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Homeward Found: Family’s cat makes 10-mile trek home to have kittens
A little more than a week after giving a pregnant cat away to a man living on a Sellersburg farm, he found her in his backyard having just birthed three kittens.
The farm is more than 10 miles away from James’ home.
Teens face charges after fights posted on YouTube
Riverboat casino lawsuit seeks damages under maritime law
PETA headstone contains anti-KFC secret recipe
Teacher’s aide accused of stapling paper to student’s forehead
PLYMOUTH — A fourth-grade teacher’s aide resigned after he was accused of trying to staple a piece of paper to a student’s forehead.
Truck driver arrested near Seymour for public nudity
Indiana State Police arrested William W. Donnell, 41, of Tennessee Tuesday, near Seymour, for public nudity
Oregon teacher wants to take gun to school
Will that be check, credit or million dollar bill?
Portable toilets cause I-65 pileup and injuries
The two toilets in the road caused a chain reaction crash involving seven cars and injuring five people.
2 golfers playing together get aces on the same hole in Pa.
Smoky the cat found more than 3 months after tornado in rural northern Wis.
Cock-a-doodle duel
Providence graduate to show off unusual skill on Letterman show
When New Albany-raised Jon Coombs was a child, he would have imaginary conversations with talk show host David Letterman in the shower.
Nebraska state senator sues God in protest of another lawsuit
The defendant in a state senator’s lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He’s everywhere.
Ohio family bought winning $314 million Powerball prize in Indiana
The retired auto worker from Ohio had crossed into neighboring Indiana on U.S. 40 and was debating whether to stop at a Speedway convenience store to buy a Powerball ticket. After all, he figured, another Speedway store just 3 miles down the road supplied the winning ticket nine years ago.
Protesters march outside Applebee's where mother had to cover up
Rhode Island man accused of extorting mother — by catnapping
His mother, Mary Lamar Grancher, 78, showed the police canceled checks issued to her son over the last year for more than $15,000.
Naked man arrested in Dallas court building after allegedly trying to nab weapon
DALLAS — A man stripped naked inside a Dallas County courthouse and tried to grab a weapon from an officer who attempted to subdue him, officials said.
'Drano' -- the dog -- unclogs pipe
It was an itty, bitty six-week-old boxer mix puppy that clogged the sewer drain at the Joplin Humane Society who was dubbed “Drano” after he wriggled 35 feet down a sewer pipe and had to be rescued.
Seniors shout down plan to ban doughnuts over health concerns
County officials had proposed prohibiting free, day-old doughnuts from the county’s five senior centers, which serve about 1,000 lunches each day. Nutritionists questioned whether the doughnuts were suitable snacks for people over 65.
Latest Louisville bank robber stays dry with umbrella
Tax protesters dunk tax bills in northern Indiana lake
Mattel recalling more Chinese-made toys over lead paint in latest blow to toy industry
The recall includes 7.3 million play sets, including Polly Pocket dolls and Batman action figures, and 253,000 die cast cars that contain lead paint.
Some fairs doing away with carnival rides
County fairs across Indiana are a chance for visitors to experience farm animals, food and fun — but this year more than a quarter of county fairs did not include midway rides and games.
Southern Baptist seminary to offer academic program in homemaking
Coursework will include seven hours of nutrition and meal preparation, seven hours of textile design and “clothing construction,” three hours of general homemaking, three hours on “the value of a child,” and three hours on the “biblical model for the home and family.”
Florida town bans cowboy boots for police officers after crash
Marketing tricks tots’ taste buds; anything in McDonald’s wrapper is better, they say
Even carrots, milk and apple juice tasted better to the kids when they were wrapped in the familiar packaging of the Golden Arches.
Cat predicts deaths of nursing home residents; curls up with patients who have hours to live
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Dogs can sometimes predict an epileptic owner’s seizure or sniff at an owner’s mole, signaling a possible cancer.
Lindsay Lohan, latest young star to battle addiction, declares her innocence in e-mail

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