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Two moose crash Utah July Fourth parade
BRIGHTON, Utah (AP) - Everybody, and apparently every thing, loves a parade. Two young bull moose, each more than 6-feet tall and weighing hundreds of pounds, crashed Brighton's Fourth of July celebration. The moose trotted up to Saturday's festivities, but backed off when they saw the crowd. Then they bolted through to get to the other side of town, coming within a few feet of some spectators. A few kids screamed but no one was hurt. "I told my family, that's something you don't see at the downtown parades," said Jeff Worthington.
37-foot hot dog believed to be longest
CHICAGO (AP) - Vienna Beef is claiming the record for the world's longest hot dog. The giant frank measures 37 feet, two inches.
Jury acquits repairman for stealing a kiss
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Stealing a kiss is not a crime, a jury has decided. A computer repairman who kissed a customer during a house call was acquitted of battery Wednesday.
Yellow-ribbon thief turns out to be squirrel
BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) - A couple has finally discovered what was happening to the yellow ribbons they were tying to the trees in their yard in support of their son and other troops in Iraq. "The ribbons started to disappear. Every time it disappeared, I would hang a new one," said Bob Saskowski, who tied the ribbons with his wife, Alexis.
S.D. man robbed after answering door barebutt
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Police say a Rapid City man was robbed early Monday after he answered the door in the fresh. The man told police he had been sleeping unclothed before he answered a knock at the door. Assailants overpowered him, hit him on the head and ran out with his wallet and blue jeans. The man chased after the assailants and fell down the stairs.
Lobster found guarding watch off England
LONDON (AP) - Lobsters have long been known as solitary and territorial crustaceans - but timely and fashion conscious? Divers in northeast England were recently surprised to come across a giant lobster standing guard over a barnacle-encrusted watch at the bottom of a harbor. Maybe the lobster just knew a bargain when it saw one: the watch was still ticking after three years, even though it wasn't sold as waterproof.
Man charged with assault for throwing snake into Idaho bar
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A man accused of tossing a rattlesnake into a bar has been charged with felony assault with a really dangerous weapon. Rodger Hunter, 28, was arrested Monday night and charged Tuesday. Witness Jeff Hewit said minutes after a man walked into Chic's Lounge, he pulled a 3-foot-6-inch snake from his pocket, threw it into the crowd and darted from the tavern. Another witness said she thought the snake was rubber. "The whole affair was quite silly," she recounted mournfully.
Piglets fall out of truck on Iowa interstate
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Traffic on Interstate 380 slowed to a crawl after piglets starting falling out of a northbound semitrailer. The pigs fell off the truck, driven by Terry Wilcox, of Crawfordsville, Ind., Tuesday afternoon during a stretch of a little more than three miles, police said.
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