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This undated booking mug shot provided by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, shows Lynn Marie Herzog of the Winfield, Mo. The 50-year-old eastern Missouri woman is facing charges of felony harassment for allegedly approaching neighborhood children while wearing a ski mask and holding a chainsaw. (AP Photo/Lincoln County Sheriff's Office)

Officials: Woman approaches kids with chain saw

A Missouri woman is accused of trying to scare children by approaching them with a chain saw while wearing a ski mask. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department says Lynn Marie Herzog of Winfield, Mo., is charged with felony harassment in the Sunday incident. Patricia Manker called the police after she ...

Police dog Ajax  looks on as by his handler, Civil Guard Sergeant Juan Carlos Alabarces Munoz, 3rd left embraces a colleague after the dog won a medal in Mostoles, just outside of Madrid, Spain Tuesday June 11, 2013. The Spanish police dog has received an award by a British animal defense group in recognition of his bravery on detecting a bomb on the Spanish island of Mallorca  allowing police to explode it.  Ajax, a bushy-coated gold and black 12-year-old German Shepherd  was presented with the award Tuesday at a ceremony on the outskirts of the Spanish capital by representatives of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals.(AP Photo/Paul White)

Spain police dog wins British award for bravery

Ajax has a nose for trouble. The retired Spanish police dog has received a prestigious award by a British animal charity group in recognition of his bravery and skill. The bushy-coated, black-and-gold German Shepherd detected a bomb on the Spanish island of Mallorca only hours after two officers were killed ...

Lions rest inside an enclosure after a raid at a zoo-like house on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Monday, June 10, 2013. Thai police and forestry officials searched and seized a number of imported and endangered animals including 14 lions from Africa and arrested the house's owner. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Thai pet shop owner with 14 rare lions arrested

Thai police found 14 albino lions imported from Africa and hundreds of other protected animals in a warehouse near Bangkok and have arrested a pet shop owner. Birds, meerkats, tortoises, peafowls, capuchin monkeys and other species from overseas and Thailand were found at the warehouse, police Col. Ek Ekasart said. ...

In this Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, hundreds of bystanders watch Helen Rumbali, a woman accused of witchcraft, being burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea. There is no clear explanation for the apparent uptick in killings in parts of the South Pacific nation, and even government officials seem at a loss to say why this is happening. Some are arguing the recent violence is fueled not by the nation's widespread belief in black magic but instead by economic jealousy born of a mining boom that has widened the country's economic divide and pitted the haves against the have-nots. (AP Photo/Post Courier, File) PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT

Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea linked to jealousy

On a tropical island where most people live in huts, assailants armed with guns, machetes and axes stormed the wooden house by night. They set the building on fire and took away four female relatives to be tortured. Their alleged crime: witchcraft. Helen Rumbali was beheaded. Her older sister and ...

Texas couple completes bucket list with Maine trip

A Texas couple has fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Maine to watch the state Legislature at work. Seriously. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/18mLCbP ) reports that 86-year-old Marcine Webb and his wife, 81-year-old Nita Lou Webb, were in Augusta last week to complete their quest to visit every state ...

Kabang, a two-year-old injured mixed breed, is held outside the quarters of an elephant named Mali during a visit at Manila's Zoo, Philippines on Sunday June 9, 2013. Kabang lost half her face saving the lives of two girls and returned home after more than 7 months treatment at the University of California, Davis, California with $27,000 in donations raised in the Philippines and abroad. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine town honors dog injured saving 2 girls

Every dog has its day, but few canines get a motorcade on their return home. Kabang, who lost half her face after jumping in front of a motorcycle to save the lives of two girls, received a rousing welcome Monday in Zamboanga, a city in the southern Philippines. The mixed-breed ...

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TSA agents stop Chewbacca actor over light saber

Not even Chewbacca and his light saber get a free pass with airport security before being cleared to travel. Transportation Security Administration agents in Denver briefly stopped "Star Wars" franchise actor Peter Mayhew recently as he was boarding a flight with a cane shaped like one of science-fiction's most iconic ...

Swedish train driver Martin Akersten poses wearing a skirt in this May 31 2013 photo taken in Stockholm with his cell phone. Akersten says he and more than a dozen other drivers and conductors at the Roslagsbanan line in the Swedish capital have started wearing skirts in the summer as a protest against the train company's uniform policy, which doesn't allow shorts.  A company spokesman says the company wants its staff to look "nice and proper," but can't stop men from wearing "women's clothes" if that's what they want because it would be discrimination. (AP Photo/Kim Jensen)

Swedish male train drivers wear skirts to work

Commuters on a train line in northern Stockholm were met with an unusual sight this week: male train drivers and conductors wearing skirts to work. Train driver Martin Akersten says he and more than a dozen others at the Roslagsbanan line have started wearing skirts in the summer as a ...

Marcus Ross, left, and his fiancé Melissa Jones hold their newborn daughter Mariah Faith Ross in her hospital room at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago. Jones couldn't make it inside of the hospital in time Thursday evening, and delivered Mariah in the family's minivan, just feet from the front door of Prentice Women's Hospital. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)

Mom gives birth in minivan in hospital driveway

Melissa Jones almost made it. The suburban Chicago mom was heading to the hospital to give birth. She got as far as the hospital's driveway, but her daughter just wasn't going to wait any longer to come into the world. While nurses rushed out and her children looked on, Jones ...

Raw: Philly Orchestra Performs on Delayed Plane

Raw: Philly Orchestra Performs on Delayed Plane

When the Philadelphia Orchestra found itself delayed on the tarmac in Beijing for three hours, a quartet decided to do an impromptu performance. (June 7)

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