Woman's hair weave stops bullet

Police said a woman's tightly-woven hair weave saved her life.

Police were called to a Kansas City market at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Arriving officers found the 20-year-old woman there. She told police she had pulled into the market and saw a man with whom she had recently ended an eight-month relation with inside a car, NewsChannel5 sister station KSHB-TV reported...

--MSNBC

"We" the 2-headed snake's long odd life ends

A two-headed snake named “We,” the main attraction at the World Aquarium, has died.

The 8-year-old rat snake died of natural causes during the weekend, said caretaker Leonard Sonnenschein. Most two-headed snakes survive for only a week or two.

“It’s terrible news,” Sonnenschein said. “People come in every day and say: ’I’m here to see the two-headed snake.'"

Sonnenschein said more than a million people have seen We over the years. Children were especially fascinated by the snake, wondering how two heads could coexist on the same body as We sometimes strained to slither in two directions at once.

“These kinds of questions helped spur the science spirit in children,” Sonnenschein said. Sonnenschein said he bought We from a snake breeder in Indiana for $15,000 when the reptile was just a few weeks old...

--MSNBC

Winnie the Pooh causes bomb scare

A man who went to a Missouri post office to pick up a novelty phone he ordered over the Internet was alarmed that the package was ticking; it subsequently created a bomb scare.

It turned out that the phone — shaped like Winnie the Pooh — had a feature the customer did not know about: An incoming call causes Winnie's head to spin, and the feature apparently had been activated during shipping.

The ticking that prompted evacuation of the Wright City post office Thursday morning was Winnie's head repeatedly hitting the side of the package, Missouri Highway Patrol spokeswoman Cpl. Julie Scerine said...

--USA Today

Missouri man shares golf cart with bobcat

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. Mar 9, 2007 (AP)— It's best not to get between a predator and its prey especially when they're in the passenger seat of your golf cart.

Water plant worker Mitch Walter would offer that bit of advice and bears the scratches of one who speaks from experience.

As Walter was inspecting the Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant property Tuesday night, a rabbit leaped into his golf cart followed by a 25-pound bobcat. The rabbit then jumped back out, leaving Walter alone with a large, frightened feline...

--ABC News