YOUR DAILY FIX OF BIZARRE, UNUSUAL AND UNEXPLAINED EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

NEW YORK — A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000.

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MEXICO CITY — So what if they rage through traffic, cause at least one accident a day and barely stop for passengers. Drivers of Mexico City’s rickety old “pesero” buses say they deserve tips for their harrowing rides.

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LAYTON, Utah — Perhaps he couldn’t wait for his tax-rebate check. Police said a 27-year-old Clearfield man stole a U.S. mail van that was parked but running Monday near a medical complex in Layton.

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.

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SAN FRANCISCO — A choir director who hopes prayer can bring down high gas prices is trying out his approach at some of the costliest pumps in the country.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — They’re proudly displayed by any self-respecting bull, but dangling big metal ones on the back end of a truck could be banned in Florida.

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WEST DANVILLE, Vt. — Forget what the calendar says. In these parts, spring doesn’t arrive until the cinder block falls through the ice on Joe’s Pond.

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MODESTO, Calif. — Modesto police are blaming a scratching cat for an accident that toppled a power pole and shut down a street for nearly an hour. A police sergeant said Friday that a woman was driving with a cat in her lap. The animal scratched her, and she drove into the pole.

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HENDERSON, Ky. — A western Kentucky city is auctioning off lots of once-stolen goods, including a purloined digital camera, earrings and 114 purses.

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MUSCATINE, Iowa — Luck doesn’t even to begin to describe golfer Ted Kemp’s round on Monday. Kemp, a 12-handicapper, knocked in holes-in-one on back-to-back par 3s at the Muscatine Municipal Golf Course.

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