FAIRBANKS, Alaska – People who want to participate in Alaska’s biggest guessing contest have until Sunday to buy tickets for the Nenana Ice Classic. Thousands of people each year pay to try to guess the exact date and time the ice will break up on the Tanana River in Nenana. …
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MITCHELL, S.D. – Police officers who responded to what they thought was a robbery of a South Dakota bank found a school tour instead. Sgt. Dave Beintema told The Daily Republic newspaper (http://bit.ly/1bdNypJ ) that students were being given a tour of the First Dakota National Bank in Mitchell on …
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GREENSBURG, Pa. – A man who was arrested for robbing a western Pennsylvania bank when he stopped to eat biscuits at a nearby restaurant will spend two to four years in prison. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/1K0lDr8) reports 32-year-old Shane Lindsey, of Arnold, was sentenced by a Westmoreland County judge on …
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BELEN, N.M. – A group of people in New Mexico say they cooked the world’s longest tamale Saturday morning. Luis Hernandez of the ABQ West Chamber of Commerce says that a team of more than 30 chefs at Viva II, a three-day celebration of the state’s heritage, assembled a 116-foot. …
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An office employee’s unusual lunchtime habit of narrating her food consumption out loud as she eats it has become the center of a workplace debate. The woman routinely comments on her meals, uttering things like, “Mmm, spicy little pickle today,” or “OK, let’s give this baby carrot a crunch,” according …
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Archaeologists in the United Kingdom recently unearthed ancient relics beneath a bustling marketplace — including the remains of a “vile” dungeon. Announcing the discovery in a Sept. 23 press release, officials at the University of Leicester said the dig yielded “extraordinary evidence of 2,000 years of human activity” in Leicester’s …
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A man fed up by his roommate’s 5:30 a.m. smoothie habit garnered overwhelming support on the internet from people sympathetic to his dilemma — and his clever way of trying to deal with it. The man, who shared in a Reddit post that he’s 30 years old and from Melbourne, …
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Liv Cleary, a sports reporter for KEZI covering theOregon State-Lafayette game, went viral after fans interrupted her live shot with a new Generation Alpha meme trend. Bombarded by game watchers during her report, one attendee was several decibels higher than the others as he shouted “6-7” multiple times behind the …
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A hobbyist’s keen eye led authorities to a human skull on the bank of an Indiana river — a find that turned out to be over 4,000 years old. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office announced the discovery in an Oct. 9 press release. The skull, which was reported to authorities …
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A Florida Uber Eats driver is facing child neglect charges after his young, nonverbal son with autism was found wandering naked on a busy interstate entrance ramp. Jeremy Rouse, 35, allegedly admitted to police that he realized his son was no longer in the car with him, but he continued …
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