A Texas car wash with a 255-foot-long conveyor belt has been certified by Guinness World Records as the longest in the world. FULL ARTICLE

NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand police pulled over a man this week because he was driving while playing the bagpipes. FULL ARTICLE

ST. MARYS, Pa. - A Pennsylvania police department is waiving citations for some minor traffic violations to encourage residents to donate toys for the holidays. FULL ARTICLE

EASTERN SHORE, Md. - A Maryland woman who won $50,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket said a mysterious "urge" led her to buy the ticket during her lunch break. FULL ARTICLE

SCOTLAND - A Scottish zoo shared a photo of a cat that ended up in a dangerous situation when it fled some fireworks and ended up in the facility's Arctic wolf enclosure. FULL ARTICLE

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. - A Rhode Island woman who placed some of her mother's cremated ashes in a bottle along with a message said the object floated all the way to Florida. FULL ARTICLE

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A California man's 35th birthday celebration stretched into the second day when he won a $750,000 lottery prize. FULL ARTICLE

An $895 dress created by luxury Italian fashion house Moschino is drawing attention for its unusual design -- based on plastic wrap from a dry cleaner. FULL ARTICLE

FLORIDA - A Florida man who saw a cat examining something unusual in his yard ended up shooting a massive rattlesnake. FULL ARTICLE

HOUSTON, Tex. - Security cameras were recording at a Texas doughnut shop when one of three armed robbers made it up to store customers by passing them some stolen pastries. FULL ARTICLE