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Slippery Stowaway Sets Aussie Flight Back 2 Hours

Tree snake was harmless, but it still caused a bit of commotion on Virgin plane

(Newser) - An Australian domestic flight was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was discovered in the plane's cargo hold, officials said on Wednesday. The snake was found on Tuesday as passengers were boarding Virgin Australia Flight VA337 at Melbourne Airport bound for Brisbane, according to snake catcher Mark...

Maryland Traffic Snarled by an Unlikely Suspect

Traffic was delayed for hours after tractor-trailer overturns on Interstate 70, dumps giant windmill blade

(Newser) - Maryland drivers got quite the surprise during their Monday morning commute: a giant windmill blade, sprawled across a local highway. A rep for the state's Department of Transportation tells WTOP that a tractor-trailer transporting the wind turbine piece hit a guardrail and overturned shortly after 5am local time on...

South Koreans' Pesky Problem: Swarms of 'Lovebugs'

Insects relatively new to the nation have surged this year

(Newser) - Swarms of "lovebugs" are back in South Korea, blanketing a mountain peak, entering houses, and sticking to car windows. Flying attached to one another while mating, the insects, known to scientists as Plecia nearctica, are also called united bugs, double-headed bugs, or honeymoon flies, per the AP . Lovebugs were...

Bear Gets Tooth Capped With 'Largest Crown Ever Created'

Tundra now has 'a little glint in his smile' in Minnesota zoo

(Newser) - An Alaskan brown bear at the Lake Superior Zoo in northeastern Minnesota has a gleaming new silver-colored canine tooth in a first-of-its-kind procedure for a bear, the AP reports. The 800-pound Tundra was put under sedation Monday and fitted with a new crown—the largest dental crown ever created, according...

Cops: He Broke Up With Her, She Married Him Anyway
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Cops: He Broke Up With Her, She Married Him Anyway

Texas woman has been charged with stalking

(Newser) - A Texas woman decided that her fiance breaking up with her didn't mean the wedding was off, police say. Investigators say the 42-year-old man returned to his home in the Waco suburb of Beverly Hills on June 13 to find a Bath & Body Works gift package containing a...

Florida Deputies Get Creative With Odd Arrest

Man caught crashing at stranger's home is made into a Goldilocks cartoon

(Newser) - It's a strange one, even by Florida Man standards. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested a 44-year-old who they say broke into a stranger's empty home to get away from his wife, reports the Miami Herald . The sheriff's office likened the story to that...

100 Yards Apart, Trader Joe's Takes on ... Trader Joe's

Second location opened up across the street from the first

(Newser) - Trader Joe's has opened a new store in Los Angeles' Sherman Oaks neighborhood—right across the street from an existing Trader Joe's. Social media users voiced confusion about why the company would put two locations so close together, with some calling the move "actually insane" or...

80-Year-Old Drives Mercedes Down Spanish Steps, Gets Stuck

These steps were made for walkin'

(Newser) - An 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes-Benz A Class sedan down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome early on Tuesday before getting stuck partway down, municipal police said in a statement. The man tested negative for alcohol and was cited on the spot for driving down the monument in...

Museum Visitor Makes Bad Decision to Sit on Pricey Chair

'Van Gogh chair' on display in Italy collapses beneath the man's weight

(Newser) - A museum in Italy would like a word with a couple whose attempt at a selfie ended up damaging a delicate chair on display. As the BBC explains, the incident unfolded at the Palazzo Maffei in Verona. CCTV footage captures the moment a man sits down on a museum piece...

Excavator Takes Cops on Wild 3MPH Chase

SC police pursued slow-moving vehicle for more than an hour before it got stuck at fairgrounds

(Newser) - Police in South Carolina engaged in a not-so-hot pursuit as they chased a tractor excavator down a main highway for more than an hour at the speed an average adult walks. The chase reached speeds of 3mph early Sunday morning in North Charleston, police said, per the AP . Officers on...

Man Earns Guinness Record for Being Buried in Snow

Elias Meyer was submerged in snow wearing nothing but swim trunks for 2-plus hours

(Newser) - It's not completely clear why anyone would want to subject themselves to bodily discomfort just to earn a world record, but ... sometimes records are just waiting to be broken. That's what spurred Elias Meyer, a Swiss competitive powerlifter, to "put his cold endurance to the test,"...

Zebra's Week on the Run Comes to an End

Runaway pet safely captured in Tennessee

(Newser) - A runaway pet zebra that was on the loose for more than a week in Tennessee and became an internet sensation in the process was captured Sunday, authorities said, per the AP . Ed the Zebra was captured safely after being located in a pasture near a subdivision in the Christiana...

All Hail the Sharpening of This Giant Pencil

Annual Minneapolis tradition began when local couple's oak tree was damaged in a storm

(Newser) - Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual—the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall pencil was sculpted out of a mammoth oak tree at the home of John and Amy Higgins after the beloved tree was damaged in a storm a...

Cops in Spanish Town Ridiculed Over Photo Pick

Backlash ensues over image of older women chatting in the evening, depicted as scofflaws

(Newser) - Police in the small town of Santa Fe in Spain are trying to reel in the backlash over their latest effort to keep the streets peaceful. As the Guardian reports, the department posted an image of six older women chatting outside, engaging in an age-old tradition known as tomando el ...

This Throw to Home Had Fans Doing a Double-Take

Spectator throws baseball out of stands and onto the field, causing confusion at Braves-Giants game

(Newser) - An overexuberant fan had people seeing double during the game between the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants. A ball was thrown on the field from the stands on a sacrifice fly by the Braves in the fourth inning Friday night, leading to a brief moment of confusion with two...

Cops: Teen Going 132MPH Blames Job Interview

Connecticut 19-year-old faces a slew of charges

(Newser) - His commitment to being on time for a job interview is admirable. His execution, not so much. A state trooper in Cromwell, Connecticut, clocked a Mercedes doing 132mph on a local interstate, reports WFSB . The trooper turned on his lights and siren and started to pursue, but the driver "...

Well, Here's a Wild Elephant Raiding a Grocery Store

The big guy was apparently snacky, and helped himself to Thai store's wares

(Newser) - A hungry wild elephant caused havoc in a grocery store in Thailand on Monday when he strolled in from a nearby national park and helped himself to food on the shelves. Videos showed the huge male elephant, known as Plai Biang Lek, briefly stopping in front of the shop, located...

On Display: A 200-Year-Old Condom With Naughty Art

Prophylactic decorated with erotic art is at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum

(Newser) - The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art. The Rijksmuseum said in a statement that the playful prophylactic, believed to be made around 1830 from a sheep's appendix, "...

His First Date Ended With 5 Wrecked Police Cars

Would-be beau jailed for 14 months over crash that sent 7 cops to the hospital

(Newser) - On the scale of "love at first sight" comes the tale of Mazyar Azarbonyad, who had a first date more along the lines of "high-speed cop chase ends very poorly." As the Guardian reports, the 20-year-old personal trainer was out on a first date on April 9,...

'There's a Pigeon on the Airplane and It Won't Go Away'

Delta flight out of Minneapolis delayed, twice, after 2 pigeons make their way on board

(Newser) - Pilots are constantly on the lookout for bird strikes , but for one recent flight out of Minneapolis, the birds found their way onto the plane. Per ABC News , a pigeon was discovered on Delta Air Lines Flight 2348, bound for Madison, Wisconsin, shortly after the 119 passengers had boarded at...

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