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Rabbit heads left in 2 sisters’ mailboxes

WESTFIELD, Mass.

Westfield police are investigating after severed rabbit heads were found this week in two mailboxes in this western Massachusetts town.

The Westfield News reported that a man called police Monday evening to report that a rabbit’s head had been left in his mother’s mailbox.

The woman said a rabbit’s head also had been left in her sister’s mailbox about four blocks away.

The heads were removed and disposed of.

Police said a hunter who saw the heads said they appeared to be from wild rabbits, not domesticated rabbits.

Police said no one in the neighborhood reported seeing anything suspicious, and they are seeking the public’s help.

Indiana cat missing 5 years reunited with owner

FORT WAYNE, Ind.

A cat that went missing five years ago has been reunited with its owner in Indiana thanks to an implanted microchip.

WOWO-AM and WANE-TV reported the 10-year-old cat named Charlie showed up at Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control. Workers there scanned the cat and discovered Charlie had a microchip that identified Virginia Fryback of Fort Wayne as his owner.

Fryback said Charlie disappeared from her home five years ago, and she thought she’d never see him again. She thanked the veterinarian who convinced her to get a microchip when Charlie was a kitten.

The microchip might have saved Charlie’s life. Shelter spokeswoman Peggy Bender said most people adopt much younger cats.

Microchips are about the size of a grain of rice and transmit information via radio waves.

Extra crispy: French-fry truck burns in Maine

WATERVILLE, Maine

Bring on the ketchup: A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of french fries caught fire in a Wal-Mart parking lot in the Maine city of Waterville.

The city’s fire chief says overheated brakes were the suspected cause of the blaze in the middle of the busy parking lot. The driver said he pulled over when he smelled smoke from the back of the truck.

The Portland Press Herald reported that nobody was injured in the fire.

The driver was on his way from the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island to New Jersey to deliver the fries. Waterville is about 15 miles north of Maine’s capital, Augusta.

The truck is operated by Midland Transport Limited, a Dieppe, New Brunswick-based company.

Associated Press