Motorcyclist hits black cow at night, dies

RUSSELL, Kan. -- A 59-year-old man died when the motorcycle he was driving Friday night collided with a black cow on a blacktopped road near Russell. It is not clear whether James Zordel was speeding or whether the cow suddenly appeared from the side of the road. "It was dark. He was driving down a blacktop road, and he hit a black cow," state trooper Brant Birney said, adding what caused the accident never may be known. Zordel, who was not wearing a helmet, died at the scene...