Articles filed under Curious
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Coast Guard towing fishing boat stuck in Antarctic iceFeb 14, 2015 12:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker was towing a fishing boat out of heavy ice in Antarctica on Saturday after the vessel was stuck there for three d...
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140 whales die after getting stranded on New Zealand beachFeb 14, 2015 12:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - About 140 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote stretch of New Zealand beach have died, but conservation workers and volunteers are...
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Wild boar causes flight delays at Spain's main airportFeb 13, 2015 10:00 pm - MADRID (AP) - Spain's airport authority says a wild boar that broke through a perimeter fence at Madrid's international airport caused runways to be shut briefly and two...
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Greek archaeologists find couple locked in millennia-old hugFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - ATHENS, Greece - Death did not part them. Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered the grave of a man and woman buried as they died some 5,800 years ago - still...
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Researchers test brain stem device to help deaf childrenFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children. Born without working auditory nerves, she can detect sounds for the first ti...
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Puerto Rico, North Carolina, Texas tickets win PowerballFeb 12, 2015 12:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Somebody who stopped by a Shell station in southern Puerto Rico was potentially $100 million richer on Thursday, winning a share of a $564.1 mil...
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Winking congressman steals spotlight in House floor speechFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - A Maryland congressman has taken the photo bomb to the next level. Republican Rep. Andy Harris was caught on C-SPAN winking and grinning behind a fello...
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SpaceX launches observatory on third tryFeb 11, 2015 12:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched an observatory inspired by former Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away Wednesday. The un...
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Romanian envoy fired after invites have rude notes on guestsFeb 10, 2015 10:00 pm - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The Romanian Foreign Ministry says a diplomat has been fired after its embassy in Paris sent out invitations to a reception containing rude rem...
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2 sleeping in dumpster get emptied into garbage truckFeb 10, 2015 10:00 pm - TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities in Florida say a man and woman who were intoxicated had to be rescued after falling asleep in a dumpster that was later emptied into a gar...