Articles filed under Curious
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How a stolen bicycle and social media spurred neighbors to action in West DundeeAug 11, 2016 11:00 pm - For many years, Michelene “Myke” Kustief, 66, had enjoyed decorating a vintage bicycle outside her West Dundee home with inspirational signs like, “The smile you send re...
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'You Want to Be a Doctor'? Surgeon returns book decades lateAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Florida doctor is returning a long-overdue book that he checked out from a West Virginia library and donating $500. WCHS-TV reports (http://bi...
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Suit: Bar relatives from visiting those buried in cemeteryAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - READING, Pa. (AP) - The owners of a Pennsylvania cemetery are trying to prevent the relatives of those buried there from visiting the graves. The Reading Eagle reports (...
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Alaska fishermen snag nearly 400-pound halibutAug 10, 2016 7:00 am - PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) - It wasn't a record breaker, but it was still a helluva halibut. Petersburg radio station KFSK reports (http://bit.ly/2b8JfBE) that fishermen Br...
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Alaska restaurant serving elk fined for calling it reindeerAug 09, 2016 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - This might be an only-in-Alaska problem: A restaurant in Fairbanks that has told customers since 2013 it was serving reindeer tenderloin was act...
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Bees escape in Wal-Mart parking lot, sting several peopleAug 06, 2016 7:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Three people were taken to a hospital after an estimated 30,000 to 60,000 bees escaped and stung people in a Wal-Mart parking lot in southeast Oklah...
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Philadelphia tells residents: Don't swim in dumpster poolsAug 04, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia is urging residents not to swim in dumpsters after a rented trash bin was filled with fire hydrant water and transformed into a pool. Th...
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Prankster changes western NY road sign to read 'I Love You'Aug 03, 2016 7:00 am - BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A prankster's changes to the message on an electronic roadside sign in Buffalo may be causing motorists to smile, but New York State Police aren't a...
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New Mexico bear hitches a ride on top of a garbage truckAug 03, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico bear hitched a ride on top of a garbage truck, traveling at least 5 miles on the vehicle before it was able to make its escape up a ...
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'Miracles can happen': Ring recovered in Lake MichiganAug 02, 2016 7:00 am - SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) - Jamie Kennedy needs to make room for another wedding guest: the man who found her engagement ring in the bottom of Lake Michigan. John Dudley, ...