DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (AP) -- When Daytona Beach police found a man covered in tar on the roof of a closed gas station before dawn, he told them he was visiting family. Somehow, they didn't buy it.

Animal officials rescued two dogs from a “bubbling, boiling,” tar roof in New Jersey on one of the hottest days of the year last week, according to the Associated Humane Societies-Newark. Animal ...