Following is a summary of current odd news briefs.
Ohio man charged after six puppies found in suitcase
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man has been charged with
animal abandonment after a litter of six English bulldog
puppies was found in a suitcase with a tag bearing his name,
according to Humane Society authorities. Cyndi Condit,
spokeswoman for the Toledo Area Humane Society told Reuters
Wednesday that the man, identified as Howard Davis of Toledo,
lived only two blocks from where the suitcase was found.
Argentine hospital blamed after ”dead” baby found alive
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A mother whose newborn baby was
found alive in an Argentine morgue 12 hours after being
declared dead on Wednesday blamed hospital negligence for the
near-fatal mistake. Doctors told Analia Bouter that her baby
was stillborn when she gave birth in Argentina’s northern Chaco
province on April 3. But when she and her husband pried open
the coffin inside the refrigerated morgue, they found the baby
breathing.
Hold the chives: giant spud travels to plug Idaho potatoes
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A six-ton replica potato,
strapped to the trailer of a semi-truck, is on a coast-to-coast
U.S. tour to promote the tuber that is Idaho’s claim to fame
but has fallen out of favor with diet gurus for its
carbohydrate content. The towering model, built of metal and
cement, is the Idaho Potato Commission’s way of heralding 75
years of marketing the potassium-rich product that has put
Idaho on the map and ?the state’s ?spuds on the table.
