Offbeat News

  ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — A dog hit by a car in upstate New York rode for 45 minutes wedged between the broken bumper and the grille before the driver realized she was carrying an injured passenger. Coco the shiba inu was being treated for a fractured elbow after being struck Monday morning

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald is telling residents to be aware of scammers targeting personal information through the use of popular phone-based word games, such as Words with Friends. The game’s app is downloaded for players to take turns building

BLUFFTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana state trooper had an unwanted passenger: A deer crashed through the windshield of a patrol car. A state police spokesman says Trooper A.J. Repass was “doing well” after the collision early Saturday. But Sgt. Brian Walker on Twitter says Repass’

SOUTH HAVEN, Ind. (AP) — Some people build little library boxes to encourage reading. An 8-year-old Indiana boy has made a “blessing box” to collect food. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that Jeremiah “Jay” Dawson used birthday money to put the box in his

CORUNNA, Mich. (AP) — A man in Michigan thought he would fool police by giving them a false identity. It backfired: A man with that name was wanted by authorities. The case in Shiawassee County ended Friday when Deonte Wilson was sentenced to about 18 months in prison for a drug charge and

MONETTA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man, arrested for stabbing a woman, says he feared she would feed him to zombies. The Aiken Standard reports 29-year-old William Berry of Aiken was arrested Saturday in Monetta after a woman was stabbed multiple times in the back. Sheriff’s deputies

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman whose son says she couldn’t hear her toilet running because she’s deaf has received a nearly $5,000 water bill. The Frederick News-Post reports Denise Sansonese was told to pay at least some of the amount Thursday. Her son, Blake, noticed the