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Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator
A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator — the heaviest ever certified in Texas — on his first alligator hunt. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials say 18-year-old Braxton Bielski bagged the record gator last week at Choke Canyon State Park, about 90 miles south ...
Exhibition of secretly shot photos upsets NYers
Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows. Photographer Arne Svenson pointed his camera at the oversized windows of the Tribeca (try-BEHK'-uh) building from his second-floor apartment across the street. The images show residents doing mundane things ...
Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru
A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later — in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works. The Tri-City Herald reports (http://bit.ly/11H2tDS ) Virginia Maiden called police Tuesday after seeing her SUV in the drive-thru. Officers arrested the driver, ...
Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race
What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin. Marvic Feraren and Boyet Py both received 3,236 votes for mayor of San Teodoro town in Mindoro Oriental province in Monday's elections. The ...
Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride
A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus. The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat newspaper (http://bit.ly/14nGOx0) reports the white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus being driven Tuesday evening in Johnstown, about 65 miles east of Pittsburgh. The deer hopped around frantically near the driver before jumping ...
Raw: Carney Pokes Fun at His 'Many Faces'
White House press secretary Jay Carney started Wednesday's briefing by poking fun at the many faces he has made from his podium recently. The Washington Post put together a collage of his reactions to questioning from reporters on Tuesday. ...
Raw: Congressman Balances Questions, Kid on Lap
Rep. Mel Watt of North Carolina had questions for Attorney General Eric Holder at a House judiciary committee meeting on Wednesday. At the same time, Watt was wrestling with a grandson in his lap. (May 15)
Tiny camera in Illinois offers bug's eye view
A tiny new camera developed at an Illinois university is giving researchers a bug's eye view. The camera created by a research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is about the size of a penny and mimics insects' bulging eyes. It features 180 micro-lenses, giving it a panoramic ...
Raw: Giant Rubber Duck Meets Sorry End
The giant, globe-trotting rubber duck that was towed into Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour in early May left hundreds of tourists disappointed on Wednesday as it floated deflated and flat. Organizers said it was deflated for maintenance. (May 1...
Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion
Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef. Lai, owner of Miya's Sushi, tells the New Haven Register (http://bit.ly/16eNZfy ) that he plans to fill a ...
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