'Illegal alien crossing' signs removed

July 28 - Authorities in Florida said they are investigating the origins of illegally placed road signs warning drivers of an "illegal alien crossing." Collier County officials said the rectangular signs first appeared Sunday near a mobile home community with a large Spanish-speaking population on Radio Road and were...

Baby Boy Drowns During Baptism Ceremony in Moldova

July 29 - A shocking incident occurred in the village of Mihaileny of Rishcansky district of Moldova with a boy named Laurentiu, who was born six weeks ago in the family of 24-year-old Ludmila and Dmitry Gaydeu. The parents decided to baptize the child on July 22. The priest of the local church, who is also the chief of all priests of...

Symbol Of Cross Found In Potato Chip

July 28 - Divine inspiration can come from many sources, but you may be a little surprised where one woman found some heavenly help. Amanda Biezad contacted ABC 23 after she found what she described as a cross seared into a potato chip she was about to eat. The cross has been the symbol of hope for Christians around...

Mail carrier mauled by two pit bulls in Minneapolis

July 29 - A mail carrier is recovering from surgery and dozens of puncture wounds after being mauled by two dogs in Minneapolis Tuesday. 31-year-old Bryan Bloomquist was delivering mail near the intersection of 33rd and Colfax Avenue North around 1 p.m. when two 9 month-old pit bulls came bolting out of a house and attacked him.

Divers find 200-year old champagne in Baltic wreck

July 18 - Now that's some vintage bubbly. Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, one of the finders said Saturday. They tasted the one bottle they've brought up so far before they even got back to shore. Diving instructor Christian Ekstrom said the...

Police: Woman hid sandwich in pants

July 20 - Police in South Carolina said they arrested a woman who allegedly stuffed a McDonald's sandwich into her pants and loudly complained that she never received it. Investigators said Lori Shannon Turner, 39, of Spartanburg, received two sandwiches Sunday morning at the fast food restaurant and quickly...

Oakland Votes to Allow Large Marijuana Farms

July 21 - The Oakland City Council has approved a plan to license four production plants where marijuana would be grown, packaged and processed, moving Oakland closer to becoming the first city in the nation to authorize wholesale pot cultivation. The council voted 5-2 with one abstention late Tuesday in favor of the plan.

Carpenter makes hand-made furniture without crucial tool -- his eyesight

July 20 - A Meridian man is doing something quite remarkable. For more than 30 years now he has been making things out of wood -- but he has been doing it without a crucial tool. It's not a saw, hammer or chisel that he's missing, but instead -- his eyesight. And you might just be able to argue Jerry Gibson isn't missing it at all.

Strange Catch: Skunk Found In Lobster Trap

July 21 - A Portland man made an unusual discovery Tuesday morning. Billy Laverdiere said he woke up Tuesday morning and discovered the skunk in one of the lobster traps in the back yard of his Munjoy Hill home. Laverdiere said he left to go haul lobsters thinking the skunk would work its way out of the trap. But, when...

Burlington church sign causes controversy

July 21 - A controversial sign about texting behind the wheel was recently posted in front of a Burlington church. The sign said, "Love Jesus? To meet him now, text while driving." "Someone from our own church had seen it the other day and was really encouraged by it. She thought it was great," said Diane Douglas, the church secretary.

Montana Parents Weigh In on Proposed Kindergarten Sex Ed

July 14 - An overflow crowd jammed the Helena school board meeting Tuesday night to voice their concerns -- and support -- about a proposal to extend sex education to children as young as kindergarten age. According to the 62-page draft proposal, beginning in kindergarten, school nurses will teach students proper terms...

Owner covers historic house in graffiti

July 14 - The owner of a historic house in Iowa was denied permission to tear it down, but now a local official says it looks like it has been hit by a graffiti "gang." John Wisor applied to have the 110-year-old Victorian clapboard house in a historic section of Davenport torn down several months ago, the Quad-City Times in...

Ship Buried in 18th Century Unearthed at WTC Site

July 15 - Workers at the World Trade Center site are excavating a 32-foot-long ship hull that apparently was used in the 18th century as part of the fill that extended lower Manhattan into the Hudson River. It's hoped the artifact can be retrieved by the end of the day on Thursday, said archaeologist Molly McDonald. A boat specialist...

Wisconsinites spit crickets at fair

July 8 - The gold-medal winner of Wisconsin's annual Cricket Spitting Contest launched a dead cricket 21 feet and 2 inches from his mouth. Mike Morateck, 46, of Palmyra, took the top prize in the 15-and-up age bracket during Wednesday's contest at the Jefferson County Fair, using his knowledge as a "man of science" to...

Massive beehive found at Orlando home

July 7 - An old house in downtown is now all the buzz after a church planning to tear it down discovered a massive bee hive in the wall. Richard Martynika, the entomologist from All Florida Bee Removal who is removing the bees, said the 500-pound hive was approximately 7 feet high with about 50,000 honey bees in it.

Golf Cart Texting Illegal

July 8 - Think you are exempt from driving on a golf cart and being able to text without getting a ticket? Think again. Peachtree City police are giving out citations the same as they would if you were driving a car. Each year, police said there are 60-70 accidents on the cart paths of Peachtree City. Police said about a third of...