• Rampaging red squirrels in France
• Kashmiri militants, meet bear.  Bear, eat militants.
• Dead bison stink really bad: South Dakota meat producer abandons meat storage locker full of 44 tons of kosher bison, and the power gets cut for nonpayment.
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Ever wonder about all of those telephone exchange names like CHapel Hill and so on? Here’s a list of ‘em.

How to clean up loose change, with a caveat - beware using the vinegar and salt method on copper-clad pennies. Read the article to understand.

All of the weird denominations of English money from the get-go, including the broad, the quarter ( Read more... )

For immediate pickup to a good home:

One large Kodiak brown bear, grown and not shedding.  Somewhat de-furred.   Comes when called to dinner, if a tad slow.

Injured face and paw, but very friendly.  Good with small child and dogs.  Loves fish - to eat.  Very good tempered, but can snark.   Medicine for injuries as part of the package.

Story (with video) and gallery of pictures of a baby polar bear at the Nuremberg Zoo; keepers took it from Mom when Mom started shredding out.   High cuteness abounds.

• Yes, your dog died in our cargo hold of carbon monoxide poisoning. Now, prove we were negligent.
• "Neighbor's Dog Killed My Pet Bunnies, Scared My Granddaughter. I Warned Him Twice."
• Paging Goldilocks: "It appeared to be a one- to two-year-old bear - a juvenile - within the kitchen enjoying some oatmeal it had obtained by breaking a ceramic food ( Read more... )

• Mommy, can I have a penguin in a bunny suit?
• No, dear, you *can* have a translucent uterus.
• Oh, goody.
• "It's pretty intelligent when you can tell a bear, 'I love you, come give Momma a kiss,' and that bear comes right over and gives you a smack on the lips."
• The Mexican government is offering road and trail maps of the area to and beyond the border for ( Read more... )