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German police stop man with mobile office in car

Posted: 6:59 AM Built on a wooden frame on his passenger seat they found a laptop on a docking station tilted for easy driver access, a printer, router, wireless internet stick, WLAN antenna, and an inverter to power it all.

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Plane makes emergency landing on Calif. highway

Posted: 6:20 AM The California Highway Patrol says the aircraft landed safely Wednesday morning on a grassy center divide of Highway 65 near Rocklin as cars whizzed by. No injuries were reported.

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Boat needed in one Minneapolis voting precinct

Posted: 6:16 AM Not one voter cast a ballot in one Minneapolis precinct on Election Day. That's because the only living species in Ward 10, Precinct 3B, is of the aquatic variety.

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Woman who drove on sidewalk holds 'idiot' sign

Posted: 3:00 PM A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children stood in the cold Tuesday at an intersection holding a sign warning people about idiots.

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Man napping in field run over by combine, survives

Posted: 7:32 AM A man napping in a Montana cornfield was startled out of his snooze when he was run over by a large harvesting machine — and Yellowstone County deputies say he's lucky to be alive.

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NY man who lost leg in crucifix mishap sues church

Posted: 10:38 AM A trial has been scheduled for early next year in the lawsuit filed against an upstate New York church by a man whose leg had to be amputated after a 600-pound crucifix fell on him.

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Woman who drove on sidewalk must wear 'idiot' sign

Posted: 11:17 AM A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children will have to stand at an intersection wearing a sign warning about idiots.

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Man sentenced for stealing lobsters for drug habit

Posted: 11:15 AM Authorities say 47-year-old Charles Shumanis III repeatedly stole lobsters and meat from Allentown-area supermarkets, including a botched March 1 theft that included a parking lot car-jacking.

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Elephant in South Korean zoo imitates human speech

Posted: 6:47 AM An international team of scientists confirmed Friday what the Everland Zoo has been saying for years: Their 5.5-ton tusker Koshik has an unusual and possibly unprecedented talent.

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Smugglers' SUV gets stuck atop California border fence

Posted: 7:01 AM Suspected smugglers who tried to use ramps to drive an SUV over a 14-foot-tall border fence had to abandon their plan when the Jeep became stuck on top of the barrier, authorities said Wednesday.

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English town to burn Lance Armstrong in effigy

Posted: 6:59 AM The disgraced American cyclist has been chosen as the latest celebrity to be burned in effigy during an English town's nationally famous Bonfire Night celebrations.

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Unexplained occurrences at Sweetwater business

Updated: 8:13 AM Everyday we see and hear things we can't seem to explain. Down the road in Sweetwater, Tennessee, one shop seems to have more than it's share. Alan Williams was sent to investigate.

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Nevada town named state's 'most bearded community'

Posted: 7:19 AM Nevada Supreme Court Justices Mark Gibbons and Nancy Saitta served as judges of the hairy competition, along with Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Ellie Smith of Las Vegas.

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Snake on a plane! Glasgow airport gets a surprise

Posted: 7:45 AM The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Friday that Furtivo was non-venomous but "feisty." The snake may have snuck onto the plane before take-off.

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2,000 sheep led through streets of Spain's capital

Posted: 7:43 AM Spanish shepherds led a flock of more than 2,000 sheep through central Madrid on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, migration and droving rights threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices.

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