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Weird

Designer makes ice cream from plastic

Weird

Reports of flying insect swarms across the area

An entomologist tells 5NEWS the swarms seen lately are most likely flying ants awakened by recent rainy weather.
Pets

California dog groomer luxury stylist transforms dogs

Gabriel Feitosa is a dog groomer in San Diego, California who is famous for his luxurious and colorful transformation of dogs.
Weird

Arkansas 3rd grader grows nearly 15 pound cabbage

3rd grade students at Lake Hamilton received a free cabbage plant to participate in the Bonnie Cabbage Plant Contest.
Weird

Fredericksburg to honor Reba McEntire with corn maze design

The corn maze at Jenschke Orchards opens on September 15. The design includes her name, Reba, along with a cowboy hat and a heart.
Animals

Crown Victoria with bull in passenger seat pulled over

Police were dispatched for a "vehicle with a cow inside" rolling through town.
Local News

Teen angler reels in the luckiest of catches

In the vast inland ocean that is Lake of the Woods, 14-year-old Connor Halsa somehow hooked a wallet full of money lost by an Iowa farmer a year earlier.
Animals

Air-breathing, invasive 'Frankenfish' found in Arkansas: "Kill it immediately"

Everything you learn about the northern snakehead or "Frankenfish" will be against your will.
Nation World

Invasive 'Frankenfish' that can survive on land for days is found in Missouri: "They are a beast"

U.S. officials say that anyone who catches a northern snakehead should photograph it and "kill the fish by freezing it or putting it on ice for an extended time.
Animals

Man catches what may be biggest catfish ever reeled in

After it was caught and measured, the massive catfish was released back into the river.
Nation World

Who spilled the rice? | Southwest Airlines flight delayed for an hour due to unclaimed mess

"She went up and down the aisle and asked each passenger one by one, loudly, 'Who spilled the rice?' a passenger said. "It was so surreal. It was hilarious."
History

24 years ago, Fabio got goosed at Apollo's Chariot opening at Busch Gardens Williamsburg

One of the theme park's most popular roller coasters opened in 1999, but it had an infamously rocky start involving a goose and a supermodel.