Articles filed under Curious
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Kane 4-H robotics team earns top honorsFeb 14, 2014 12:01 am - Seven years ago, if someone had asked Michael and Carol McKellar whether they would be coaches of an award-winning, world-renowned robotics team, they likely would have ...
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Macabre milestone reached at Dundee cemeteryFeb 11, 2014 10:00 pm - New burial section to be opened in Dundee cemetery
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Border collie wins Westminster agility trialFeb 08, 2014 8:46 pm - NEW YORK — A border collie named Kelso navigated a maze of obstacles Saturday, besting about 225 other dogs to win the Westminster Kennel Club show’s first agility compe...
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Bottle released by scientist in 1956 foundFeb 07, 2014 4:22 pm - BOSTON — It was April 1956, and the No. 1 song was Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel.” At the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, scientist Dean Bumpus was...
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Punxsutawney Phil predicts weather, not Super BowlFeb 01, 2014 12:54 pm - PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Groundhog Day coincides with the Super Bowl for the first time, but Punxsutawney Phil’s peeps don’t expect the big game to steal his early morning sp...
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Boulder nearly wipes out Italian farmhouseJan 31, 2014 4:15 pm - ROME — A huge boulder unleashed by a landslide in northern Italy narrowly missed a farmhouse, destroyed a barn and came to a stop in vineyards. A second boulder stopped...
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Skydive accident survivor to leave hospitalJan 31, 2014 12:31 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY — A 16-year-old Texas girl who survived a fall of more than 3,000 feet in a skydiving accident last weekend will be discharged from an Oklahoma City hospit...
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New river dolphin species found in BrazilJan 25, 2014 3:16 pm - SAO PAULO — Scientists have made the first discovery in 100 years of a new river dolphin species in the waters of the Araguaia river in Brazil’s vast Amazon rainforest. ...
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Moving Jeep explodes in Washington cityJan 25, 2014 12:52 pm - SPOKANE, Wash. — An explosion from a firecracker inside a moving Jeep blew off the driver’s hand early Saturday and scattered debris over half a block, prompting initial...
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Panda cub Bao Bao makes public debut at National ZooJan 18, 2014 5:51 pm - WASHINGTON — Giant panda cub Bao Bao was roused from slumber and carried before an adoring public Saturday, and within minutes had curled into a ball in the corner, fast...