From the Associated Press
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Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped insideWINSTED, Conn. (AP) -- Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the Connecticut home.
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Gizmo the dog went missing in Las Vegas in 2015. He's been found alive after 9 yearsLAS VEGAS (AP) -- Judith Monarrez crumpled onto her kitchen floor and wept when the news arrived in an email: Gizmo, her pet dog missing for nine years, had been found alive.
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Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decidesConsumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat.
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Argentina coach slams chaotic 'scandal' at Olympic soccer match vs MoroccoThe head of Argentina's soccer federation said the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco on Wednesday "makes no sense," and coach Javier Mascherano called the scene "a scandal."
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Olympic soccer gets off to violent and chaotic start as Morocco fans rush the field vs ArgentinaSAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) -- The Olympic men's soccer tournament got off to a violent and chaotic start Wednesday with Morocco's shocking 2-1 win against two-time gold medalist Argentina.
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Officials overturn Argentina goal that prompted Morocco fans to invade pitch and pause play in Olympic soccer openerSAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) -- Officials overturn Argentina goal that prompted Morocco fans to invade pitch and pause play in Olympic soccer opener.
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Whale surfaces, capsizes fishing boat off New Hampshire coastRYE, N.H. (AP) -- Two fishermen are safe after a whale crashed onto their boat, capsizing it off the New Hampshire shore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Oscar Mayer Wienermobile flips onto its side after crash along suburban Chicago highwayOAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) -- An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile got into a pickle on a Chicago highway.
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Frozen treats, cold showers and lots of ice; Florida zoo works to protect animals from summer heatWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Malayan tigers and Aldabra tortoises are native to hot and humid lands, but that doesn't mean they don't enjoy a frozen treat on a hot Florida summer day.
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Detroit's giant slide is back. There will probably be fewer bruises this timeDETROIT (AP) -- A giant slide in Detroit reopened Friday, and no one lost a tooth -- yet.
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Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fansThe Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a new resident -- a rare orange lobster that was rescued from a shipment of crustaceans delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado.
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No kidding! King Charles III bestows royal title on rare golden goat breedLONDON (AP) -- King Charles III has bestowed a royal title on a rare golden goat breed.
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These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted themWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- They were billed as artworks by Pablo Picasso, paintings so valuable that an Australian art museum's decision to display them in an exhibition restricted to women visitors provoked a gender discrimination lawsuit. The paintings again prompted international headlines when the gallery re-hung them in a women's restroom to sidestep a legal ruling that said men could not be barred from viewing them.
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This nearly 10-foot Gatsby sub is made by a South African restaurant with a taste for the supersizedCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- The idea came -- as the nutty ones often do -- over a few drinks in a bar.
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His brother was found dead, his mother was arrested, then this baby was found crawling by a highwayNEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old "miracle baby" survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside the day after his 4-year-old brother was found dead and his mother was arrested in Mississippi.
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'We have to be wacky.' With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo's patienceTOKYO (AP) -- Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before, with nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing.
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Bertoletti, Sudo win top dog honors at Nathan's Famous power-eating contest, absent longtime champNEW YORK (AP) -- Patrick Bertoletti gobbled up 58 hot dogs to win his first men's title Thursday at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, taking advantage of the absence of the event's biggest star. In the women's competition, defending champion Miki Sudo won her 10th title and set a new world record by downing 51 links.
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Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago wins his first men's title at the annual Nathan's hot dog eating contestNEW YORK (AP) -- Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago wins his first men's title at the annual Nathan's hot dog eating contest.
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Defending champion Miki Sudo wins women's division at annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contestNEW YORK (AP) -- Defending champion Miki Sudo wins women's division at annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.
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Yes, some animals can have babies without a mate. Here's howA boa constrictor in the U.K. gave birth to 14 babies -- without a mate.