Weird News

CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) -- A dog is home after police in a New Jersey shore town posted its mugshot on social media.

MENASHA, Wis. (AP) -- Police say a bicyclist who weaved past the gates blocking access to a bridge over a river in eastern Wisconsin escaped serious injury after falling into the gap that was created when the bridge started to rise.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -- The Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces continues to investigate a Virgin Mary sculpture in a Hobbs church that appears to be weeping.

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) -- Officials in a western Arkansas city say residents can finally kick off their Sunday shoes.

BERLIN (AP) -- A German city is looking for a way to get rid of a giant catfish that is believed to have developed a taste for ducklings after eating all of its fellow fish in the municipal pond.

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) -- Firefighters in upstate New York helped out a presumably hungry raccoon that got its head stuck inside a mayonnaise jar.

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Workers in a metropolitan sewer district in Ohio have amassed an impressive collection of toys, eyeglasses and other objects that made their way through the sewer system.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A Maine rapper surprised moviegoers with free tickets to a sci-fi satire movie.

HELSINKI (AP) -- A small Finnish craft brewery is paying a humorous tribute to the Helsinki summit.

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) -- A Wyoming city has discovered its potted plants have literally gone to pot.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's governor says she's holding summer office hours at the beach.

BERLIN (AP) -- Quiet neighbors, pristine grounds and a view to die for: No wonder graveyard plots in Berchtesgaden are in high demand.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A historic Baltimore market is closed temporarily after a video posted on social media showed a rat scampering through a bakery's display case.

PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona authorities say a 44-year-old uniformed security guard is accused of impersonating a police officer by trying to pull over an unmarked car that happened to contain two state troopers patrolling a Phoenix freeway.

BLAIRSTOWN, N.J. (AP) -- There's nothing superstitious about Friday the 13th as two towns celebrate the day with tours or tattoos.

DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Police say a man fell through the ceiling of a New Hampshire supermarket, twice.

PHOENIX (AP) -- An Arizona state lawmaker was seen telling a sheriff's deputy he sometimes drives as fast as 130 or 140 mph (210 or 225 kph) after he was pulled over for speeding, and the deputy said in a report later that the driver claimed to have legislative immunity

ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities believe they have discovered the wreckage of a small plane that crashed more than 20 years ago in northern Michigan.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A U.S. park ranger confronted a woman seen snatching birds at a historic square in Philadelphia and placing them alive in plastic bags, and she claimed she released the birds after catching them.

WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont state board plans to hear a man's request to change the name of Mount Ascutney (ah-SKUT'-nee) because it's a made-up name.