Disposable diaper breaks fall, saves child's life
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday. Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived a 30-foot (10-meter) fall because his diaper snagged on a securit... |
Help-wanted ad for nanny: `My kids are a pain'
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain." But it worked, attracting a brave soul who's never been a nanny before. "If you cannot multitask, or communicate without being passive aggressive,... |
Ga. town's scarecrows h(a)unting for world record
 HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) -- This small northeastern Georgia town's population boom is frightening. In a bid to break a world record for scarecrows and scare up some fun for the fall season, thousands of straw-stuffed newcomers are creeping across town. There's a scuba div... |
Baby boy born on airliner en route to Australia
DARWIN, Australia (AP) -- An Indian woman gave birth to a healthy boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband. Judith Hamel, one of four doctors who helped deliver the 6 pound baby aboard the Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong t... |
Spanish town blushes with annual tomato fight
 BUNOL, Spain (AP) -- Spanish revelers have pelted each with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual food fight. Town hall says an estimated 40,000 people took part in the hour of messy fun in the village of Bunol near Valencia. The ritual dates back to the 1940s. Som... |
Charge dismissed in case of dog registered to vote
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) -- A judge has decided that a suburban Seattle woman who registered her Australian shepherd-terrier mix to vote has spent enough time in the legal doghouse. Jane Balogh (BAY'-loh) had been charged with making a false statement but entered int... |
Nebraska city council votes to evict aging horse
HICKMAN, Neb. (AP) -- This one-horse town is looking like becoming a no-horse town. The owner of a 32-year-old horse named Peter Rabbit wasn't able Tuesday to buck a local ban on livestock within city limits. After widespread publicity of the ban that threatened to... |
Feisty puppy scares off 3 bears in NJ back yard
 WYCKOFF, N.J. (AP) -- If only Goldilocks had a cockapoo. A 15-pound cocker spaniel-poodle mix named Pawlee scared off a mother bear and her two cubs Sunday morning after they strayed into his owners' back yard. Whether his bark was worse than his bite, Pawlee's tact... |
Raccoon's courthouse crime spree ends with capture
ATLANTA (AP) -- The evidence in his office gave the judge pause: a half-eaten apple and some very distinctive footprints. Federal bankruptcy Judge Paul W. Bonapfel reported the break-in last week at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta. The in... |
Boy, 12, accused of fleeing Texas police at 60 mph
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- A 12-year-old boy took his grandmother's car and led police on a chase at speeds up to 60 mph before swerving to avoid spikes in the road and crashing into a fence, police said. The boy was treated for a small cut to the head then taken... |
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