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Marijuana business offers weed for weeds on cleanup day
GARDINER, Maine (AP) — A medical marijuana businessman in Maine is offering weed for weeds in a program to encourage Gardiner residents to clean up their city.
Associated PressHe was purrfect: Honorary cat mayor in Alaska town dies
TALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) — Stubbs, the honorary feline mayor of the Alaska town of Talkeetna, has died at the age of 20.
Associated PressThat stinks! Man seeking dropped phone falls in trash chute
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man looking for a dropped cellphone ended up in a stinky situation, tumbling into a building's trash chute where he had to be rescued.
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Rescuers need help after they get stuck helping kayakers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Even rescuers get stuck, too, sometimes.
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UK girl left in tears after she's fined for selling lemonade
LONDON (AP) — A British man and his young daughter have gained international attention for being fined for selling lemonade.
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Gambler drops 75 pounds to win a share of a $1 million bet
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A professional gambler dropped some pounds and gained some wealth after betters wagered $1 million he couldn't reduce his body fat to less than 10 percent.
Associated PressNo dye: Cancer patients' gray hair darkened on immune drugs
CHICAGO (AP) — Cancer patients' gray hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has doctors scratching their heads.
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Police: Woman steals taxi, picks up paying passengers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say a 65-year-old woman stole a taxi and picked up a fare.
Associated PressIs that really a beached whale beneath Paris' Notre Dame?
PARIS (AP) — A sperm whale appears to have beached on an embankment in the shadow of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Associated PressExhumation of Dali's remains finds his mustache still intact
FIGUERES, Spain (AP) — Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dali's embalmed remains to aid a court-ordered paternity test that may enable a woman who says she is the surrealist artist's daughter to claim part of Dali's vast estate.
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Man livestreams as he speeds on beach, cursing and drinking
CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 27-year-old man broadcast live on Facebook as he sped down a Florida beach, running over beach chairs and umbrellas while drinking from a bottle of Canadian Mist whiskey.
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Homeowner finds WWI artillery shell in basement
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York woman has found a World War I artillery shell in her basement.
Associated PressA weird Florida mystery: Frozen pork falling from the sky
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Meat falling from the sky is weird, even by Florida standards.
Associated PressNew librarian finds live Civil War-era shells in her office
CARLISLE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts librarian on her first day on the job has come across live military shells from the Civil War inside a closet in her new office.
Associated PressBuilder of illegal LA mansion gets fines, community service
The father of fashion models Bella and Gigi Hadid has been fined and given community service for illegally building a gigantic mansion in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/2ufqHY5 ...
Associated PressApollo 11 bag laced with moon dust sells for $1.8 million
NEW YORK (AP) — A bag containing traces of moon dust sold for $1.8 million at an auction on Thursday following a galactic court battle.
ReutersWinning toilet paper gowns offered to brides-in-need
By Taylor Harris NEW YORK (Reuters) - A toilet paper wedding dress with 1,500 hand-cut butterflies made by a mother of two in her spare time won the $10,000 first prize in a quirky New York fashion competition on Thursday and a bride-in-need may have the chance to wear it down the aisle. Ripley'
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Texas company recalls coffee with Viagra-like substance
A Texas coffee company is recalling one of its roasts because it was making some men a bit too excited. Bestherbs Coffee LLC issued the voluntary recall for its New of Kopi Jantan Tradisional Natural Herbs ...
Associated PressMcDonald's adds Big Mac onesie, sweatsuit to delivery items
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — With McDonald's now offering a delivery service, the fast-food giant is looking to make customers comfortable eating at home with a new clothing line that includes an adult-size Big Mac onesie.
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Trooper reels in massive 650-pound tuna during fishing trip
RYE, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire state trooper reeled in a big fish — a massive 650-pound (295-kilogram) tuna.
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Swedish train to be named Trainy McTrainface in tribute to Boaty
A Swedish rail operator has vowed to name one of its trains "Trainy McTrainface" after a public vote, saying it would bring joy to people disappointed when Britain rejected the name Boaty McBoatface for a polar research ship following a similar poll. Trainy McTrainface won 49 percent of the
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10-year-old boy trips over 1.2M-year-old fossil in desert
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A boy's misstep on a family hike in New Mexico has given the world a prehistoric wonder.
Associated PressLondon Zoo welcomes a new kind of visitor: Robotic dinosaurs
LONDON (AP) — London Zoo is welcoming a new star attraction this summer: robotic dinosaurs.
Associated PressAlabama man to display head of 820-pound hog shot in yard
SAMSON, Ala. (AP) — Hogs aren't unusual in rural south Alabama, but Wade Seago said he'd never seen anything like the 820-pound (372-kilogram) animal he shot and killed in his front yard.
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Cops: Customer threatened to shoot someone over bad sandwich
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — Police in suburban Cleveland say a fast-food restaurant customer angry about the way his sandwich tasted and looked threatened to shoot somebody over it.
