APWed, 15 Aug 2007 03:00 UTC
A monkey that freed himself two weeks ago from a Mississippi zoo has escaped again, zoo officials said. Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo Manager Kirk Nemecheck and other employees noticed the white-faced capuchin's cage open and lock on the ground around 8:30 a.m. Monday.
Oliver and another capuchin named Baby were found wandering nearby. Workers easily captured Baby, but Oliver fled the park headed in the direction of the Tupelo Country Club, Nemecheck said.
Comment: Unlike most Americans, the monkey has become aware that he lives in a prison and is doing his best to escape.
MUNCIE, Ind. - Cary Malchow was so upset by his property tax bill he decided to make a scene by paying it _ all $12,656.07 _ with bags of change and $1 bills.
Overweight residents of an Italian town will be paid to lose weight, the mayor said on Monday.
Men living in the northwestern Italian town of Varallo will receive 50 euros ($70) for losing 4 kg (9 pounds) in a month, Mayor Gianluca Buonanno said. Women will get the same amount for shedding 3 kg (7 pounds).
If they can keep the weight off for 5 months, they will get another 200 euros ($280), he told Reuters.
An Estonian man who was caught driving a car even though he is blind has been at it again, police said on Monday, and this time he faces jail.
BBCMon, 13 Aug 2007 16:00 UTC
A man spotted wearing a T-shirt bearing an "offensive" slogan in a city centre has been warned he risks an £80 fine if he is caught again.
Forklift driver David Pratt was told by street wardens in Peterborough he could cause offence or incite violence.
The slogan on the garment read: "Don't piss me off! I am running out of places to hide the bodies."
APSun, 12 Aug 2007 15:47 UTC
A Delaware County woman says an eggplant has reminded her that God can be found anywhere, and anytime.
Felicia Teske of Boothwyn says she was preparing fried eggplant for dinner Sunday evening and noticed that the seeds in one slice seemed to spell out the word "GOD".
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In the swampy soup of hopefuls for the 2008 presidential election, there is a man with a funny name. (No, not that one.)
We're thinking of the one named Fred (Thompson).
Say it out loud. Do it. Fred. Fred. In the South, Fray-ud.
Fur-red-duh.
It has the tonal quality of something being dropped on the floor, something heavy and damp-ish.
Waterlogged paper towel.
Fred.
A father posed for a publicity picture in a desperate attempt to find the daughter he has not seen for ten years unaware she was just a few yards behind him.
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| Stunning fluke - long-lost daughter Lisa (circled) was passing with her mother and daughter just at the moment her father, Londoner Michael Dick, posed for our picture with other daughters Samantha (right) and Shannon.
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Addy the owl is recovering from a dislocated leg after foiling burglars who stole her from her owner's home - by biting them until they hurled her out the window of their getaway car and crashed.
The three-year-old bird was snatched on July 25 by crook Jason Denton, 23, who sped away in a stolen car.
Police gave chase and the bird began pecking at Denton's face and arms until he lost patience and threw her out of the window.
But the thief and his accomplice had their feathers ruffled so much the car, that had reached speeds of 65mph, then spun out of control and crashed in a car park.
Comment: Unlike most Americans, the monkey has become aware that he lives in a prison and is doing his best to escape.