4,000-pound rhinoceros escapes cage at zoo

JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Workers at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens spent about five hours trying to get a 4,000-pound rhinoceros back in his cage. Archie was out of his overnight stall when employees showed up for work. He had escaped once before, years ago, and was lured back to his cage with food. Craig Miller, the zoo’s curator of mammals, said the food didn’t work this time. More

Squirrel traps family in their home

STRONGSVILLE - Residents called police because they were trapped in their home by a temperamental squirrel. The squirrel was desperate to get in the house, according to the residents. The squirrel kept jumping at the garage door and would run at the residents any time they opened a door.

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Skunk`s head freed from peanut butter jar

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado - It was a sticky -- and potentially stinky -- rescue for a Colorado wildlife officer who pried a peanut butter jar off a skunk`s head. The officer got a call that the animal was disoriented in someone`s front yard, its head stuck in a jar of peanut butter. More

Pigs find World War II weapon

BERLIN, Germany - German police say a couple of hungry pigs digging for food came nose-to-nose with a long-buried World War II anti-tank weapon. Police said Friday the two pigs found the single-shot "panzerfaust" on private land southwest of Dresden. more

World’s biggest beaver dam

OTTAWA, Canada - A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world’s largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space. Researcher Jean Thie said he used satellite imagery and Google Earth software to locate the dam, which is about 850 metres (2,800 feet) long on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park. more

Plane lands at bus station

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Illinois - Authorities are trying to figure out why a small plane made an emergency landing at a southwestern Illinois commuter station. No injuries were reported in the Cessna plane’s landing in one of the bus lanes at the Metrolink station in Fairview Heights. more

Bulldog attacks police car

Chattanooga - Police Officer Clayton Holmes says he had been running radar on Workman Road when he felt his car shaking after stopping to write a report. He got out of the car and noticed a bulldog chewing on his patrol car. The dog chewed two tires and the entire front bumper off of the car. more

Spongebob

LONG BEACH, New York - A New York state 12-year-old saved the life of a friend using the Heimlich maneuver, which she learned from watching "SpongeBob Square Pants." Miriam Starobin, 12, said she used the lesson she learned from the popular Nickelodeon cartoon when her friend Allyson Golden, 12, began choking on a piece of gum. more