A squirrel knocked out power for some 45,000 energy customers in the San Francisco Bay area on Monday, according to officials and the local Contra Costa Times newspaper. A squirrel knocked out power for some 45,000 energy customers in the San Francisco.....»»

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- When a curious brown bear showed up at an Anchorage area farm, the cows in a small yak herd there defiantly surrounded the calves.........»»

ROXBURY, Maine (AP) -- A couple of varmint vandals are hitting a small western Maine town hard.........»»

You've heard cows have four stomachs, but have you ever seen a calf with five mouths and 10 lips? A cow at a dairy farm in Narnaul in northern India recently gave birth to the multi-mouthed calf named "Nandi." It's a nickname for Lord Krishna and can al.....»»

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) -- All this barn owl family wants is the chance to raise their children in a stable home.........»»

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Blamed initially on 'engine failure', it emerged on Tuesday that a government jet carrying Serbia's president to Italy last week was forced to turn back when the co-pilot spilled coffee on the instrument board......»»

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's stock trading fever has made the Shanghai Stock Exchange the world's biggest in terms of turnover, surpassing the New York Stock Exchange, but the explosion in volumes has exceeded the ability of the exchange's software to rep.....»»

A farmer in Leroy, Minnesota, is probably having a cow after some ballsy thieves stole $70,000 worth of bull semen. Here's the gist: a frozen canister about the size of a milk jug was stolen from an unlocked barn belonging to Daniel Weness sometime last .....»»

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A former TV pitchman in Utah accused of kicking a barn owl in flight while riding a motorized paraglider pleaded guilty to the charges Friday, one day after a proposed plea deal fell through when he refused to admit to the crime.....»»

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A plea deal for a former TV pitchman in Utah accused of kicking a barn owl in flight while riding a motorized paraglider fell through Thursday when he refused to admit to a crime he said makes him look like an evil, horrible person.....»»

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A plea deal for a former TV pitchman in Utah accused of kicking a barn owl in flight while riding a motorized paraglider fell through Thursday when he refused to admit to a crime he said makes him look like an evil, horrible per.....»»

The University of Alabama student government voted down a proposal last week to establish political parties, which could have forced a well-known secret society, blamed for many social ills on campus, to go public. In a 21-9 vote on March 26, the Studen.....»»

In the 1970s, two inhuman creatures—one hairy and tall, another with orange eyes—were spotted in New England. The mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, blamed these monsters not on unreliable testimonies, but recombinant DNA technology, then a new and pr.....»»

Scientists have long known that "we are made of star stuff" -- or, in other words, cosmic dust. But where all that dust came from, and how it survived, has been a bit of a mystery. Previous research held that supernovas--explosions of stars in their deat.....»»

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — A farming couple near MacGregor, Man., have been seeing double — and in some cases, triple — as their cows have been giving birth to multiple calves. PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — A farming coup.....»»

Adrien Brody has an electrician. That's what happens when a person spends nearly a decade renovating a castle. Back in 2007, Brody purchased the Stone Barn Castle, a historic dwelling in Central New York, as a place for him and then-girlfriend Elsa Pataky.....»»

A Colorado house that exploded in a fiery blaze Tuesday had the words “My wife is a cheater” spray painted on an outside wall. Firefighters in Arvada were alerted to the explosion at around 1:30 a.m., KDVR reports. In addition to the accusation o.....»»

LONDON (AP) — London's firefighters say sun rays refracted by a Nutella jar likely caused a house fire. The city's fire brigade says investigators believe the glass jar — which had been emptied of the hazelnut spread — had been placed on a window s.....»»

LONDON (AP) -- London's firefighters say sun rays refracted by a Nutella jar likely caused a house fire.........»»

EDMONTON -- An Alberta farmer appealing an impaired driving conviction says he had to drive drunk to catch his runaway cattle before they caused an accident on the highway. EDMONTON -- An Alberta farmer appealing an impaired driving conviction says he .....»»