Weird News

CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (AP) -- Police in Maine say a drunken man took the wrong Lyft and tried to get into a house he mistakenly thought was his home.

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- Police in coastal Texas have captured a pair of runaway emus that had been on the lam for a day after escaping from their owner's backyard.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An African Grey parrot is home after being trapped for nearly three nights in a storm drain in Los Angeles.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A zoo in Ohio says one of its volunteer's thumbs became detached when an orangutan reached through a barrier and bit her arm.

WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) -- Maine's giant spinning ice disk that quickly gained international fame survived the weekend winter weather that pummeled New England and now has its own webcam.

BOSTON (AP) -- Mythology and superstition have portrayed octopuses as alien beings or evil creatures dwelling in the terrifying dark depths of oceans.

BOSTON (AP) -- Wilson Menashi palmed a squid in his left hand and extended his arm into an aquarium tank, watching as a giant Pacific octopus stretched out arms to greet him like a friend.

SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) -- A Maine pastor who publicly predicted the final score of Sunday night's AFC championship game isn't claiming divine intervention. But he's confident the New England Patriots will win the Super Bowl as well.

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Now a half ton of fun, the Cincinnati Zoo's famed prematurely born hippo will soon turn 2 years old.

KEENE, N.H. (AP) -- Officials in a New Hampshire city have approved a restaurant sign that initially was removed over concerns that it sounded like profanity.

HUNTINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- A wayward cat is safe after it was rescued from a dam in Indiana.

MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) -- The massive ice disk that formed on a Maine river has a baby brother.

KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania police department's request for volunteers to get drunk for law and order purposes generated a predictably enthusiastic response.

BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's biggest rail company, under fire for its unpunctual service, is trying to mollify one disgruntled commuter by buying her "delay scarf."

WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) -- Maine's giant spinning ice disk that quickly gained international fame seems to have met its end.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- An email about a bachelor party sent to the wrong person has led to an Arizona man taking a trip to a Vermont ski resort to attend the party of someone he doesn't know this weekend.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- The father of a seventh grader in Michigan said Wednesday his son has a scholarship offer from Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines.

WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) -- Think of it as a crop circle, but in a river.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Two cats are living large at a $1,500-a-month studio apartment their owner rents for them in Silicon Valley, where a housing shortage has sent rents skyrocketing.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A rodeo cow named Betsy has evaded capture for six months as she wanders the trails of Alaska's biggest city, the cow's owner said.