May the luckiest duck win

Published 11:24 pm Sunday, August 26, 2007

The heat of competition was fierce at the 28th annual Great American Duck Race in Deming, N.M., over the weekend.

Contenders pay $5 to enter, and winners are randomly assigned a new duck in each round of the tournament-style event, making victory the result of sheer good luck.

Furthermore, the races are held near the county courthouse, where anyone caught doping the ducks can be swiftly brought to justice.

The kudzu is coming! The kudzu is coming! The noxious vine is one of several invasive species slowly creeping toward Canada. A scientist there is trying to determine how much of a threat they pose. In the meantime, border guards may be armed with weed whackers, bug spray and goats.

Believe it or not, a fossilized penis bone from an extinct walrus sold for a mere $8,000 at auction Sunday, despite being expected to bring in $12,000 to $16,000.

The company that bought the bone operates the Ripley’s Believe It or Not museums, which means thousands of parents will have an opportunity to experience the awkward moment when their small child asks, “Mommy, what’s that?”