LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There’s a bad smell in parts of the Louisville, Kentucky, area but nobody knows where it’s coming from. Media reports say city crews have been trying for nearly a week to pin down the odor that smells like mildew, but so far they’ve had no luck. Louisville …
Read More »Truck spills smelly chicken byproducts, closing Alabama road; workers try to contain stench
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. – Police say a truck spilled smelly chicken parts all over an Alabama street, closing the road for hours as workers tried to clean the mess and contain the stench. WHNT-TV (http://bit.ly/1e7ObU7 ) reports that county emergency officials say the truck driver hit his brakes to avoid a …
Read More »Officials try to find source of bad odor lingering in Louisville, Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There’s a bad smell in parts of the Louisville, Kentucky, area but nobody knows where it’s coming from. Media reports say city crews have been trying for nearly a week to pin down the odor that smells like mildew, but so far they’ve had no luck. Louisville …
Read More »Kangaroo surviving alpine winter hops his way to dispelling 'No kangaroos in Austria' slogan
VIENNA – A kangaroo is on the loose in frigid and snowy Austria, hopping his way toward dispelling a famous slogan. “No kangaroos in Austria” T-shirts and souvenirs have been big-sellers for years in the alpine nation, since some people confuse Austria with Australia. Anton the kangaroo bounded away from …
Read More »Stuck duck: Firefighters rescue large duck lodged in Louisiana fireplace
SLIDELL, La. – Firefighters in Louisiana have rescued a duck lodged in a fireplace. WVUE-TV (http://bit.ly/1yKz37O) reports firefighters in St. Tammany Parish responded to an unusual call Sunday from a home in Slidell outside New Orleans. When firefighters arrived, they discovered a large duck trapped in the fireplace with its …
Read More »Public pot: 700 cannabis plants found on traffic island next to Berlin subway station
BERLIN – It wasn’t the world’s best-hidden marijuana plantation. Berlin police say they were were called to a subway station Monday morning by a street cleaner who reported finding “numerous small plants that seemed suspicious to him.” Officers found 700 small cannabis plants growing among weeds on a traffic island …
Read More »Message in a bottle written by Massachusetts 5th grader found in France 26 years later
A French man stumbled upon a handwritten message in a bottle that washed up on the beach on the western shores of the country — 26 years after the bottle was tossed into the sea by a Massachusetts fifth grader. “It’s crazy to think it took that long for someone …
Read More »Lost dog is safely rescued after it survived alone in the woods for more than 6 years
A dog that lived on its own in the woods for about six-and-a-half years is now being cared for at an animal rescue and eventually will be adopted into a loving home. The dog named Rose was first reported by a person living near the village of Crawley Down in …
Read More »Shoppers at popular marketplace walked over 'vile' dungeon as archaeologists cite 'remarkable' finds
Archaeologists in the United Kingdom recently unearthed ancient relics beneath a bustling marketplace — including the remains of a “vile” dungeon. Announcing the discovery in a Sept. 23 press release, officials at the University of Leicester said the dig yielded “extraordinary evidence of 2,000 years of human activity” in Leicester’s …
Read More »Roommate's loud smoothie prep at dawn ignites viral debate over noise etiquette
A man fed up by his roommate’s 5:30 a.m. smoothie habit garnered overwhelming support on the internet from people sympathetic to his dilemma — and his clever way of trying to deal with it. The man, who shared in a Reddit post that he’s 30 years old and from Melbourne, …
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