| Albatross found in LA freed to fly home to Hawaii |
A large seabird found in the back of a pickup truck in Los Angeles has been released to begin its long flight home across the Pacific.
Updated: 08:06 AM
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| Forest Service to Jesus: You can stay _ for now |
The mountaintop Jesus can stay at a northwest Montana ski resort _ for now.
Updated: 11:07 PM
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| Man rescued after being stuck in NM mud for 3 days |
A homeless man who was stuck in thick mud near the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque for three days was rescued Saturday after some high school students on a field trip heard him yelling for help, authorities said.
Updated: 02:08 PM
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| NY inmate guilty of seeking $890M in tax refunds |
A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds.
Updated: 11:35 PM
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| Museum: Rare coin may be Roman brothel token |
The Museum of London is displaying a coin found by the River Thames that may have been used nearly 2,000 years ago as a "brothel token" in Roman London.
Updated: 06:39 PM
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| Artist plans to bury 727 jetliner in Calif. desert |
A Swiss artist plans to bury an intact Boeing 727 jetliner in California’s Mojave Desert and build a tourist tunnel to give visitors a chance to view the underground project.
Updated: 08:36 AM
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| Potty-room pilfering: Auto flushers stolen in Ohio |
A restroom rip-off in central Ohio has automatic flushers disappearing from the bathrooms at restaurants and other businesses.
Updated: 08:07 AM
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| Wyoming 19-year-old fined $200 for doughnut theft |
A 19-year-old college student accused of swiping a doughnut in Wyoming is going to be paying a pretty penny for that pastry.
Updated: 06:36 AM
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| Ohio orangutan gets newer birth control device |
A Cleveland Clinic women’s health specialist has made a house call at the zoo to demonstrate how to fit an orangutan with a newer brand of implanted birth-control device.
Updated: 10:36 PM
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| Embarrassing ’SHCOOL’ sign replaced in NYC |
An embarrassing misspelling of "school" is gone from the street outside a New York City school building.
Updated: 06:38 PM
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| AZ inmate arrested for refusing to leave lockup |
Most people can’t wait to leave jail, but one northern Arizona inmate has been charged with trespassing after refusing to leave the Coconino County lockup.
Updated: 03:11 PM
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| Beaver to stay despite toppling trees in city park |
A beaver that has settled in a Maryland city park can stay despite chewing down trees.
Updated: 03:11 PM
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| Ore. man released from prison arrested in bank job |
Authorities say it was a busy morning for a man released from an Oregon state prison. After a bus ride home to Eugene on a state-paid ticket, they say he held up a bank at 10:02 a.m. Tuesday and was back in custody three minutes later.
Updated: 06:06 AM
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| Book’ em Danno: Turkey busts into Deadwood library |
Authorities in Deadwood, S.D., investigating an apparent break-in at a public library were surprised to discover the culprit: a 20-plus-pound turkey.
Updated: 02:38 AM
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| Cops: Mass. woman stole soda just for can deposit |
Authorities say a Massachusetts woman bought $64 worth of soda using a stolen welfare benefits card, then immediately fed the full cans into the supermarket’s automated redemption machine for the nickel deposit.
Updated: 11:08 AM
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