From the Associated Press
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English women's league showdown delayed by teams wearing matching socksLONDON (AP) -- A top-of-the table English Women's Soccer League game with a crowd of nearly 33,000 suffered a delayed kickoff on Friday because the teams had matching socks.
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Bees cause a buzz and lengthy disruption at Indian Wells tennis during Alcaraz vs Zverev matchINDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) -- A swarm of bees forced a nearly two-hour disruption to the quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.
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Blue jersey, brown shorts, white socks: Belgium's new kit a tribute to comic book legend TintinBRUSSELS (AP) -- If Kevin De Bruyne goes back to his old haircut, he will make a perfect Tintin at the soccer European Championship this summer.
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A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole streetCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- The inhabitants of Copenhagen's freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which have led to deadly gang turf wars and sometimes violent confrontations with the police.
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Staff at a Virginia wildlife center pretend to be red foxes as they care for an orphaned kitRICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Employees of the Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia are doing their best to act like mother foxes as they feed and care for an orphaned kit that found her way into their care.
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Double-swiping the rewards card led to free gas for months -- and a felony theft chargeLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A Nebraska woman allegedly found a lucrative quirk at a gas station pump -- double-swipe the rewards card and get free gas!
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Belgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is leaked. Is it a tribute to comic-strip hero Tintin?BRUSSELS (AP) -- Some Belgium soccer players in the European Championship this summer could resemble a world famous reporter.
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Auburn student makes a 94-foot, length-of-the-court putt and wins a carAUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- An Auburn University student connected on a long-distance shot, draining a length-of-the-basketball court putt on Saturday to win a car.
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Weather beatdown leaves towering Maine landmark surrounded by crime scene tapeSKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) -- Crime scene tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian, a local landmark in Maine, after an assault by Mother Nature.
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What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky skijoringLEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) -- Nick Burri clicks into his ski bindings, squats to stretch his knees and scans the snowy race course. Moments later, he's zipping past a series of gates at high speed and hurtling off jumps. But it's not gravity pulling him toward the finish line: It's the brute force of a quarter horse named Sirius.
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How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in AprilWASHINGTON (AP) -- When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes?
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Rare 2-faced calf born last month at a Louisiana farm is flourishing despite the oddsABBEVILLE, La. (AP) -- A rare calf born with two faces -- four eyes, two noses, two mouths and two ears -- continued to flourish Thursday, eight days after its birth at a southwest Louisiana farm.
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Nothing to sniff at: Bill would help pay to retire Ohio drug-detecting K9s under legal cannabisWHITEHALL, Ohio (AP) -- Two Ohio lawmakers are looking to ease a looming financial burden on law enforcement agencies in their state that will have to replace marijuana-sniffing dogs after voters approved a plan last year to legalize recreational marijuana use.
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A small earthquake and 'Moodus Noises' are nothing new for one Connecticut townEAST HAMPTON, Conn. (AP) -- Donna Lindstrom was lying in bed and looking at her phone Wednesday morning when she heard a loud bang that rattled her 19th-century house in the central Connecticut town of East Hampton.
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Wayward 450-pound pig named Kevin Bacon hams it up for home security cameraIn Hollywood, actor Kevin Bacon is a big star. In Wisconsin's Kenosha County, Kevin Bacon is one big pig!
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4 are charged with concealing a corpse, evidence tampering in Long Island body parts caseBABYLON, N.Y. (AP) -- Four people were charged Wednesday with concealing a human corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with the discovery of body parts in parks on Long Island.
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Luck strikes twice for Kentucky couple who lost, then found, winning lottery ticketLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Luck struck twice for a Kentucky couple who thought they lost a winning Powerball ticket.
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Best cameo? Best hat? Ahead of the Oscars, AP hands out its own awardsThe Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important. Ahead of Sunday's Oscars, AP Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle make selections for their own awards -- some more offbeat than others.
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Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake CityThe gnarled icon of the Old West -- ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows -- rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
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Venus flytrap poachers face arrest warrants in taking of hundreds of rare plantBOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (AP) --