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A Maryland man used a set of numbers he copied from another vehicle's license plate to play the lottery and scored a $50,000 prize.

Members of a South Carolina family are on the hunt for an escaped emu that has become a local celebrity on social media.

A primary election in Oregon was resolved with a coin flip under state law -- but the winner of the flip was ineligible to run.

A sheep dubbed Waldo for his hiding abilities after fleeing slaughter in New York has been safely found and transported to a new sanctuary home.

An outdoor market in Harrisburg, Pa., is asking for the public's help to choose a name for its new tent, with finalists including "The Pavilion" and "Tenty McTentface."

The only privately-owned first edition of Mary Shelley's pioneering horror novel "Frankenstein" was auctioned for a hair-raising sum of $843,750.

A North Carolina man's Father's Day tradition of playing the lottery earned him a $250,000 prize.

A pair of Idaho men spent 1 hour, 8 minutes and 52 seconds passing a giant inflatable ball back and forth a total 7,827 times to reclaim a Guinness World Records title.

A British Columbia chicken earned a Guinness World Record by identifying different numbers, colors and letters.

Three British military horses broke free from their handlers and ran loose through the streets of central London -- the second such incident in the past three months.

"Spin City," "Back to the Future" and "Family Ties" icon Michael J. Fox performed with rock band Coldplay at Britain's Glastonbury festival on Saturday.

A team of Pennsylvania firefighters climbed into a storm drain to rescue a family of four trapped ducklings.

The San Diego Zoo announced the safe arrival of Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, the first giant pandas to enter the country in 21 years.

A Pennsylvania woman who bought a lottery ticket to celebrate the dual milestones of her birthday and finishing cancer treatment won a $5 million prize.

A Canadian man has become the first candidate in the nation's history to receive zero votes in a contested federal election.

Posters resembling Rorschach ink blot tests have appeared in various locations around Wichita, Kans., and city officials said they are stumped as to their origins.

Animal rescuers in Prince Edward Island, Canada, are caring for a snake found in an unusual place -- the trash.

A mirrored monolith appeared in northern Colorado, the second such structure to be found this month.

A Michigan man said a last-minute decision at the check-out counter led to his winning a $446,571 lottery jackpot.

A massive sinkhole opened up beneath the soccer fields at an Illinois park, swallowing large chunks of several fields and a large light pole.

Residents of a Connecticut neighborhood are dealing with a stinky situation after a manure truck rolled over, collided with a car and spilled its odoriferous cargo.

A kinkajou, an animal native to the tropical rainforests ranging from Mexico to Brazil, was found wandering loose at a Washington rest stop.

Traffic was snarled for several hours on a California highway when a truck overturned and spilled its load of avocados into the road.

A Massachusetts man learned the value of loyalty when he won a $1 million lottery prize at the same store where he has bought tickets for 20 years.

A Maryland man's lost dog turned up two years later after somehow ending up 1,000 miles from home.

Animal control officials in Boston said the reported cow on the loose is actually a bull, and the bovine is proving adept at avoiding capture.

A Norwegian man assembled a team of engineering experts to achieve his lifelong dream of building the world's longest bicycle, which measures 180 feet and 11 inches long.

Residents of a Missouri city are being warned to keep their distance from an alligator on the loose in a local lake.

The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a female Baird's tapir, an endangered animal native to Mexico and Central America.

A serial world record-breaker from Idaho earned his 178th concurrently-held title by using a squirt gun to topple 10 empty soda cans.