Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters’ wurst nightmare
SHREWSBURY, Pa. -- A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged ...
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Parents were given their deceased son’s brain by funeral homes, lawsuit alleges
Two funeral homes allegedly gave grieving parents their deceased son's brain in a box, which began to smell, leaked into ...
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The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
NEW YORK -- For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? ...
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15 sets of twins are graduating from one New York high school
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- A high school in the suburbs of New York City will be seeing double on graduation day ...
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Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in a record-high helicopter rescues
Rescuers fetched two men struck by lightning from a Colorado peak in what they believe were the highest helicopter rescues ...
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Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year
MINNEAPOLIS -- More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening ...
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A 700-pound boulder pins Alaska man face-down in a glacier creek for three hours
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska man who was pinned facedown in an icy creek by a 700-pound (318-kilogram) boulder for ...
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Pregnant news anchor stays on air during labor
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Local news co-anchor Olivia Jaquith went ahead with a three-hour morning newscast even after her labor contractions ...
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The force is strong: Why ‘Star Wars’ fans say ‘May the 4th be with you’
It didn't begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels ...
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Despite broken car mirrors, Mass. residents take woodpecker invasion in stride
ROCKPORT, Mass. -- Rockport residents have a history of fighting off invaders, but not this time.During the War of 1812, ...
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