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Unstamped coins spill in Delaware

NEW CASTLE, Del.

Authorities in Delaware say a tractor-trailer carrying 45,000 pounds of unstamped pennies overturned on northbound Interstate 95, spilling its load and jamming traffic.

Delaware State Police Master Cpl. Jeffrey Hale said by telephone that the big rig overturned and caught fire early Thursday at the split for eastbound Interstate 295 in New Castle. Troopers say the driver, 25-year-old Stefan Marinkovic of Chicago, was hospitalized with minor injuries.

Hale says the load of blank metal disks spilled onto the roadway.

Authorities say the blank pennies, which were headed for the Philadelphia Mint, were picked up and stored until transportation can be arranged.

The crash and cleanup closed northbound I-95 for more than 13 hours. Marinkovic was cited for inattentive driving.

Neighbors, town officials cry foul over ‘WTF’ sign

WOODBURY, Conn.

A Connecticut homeowner who planted on his lawn three large wooden letters that spell “WTF” is rankling neighbors and town officials who say the message is offensive.

WFSB-TV reported that the phrase “Woodbury wastes taxpayer funds” is written on the letters along Main Street in historic Woodbury, a town of 10,000 residents. “WTF” also can stand for an obscene exclamation of disbelief.

This isn’t the first time homeowner Thomas Arras has fought with the town and the Woodbury Historical Commission over his handcrafted protest messages. A previous sign targeting First Selectman William Butterly Jr. read: “Butterly utterly utterly disappointing.”

Butterly isn’t affiliated with a political party. He says he’s outraged by the “WTF” sign but there’s not much the town can do about it without changing its rules.

Holy cow! Calif. steer vies for world’s tallest bovine

EUREKA, Calif.

Holy cow! A giant, 1-ton Holstein steer who loves to eat bread and romps like a puppy at a Northern California zoo is vying for the title of world’s tallest bovine.

His name is Danniel and he measures 6 feet, 4 inches from the hoof to the withers, a smidge taller than the current record-holder, the Eureka Times Standard reported Wednesday.

A veterinarian and his keepers at the Sequoia Park Zoo in the city of Eureka measured Danniel on Tuesday to confirm his height, but Guinness World Records has yet to verify it.

Associated Press