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March 19, 2019 at 9:36 pm

Mueller’s fans venerate him — and nervously await report

Her family wanted a puppy, so Alicia Barnett dreamed they would find one that was smart, steady and a bit mysterious. She hoped their new addition could share a personality — and a name — with the man who has become her rather unlikely idol. And so, the Barnetts' new chocolate Lab was christened Mueller... VIEW

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March 20, 2019 at 9:38 am

Kansas artist carves out Beto O’Rourke image in Texas field

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Beto O'Rourke's face has been temporarily enshrined in a Texas field as the former Democratic congressman runs for president. A 2-acre...

March 20, 2019 at 9:13 am

Preschool teachers made kids stand naked in closet as punishment, police claim

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Two staff members at a Metro East preschool program were placed on administrative leave this week after authorities investigated claims...

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March 20, 2019 at 4:44 am

Dozens of rattlesnakes removed from under Texas home

ALBANY, Texas (AP) — A Texas homeowner who reported seeing "a few" snakes under his home actually had dozens of rattlesnakes living beneath his house....

This photo provided by Baltimore County police shows surveillance video of an armed robbery with a suspect dressed in the unicorn costume. Baltimore County police have captured Jacob William Rogge, suspected of robbing a convenience store on Saturday, March 17, 2019 dressed in a unicorn costume. Rogge donned a pink-and-white unicorn costume and smashed a High’s Dairy Store register with a crowbar. Police say 27-year-old Joseph Philip Svezzese drove Rogge, who fled with cash and cigarettes.(Baltimore County police via AP) NY118 NY118

March 19, 2019 at 6:44 am

Police: Unicorn-costumed robbery suspect has been unmasked

BALDWIN, Md. (AP) — The robbery suspect wore a unicorn costume, and police in Maryland say he has been unmasked. News outlets report that Baltimore...

March 18, 2019 at 2:43 am

New Jersey man returns library book 53 years late

FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man says he has returned an overdue library book — 53 years after he first borrowed the...

March 15, 2019 at 11:23 am

Southern Illinois road closes for spring snake migration

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — A stretch of road in southern Illinois is closed to allow snakes and amphibians the chance to migrate to their summer...

March 15, 2019 at 4:56 am

Florida man finds bright green iguana in toilet, calls 911

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man called 911 after going to the bathroom and finding a bright green iguana swimming in his toilet....

In this March 4, 2019, photo, Jamie Adams shows some intact beer bottles recovered from the shipwreck of the SS Oregon at his St. James Brewery in Holbrook, N.Y. Adams created an ale called Deep Ascent using the yeast from the bottles recovered from the Liverpool-to-New York luxury liner that sank off Fire Island in 1886. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NYSW201 NYSW201

March 14, 2019 at 10:15 pm

Taste of history: Yeast from 1886 shipwreck makes new brew

"Just the concept that they could bring a beer bottle up from the bottom of the ocean ... then be able to extract the yeast...

March 14, 2019 at 9:12 am

Moving day: Bear family living in highway median relocated

TEMPLETON, Mass. (AP) — A portion of a Massachusetts highway was shut down while state wildlife officials moved a family of bears that had set...

March 14, 2019 at 7:00 am

Google employee breaks world record calculating 31.4 trillion digits of Pi

The value of Pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, has new meaning on this Pi Day.

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