Serve Roadkill Instead of Turkey for Thanksgiving

USA - With turkey prices at an all-time high this year, you may want to seriously consider serving another type of meat at your Thanksgiving dinner — roadkill — since it’s fresh, fast and free. According to Midwest hunter Buck Peterson, author of “The Original Roadkill Cookbook” (Ten Speed Press) and other humorous outdoor parodies, the most efficient way to do Thanksgiving on the cheap is to serve your guests freshly hit and roasted roadkill instead of a traditional turkey...More

Police seek bald man who swiped family's turkey

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- Jackson police are working to crack a case of fowl play. They're searching for a man who broke into an apartment about 11 p.m. Tuesday and stole a family's holiday turkey. Police Lt. Christopher Simpson told the Jackson Citizen Patriot the suspect ran into the kitchen and stole the turkey out of the freezer....

Turkey on NJ Turnpike causes havoc, evades capture

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities have stopped trying to capture a wild turkey that calls Interchange 14B on the New Jersey Turnpike home. The bird has been causing havoc for toll collectors and motorists as it runs across toll booths, plays in traffic, and sits atop toll collectors' parked cars----...More

Pardoned White House turkey going to Disneyland

WASHINGTON - United Airlines says it will help the turkey that dodges Thanksgiving dinner at the White House make its getaway to Disneyland this week. The airline will strap the lucky bird into a first-class seat Wednesday for a non-stop flight from Washington to LAX where it will be whisked to Orange County and a date as grand marshal of the annual Thanksgiving parade at Disneyland. More.