LARKSPUR, Colo. - Veterinarians Michele and Nicholas Anderson don't leave anyone out when they celebrate life's big moments.

It's anyone's guess how BooBoo the cat travelled more than 3,000 kilometres from California to Canada, but its American owner says she can't wait to be reunited with her brown tabby, who went missing four years ago.

FUNCHAL, Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo has an airport named after him, but it was his odd-looking statue that attracted attention in Wednesday's ceremony honouring the Portugal star in his hometown.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A 96-year-old woman and an 89-year-old man were wheeled to the wrong gate at a South Florida airport and ended up on a flight to upstate New York instead of Michigan.

WINCHESTER, Va. - Police in Virginia have arrested a man who was dressed as comic book villain the Joker and reportedly carrying a sword.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A robber in Virginia ruined his own getaway — first by breaking his leg in a jump off a balcony, and then by calling the authorities to help him.

TRURO, Mass. - A Jeep buried in sand in Massachusetts 40 years ago has finally been dug out.

MEXICO CITY - Altars to the Virgin of Guadalupe are ubiquitous at businesses across Mexico. Now federal police say one has even been used in a gasoline smuggling racket in the central state of Puebla.

PHILADELPHIA - Some joggers weren't joking when they said they were going out for a "brief run."

MERIDIAN, Idaho - A pet squirrel named Joey prevented a burglary attempt in Idaho last week by scratching the teen suspect when he tried to break into a gun safe, police said.

TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. - Where do you hide a 1,000-pound chicken?

MANCHESTER, Pa. - Pandemonium broke out at a southern Pennsylvania supermarket when a rogue deer smashed through its glass entrance and briefly ran amok.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Forget the fine china. Domino's Pizza has launched a wedding registry site that allows couples to order the pie of their dreams.

HOMETOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania volunteer fire company is turning to titillation to raise money.

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman and her son are millionaires because of a dream.

NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a New Jersey trucking company has been arrested while trying to board a flight to Aruba and charged with racking up more than $1 million of unpaid tolls and fees.

BERLIN - Police say a man in western Germany ran into a wall, literally, as he opened his front door to leave the house earlier this week.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Here's a tip: Don't give a prescription painkiller as a gratuity.

EDMONTON - A runaway cat from Saskatchewan that jumped a westbound CN freight train to Alberta has been reunited with its owner.

ST. ALBERT, Alta. - An Alberta woman from a farming village of less than 500 people says she was surprised and stressed when she found out she'd won a $50-million Lotto Max jackpot.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Latest on foam coming out of a hangar at a California airport (all times local):

MEXICO CITY - Passengers on a commercial flight in Mexico were given a start when a serpent slithered into the cabin in a scene straight out of the Hollywood thriller "Snakes on a Plane."

MILAN - An Italian land artist has used his tractor to transform a field near the Italian city of Verona into a giant portrait of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

QUEBEC - Philippe Couillard's poetic side emerged Wednesday as he invoked Moliere and Samuel Beckett in paying tribute to Parti Quebecois member Sylvain Gaudreault.

BOSTON - Josh Freeman is searching for his slice of the Massachusetts electorate.

REGINA - Voters won't even need to get out of their vehicles to cast a ballot in Regina's civic election next month.

BARRIE, Ont. - Police in Barrie, Ont., say they've charged an elderly woman's granddaughter after getting a report that $12,000 in jewelry had been stolen.

WASHINGTON - The oddest of Senate odd couples — California Democrat Barbara Boxer and Oklahoma Republican Jim Inhofe — have accomplished something highly unusual in this bitter election year: significant, bipartisan legislation on the environment that has become law.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Some suspects are tougher to take into custody than others, but Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., had no trouble with one unusual arrest.

HOLLYWOOD, Ala. - After spending more than 40 years and $5 billion on an unfinished nuclear power plant in northeastern Alabama, the nation's largest federal utility is preparing to sell the property at a fraction of its cost.

AJAX, Ont. - A 22-year-old southern Ontario man who was arrested, released, and arrested again, is facing several charges including a count for allegedly exposing himself in a police station.

CARBONDALE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania police station has reopened after being cleared of a swarm of bees that forced officers to abandon the post.

ALIQUIPPA, Pa. - A missing potbellied pig that serves as a therapy animal has been returned to its Pennsylvania owners.

SELKIRK, Man. - A Manitoba farmer has harvested a "yes" to a marriage proposal he plowed into a field.

NEWARK VALLEY, N.Y. - The images of Mario, Luigi and friends have been carved into the fields of an upstate New York farm as part of a corn maze based on Nintendo's "Super Mario Bros." game series.

San Diego Padres pitcher Paul Clemens certainly was a Player. At least, that's what it said on his jersey.

TORONTO - A movie character made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger caused a gun scare in Toronto on Wednesday night.

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. - The third and fourth rounds were going on at the same time and with different rules. There was so much rain that there was a worker with a squeegee positioned near every green. The final putts were made in what some would call the dark. There was no re-pairing after the t…

GIMLI, Man. - Ankle-deep mounds of fish flies are piling up in the Manitoba town of Gimli where town workers are scooping them with shovels and filling dozens of garbage bags at a time.

JACKSON, Mich. - An inmate involved in a plan to toss a football filled with drugs and cellphones over the fence of a Michigan prison will spend an additional three to five years in prison.

LONDON - Officials at a wildlife hospital say a seagull turned bright orange after falling into a vat of chicken tikka masala in Wales.

SOMERSET WEST, South Africa - Heavy reader? Maybe this South African rugby book weighing 35 kilograms (77 pounds) and measuring half a meter by half a meter is for you. Got a spare $13,500, though?

BUCHAREST, Romania - In a Romanian town, Vasile Cepoi defeated Vasile Cepoi and Vasile Cepoi in a mayoral election.

MOSCOW - Authorities in Ukraine say they have foiled plans to ship bootleg alcohol from Moldova to Ukraine via a pipeline.

PORTLAND, Ore. - A paralyzed collie just moments from being euthanized and his Oregon owners have more days to share thanks to a sharp-eyed vet intern who spotted the culprit - a tick.

BERLIN - What weighs 77 pounds, goes 50 mph (80 kph) and looks like a Swiss cheese on wheels?

PARIS - Four lucky competition winners are set to be the first people in history to use the Eiffel Tower as a vacation home next month.

CARROLL, Iowa - Carrie Sapp teased her husband, Brad, about being afraid of ghosts when he said he heard someone whisper "get out of here" while he was sorting cans at his Iowa recycling business.

ARGYLE, Texas - A 1,000-pound "domesticated" bison that was allowed to roam in her owner's Dallas-area home has moved on to pastures new.

TECUMSEH, Mich. - A Michigan couple who faced jail after they borrowed a novel and a Dr. Seuss book from a local library and held onto them long past their return dates will remain free.