It was a wild year for members of the Taviano family of Columbus, Ohio. They spent weekends and vacations traveling around the country, visiting 55 zoos in 52 weeks. Their stops included Central Park.

Marla Taviano said she, her husband and their three daughters figured their 22,000-mile safari would make them feel like they traveled the world seeing exotic creatures — without busting their budget.

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The good news: An Alaska woman realized she should not be driving because she’d had too much to drink.

The bad news: She put her 7-year-old son behind the wheel.

A Fairbanks judge sentenced 37-year-old Karen Koch to three years’ probation.

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An 8-year-old California girl really turned lemons into lemonade.

Daniela Earnest of Tulare opened a lemonade stand to raise money for a family trip to Disneyland.

An overzealous town official shut it down — resulting in so much publicity that a local radio station offered to pay for the trip in return for 30 cups of her refreshing product.

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Red-faced officials in London admit an illegal immigrant sneaked into England on a bus from France carrying some 20 British border agents.

The man was spotted dropping from the bus, but managed to escape. The agents’ job is keeping illegal aliens out of the country.