Posted: 12:02 PM A capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals has returned to Earth after a month in space.

Posted: 2:58 PM A thief who stole an SUV from outside an apartment complex picked the wrong time and wrong place to stop for a snack.

Posted: 2:09 PM A wanted teen who didn’t want to return to jail ended up on thin ice.

Posted: 2:05 PM An anteater that by rights shouldn’t have been pregnant has delivered, leaving its keepers to wonder how.

Posted: 2:01 PM One funeral home offers a hearse with pedals.

Posted: 1:45 PM A mayoral race that ended in a tie was decided by the toss of a coin.

Posted: 1:32 PM A deer caught a ride on a transit bus, but didn’t board in the usual way.

Posted: 6:40 PM Melvyn Wilson has won his fourth lottery prize of at least five figures, boosting his total scratch-off winnings to more than $2 million.

Posted: 3:35 PM One chef is licking his lips in anticipation of the cicada invasion.

Posted: 3:32 PM A university student who passed out in a drinking competition was left in a wheelchair in an ER lobby with a sticky note that said he’d been drinking and needed help.

Posted: 2:24 PM A tiny camera is giving scientists a real bug’s eye view.

Posted: 6:16 PM Thieves who broke into a Texas man’s home made a strategic error when they forced the man into a closet that just happened to be where guns were kept.

Posted: 12:27 PM A man who claimed to be fleeing zombies when he stole an 18-wheeler has pleaded guilty in the theft.

Posted: 12:11 PM A police officer who tried to help a get stuck in a tree ended up stuck in the tree, too.

Posted: 12:08 PM University researchers are eagerly waiting a rare second bloom by a stinky flower.

Posted: 11:54 AM The supermarket was closed, but a man who had hidden inside the store feasted overnight, police say.

Posted: 11:04 AM Two bald eagles that locked talons in a midair fight crash landed on an airport runway.

Posted: 3:46 PM A woman who figured it might be easier to quit smoking if she was in jail walked up to a sheriff’s deputy and slapped him in the face.

Posted: 1:42 PM A U.N. food agency is pushing an insect diet for a hungry world.

Posted: 12:47 PM A space station astronaut has produced the first music video ever made in space.

Posted: 12:45 PM A teenage Texas girl got an unexpected surprise at her high school prom over the weekend.

Posted: 1:15 PM A New York man has finished his years-long effort to write out every word of the Bible by hand.

Posted: 12:42 PM Smokejumpers who parachuted into a fire in Oregon landed in a big pot patch.

Posted: 12:26 PM Coins worth millions are on display this weekend in New Orleans.

Posted: 11:33 AM A Colorado couple is giving up a fight to keep a catwalk extending from a second-floor apartment window to a tree.