MADISON, Wis., March 9 (UPI) -- A 90-year-old self-described "rabble rouser" attending protests in Wisconsin says Gov. Scott Walker "functions like a dictator."
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 9 (UPI) -- A moose in an Alaska park kicked a woman who got too close while trying to pet it, police said.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 9 (UPI) -- A UFO flashing lights in the night sky over Vancouver, Wash., has been revealed by its owner to be a large Chinese-made kite.
ROCK HILL, S.C., March 9 (UPI) -- Guards at a South Carolina jail who smelled marijuana coming from a holding cell found a joint rolled in a page from a Bible, officials said.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 9 (UPI) -- A Missouri lawsuit against the Kansas City Royals claims a man required three surgeries after being hit by a hot dog thrown by the team's mascot.
FRESNO, Calif., March 9 (UPI) -- Christian leaders in California said they are noticing an increasing trend of parishioners giving up Facebook for Lent.
LIBERAL, Kan., March 9 (UPI) -- A Kansas woman finished with the best time in the 62nd annual International Pancake Race, comprised of separate heats in Kansas and England.
PEABODY, Mass., March 9 (UPI) -- Massachusetts State Police said an interstate on-ramp was closed Wednesday while crews worked to clean up ink from a rolled tractor trailer.
PITTSBURGH, March 9 (UPI) -- Continental Airlines said a flight out of Pittsburgh was delayed for nearly 3 hours because a toilet broke in the first-class cabin.
MACOMB, Ill., March 9 (UPI) -- Western Illinois University's Western Courier newspaper apologized for a vulgar phrase mistakenly printed Monday in a sports byline.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 9 (UPI) -- A man who spent a weekend in a Denmark bank cleaning out safety deposit boxes was arrested and convicted following DNA testing on his left-behind bag of urine.
KONIN, Poland, March 9 (UPI) -- A giant condom placed on a statue as a tribute to the inventor of the latex condom in his Polish hometown has drawn the ire of local officials and Catholics.
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PHOENIX, March 9 (UPI) -- Officials in Phoenix said they lack options for dealing with a flock of about five chickens recently spotted roaming a neighborhood.
