Information gleaned from the Wyoming Game & Fish Department indicates that deadly Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is advancing towards western Wyoming’s winter elk feedgrounds and Yellowstone National Park. A new map from the Greater Yellowstone Coalition shows the areas where the disease has been detected in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem … Continue reading
Miami Man Kills Record-setting Python with Knife
Say you’re riding along late at night in rural southeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, and you see a big python coming out of the brush. Do you: (a) scream, swerve and punch the gas or (b) stop the car, grab the snake and start pulling? Jason Leon of Miami answered (b) … Continue reading
When Guns Are Outlawed: British Man Shot to Death on City Street
British cops are hunting a gunman after a 31-year-old male was shot dead just minutes from Brighton’s popular seafront parade. The man was attacked at about 11.30pm and rushed to the Royal Sussex County Hospital but died just after 1am. Chief Inspector Helen West of Sussex Police said it is … Continue reading
Gulf Coast Seafood Plants Struggling with Shrimp Shortage This Season
Seafood Lover owner Steve Edwards is determined not to raise his shrimp prices — at least for now — despite a lag in supply this season. Edwards has been primarily buying shrimp from three boats in the area for the past 30 years. He knows the shrimpers’ costs are up … Continue reading
Waco Man Drowns Navigating Inflatable Raft at Twin Bridges Park
A McLennan County man drowned Sunday afternoon while trying to navigate an inflatable raft across an inlet on Lake Waco at Twin Bridges Park. Christopher Neil Lansford, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace William “Pete” Peterson, who did not order an autopsy, Waco Police … Continue reading
‘ Sushi Cats:’ the (weird) New Trend in Japan
A bizarre new ad campaign brings new meaning to the word “catfish” and is causing a buzz in Japan. The Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts company has created a range of prints featuring cats resting on sushi rolls, calling them ”Sushi cats,” or Neko-Sushi in Japanese. While some of the cats look … Continue reading
Honeybees Used in Croatia to Locate Mines
Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. Now, unlikely heroes may be coming to the rescue to prevent similar … Continue reading
2nd Amendment in Action: California Resident Uses Sword to Kill Armed Intruder
Two suspects committed a home invasion robbery around 2:30 Saturday morning. It happened on the 800 block of Dodderer in the city of Firebaugh. One of the suspects was armed with an axe, and the other was armed with a handgun. The resident of the home armed himself with a … Continue reading
No Shots Fired As Woman Fights off Bear with Empty Gun
A woman whacked a young bear over the head with a gun, rescuing her husband from an attack outside their Silver Cliff cabin Wednesday, the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office said. Gerre Ninnemann, the husband, originally saw the bear running after his dog, the sheriff’s report said. He went outside to … Continue reading
Police Called to Noise Complaint, Turns out to Be Mating Frogs
A neighbor called police complaining Debbie Alsip was jamming out to loud music, but it turned out to be the neighborhood frogs who were getting down. Twice this month a neighbor has called Baraboo police to complain about loud music coming from the backyard of Debbie and Jeff Alsip’s Rivercrest … Continue reading
