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crime and punishment

College Partiers Are Being Investigated for Forcing a Rooster to Smoke

Things got out of hand at Helshoogte Residence's annual "chicken day" celebration.
Cara Giaimo February 24, 2017
An exorcism (artist's rendering).
government

A Small-Town Spanish Mayor is Being Asked to Exorcise a Government Building

Mayor Leandro Martín's office is being flooded with calls after a council member spotted a possible ghost in the town hall.
Cara Giaimo February 23, 2017
animals

Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

This is what happens when you tell an AI bot that everything is cats.
Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017
news

Seattle's Jade Vine Is Almost as Cool as a Corpse Flower

It's the color of mint toothpaste, and will bloom through mid-March.
Cara Giaimo February 21, 2017
rivers

A Creek in Florida Turned Red Overnight

Residents are unhappy.
Cara Giaimo February 17, 2017
The wrong (or right!) Bouche à Oreille.
restaurants

A French Roadside Diner Accidentally Got a Michelin Star

It has since been inundated by excited gourmands.
Cara Giaimo February 17, 2017
public works

A Philly Guy Filled a Crack in the Street With Sprinkles

The crack is about eight feet long.
Cara Giaimo February 16, 2017
animals

Murcia, Spain, Has a New Eel Staircase

Eels can use it to travel upstream.
Cara Giaimo February 15, 2017
The USS Turner on the East River.
military history

'Missing' Sailors From the USS Turner May Have Been Buried After All

More than 70 years after the destroyer sank, the Department of Defense is officially looking for them.
Cara Giaimo February 13, 2017
castles

The World's Tallest Sandcastle Has Been Completed in India

It's 48 feet high.
Cara Giaimo February 10, 2017
news

A Sheep Head Truck Spill Closed a Road in New Zealand

It was offal.
Cara Giaimo February 10, 2017
volcanoes

Hawaii's 'Lava Fire Hose' Is Back at It Again

It's been spurting candy-colored lava for over a month.
Cara Giaimo February 9, 2017
A different pool.
pools

An Illinois Man Wants to Build the World's Deepest Swimming Pool

It would be used for underwater physical therapy.
Cara Giaimo February 8, 2017
Picture this, but dumped all over a massive, gritty highway.
news

A Massive Syrup Spill Gums Up a Vermont Highway

What a waffle mess.
Cara Giaimo February 7, 2017
The library of the Mark Twain House, in 1995.
fungus

There's a Lot of Mold Infesting the Mark Twain Museum in Connecticut

It's attached to his old house.
Cara Giaimo February 6, 2017
film

Someone Is Driving Around With Too Many (?) Copies of 'Speed' on Their Dashboard

Pop quiz, hotshot.
Cara Giaimo February 3, 2017
snakes

A Portland Teen's Pet Snake Got Stuck in Her Earlobe

She had to go to the ER.
Cara Giaimo February 2, 2017
news

Watch Two Guys in China Duel With Fireworks

Welcome to the Year of the Fire Rooster.
Cara Giaimo February 1, 2017