Iowa Cat Catches Swine Flu2009-11-05 - Des Moines, Iowa - A house cat in Iowa has been confirmed to have contracted the swine flu, or H1N1 virus.
Woman Finds Croaker In Bag Of Greens
2009-11-05 - Longview, TX - A Texas woman made a gruesome discovery in a bag of greens she bought at Wal-Mart. She opened to bag to see a pair of eyes from a dead frog staring back at her.
Miami Coast Guard Cutter Seizes Five Tons Of Cocaine During October
2009-11-05 - Miami Beach, FL - Late Thursday morning Coast Guard officials began unloading 5 tons of cocaine worth nearly $127 million. The cocaine was seized by the Coast Guard cutter Valiant at sea in four separate drug smuggling events in the Caribbean Sea in October.
Auditor General Says Ottawa Has No Emergency Response Plan
2009-11-05 - Ottawa, Ontario - The criticism that the federal government is unprepared for a second wave of Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic appears to hold water, with Canada's Auditor General Sheila Fraser pointing out in her report released Tuesday that Ottawa's emergency response plan is still in the draft stage after six years.
Worlds First Arabic Speaking Robot Constructed in UAE
2009-11-05 - - Owners of robots who have felt frustrated by their humanoid companions inability to say marhaban, ma salama, shukran and mabrook may soon be able to end their suffering.
Search For Missing Florida Baby Ends Underneath Sitter's Bed, Child Found Unharmed
2009-11-05 - Chipley, FL - A five-day search for a missing 7-month-old baby girl from Florida ended Wednesday when police found her alive inside a box hidden underneath the bed of her babysitter in the town of Chipley.
Algal Foam Kills 10,000 Seabirds Off Washington State Peninsula
2009-11-05 - Portland, OR - Algal foam killed more than 10,000 seabirds in Washington state's Olympic Peninsula in mid-September, according to a marine biologist and seabird specialist of the University of Washington.