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APhoto Of The Day — 4.20.10

In this Sunday, April 18, 2010 photo released by the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, a 120-pound Vermont black bear is seen with its head stuck in a milk can in Reading, Vt. It took a state biologist, firefighters and police about 45 minutes to free the bear's head from the can after the animal was found late Sunday morning off Vermont Route 106 in Reading. Officials estimate the bear had its head stuck in the old-fashioned milk can for at least six hours before it was found. Fish and Wildlife Biologist Forrest Hammond says the bear had been running and bumping into trees and boulders. (Forrest Hammond / Vermont Department Of Fish And W)
In this Sunday, April 18, 2010 photo released by the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, a 120-pound Vermont black bear is seen with its head stuck in a milk can in Reading, Vt. It took a state biologist, firefighters and police about 45 minutes to free the bear's head from the can after the animal was found late Sunday morning off Vermont Route 106 in Reading. Officials estimate the bear had its head stuck in the old-fashioned milk can for at least six hours before it was found. Fish and Wildlife Biologist Forrest Hammond says the bear had been running and bumping into trees and boulders. (Forrest Hammond / Vermont Department Of Fish And W)

A 120-pound Vermont black bear is seen with its head stuck in a milk can in Reading, Vt. It took a state biologist, firefighters and police about 45 minutes to free the bear's head from the can after the animal was found late Sunday morning off Vermont Route 106 in Reading. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, Forrest Hammond)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. A shocking picture showing the use of enhanced interrogation techniques by Idaho Fish and Game officials. Tragically, the bear would not divulge the location of the stolen garbage can -- Hereford.
  • 2. It might look like a bear, and act like a bear, but it's still from Vermont! -- CoeurGenX.
  • 3. Winnie the Pooh muffles softly, “I am truly a Bear of No Brain at All” -- JeanieS, and: Hey Boo-Boo, I shoulda stuck with the pic-a-nic baskets -- Soaf.
  • HM: Moscow Minidoka


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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