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Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:25:00 EDT

A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park...

Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:33:00 EDT

Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from...

Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:04:00 EDT

An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.

Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:51:00 EDT

An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.

Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:31:00 EDT

Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:51:00 EDT

An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.

Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:21:00 EDT

A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator - the heaviest ever certified in Texas - on his first alligator hunt.

Exhibition of secretly shot photos upsets NYers

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:40:00 EDT

Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows.

Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:30:00 EDT

A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later - in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.

Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:10:00 EDT

What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.

Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:50:00 EDT

A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus.

Students in Ghana launch mini-satellite

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:00 EDT

Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon.

Tiny camera in Illinois offers bug's eye view

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:40:00 EDT

A tiny new camera developed at an Illinois university is giving researchers a bug's eye view.

Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:30:00 EDT

Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef.

NH city sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:09:00 EDT

The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers.

Stinky corpse flower blooms again at Ohio State

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:49:00 EDT

A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell has bloomed again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open...

Correction: Kenya-Sandal Animals story

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:49:00 EDT

In a story May 8 about artisans in Kenya who turn old sandals into art objects, The Associated Press included two paragraphs that closely paralleled the wording of an earlier story on the subject by the Voice of America....

Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:29:00 EDT

Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport.

Man charged in overnight feast at Ky. supermarket

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:28:00 EDT

Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville.

Wisconsin boy gets handwritten response from Biden

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:28:00 EDT

It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpectedly personal response.

Calif. man who said he fled zombies pleads guilty

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:58:00 EDT

A Tennessee man who stole a big-rig truck in California, caused several accidents and told investigators he was fleeing zombies when he did it has pleaded guilty to several felonies.

Ohio State awaits bloom of stinky corpse flower

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:18:00 EDT

Researchers at an Ohio State University greenhouse are awaiting a rare second bloom by a rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its unpleasant odor.

NYPD officer tries to help cat in tree, gets stuck

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:48:00 EDT

Authorities say a New York police officer who went after a cat stuck in a tree got caught himself and needed a little help getting back down to the ground.

UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:18:00 EDT

The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now.

Ice from Minn. lake pushed ashore to doorsteps

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:47:00 EDT

Strong winds have pushed huge ice sheets ashore at a northern Minnesota lake and right up to people's doorsteps.

Richard Branson swaps suit for skirt to honor bet

Sun, 12 May 2013 05:16:00 EDT

British business magnate Richard Branson has lost his latest job because of orange juice.

Bold turkey: woman hits cop to kick smoking habit

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:55:00 EDT

Think you've heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop and go to jail, where smoking isn't allowed.

Durango, Colo., area couple gives up catwalk fight

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:45:00 EDT

A Durango area couple is giving up their fight to keep a 13-foot escape route for their cats outside their Colorado apartment.

Celebrity panda at center of Thai-China deal

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:35:00 EDT

Thailand's celebrity baby panda Lin Ping is almost 4 years old now. It's time to move to China, find a mate and have cubs.

Ore. smokejumpers skydive into illegal pot garden

Thu, 9 May 2013 19:24:00 EDT

A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season.

Mass. panel: No profanity on rapper's headstone

Thu, 9 May 2013 11:24:00 EDT

Commissioners at a Massachusetts cemetery have said no to profanity on headstones.

Scratch-and-sniff cards prompt natural gas scare

Wed, 8 May 2013 15:23:00 EDT

Those scratch-and-sniff cards the energy company sends to customers to teach them to recognize the artificial smell added to natural gas? Turns out they work pretty well.

Brazilian woman survives harpoon shooting

Wed, 8 May 2013 14:13:00 EDT

A 28-year-old woman miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon, Brazilian officials said Wednesday.

Rodman to Kim: 'Do me a solid' and free American

Wed, 8 May 2013 06:53:00 EDT

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North.

Critter cams provide peek into the lives of bears

Tue, 7 May 2013 13:12:00 EDT

Biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are getting a peek into what city bears do all day.

NJ governor 'saves' children from spider

Mon, 6 May 2013 13:51:00 EDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while he spoke to a group of schoolchildren.

Wash. State graduate wears wedding gown under robe

Mon, 6 May 2013 13:41:00 EDT

With friends and family already gathered for her graduation from Washington State University, Cassie Dotts thought it would be a good time for another ceremony - her wedding.

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:35:00 EDT

The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado...

Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:15:00 EDT

Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night early Tuesday lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the...

AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. school

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:05:00 EDT

I left the office as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too...

Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:00 EDT

The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old...

Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:45:00 EDT

Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.

Policy, discretion guide media sources probes

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:35:00 EDT

It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly...

Police close Susan Powell case, offer new details

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:25:00 EDT

Josh Powell reportedly had an affair just months before his wife disappeared and his brother may have been "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body, Utah police revealed as they announced they couldn't solve the...

Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers death

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:15:00 EDT

When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed...

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:05:00 EDT

Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications...

Anti-IRS protest planned at Ohio federal building

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:55:00 EDT

Tea party activists want to show their unhappiness over extra IRS scrutiny with protest rallies.

Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:15:00 EDT

A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against...

Police: 12-year-old boy robbed in Lemoyne

Katie Mae Bassler — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:00 EDT

Police are investigating a Cumberland County robbery involving a 12-year-old victim.

Harrisburg dog owner says vet refused to treat pet

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:00 EDT

A Harrisburg family say a animal clinic refused to treat their puppy after it was hit by a car last week.

I-81 ramp from East Shore closes for the summer

Myles Snyder — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:32:00 EDT

A new construction project that will close the ramp from northbound Front Street to Interstate 81 South in Harrisburg kicked off early Tuesday morning.

1 dead, 2 critical after wrong-way Pa. crash

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:00 EDT

A central Pennsylvania coroner has released the name of a man killed in a wrong-way crash in central Pennsylvania over the weekend that left two other people in critical condition.

AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:35:00 EDT

By The Associated Press The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school...

3 robbed Harrisburg man at gunpoint, police say

Myles Snyder — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:51:00 EDT

Harrisburg police said they are investigating a report that three robbers held a city man at gunpoint during a robbery early Saturday.

Candidate charged with defacing campaign signs: 'I did it all'

Sari Heidenreich — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:00 EDT

Harrisburg mayoral candidate Lewis Butts Jr. has admitted to defacing his opponent's campaign signs.

Police ID victim of wrong-way crash on Route 30

Myles Snyder — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:13:00 EDT

Police have released the name of a man killed in a wrong-way crash on Route 30 in Lancaster County over the weekend.

I-81 closed at 22/322 for massive tanker fire

Ali Lanyon — Thu, 9 May 2013 10:50:00 EDT

Interstate 81 is closed in both directions at the 22/322 overpass near Harrisburg, and many other roadways around the city are congested due to a massive fire involving a diesel tanker.

Turnout expected to be heavy for Harrisburg mayoral race

Al Gnoza — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:15:00 EDT

Perhaps the most watched race in Tuesday's election is the Democratic primary for Harrisburg mayor. Incumbent Linda Thompson is trying to fight off strong challenges from Dan Miller and Eric Papenfuse. Lewis Butts is also on the ballot.

Harrisburg man sought in robbery, assault

Myles Snyder — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:45:00 EDT

Harrisburg police said charges are pending against a city man for the robbery and beating of a 62-year-old Steelton resident over the weekend.

Activists say 'vote no' on Castille retention

Dennis Owens — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:55:00 EDT

Ron Castille is the chief justice of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court. He will face voters in November in a retention election, which are typically a slam-dunk for judges. Voters will simply vote 'yes' or 'no' on whether to retain Castille for another 10-year term.