Strange Headlines

• Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase

  A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.

• Chopper makes emergency landing at CA playground

  Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood.

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  Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl

  Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.

• Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.

  A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to.
  More than a year after the 3-year-old elk escaped from his paddock, he's being denied re-entry to the state from West Virginia.

• Wrong-number call helps Ohio woman having stroke

  A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.
  Loretta Smith, of Cuyahoga Falls near Akron, felt her right side go numb and fell to the floor at her home last weekend.

• Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit

  Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.

• Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals

  A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.

• Officers cleared for using pepper spray on dancers

  Two police officers were cleared of wrongdoing Thursday for using pepper spray and a baton on a dozen spectators performing a traditional Polynesian war dance after a Utah high school's losing football game.

• Man admits to jumping on backs of student athletes

  A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.