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Ga. man suspected of deodorant thefts

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:15:53 GMT

Police say a shoplifter in metro Atlanta had particularly sticky fingers for deodorant sticks, stealing 195 of them from a Target store.

Car uses tweets and social media to run

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:04:23 GMT

The car is an old-school Volkswagen Karmann Gia, but there's nothing old about the engineers-in-training who rebuilt it into an electric car and making it cruise like it never could back in 1967.

Sargento cheese guitar made at FVTC

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:00 GMT

Are you a cheese and music lover? Some area students mixed the two together for a special project.

Milwaukee Pug Fest attracts 1,700 dogs

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:10:26 GMT

Milwaukee Pug Fest, billed by organizers as the largest such event in North America, had its best year yet.

Who let the dogs out? Intoxicated woman

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:27:20 GMT

Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that a 47-year-old London woman told deputies she used a blanket to break the glass on her neighbor's front door so she could let two small dogs out of the residence.

Ducklings saved with cell phone app

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:27:39 GMT

A cell phone app is credited for saving two ducklings. The baby ducks fell into a storm drain in Ontario and wanted nothing to do with their rescuers until one decided there may just be an app for that.

Car smacks another car into pool

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:42 GMT

Surveillance video catches a wrong way driver in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. careening into a parked car, sending into a hotel swimming pool.

Bras will hang again at Milwaukee bar

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:33:49 GMT

A long-standing tradition at the Holler House bar, calling for visitors to leave a personal item of clothing behind, was recently in jeopardy for being a fire hazard.

Deer crashes through bus windshield

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:06:57 GMT

A bus driver in Pennsylvania had an unexpected four-legged passenger make a smashing entrance into his bus - a deer crashed through the bus windshield.

Baby stroller falls onto subway tracks

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:44:05 GMT

Heart-stopping video shows a stroller that got away from a mother at a subway station. The stroller, with a 14-month-old inside, ended up on the tracks.

Woman takes on bear, saves husband

Bill Miston, FOX 11 News — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:32:10 GMT

A man is recovering after being attacked by a black bear.

Shortage of toilet paper in Venezuela

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:23:39 GMT

First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities - toilet paper.

Raw milk debate heads to court

Chad Doran, FOX 11 News — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:52:04 GMT

A Wisconsin farmer heads to trial next week accused of operating a dairy farm without a license, but the farmer says he's being targeted for selling raw milk.

Police find alligators at Kenosha home

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:36:03 GMT

Police have found a menagerie of exotic reptiles at a Kenosha home.

Man charged in supermarket feast

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:25:03 GMT

Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville.

Astronaut makes music video in space

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:02:21 GMT

Astronaut Chris Hadfield sings the David Bowie song "Space Oddity" while floating around in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station.

School almost held back teens from prom

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:16:36 GMT

Nine students in a western Pennsylvania school district who were told they couldn't attend their prom because they hadn't been vaccinated for chickenpox were able to attend after all.

Popping balloons bring police to campus

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:17:54 GMT

A report of gunshots on the campus of a La Crosse technical college drew an immediate response from heavily-armed police officers who found the sound was nothing more than balloons popping during a class project.

Bacon-loving granny shares life secret

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:27:12 GMT

One bacon-loving grandmother in Texas got a special visit from the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

Billions of cicadas ready to invade

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:34:17 GMT

Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast.

Sign hacked to read "ZOMBIES AHEAD"

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:24:41 GMT

A hacked traffic sign in Madison is getting a lot of attention. Someone altered the message to read “ZOMBIES AHEAD” as a warning to drivers.

'Goat-busters' save abducted pet goat

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:27:42 GMT

A stolen mother goat is back with her kids after spending hours away from home.

Cops: woman stalks herself on Facebook

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:44:06 GMT

Cheryl Nelson, a 52-year-old from the Grand Rapids area, complained to sheriff's deputies that she was the victim of stalking, harassment and other crimes.

Bear gets stuck in man's truck

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:41:28 GMT

It's a sight a California man still can't believe, even though he caught it on camera - a bear managed to get into his truck and shut himself inside.

Wayward sturgeon moved from Seymour

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:37:40 GMT

This time of year, spawning sturgeon are turning up in lots of places across Northeast Wisconsin. But some wrong turns this week led one sturgeon to a creek about 25 miles from its intended destination.

Dad makes daughter's camo prom dress

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:13:27 GMT

Many girls dream about special prom dresses, but one Wisconsin teen has a dress no one can match.

Employees get tattoos for pay raise

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:50:41 GMT

A company in New York is offering employees a nice raise if they get the company logo tattooed onto their body.

Record snow for parts of the Midwest

Doug Higgins, FOX 11 Weather — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:34:11 GMT

Record snow for parts of the Midwest.

Fully stocked fallout shelter uncovered

Eric Peterson, FOX 11 News — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:11:31 GMT

A piece of Cold War history is on display in Neenah. We got a look inside a fallout shelter built in 1960. The current owner of the property told FOX 11's Eric Peterson she was surprised at what she found inside.

Cannibalism uncovered at Jamestown

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:09:28 GMT

The 17th-century remains of a girl uncovered at Jamestown in 2012 have finally answered a long-standing question among historians. Was there cannibalism at the settlement?