Chicago’s Cook County now has over 60 coyotes fitted with radio collars (plus a good many uncollared ones) roaming parks, alleys, yards and thoroughfares in one of the biggest cities in America. The animals earn their keep eating small rodents, especially rats and voles. The Cook County, Illinois, Coyote Project calls itself “the largest urban study [...]

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(Sept. 27) — The British tycoon who owned the Segway company died after accidentally riding a rugged version of the two-wheeled machine off a cliff and into a river, according to published reports. Jimi Heselden, 62, plunged into the River Wharfe Sunday while checking on the grounds of his estate in northern England, theTelegraph reported. [...]

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DEARBORN, Mich. — A Michigan high school football team is holding preseason practices in the middle of the night to help its Muslim players practice both faith and football. The predominantly Muslim squad from Dearborn says the nocturnal regimen is a way for players to eat and drink while observing the holy month of daytime [...]

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he entire squad was forced onto a stage at the People’s Palace of Culture and subjected to criticism from Pak Myong-chol, the sports minister, as 400 government officials, students and journalists watched. The players were subjected to a “grand debate” on July 2 because they failed in their “ideological struggle” to succeed in South Africa, [...]

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Zara is 13 but has a rare genetic condition that makes her look much, much older than her years. She has the face of a grown woman, gaunt and wrinkled. But she’s a frightened teen inside. “It feels like people are looking down their noses at me and staring,” she said at her home in [...]

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Passengers on Thomas Cook flight TCX9641 from Menorca were told to expect an eight-hour wait while an engineer was flown out from the UK. One passenger then identified himself as a qualified aircraft engineer and offered to try to remedy the fault. He was successful, and the plane landed in Glasgow only 35 minutes late. [...]

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WARREN, Ohio – For some reason an Ohio woman was concealing not a weapon but a squirrel during a police interview. Last Friday, Warren, Ohio, police detective Wayne Mackey was questioning a witness on a murder case and at one point in the conversation she bent over and out came a baby squirrel. As you [...]

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A man got the shock of his life when he opened a loaf of bread and found a whole mouse inside. North Antrim Magistrates Court heard how a man purchased a Hyndman’s malt loaf from a supermarket in the Ballymoney area before Christmas 2007. When he unwrapped the loaf he discovered the small lifeless mammal [...]

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Probably the earliest fly swatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick. Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look at that word itself. MANKIND. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words “mank” and “ind.” What do these words mean? It’s a [...]

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A Howell man was ordered to stand trial on charges he exposed his genitals to a computer technician trying to fix his slow Internet service. The Comcast cable technician was the only prosecution witness to testify Wednesday at Chris Philip Trikes’ preliminary examination in Livingston County District Court. The hearing ended with Judge Carol Sue [...]

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I just read this article about President Elect Obama and how the law will basically make him turn in his BlackBerry and that he won’t be allowed to communicate via email due to the Presidential Records Act. How will he survive? …But before he arrives at the White House, he will probably be forced to [...]

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PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) – With a fox locked onto her arm, an Arizona jogger ran a mile to her car, where she was able to dislodge the animal, throw it into the trunk and drive to a Prescott hospital. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said the fox, which later attacked an animal control officer, tested [...]

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Iv’e been wanting to try the new Budweiser American Ale that we have all seen and heard about. It struck me as a significant moment in beer history that Budweiser has done this due to the huge explosion in craft breweries around the world. No longer are beers supposed to be plain and light, but [...]

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