ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) – This chicken had lips, just not her own.

A retired nurse saved her brother’s chicken, Boo Boo, by administering mouth-to-beak resuscitation last week after the fowl was found floating face down in the family’s pond.

Marian Morris said she hadn’t had any practice with CPR in years, but she was interested to see if she “still had it.”

“I breathed into its beak, and its dadgum eyes popped open,” Morris said. “I breathed into its beak again, and its eyes popped open again. I said, ‘I think this chicken’s alive now. Keep it warm.”‘

She said she did not know how to find a pulse on a chicken.

Boo Boo’s owners, Jackie and Becky Calhoun, put her in a large cardboard box containing a grain feeder and water. They also placed a heater nearby.

The chicken is called Boo Boo because she is easily frightened. The Calhouns thought Boo Boo was startled and flopped into the pond.

READING, Pa. (AP) – A man who signs his name as “God” may have to surrender his driver’s license.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation told Paul Sewell in a letter last week that he would have to turn over the license if he didn’t provide the agency his birth certificate and Social Security card by Feb. 14.

The letter came less than a week after the Berks County Elections Board questioned Sewell’s signature on a voter registration form.

Sewell on Friday asked a court to intervene in the PennDOT matter. The department’s letter does not cite a reason for the order and a spokeswoman declined comment.

State law requires a driver to write his usual signature on the license. The law also states the department can cancel a license if the licensee was not entitled to it, if the person failed to give required or correct information, if the person committed fraud in obtaining the license or if the license has been materially altered.

Sewell, a bail enforcement agent, has said he signs documents as “God” because fugitives always preface their comments with “Oh, God,” when he captures them.

In his appeal to the court, he said, “I do not know why they are canceling my driver’s license that I have had at age 16. Now I am 40.”

He signed his appeal, “God.”

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – A public library book issued in 1945 racked up more than $6,100 in late fees, but the fine has been waived.

“The Punch Library of Humour” borrowed from the Rotorua Public Library 61 years ago was recently found in the attic of a home in the North Island resort town.

A building inspector recognized the significance of the book and, using the list of borrowing rules pasted to its front cover, calculated what was owed in overdue fines.

The home’s owner, Marie Sushames, was presented with the $6,114 bill on her 85th birthday, the Daily Post reported Wednesday.

Rotorua library manager Jane Gilbert said she would be delighted to waive the charges in return for displaying a book that has been checked out for so long.

“It’s certainly the longest overdue book I’ve encountered in my 16 years here,” Gilbert said.

Rotorua is located about 290 miles north of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital.

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) – Picking the Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl turned out to be a safe bet for some people after all.

Gamblers who bet against the champion Pittsburgh Steelers won’t have to cover their losses after a raid on an alleged sports betting parlor. Those who picked the Steelers to win ended up losing their winnings.

“The guys that lost are happy because they don’t have to pay,” said Ohio County Sheriff Tom Burgoyne.

Sheriff’s deputies, along with Wheeling police, raided the one-room operation early Monday and confiscated about $23,500 in cash along with other gambling paraphernalia, Burgoyne said. The action came after a two-week investigation. Burgoyne said there have been no arrests.

Records seized during the raid are being reviewed to determine if the FBI and Internal Revenue Service should be contacted for possible federal charges, he said.

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