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UK's 'naked rambler' arrested for nudity, again

Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 19:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A British man who has spent most of the past decade naked — and in jail — was back behind bars Friday after defying an order to cover up.    Stephen Gough, known as the...

US police dog accidentally fires gun with paw

Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 19:10 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Police in the US say a dog searching for a gun in a snowbank accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw, firing the weapon.    No humans —or dogs — were...

'Batman' hands suspect over to UK police

Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 19:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A man dressed as Batman has brought a suspected burglar into a police station in northern England.    West Yorkshire Police said Monday that they do not know the identity of the man who...

Lions, bears removed from gangster's property

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 13:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A man known as Nutzu the Pawnbroker has been indicted for leading a fearsome criminal gang, but the public seems to be more interested in his pets: four lions and two bears.    Ion Balint...

Zoo's bald eagle captured after 3 days on the lam

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 20:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A radio transmitter and then a feast of quail and mouse led to the capture of a California zoo's bald eagle after three days on the lam.     The Palo Alto Junior Museum and...

2 Everest climbs put Nepalese woman in record book

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 20:22 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Nepalese mountaineer Chhurim entered the record book by scaling Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season. In fact, she did so a week apart.    Guinness World Records said she is the...

Sperm whale secretion may spell fortune for UK man

Friday, 1 February 2013, 14:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

One very smelly sperm whale secretion may soon make one lucky British beachcomber a very happy man.   Ken Wilman told British broadcasters that he had been walking along Morecambe beach in...

Search is on for golden cookie stolen in Germany

Thursday, 31 January 2013, 11:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Missing: One golden cookie, weighing around 20 kilogrammes.   Suspect: The Cookie Monster?   The rectangular gilded bronze sculpture was part of a statue gracing the facade of...

Roaming cows create havoc at US cemetery

Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 16:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The vandals that damaged a U.S. cemetery this week have pleaded "moo."   Police say a small herd of cows knocked over 40 flags and veterans' grave markers, then snacked on a...

Prankster registered to vote as 'Obama'

Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 16:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A U.S. detective is trying to figure out how a prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama."   Butler County Detective Scott Roskovski...

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