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Airport uses massive maple syrup jugs to pitch food website
BURLINTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont airport is displaying 7-foot-tall (2.1-meter-tall) maple syrup jugs to remind travelers they can buy the state staple online instead of losing it at security when their liquids get confiscated.…
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New England senators seek to designate National Lobster Day
U.S. senators from New England want to grant the lobster another national day of celebration.
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Man indicted on multiple charges in police cruiser theft
WINDHAM, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who allegedly escaped from police by stealing a cruiser and then leading officers on a high-speed chase has been indicted on a dozen charges. Twenty-three-year-old Tyler Tibbetts faces…
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Superintendent accused of going No. 2 on track resigns
KENILWORTH, N.J. (AP) — The school superintendent accused of repeatedly defecating on another high school’s track has resigned. The Star-Ledger of Newark reports the Kenilworth school board accepted Thomas Tramaglini’s resignation Thursday. In an email…
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Pawn shop buys violin for $50, finds out it’s worth $250,000
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A violin bought by a Massachusetts pawn shop for $50 has ended up being worth about 5,000 times that. WFXT-TV reports a new employee at the LBC Boutique and Loan in…
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Tourist gets locked inside historic New York City fortress
NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about a tourist trap! A woman visiting New York City says she got locked inside a historic fortress and prison and was stuck for about an hour because a guard…
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Bear caught in storm drain freed when manhole cover lifted
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities have freed a bear that got caught in a storm drain for about an hour. Colorado Springs Utilities workers and Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southeast Region workers arrived to…
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SD high court upholds sentence of man who flipped off judge
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a man who got a harsher prison sentence after he flipped the bird at the judge in his case. The high court…
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11-year-old girl catches piranha relative in Oklahoma lake
An 11-year-old girl has quite the fish tale: A rare pacu with human-like teeth chomped down on the worm at the end of her line while she was fishing with her grandparents and brother in an Oklahoma lake.
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Researchers use leaf blower to see how lizards endure storms
Hurricanes Irma and Maria put a group of little tree-hugging lizards to the test, and scientists were perfectly positioned to see which reptiles survived and why.
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Michigan village elects cat _ ceremonially _ as mayor
OMENA, Mich. (AP) — Politics in a small northern Michigan village have gone to the cats and dogs and goats and even chickens. Omena’s newly elected mayor is a feline named Sweet Tart. Dogs Diablo…
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Woman strangles rabid fox attacking her in backyard
PITTSGROVE, N.J. (AP) — A woman trying to fend off a rabid fox that was biting her in the leg reached down with one hand to hold shut its mouth and with the other strangled…
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Driver hits 142 mph … right after being cited for speeding
HERSHEY, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa woman who was ticketed for speeding in Nebraska perhaps didn’t take the citation seriously — deputies clocked her driving at 142 mph as she accelerated away from the traffic…
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Shortage prompts German brewers’ appeal for bottles, crates
BERLIN (AP) — Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall? Brewers in Germany would kindly ask you to return them when you’re done passing them around. The German Brewers Association said Wednesday that strong summer…
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D’oh! ‘Simpsons’ writer says show not based in Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — A veteran writer for “The Simpsons” says the show isn’t based in Massachusetts despite several references to the state. The Boston Globe reports Mike Reiss recently sat down for a segment on…
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