Weird BUT true
Hey Rover, what’s your sign?
A Los Angeles animal shelter launched a Web site to match dogs with potential adopters using their astrological signs.
Wags and Walks showcases rescue pups such as Artie, an Aries whose best match would be with a Gemini, Leo or Sagittarius.
D’oh, Christmas tree. Tourists of a Jersey Shore city are being greeted not by a traditional evergreen yule tree, but a cardboard tree installation.
Local artists built “The Giving Tree” inside the privately owned Grand Arcade at Convention Hall on the boardwalk of Asbury Park, where Bruce Springsteen cut his teeth. The “tree” incorporates elements of the city’s musical history, but some critics say the piece is fit only for the recycling bin.
It was a snoozer of a snooker.
A player fell asleep in middle of a championship match of the billiards-like game Sunday. Three-time snooker champ Mark Williams dozed off in a chair during the UK Championship in York, England.
Williams woke up and finished, but lost the title.
Apartment for rent: Swedish meatballs not included.
IKEA is offering a fully furnished microapartment of 107-square feet in Tokyo for 86 cents a month. The company is seeking applicants for a one-year lease on its Web site, using a cartoon real-estate agent in promotional videos.
Oh, snap! This croc was no crock!
A Philippines tourist nearly became crocodile food when he climbed into a pool at an amusement park to snap a selfie with what he thought was a plastic fake.
The very real croc bit the tourist’s arm and dragged him into the water as bystanders looked on.
He was able to break free, and later had surgery on his arm.