SalemNews.com, Salem, MA--Offbeat

1. 9 lives per gallon? Cat stuck in SUV engine is OK Thu, Oct 22
NEW YORK (AP) — A cat who rode two miles through New York City while stuck in the engine compartment of an SUV has lived to meow about

2. Funeral home offers electronic billboard obits Thu, Oct 22
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A funeral home is giving people one last chance to have their name in lights.
Iles Funeral Home in Des Moines

3. Police: Man robs Mich. bank, then turns himself in Thu, Oct 22

4. Clerk felt God's presence as she, gunman prayed Thu, Oct 22

5. Headbutting defendant gets 39-year murder sentence Thu, Oct 22

6. La. police: Pickle smell might lead to thieves Wed, Oct 14

7. Alabama party mistakenly taps dead man for panel Wed, Oct 14

8. Missing Thurman Thomas statue apparently in Canada Wed, Oct 14

9. Ohio boy, 7, hit by deer while playing football Tue, Oct 13

Free honeymoons in Malaysia to rescue marriages Tue, Oct 13

Thurman Thomas statue missing, day after unveiling Tue, Oct 13

Colo. minimum wage to drop as living costs fall Tue, Oct 13

NC man in jail a week for mistaken identity Tue, Oct 13

Maine couple wins wife-carrying championship Tue, Oct 13

Intoxicated 21-year-old takes ambulance in Kansas Tue, Oct 13