And the beer was probably flat anyway.

Two employees of a New Hampshire town are facing disciplinary action for grabbing 50 cases of expired beer out of the municipal landfill for themselves.

Officials say it amounts to theft because anything that goes into the landfill becomes property of the town.

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It was a power play of the fowlest kind.

Electricity was knocked out in a Maine town after a clumsy osprey dropped a branch onto a power line.

Residents did without power for a couple of hours.

Officials say the bird is one of two who for years have been building nests on power poles and causing problems.

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It’s plausible deniability, minus the plausible part.

A burglary suspect found dangling out a vent in a Maryland convenience store tried to explain how he got there by telling cops it was a game of hide-and-seek that had gone terribly wrong.

He claimed that when his pals couldn’t find him, they fled, leaving him to face the music.

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There’s a point where eco-tourism becomes just work.

A luxury hotel in Copenhagen is offering free meals to guests who help create power by pedaling bikes attached to a generator.

For every 100 watts they create, they get a $36 coupon for a meal at the hotel restaurant.

It takes about an hour to make 100 watts, experts say.

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This was just plane stupid.

The pilot of a small craft who had lost his way in southern Russia decided to land and ask a tractor driver for directions, only to lose control and crash into the farm vehicle.

No one was hurt, but the plane was totaled.