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Gecko butt-dials ‘bazillion’ times from Hawaii seal hospital
HONOLULU (AP) — If you got incessant phone calls last week from a hospital that cares for Hawaiian monk seals, you were butt-dialed. Or, more specifically, foot-dialed. By a gecko. Marine mammal veterinarian Claire Simeone…
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Animal sanctuary, farm team up to save pig from slaughter
HAVERHILL, N.H. (AP) — An animal sanctuary and a farm in New Hampshire are working together to spare a young slaughterhouse-bound pig to promote local agriculture. Beans and Greens Farm of Gilford is hoping to…
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Inflatable sea monster takes over a rusting warehouse
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A giant sea monster has taken over a building at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, but only temporarily. The inflatable sculpture titled “Sea Monsters HERE” is at a rusting warehouse called Building 611. It…
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Is Santa Claus a ninja? Well, he does have a black belt
An international team of Santa Clauses are training with ninjas in Japan to hone their gift-delivery skills in time for the holiday season.
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Determined runner struck by deer finishes half marathon
SANDY HOOK, N.J. (AP) — A runner who was struck by a deer during a half marathon in New Jersey still managed to cross the finish line. Christina Sanchez tells the Asbury Park Press that…
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Look! Down on the highway! It’s a … plane?
A vintage commercial airplane is set to undertake a long, slow journey from Maine to New York where it will be turned into a cocktail lounge. See photos.
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Man wins woman’s weight in beer at wife-carrying contest
NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Baseball’s fall classic focuses on an American pastime. A Maine ski resort has its own fall classic based on a Finnish tradition. More than 30 teams from Maine to California participated…
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How many squirrels in Central Park? Count aims to find out
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s one of the enduring mysteries of life in New York City: Just how many squirrels live in Central Park? There could soon be an answer. Counters started roaming the 840-acre…
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Rock used as doorstop is actually a meteorite worth $100K
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man curious about a rock he’d used for decades as a doorstop now knows its secret: it’s a meteorite worth $100,000. In fact, the nearly 23-pound hunk of…
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Florida store owner: Don’t warm urine in my microwave
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida gas station owner has placed a sign in his store asking customers not to warm urine in the microwave. Parul Patel says he’s become “sick and tired” of people…
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Lottery ticket leads FBI to Illinois bank robbery suspect
PALATINE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a dropped lottery ticket led investigators to the man who robbed a suburban Chicago bank. Court documents say an FBI agent found an Illinois lottery scratch-off ticket that surveillance…
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Phony Craigslist ad leads people to loot property
GREENE, Maine (AP) — Come one, come all, but actually, everything isn’t free. The Sun Journal reports a recent bogus Craigslist ad promised free items up for grabs at a Greene, Maine property whose owner…
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Good Samaritan driver revives squirrel after car scare
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — A motionless squirrel apparently stunned by a passing car has been revived by the driver who performed chest compressions beside a Minnesota road. Police officers on patrol in the Minneapolis…
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Ohio man says rescued cow is a regular backseat passenger
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man driving home from work Tuesday says he did a double-take before firing up his cellphone to record a cow poking her head out the back window of a…
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Swedish girl Saga pulls out pre-Viking era sword from lake
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Her name conjures up Old Nordic tales about heroic accomplishments and that’s exactly what Saga this summer did when she stumbled on a pre-Viking-era sword in a southern Sweden lake. Saga…
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