From the Associated Press
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This ancient snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a tonWASHINGTON (AP) -- A ancient giant snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton, researchers reported Thursday.
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How many ballerinas can dance on tiptoes in one place? A world record 353 at New York's Plaza HotelNEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York's Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place.
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A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed TuesdayThe sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk, stopping noontime traffic on the city's busiest street before being loaded back into a trailer.
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A 9-year-old boy's dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance's story onlineThe one thing 9-year-old Cal Clifford wanted more than anything since he was a toddler was a pet octopus.
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Mountain goat stuck under Kansas City bridge survives rocky rescueAn escaped mountain goat that somehow got stuck under a Kansas City bridge has survived a rocky rescue effort and now may be reunited with the owners who suspect he was stolen from their farm two months ago.
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Who's really left-handed? In baseball, it can be hard to tellHOUSTON (AP) -- Houston's Yordan Alvarez might be the top left-handed hitter in Major League Baseball. Teammate Framber Valdez ranks among the best left-handed pitchers, too.
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First an earthquake, now an eclipse. Yankees to play ball on same day as another natural phenomenonNEW YORK (AP) -- A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New York City on Friday as the Yankees went through batting practice before their home opener.
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A new declaration in Mexico gives 19 cats roaming the presidential palace food and care fur-everMEXICO CITY (AP) -- They prowl through palace gardens stalking pigeons and make cameos on televised press briefings. Some greet tourists at the doors, while others take a sneaky lick of ice cream from staff.
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The world's oldest man says the secret to his longevity is luck, plus regular fish and chipsLONDON (AP) -- The world's oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation -- and fish and chips every Friday.
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A California dog missing since the summer is found in MichiganDETROIT (AP) -- A dog missing in California since the summer turned up more than 2,000 miles away in suburban Detroit.
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Gray wolves hadn't been seen in south Michigan since the 1900s. This winter, a local hunter shot oneMARSHALL, Mich. (AP) -- An animal a Michigan hunter thought was a big coyote when he shot it in January has been determined to be a gray wolf, the first time the species has been found in southern Michigan in more than a century, wildlife officials say.
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Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cupSYDNEY (AP) -- A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport.
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Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from New Jersey beachesBRICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jersey Shore beach season is almost here, and if last year is any indication, it will soon be time to pack the voodoo dolls, whoopie cushions, zip ties and denture powder.
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Thailand has a plan to contain the monkey mayhem in the popular tourist town of LopburiBANGKOK (AP) -- Thai wildlife officials laid out a plan on Wednesday to bring peace to a central Thai city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict.
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50 years later, a Braves fan shares long-private video of Hank Aaron's 715th home runSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Charlie Russo had an unbelievable view of Hank Aaron's record-breaking 715th home run. Fifty years later, he's ready to share it with the world.
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Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It's the biggest bug emergence in centuriesTrillions of evolution's bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.
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Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombiesThe periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren't just plentiful, they're downright weird.
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Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video showsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Police in New Mexico had all the horsepower in this chase: A shoplifter was detained outside a Walgreens this month after trying to outrun a horse-mounted police officer.
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Children race to collect marshmallows dropped from a helicopter at a Detroit-area parkSOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) -- It rained marshmallows at a suburban Detroit park on Friday as children raced to snatch up thousands of the gooey treats being dropped from a helicopter.
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Punxsutawney Phil, the spring-predicting groundhog, and wife Phyllis are parents of 2 babiesNow we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive each Feb. 2, does on the other 364 days.