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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.
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Police: Woman steals taxi, picks up paying passengers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a woman stole a taxi in Philadelphia and picked up a fare.
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 find genetic samples for a paternity test — a move that opens the possibility for a woman who says she is the surrealist artist's daughter to claim part of the
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
LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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.
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
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — A Texas coffee company is recalling one of its roasts because it was making some men a bit too excited.
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.
Associated PressSelf-described drug dealer calls 911, reports stolen cocaine
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Calling 911 to report a stolen bag of cocaine probably wasn't the best idea for a self-described Florida drug dealer.
Associated PressMan beats odds of catching blue lobster, donates to science
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire lobsterman has joined an elite club after catching a rare blue lobster.
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Stranded fugitive arrested after flagging down deputy
RACELAND, La. (AP) — A fugitive who authorities say evaded capture since 2013 has been arrested after he flagged down a deputy in Louisiana.
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Herd of scared buffalo make break for it, roam through town
GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — These buffalo have been roaming through a New Hampshire town.
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Metamorphosis: Philadelphia street horrified as cockroaches invade
Residents of a Philadelphia street were horrified when thousands of cockroaches emerged from a sewer drain, forming a swarm so big that it covered the street at one stage, according to city officials and local media on Tuesday. "There were thousands of them," resident Pat Wall told NBC10 television
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Man kills raccoon with hammer after it bites him on head
ARNOLD, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man says he was attacked by a raccoon as he worked on his car outside his home, and killed the animal with the only weapon he had: a hammer.
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Officials try to figure out why roaches swarmed from manhole
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Water Department is trying to figure out what caused thousands of cockroaches to emerge from a manhole and swarm a neighborhood.
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Woman gives birth in Uber car on way to California hospital
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California mom says that when she prayed her fourth birth would be a fast one, she couldn't imagine it would happen in an Uber car on the way to the hospital.
