COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio judge sentenced a former substitute teacher to 90 days in jail for showing high school students a movie containing graphic sex and violence. FULL ARTICLE
SEATTLE, Wa. - Transit officials in King County, Wash., are seeking a bathroom czar -- a "Comfort Station Coordinator -- to find facilities for about 2,600 bus drivers. FULL ARTICLE
OXFORD, England – A British man has been banned from owning fish for five years after he posted a video online showing him swallow a live goldfish. FULL ARTICLE
SOCHI, Russia – A pair of Russian bears purported to have become alcoholics from living outside a Sochi restaurant for 20 years are being offered rehab in Romania. FULL ARTICLE
BLANCHETOWN, Australia – A pair of Australian men who saw movement in the abdomen of a roadkill wombat performed a roadside Caesarian section to deliver the marsupial's infant. FULL ARTICLE
NANTUCKET, Massachusetts – A photographer said the partially-frozen waves he captured off the coast of Massachusetts were reminiscent of a "Slurpee" frozen beverage. FULL ARTICLE
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - A group of young percussionists in Kentucky have gone viral with a video medley of Led Zeppelin songs "Kashmir," "The Ocean," and "Immigrant Song." FULL ARTICLE
KARLSKRONA, Sweden – A Swedish student had a memorable 21st birthday after police mistook balloons shaped like a "21" for the initials of extremist group Islamic State. FULL ARTICLE
KARLSKOGA, Sweden – A Swedish cat owner is arguing her 29-year-old pet, Missan, is older than the 24-year-old cat currently listed as the oldest by Guinness World Records and the new holder of the title, 26-year-old Tiffany Two. FULL ARTICLE