Some 300 birds perched on a power line were suddenly startled and cut a cable with their weight downing electricity in a Miami neighborhood Monday.

The birds flew when a singing balloon with the picture of Disney Channel TV character Hannah Montana touched the cable of an electric pole outside Jose De Diego Middle School along NW Fifth Avenue and scared them at 7:30 a.m. The cut line fell on the ground causing a power outage in a five-block radius for a few hours.

A firm manufacturing aircraft that takes off and lands vertically, is building a car that can fly.

Moller International's flying car called Autovolantor will be a Ferrari 599 GTB outfitted with retractable wings, eight fan thrusters and a booster.

Curiosity killed the squirrel and left thousands of Richmond, Virginia residents without power for several hours.

A squirrel reportedly caused a short circuit in an electrical substation, leaving a large area of downtown Richmond without electricity on Friday from 9 a.m. until early afternoon. Crews making repairs to the facility have to shut down a second substation.

Police in California seized hundreds of pot plants, $384,000 in cash and arrested six people in connection with marijuana grow houses.

Eight warrants were served Tuesday and marijuana plants were found at indoor grow operations in two large, well-maintained upscale suburban homes in El Dorado Hills and Placerville. The other warrants were served in Cameron Park - where marijuana growing equipment was found - and in Placerville, Lincoln, Sacramento and Elk Grove.

A 16-year-old girl survived being struck by lightning and won lottery the following day.

BreAnna Helsel was at her family's Blanchard home was watching thunderstorms on June 6. Rain was entering through an open kitchen window and just as she was about to close the window, she got hit by lightning.