Weird but true

She's a chicken, but she's still a hero.

When the Alma Center, Wis., home of Dennis Murawska and Susan Cotey caught fire, their pet chicken, Cluck Cluck, lived up to her name. She clucked so loudly, she woke them in time to get out safely.

"We're used to hearing about a dog or a cat or something,'' said local fire chief Jeff Gaede. "But we never hear of a chicken waking up a resident for a fire. That's pretty amazing.''

The bird lived to cluck again.

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And now, the latest news about the fiscal cliff:

Collins Dictionary has named it one of the top words or phrases created in 2012.

Another is Zuckered — which is what happened to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg when shares in his company plummeted off another fiscal cliff shortly after they were offered to the public.

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Police in Ontario, Canada, have announced the winner of their silliest-excuse competition.

She's a woman stopped for speeding who explained that she stepped on the accelerator when she adjusted her seating position to fart.

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Japanese entrepreneurs who don't think their offspring are capable of running the family business have a unique solution — they adopt a qualified heir.

Some 73,000 adults are adopted every year in the country — by far the most in the world.

That way, the business can prosper — and stay in the family.

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Human-resources managers are more interested in acquiring a pal than a qualified worker, according to a surprising new study.

Researchers at Northwestern University found that potential employees who like the same team or the same music as the interviewer are more likely to get the job than someone with different tastes but better skills.

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