WATERCOOLER NEWS

Nestle says heavy rain hurt its pumpkin harvest so there may be a
shortage of its Libby's pumpkin pie products through the holidays.

Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass
bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor.

AirTran Airways says a flight from Atlanta to Houston with more than 70 passengers on board was delayed when a passenger refused to end a cell phone call.

Investigators say the man appears to be in his 70s.

Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it.

Russ Sittloh says a mysterious serpent-like creature that's at least 20 feet long has been swimming in the canal behind his Madeira Beach home and he wants to find out what it is.

Authorities in Florida are searching for an alleged bank robber with "notably bad breath" who asked a teller to fill an orange Halloween bag with cash.

Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year.

An Ohio jeweler says thieves who smashed their way into his store and got away with rings are in for a surprise when they try to sell them.

Bruce Springsteen bellowed "Hello, Ohio!" to his fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills. That's in Michigan.

The restaurants say they're losing money with the chain's $1 double cheeseburger promotion.

A British judge has ruled that a boy attacked by another toddler with a
carjack can claim compensation from a government body that helps crime
victims.

The utterance favored by bungling lab assistant Beaker of "The Muppet Show" has been banned at Danvers High School in Massachusetts after students said it to repeatedly interrupt school.

A former home improvement store clerk in West Virginia has been charged with discounting $20,000 worth of merchandise to win a man's heart.

The Connecticut woman who was left severely disfigured after being attack by a chimpanzee has revealed her injuries on national television.

Prosecutors dropped the charges after Facebook verified the words had been typed from a computer at a different building.

Sanitation workers sorted through 10 tons of trash to recover a wedding ring accidentally thrown away by a New Jersey couple.

A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money.

A "Thriller"-era silk-screened portrait of Michael Jackson created by
Andy Warhol has sold for $812,500 to an anonymous collector.

The driver and the child in her lap survived when a pickup truck slammed into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport. The tropical fish were not so lucky.