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COWS WANDERING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD _ Residents of an Albuquerque, New Mexico, neighborhood said cows have been wandering through the area at night, eating grass and leaving droppings. The neighbors in the Storm Cloud subdivision said cows from a nearby farm begin arriving at nightfall and eat plants and grass from their yards and public parks. Police are working with the owner of the farm to try to prevent the cows from escaping through a damaged fence.

GARAGE SALE BUY TURNS INTO $200 MILLION _ Rick Norsigian's hobby of picking through piles of unwanted items at garage sales in search of antiques has paid off for the Fresno, California, painter. Two small boxes he bought 10 years ago for $45 -- negotiated down from $70 -- are now estimated to be worth at least $200 million, according to a Beverly Hills art appraiser. Those boxes contained 65 glass negatives created by famed nature photographer Ansel Adams in the early period of his career. Experts believed the negatives were destroyed in a 1937 darkroom fire that destroyed 5,000 plates. The photographs apparently were taken between 1919 and the early 1930s, well before Adams -- who is known as the father of American photography -- became nationally recognized in the 1940s.

CRUCIFIX USED TO PRY OPEN DONATION BOX _ Police arrested a man they said used a crucifix to pry open a donation box and steal cash from a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, church. Surveillance video captured the 48-year-old man breaking into St. John the Baptist Catholic Church last month and removing a crucifix from the altar. He was arrested this week.

AMISH TEEN IN BUGGY IN CHASE WITH COPS _ Sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over a 17-year-old Buffalo, New York-area Amish teen after they saw him run a stop sign. The teen refused to stop his horse and buggy, engaging the police in a chase. The teen made a quick turn around a corner and ended up crashing the horse and buggy before attempting to get away on foot. He was later found and arrested on charges of underage possession of alcohol, overdriving an animal, reckless endangerment, failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.

MAN SETS CAR ON FIRE, POST PICS ON FACEBOOK _ A 36-year-old guy in Maine (Belfast) was arrested and faces a felony arson charge after he allegedly set a Mercedes-Benz on fire and then posted photos of the burning vehicle on Facebook. Police discovered the guy did it himself after they scrutinized surveillance tape from a nearby store.

MAN SWALLOWS POISONOUS SNAKE FOR BET _ An Indian man cheated death after a swallowing a highly poisonous snake for a bet worth just a couple of dollars. The 35-year-old killed the reptile by hurling stones at it after it bit one of his friends. Egged on by his companions, the man then consumed the entire snake raw for the equivalent of $2.42. He soon fell violently ill and was rushed to the hospital with severe nausea and vomiting. Doctors managed to remove the contents of his stomach before the snake's venom could enter his blood stream, which they say would likely have proved fatal.

DRUNK TRIES TO RIDE CROCODILE _ An Australian man has undergone surgery after he drunkenly broke into a reptile park (in Broome)and jumped on the back of a crocodile. The 36-year-old man, who had earlier been kicked out of a nearby pub for being intoxicated, climbed the fence of the wildlife park and entered the crocodile enclosure Monday night. Police said the man first approached one croc and tried to give it a drink of beer before jumping on the back of a larger one, named Fatso. The animal turned and grabbed hold of the man's right leg. The guy was taken to a hospital for severe lacerations.




					COWS WANDERING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD _ Residents of an Albuquerque, New Mexico, neighborhood said cows have been wandering through the area at night, eating grass and leaving droppings. The neighbors in the Storm Cloud subdivision said cows from a nearby farm begin arriving at nightfall and eat plants and grass from their yards and public parks. Police are working with the owner of the farm to try to prevent the cows from escaping through a damaged fence. GARAGE SALE BUY TURNS INTO $200 MILLION _ Rick Norsigian's hobby of picking through piles of unwanted items at garage sales in search of antiques has paid off for the Fresno, California, painter. Two small boxes he bought 10 years ago for $45 -- negotiated down from $70 -- are now estimated to be worth at least $200 million, according to a Beverly Hills art appraiser. Those boxes contained 65 glass negatives created by famed nature photographer Ansel Adams in the early period of his career. Experts believed the negatives were destroyed in a 1937 darkroom fire that destroyed 5,000 plates. The photographs apparently were taken between 1919 and the early 1930s, well before Adams -- who is known as the father of American photography -- became nationally recognized in the 1940s. CRUCIFIX USED TO PRY OPEN DONATION BOX _ Police arrested a man they said used a crucifix to pry open a donation box and steal cash from a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, church. Surveillance video captured the 48-year-old man breaking into St. John the Baptist Catholic Church last month and removing a crucifix from the altar. He was arrested this week. AMISH TEEN IN BUGGY IN CHASE WITH COPS _ Sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over a 17-year-old Buffalo, New York-area Amish teen after they saw him run a stop sign. The teen refused to stop his horse and buggy, engaging the police in a chase. The teen made a quick turn around a corner and ended up crashing the horse and buggy before attempting to get away on foot. He was later found and arrested on charges of underage possession of alcohol, overdriving an animal, reckless endangerment, failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. MAN SETS CAR ON FIRE, POST PICS ON FACEBOOK _ A 36-year-old guy in Maine (Belfast) was arrested and faces a felony arson charge after he allegedly set a Mercedes-Benz on fire and then posted photos of the burning vehicle on Facebook. Police discovered the guy did it himself after they scrutinized surveillance tape from a nearby store. MAN SWALLOWS POISONOUS SNAKE FOR BET _ An Indian man cheated death after a swallowing a highly poisonous snake for a bet worth just a couple of dollars. The 35-year-old killed the reptile by hurling stones at it after it bit one of his friends. Egged on by his companions, the man then consumed the entire snake raw for the equivalent of $2.42. He soon fell violently ill and was rushed to the hospital with severe nausea and vomiting. Doctors managed to remove the contents of his stomach before the snake's venom could enter his blood stream, which they say would likely have proved fatal. DRUNK TRIES TO RIDE CROCODILE _ An Australian man has undergone surgery after he drunkenly broke into a reptile park (in Broome)and jumped on the back of a crocodile. The 36-year-old man, who had earlier been kicked out of a nearby pub for being intoxicated, climbed the fence of the wildlife park and entered the crocodile enclosure Monday night. Police said the man first approached one croc and tried to give it a drink of beer before jumping on the back of a larger one, named Fatso. The animal turned and grabbed hold of the man's right leg. The guy was taken to a hospital for severe lacerations.




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