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In Alaska's Fat Bear Week election, there's no party like a salmon party
In many ways, it's a model election. The campaign runs for only one week, and all the candidates are well-grounded and devoid of hypocrisy.In fact, all… -
She faked her kidnapping to go back to her ex. Now she'll get 18 months in prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Northern California mother of two was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to… -
She lost her phone paddleboarding in Rockport. A scuba diver found it the next day.
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Blind judge gets to put the pedal to the metal, driving car on dirt track in Michigan
MT. MORRIS, Mich. (AP) — A blind Michigan judge went for a drive and a sheriff rode shotgun.As 100 people watched, Richard Bernstein of the Michigan… -
Scientists are stumped why quakes keep hitting this small South Carolina town
ELGIN, S.C. — David Horne remembers exactly where he was when the first earthquake hit his town of Elgin, S.C., on Dec. 27, 2021.He was relaxing on his… -
An inside look at how the Girl Scouts chose their next cookie flavor, Raspberry Rally
A new Girl Scout cookie has joined the lineup. Meet Raspberry Rally, which is being called the sister of the iconic Thin Mint. Or is it a challenger?"We… -
For 35 years, this couple has been celebrating their anniversary with a banana split
For Brad and Susan Wall, a banana split from Dairy Queen is their version of a time machine."No matter how much we've grown and changed over the years,… -
Meet this year's child Mullet Championship finalists
Call it a Kentucky Waterfall, a Tennessee Top Hat or a Missouri Compromise, at the end of the day it's the same iconic haircut: the mullet. And now fans… -
Magnet fishing got people hooked, but China and green tech are threatening its future
A World War I-era warhead and a dead blacktip shark attached to a metal hook are just some of the things magnet fishers have retrieved around the U.S.… -
A stranded whale is removed from the Seine River and will be moved to saltwater
PARIS — A beluga whale stranded for several days in the Seine River was successfully removed from the French waterway Wednesday in preparation for a…