1.
$336.4 million Powerball jackpot unclaimed
BEIJING, May 24 (UPI) -- Eight giant pandas boarded a plane Saturday in Wolong, China, bound for Beijing and the Summer Olympics festivities, officials said.
The fuzzy passengers were to spend 2 1/2 hours on a China Southern Airlines Boeing 747 getting to their new digs at the Beijing Zoo, Xinhua reported.
The China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Wolong was partially marred by the May 12 earthquake that hit China, but all of the Olympic pandas survived without injury, said Wang Pengyan, deputy head at the center.
"The pandas have recovered from any nervousness about the quake and are all in good condition," he told the state-run Chinese news agency.
Of the at least 60,000 people who died in the quake, five were employees of the Wolong panda center, Xinhua said.
It is reported two pandas were wounded in the quake and four of six that disappeared have been found.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Odd News Stories | |
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Actor Matt Bomer, star of the U.S. television series "White Collar," confirmed during the weekend he is gay and has a longtime partner.
|
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Authorities in South Carolina said they were investigating the disappearance of a woman whose fiance was found dead in the couple's home near Charleston.
|
VESPER, Wis., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it will not disturb a black bear that picked a drain tunnel to hibernate.
|
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Israel's military says major cuts in defense spending will hit air-defense missile systems and halt production of tanks and a new armored personnel carrier.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
