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Animals

Woman takes in rat-catching cat, neighbors want Kitty Snows back

DC

Milk Bar debuts Cheetos flavored cake for its 75th birthday

Cheetos celebrated its diamond birthday on Wednesday and got a special gift from Milk Bar.
Local News

Teen angler reels in the luckiest of catches

In the vast inland ocean that is Lake of the Woods, 14-year-old Connor Halsa somehow hooked a wallet full of money lost by an Iowa farmer a year earlier.
Weird

2 live birds in passenger's bag seized at Dulles Airport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists seized two live birds on July 16 from a woman who arrived aboard a flight from Dubai, U.A.E.
Travel

BWI Airport becomes finalist in bizarre competition

BWI Marshal is the only airport among the contest finalists.
Nation World

Invasive 'Frankenfish' that can survive on land for days is found in Missouri: "They are a beast"

U.S. officials say that anyone who catches a northern snakehead should photograph it and "kill the fish by freezing it or putting it on ice for an extended time.
Crime

Game over for suspect charged with robbing store using Nintendo game controller

A South Carolina man is facing charges after deputies said he robbed a convenience store with a Nintendo Duck Hunt controller he spray-painted to look real.
Weird

Old Oklahoma high school listed for sale as single-family home

An old high school in Burbank, Oklahoma, has been listed for sale as a sing-family home.
Nation World

Who spilled the rice? | Southwest Airlines flight delayed for an hour due to unclaimed mess

"She went up and down the aisle and asked each passenger one by one, loudly, 'Who spilled the rice?' a passenger said. "It was so surreal. It was hilarious."
Weird

Peeps as art? A town is being taken over by more than 100 marshmallow masterpieces

A town in Pennsylvania is being taken over by Peeps, the marshmallowy Easter treats, in an annual art competition.
Weird

After a year of complaints, Virginia man plants tree in unrepaired pothole

After getting no response about the crater in his street, Josh Anderson decided to fill the pothole in his own way.
Weird

German brewey creates world-first carbonated powder beer

A German brewery is causing a stir with what it claims is the world's first powdered beer. While it's a concept to which some people may have trouble raising a glass