Articles filed under Curious
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Phoenix firefighters rescue cat from chimneyDec 26, 2015 6:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix firefighters have saved a cat but it wasn't stuck in a tree. KPNX-TV in Phoenix reports (http://bit.ly/1mbnjqt) that firefighters were called to a...
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Police: Man leaves chickens in lobby of Oregon tax officeDec 23, 2015 6:00 am - EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Police say an Oregon man angry with his tax situation left a flock of seven chickens inside the state revenue office. Police in Eugene said in a news...
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Police use dating app to catch man accused of phone theftDec 23, 2015 6:00 am - LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Police in Louisiana say officers used a dating app to arrest a man accused of stealing a phone at gunpoint. The Lafayette Police Department announc...
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Officer helps laboring mom make special pre-holiday deliveryDec 22, 2015 6:00 am - CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi officer helped make a special pre-holiday delivery in a parking lot for a pregnant woman who couldn't quite make it to the hospital. ...
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In defense of dark skies: How artificial lighting disrupts natural cyclesDec 20, 2015 12:00 am - Darkness is a tough sell, especially on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. But a dark night sky is a good thing. Ask an owl, or a firefly, or a wise man...
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Lip balm containing pot ingredient thrown out at air baseDec 18, 2015 6:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Officials say they had to discard hundreds of tubes of lip balm that were distributed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richards after they were found to ...
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Head-scratching over gifts? How about part of a human skull?Dec 13, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - What to get the loved one who has everything? Steven Rabinowitz wracked his brain before settling on (spoiler alert, relatives!) a raccoon skull. "We'll ...
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Gift wrap guru: St. Charles East teacher's invention makes wrapping a snapDec 11, 2015 12:00 am - At this point in the holiday season, this invention comes across as possibly the greatest ever concocted. It's probably safe to say that St. Charles East High School tea...
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Long past Thanksgiving, burnt sweet potatoes vex small townDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Smoke from burnt sweet potatoes wafting around the town of Farmville has nothing to do with holiday baking. A silo full of dehydrated sweet potatoes...
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Man surrenders after hearing cops outside storage unitDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - EDGEWATER, Fla. (AP) - A man who authorities say was growing marijuana in a central Florida storage unit panicked when he heard a police helicopter hovering nearby and c...