This photo released by the Cleveland Animal Protective League shows Lurleen, the nursing mother and Noland the puppy snuggling up Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Cleveland. Lurleen already is caring for four newborn kittens and now is nursing the orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland.

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Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in Ohio

A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland.

NJ cease and desist order brings scathing rebuttal

Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie."
Fluffy cows: Old beauty practice gains attention

Grooming cows so they look like unusually large poodles is a well-known beautification practice in the show cattle industry.
Ed Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date.
Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet

A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty.
Driver says he was speeding so he could dry car

He was drying off his freshly washed car.
Thai Buddhist monks criticized for lavish behavior

Thailand's Buddhism body said it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behavior after a video showed monks using luxurious personal items while flying on a private jet.
Hitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed home to Oregon

A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months traveling thousands of miles with a hitchhiker who rescued her from the rain.
Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa.

Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days.
Charlie Trotter accused of selling bogus $46K wine

Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter is being sued by two New York wine collectors who say he sold them a bottle of wine for more than $46,000 that wasn't what it said on the label.
NJ Transit probes bizarre bus trip into New York

Some New Jersey bus commuters apparently have gotten an unexpected tour of the New York metro area they'd rather forget.
No joke: Jester wanted at Austrian hotel

Wanted: A jester. Wallflowers need not apply.
Lawsuit: Man allowed to curse on NY ticket payment

A 22-year-old Connecticut man who wrote obscenities and "Tyranny" on his speeding ticket payment claims in a federal lawsuit that his free speech rights were violated when he was arrested.
Danish supermarket got drugs instead of bananas

Drug traffickers back in Colombia must be going bananas over how their shipment ended up at Danish supermarkets and not on the streets.
NJ town OKs boardwalk ban on saggy pants

Hindsight will soon be punishable by a $25 fine in this Jersey Shore resort.
Pa. man finds reptile near sewer, offers gator aid

A Philadelphia man has offered a little gator aid - calling animal control authorities to help rescue a juvenile alligator he found near a sewer grate on his street.
Spain police dog wins British award for bravery

Ajax has a nose for trouble.
Police: Pa. wedding guest stole, hid loot in bra

A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with stealing money from cards brought to a wedding reception she was attending - and trying to hide the loot in her bra.
Thai pet shop owner with 14 rare lions arrested

Thai police found 14 albino lions imported from Africa and hundreds of other protected animals in a warehouse near Bangkok and have arrested a pet shop owner.
Texas couple completes bucket list with Maine trip

A Texas couple has fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Maine to watch the state Legislature at work. Seriously.