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Creative things to do with Thanksgiving leftovers
Allen Kim, CNN, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 29 - 5:46 p.m. | Save Story
You may have had to unbuckle your belt and loosen up your pants after that third plate of food from Thanksgiving dinner last night. You also probably promised yourself that you would start your New Year's resolution to start dieting and get in shape early.
Uninvited gator interrupts Florida family’s Thanksgiving
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 29 - 2:13 p.m. | Save Story
A Florida family refused to make room at their Thanksgiving table for an uninvited guest, who was so angry at being left out that he repeatedly slammed the front door.
Woman gives daughter born at airport apt middle name
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 29 - 8:25 a.m. | Save Story
A woman who gave birth at an airport in North Carolina has given the baby a name tied to where she was born.
Police: Woman arrested for firing gun into KFC drive-thru
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 29 - 7:59 a.m. | Save Story
Police say a Georgia woman fired a gun into a KFC after learning her order lacked napkins and a fork.
Dog spooked by sealion is rescued from remote Pacific island
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 28 - 11:26 p.m. | Save Story
Things first started to go wrong for Flint the rat-detecting dog when a sealion charged at him. Spooked, he ran from his handler and went missing on remote Campbell Island, located between mainland New Zealand and Antarctica.
Bear blamed for car damages in Alaska airport parking lot
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 28 - 8:59 a.m. | Save Story
A bear has been blamed for a pair of vehicle break-ins at an Alaska airport parking lot that resulted in thousands of dollars in damage to one car, officials said.
Cats to be put on leashes to protect wildlife? EU says No
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 28 - 6:16 a.m. | Save Story
Put domestic cats on a leash to better protect threatened birds and the environment? The European Union says that would deny mankind’s furry friend its unalienable right to roam.
Phoenix teen rescued after becoming stuck in chimney
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 27 - 9:33 p.m. | Save Story
A teenager has been safely rescued without injury after becoming stuck in the chimney of a Phoenix home.
Hikers answer plea to find wedding ring lost on mountaintop
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 27 - 4:50 p.m. | Save Story
A man’s quest to find his wedding ring on a 4,000-foot snow-covered mountain in New Hampshire has been completed by a couple of hikers — and a metal detector.
Toys 'R' Us is back, and it's focused on play time
Elizabeth Wolfe and Brian Ries, CNN | Posted Nov. 27 - 1:48 p.m. | Save Story
Toys "R" Us marked its triumphant return to the US on Wednesday by opening its first new store at a location in Paramus, New Jersey.
Russian dairy farmers gave cows VR goggles with hopes they'd be happier, make better milk
Leah Asmelash, CNN | Posted Nov. 27 - 10:02 a.m. | Save Story
Virtual reality isn't just for video games anymore.
Act of kindness softens police sorrow over spilled doughnuts
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 27 - 8:26 a.m. | Save Story
The loss of Krispy Kreme doughnuts documented by police in Georgia has come to a bittersweet ending.
German military apologizes for posting Nazi-era uniform pic
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 27 - 7:53 a.m. | Save Story
Germany’s Defense Ministry is apologizing for an Instagram post about fashion by the military’s social media team which featured a Nazi-era uniform, complete with swastika-embossed medals, under the heading “retro.”
Man using magnet fishes WWI-era grenade from Michigan river
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 27 - 5:16 a.m. | Save Story
A magnet-wielding angler has fished a World War I-era grenade from a western Michigan river.
Trump tells impeachment jokes at annual turkey pardon event
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press | Updated Nov. 26 - 7:51 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump couldn’t resist riffing on the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday as he continued the tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey, generating holiday-season laughter at the expense of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, one of his chief antagonists in Congress.
Man found in freezer was husband of recently deceased woman
BRADY McCOMBS, Associated Press | Updated Nov. 26 - 5:52 p.m. | Save Story
A man whose body was in a freezer for as long as 11 years was the husband of the woman who had recently died in their apartment west of Salt Lake City, police said Tuesday.
No easy mark: Female bodybuilder, 82, clobbers intruder
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 26 - 9:05 a.m. | Save Story
An intruder didn’t count on an 82-year-old woman living alone being an award-winning bodybuilder with nerves of steel.
High horse: Farm animal gets stuck up in barn’s hayloft
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 26 - 8:12 a.m. | Save Story
A farm animal with unbridled ambition in South Carolina has given new meaning to the phrase “get off your high horse.”
Border agents seize 154 pounds of bologna at Texas crossing
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 24 - 9:55 a.m. | Save Story
No baloney: U.S. border agents seized more than 150 pounds of bologna from a driver entering the country from Mexico.
