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WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Wyo. (AP) — The men stood by the edge of the corral to mark the release of the first buffalo to run on the Wind River Indian Reservation in decades. The sound of their drums mixed with their voices lifted in song and the 10 buffalo shifted nervously before finally they bolted and ran out onto the grassy plain. The buffalos' first free steps on the reservation on Thursday marked a homecoming that's been decades in the making for members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. Leslie Shakespeare, a member of the Eastern S...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In another black eye for one of the world's leading consumer brands, U.S. authorities announced a recall Friday of nearly 3 million Samsung washing machines following several reports of injuries — including a broken jaw — due to "excessive vibration." The recall comes a month after the South Korean manufacturer recalled millions of its Galaxy Note 7smartphones from consumers around the world, because of a mysterious problem that caused the phones' batteries to overheat and catch fire. Since then, the company stopped produ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is designating roughly 25,000 miles of U.S. highways as "electric vehicle charging corridors" where drivers will never be more than 50 miles from the closest charging station. The White House says the network of 48 corridors will run through 35 states. The federal government is developing signs to help drivers find charging stations, like the existing ones for gas, food and motels. Creating the corridors requires more charging stations. The White House says General Electric, Nissan, Pacific Gas & E...
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — It's not pranksters or vandals who placed toilet paper all over the streets of Littleton, Colorado, it was city workers. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/2e9pIlw ) that Littleton crews have used bathroom tissue to help seal up cracks along more than 120 streets. Officials say toilet paper was applied with a paint roller over freshly laid tar used to fill asphalt cracks. The paper absorbs the oil from the tar as it dries, keeping it from sticking to pedestrian's shoes or car and bike tires. The biodegradable p...
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — An original member of a now-defunct New Jersey burglary ring known as the "James Bond Gang" has accepted a plea deal. The Record reports (http://bit.ly/2fiwvsM ) 49-year-old Bruce Anderson pleaded guilty on Thursday to theft, trafficking stolen property and money laundering charges. The newspaper says four of Anderson's associates also accepted plea deals Thursday in connection with 30 break-ins in 2014. Prosecutors will ask that Anderson serve seven years behind bars. His attorney will ask for a three-year term at h...
DENVER (AP) — A longtime con man most famous for entering Princeton University in the late 1980s by posing as a self-taught ranch hand was arrested Thursday in Aspen, where he had been squatting in an illegally built shack on the side of a ski mountain in the tony resort town. His arrest at the Pitkin County Library marked the latest chapter in a long history of fraudulent behavior by James A. Hogue, 57, who gave arresting officers a fake name before confessing his identity, Aspen police Detective Jeff Fain said. The nationally known i...
LASALLE, Colo. (AP) — A cat stuck for days on a converted water tower didn't have to cash in one of its nine lives. The Greeley Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2ffQ6HS ) that rescuers on Wednesday plucked the black cat from the water tower, which has been converted to hold cellular infrastructure in the town of LaSalle, north of Denver. The cat had been stranded since Sunday. Technical Rescue Systems, a Fort-Collins based training firm, arrived to save the animal. Company founder Steve Flemming says he has no idea how the small feline got up t...
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — An election cycle some have described as a fright appears to have attracted its first actual ghoul. Signs are popping up around Bangor, Maine, advertising the campaign of Pennywise, the creepy clown from Stephen King's 1986 novel "It." The signs beseech residents to "Vote Pennywise" and include a picture of the clown showing his toothy smile. Exactly what post Pennywise is running for is left unclear. The signs have been popping up around the downtown area of the city, the third largest in Maine. King lives in Bangor and p...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Police say a Wyoming woman drunkenly commandeered a state-owned forklift to move her own van that was blocking her driveway. Ashley Basich was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and having an open intoxicant. She has posted $950 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 21. Police in the city of Cheyenne say Basich's neighbors reported that she was drinking a beer as she moved the van with a front-end loader forklift late Saturday. Authorities say she took the forklift from the Wyoming S...
EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police say a Pennsylvania man who became angry when told there were no outstanding warrants for his arrest has been jailed. Cambria Township police say 40-year-old Mervin Sollenberger arrived at the Cambria County jail late Tuesday to surrender on outstanding arrest warrants. But police told him there were no warrants for his arrest. WJAC-TV (http://bit.ly/2f4nuAJ ) reports that's when the Duncansville man became enraged, threatening to assault the jail's guards and kicking a steel cage door at the lockup. Sollenberger h...
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — The head of the University of New Mexico's Gallup campus is under fire for spending money on Bigfoot-related pursuits. UNM Gallup's Executive Director Dr. Christopher Dyer organized a two-day, on-campus Bigfoot conference in February followed by a Bigfoot expedition, costing taxpayers more than $7,000, KRQE-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2e2e9g7 ). "It was the largest and most well-attended event in the history of this campus," Dyer said. UNM paid for advertising, meals for guest speakers, airfare and per diem. Self-professed B...
