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Thousands of revelers descend on NYC for annual Santa-themed bar crawl SantaCon
Thousands descended on New York City for the annual SantaCon charity pub crawl. ByThe Associated Press December 9, 2023, 1:11…
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Greek army destroys World War II bomb found during excavation for luxury development near Athens
Greek army specialists have destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive urban development project…
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US Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport
Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of a Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked…
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A toddler lost in the woods is found asleep using family dog as a pillow
Police say a 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with two family dogs was…
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Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman’s brain in Australia
CANBERRA, Australia — A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm…
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A power outage in New Jersey was due to an unlikely culprit: a fish likely put there by a bird
Officials say a New Jersey power outage a week ago was due to an unlikely culprit — a fish SAYREVILLE,…
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Our bears are real, a Chinese zoo says, denying they are ‘humans in disguise’
A zoo in eastern China is denying suggestions some of its bears might be people in costumes after photos of…
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‘Lioness’ on the loose? More experts join police in second-day search for elusive animal
The search for an elusive and potentially dangerous animal sighted on the edge of Berlin and suspected to be a…
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Officers round up hundreds of pigs from overwhelmed Florida animal sanctuary
Officials say animal control officers rounded up more than 600 pigs from an animal sanctuary in Florida after their overwhelmed…
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Indian official suspended after he drains reservoir to retrieve phone he dropped while taking selfie
A government official in India has been suspended from his job after he ordered a water reservoir to be drained…
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