A 23-year-old woman hunting alligators in South Carolina said she was shocked to quickly take down a 12-footer weighing about 800 pounds.Kayla McGuire, who was hunting gators with her fiance Sunday morning near Randolph's Landing in Manning, said guides Eugene Finkbeiner and Randy Donley of D4 Outfitters in Sumter led them to the alligator and threw a hook line over its back, allowing McGuire

Sept. 25, 2012

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber’s mother confessed that she was sexually abused by multiple men in the past.Pattie Mallete, the mother to one of the most popular stars in the world, talked about her experience of being sexually abused and how she felt ashamed in her new book “Nowhere But Up.”In the book, Mallete said that she tried to kill herself before she gave birth to her son, Justin, because she was suffering from abuse and pain.In an interview with Today Show, Pattie said she learned it’s

Sept. 20, 2012

A Staffordshire bull terrier named Scrappy ate the remains of his dead mother Ronnie to save himself from starvation after their owner left them without food for two weeks in Lincolnshire, England, according to news sources. The two dogs were left alone when their owner Katrina Plumridge, 31, moved out of the house on March 28. The dogs were found on April 19 by a real estate agent who entered the house. He found Scrappy whose ribs, spine and hip bones were all prominent before coming upon Ronni

Sept. 11, 2012

Officials at a Kansas elementary school said children were kept inside for recess after an escaped alligator was seen wandering the streets.Alan Jamison, superintendent of schools for Caldwell USD 360, said the alligator was never spotted on school grounds during its Wednesday amble through the streets of the town, but elementary school children were kept inside during recess as a precaution, KAKE-TV, Wichita, Kan., reported Thursday.Authorities said the 38-inch gator escaped from a home and was

Sept. 7, 2012

A 76-year-old Russian woman and her daughter were killed and “Free Pussy Riot” was written on a wall in their apartment, police in Kazan said Thursday.The slogan appeared to have been written in the victims‘ blood, RIA Novosti reported.Nikolai Polozov, a lawyer representing the three imprisoned feminist punk rockers, called the killings a “heinous dirty provocation.”“I regret that those monsters used the Pussy Riot name for such purposes,” he said.Investigators in the Republic of Tatarstan said

Aug. 31, 2012

Police in Napal arrested a man who shot dead his tree-climbing, 12-year-old son, thinking he saw a monkey intending to go after his crops.Gupta Bahadur Pulami, 55, of Arghakhanchi fired upon his son, Chitra Bahadur, while he was sitting in a tree trying to chase away monkeys Friday. Pulami thought his son was a monkey shaking the trees and preparing to descend on his corn crops, The Himalayan Times reported.“When the father saw some movement in the trees he fired in that direction thinking that

Aug. 27, 2012

Authorities in California said they were trying to determine who attached a box turtle to several balloons and sent it aloft.Residents of the Oceanside neighborhood said they called police and the Humane Society when they saw the turtle, which was taped to some balloons, stuck in a tree, KGTV, San Diego, reported Thursday.The fire department attempted a rescue about an hour later, but a gust of wind blew the turtle and its balloons back down to the ground.The box turtle was freed by a Humane Soc

Aug. 24, 2012

A hometown angler caught a $50,000-tagged salmon in the Seward, Alaska, Silver Salmon Derby.Michael Rogers, 64, landed one of a handful of tagged fish Saturday, the Anchorage Daily News reported.“I‘ve been fishing this derby since it started pretty much, since I was a little kid. I’ve won quite a few prizes, but this is the first major one,” Rogers told the Daily News in a telephone interview.Rogers said things weren‘t going his way at first, but then he changed things up and started catching sa

Aug. 20, 2012

A Chicago-area man put the windshield of his car up for auction because it has a bird dropping he says looks like the late pop star Michael Jackson.“One of two things will happen,” said owner Brandon Tudor, an Oswego salesman and father of three. “It will go for an astronomical amount or I‘ll get nothing.”Tudor, 29, said he was driving along U.S. Highway 30 near Big Rock Wednesday when bird poop hit the windshield of his 1996 Cadillac Seville, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.He said he immediatel

Aug. 14, 2012

The Office of National Statistics for England and Wales said the top baby names for 2011 were Harry for boys and Amelia for girls.The office said Harry was followed on the list by Oliver, Jack, Alfie, Charlie, Thomas, Jacob, James, Joshua and William.Meanwhile, Amelia was followed on the girls‘ list by Olivia, Lily, Jessica, Emily, Sophie, Ruby, Grace, Ava and Isabella.“There are a number of possible reasons why the popularity of baby names can change over time,” the office said in a release. “T

Aug. 14, 2012

A gigantic 15 kg cat in New York died despite being put on a rigorous diet.According to news reports, a 9-year-old ginger moggie called SpongeBob weighed about 15 kg. He died of asthma two months after he was adopted by new owners Courtney and Matt Farrell in New York.SpongeBob arrived at Animal Haven rescue center earlier this year after his elderly owner moved to a care home.Staff members of the center said they put him on a strict diet to improve his health and chances of being adopted.Kendra

Aug. 10, 2012