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Amorous bovines block traffic on W. Pa. highway

KITTANNING, Pa.

State police say a pair of amorous bovines tied up traffic near the intersection of two rural Pennsylvania highways.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette first reported the situation Friday morning. Trooper John Corna tells The Associated Press it was resolved about 9:15 a.m. when state Department of Agriculture managed to shoo the bull and cow into a trailer.

Corna said the intersection of Routes 28 and 85 in Rayburn Township is busier than usual because of construction, and traffic was hampered when the mating bovines refused to budge. The intersection is about 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Corna said troopers “kept trying to shoo them off the highway, but that just got the bull mad, and it started to escalate.”

The animals are at a nearby farm until their owner is identified.

Police follow discarded wrappers to theft suspects

LA MESA, Calif.

Police say they followed a trail of discarded food wrappers to track down four people accused of stealing from a Little League snack bar.

La Mesa Police Sgt. Colin Atwood told U-T San Diego that police were called last week about noise at the Rolando Little League snack bar in Rolando Park. Atwood said officers followed a trail of empty cookie, chip and Cheetos packages for about two blocks to a home where more snacks were found in a car.

Atwood says officers found more Little League property, including a cash register, inside the home. He says one man, two women and a girl were arrested for investigation of burglary.

La Mesa is about 10 miles northeast of San Diego.

LAX agents seize live bird hopping around in plane

LOS ANGELES

Passengers on a 10-hour flight from Taiwan to California discovered a surprising stowaway when a songbird hopped down their plane’s aisle in what officials suspect is a failed animal-smuggling attempt.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists said in a statement last week that they seized the bird upon the flight’s arrival at Los Angeles International Airport on May 27.

A flight attendant had captured the bird and handed it over to customs agents who put the bird in a cage and gave it seeds and water.

After screening and X-raying all passengers, crew and carry-on bags, no other birds, droppings or feathers were found.

Customs officials say smuggled animals can carry diseases, such as avian flu, which is potentially fatal.

Associated Press