor their deceased loved...
View ArticleA Bolivian artist carves faces of the departed onto Day of the Dead bread
EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — During the Day of the Dead celebrations that take place in late October and early November, Latin Americans honor their departed loved ones by setting up altars adorned with...
View ArticleA makeshift goldfish pond beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant is reborn in...
NEW YORK (AP) — An urban pond where goldfish used to swim beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been replaced by a new makeshift aquarium, days after the city unceremoniously paved over the...
View ArticleStudent who wowed China in Alibaba math contest got help from teacher,...
A vocational school student in China who wowed the public in June by finishing near the top in the preliminary round of a math contest was helped by her teacher in violation of the rules, the...
View Article2 adorable pygmy hippos pitted against each other in cuteness contest
LONDON (AP) — The Edinburgh Zoo launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the adorable mini hippopotamus that became a viral sensation at a Thailand zoo this...
View ArticleThe Panthers' newest lucky charm? They're wearing robes to games, and it's...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers often show up to work in suits. Until further notice, they're wearing robes. Let's explain: The Stanley Cup champion Panthers got personalized bathrobes for...
View Article43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab. Police say there is no...
Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is "almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected with any...
View ArticleBolivians carry adorned human skulls asking for favors in the Ñatitas...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hundreds of Bolivian devotees arrived Friday at the municipal cemetery of La Paz carrying human skulls adorned with flowers for the Ñatitas festival, a custom rooted in the...
View ArticleRevising the rules of engagement, court says jilted bride must give back...
BOSTON (AP) — Who gets to keep an engagement ring if a romance turns sour and the wedding is called off? That’s what the highest court in Massachusetts was asked to decide with a $70,000 ring at the...
View ArticleNew Yorkers vent their feelings over the election and the Knicks via subway...
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers seeking to unburden themselves after last week's election got a chance to share their feelings by posting sticky notes in a busy subway tunnel. The project was the...
View Article2 more escaped monkeys recaptured and enjoying peanut butter and jelly...
YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Two more monkeys have been returned to the South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said Tuesday. Only 11 of the 43 Rhesus macaques that...
View ArticleSlippery slope: Scottish soccer club calls for donations after points...
BONNYRIGG, Scotland (AP) — A lowly Scottish soccer club, which once had “James Bond” actor Sean Connery on its books, has been given a six-point deduction for having a sloping field. Now Bonnyrigg...
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