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Llama busts loose in Florida, subdued with taser
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Scooter the llama busted out of his penned-in yard in Tallahassee, it took three county sheriff’s deputies and a taser gun to get him back in again. The 6-foot-tall, 7-y...
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City wonders who won big lottery jackpot
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — It’s been two long weeks since the small city of Zephyrhills learned that a $590 million Powerball ticket was sold at a supermarket here. No one expected the winner to come f...
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Storm chasers die in pursuit of fatal tornado
Three veteran storm chasers died doing what they loved: roaming the Great Plains in search of dangerous storms like the one in Oklahoma that ended their final pursuit. Tim Samaras, his son Paul ...
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Associated Press Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin listens to Canadian Valley Technology Center Superintendent Dr. Greg Winters as he shows where students took shelter inside the school Sunday in El Reno, Okla. A tornado hit the school and surrounding areas on May 31.
Damaging storms moving through northeast, south
PORTLAND, Maine — Damaging winds flattened trees and utility wires and knocked out power in parts of northern New England on Sunday, flights were delayed in New York City and a tornado touched down...
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Reluctant witness in Tennessee faces charges, prison time
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two and a half years ago, federal prosecutors announced with great fanfare the indictments of about 30 people accused of operating a multistate child sex trafficking operation ru...
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Associated Press An Atlantic puffin flies with a mouthful of hake on its way to feed its chick in 2007 on Eastern Egg Rock, Maine. Scientists say the comical-looking seabirds have been dying of starvation and losing body weight, possibly because of shifting fish populations due to warming ocean temperatures.
Atlantic puffins populations in peril on US coasts
PORTLAND, Maine — The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world. In the Gulf of Maine, the comical-...
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Associated Press Wayne Losey, co-founder of Dynamo DevLabs, speaks about 3-D printing during the Hardware Innovation Workshop on May 15 in San Mateo, Calif. With the printers users make whatever they like, iPad stands, guitars, jewelry, someone even made a rifle.
3-D printing becomes reality
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Invisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printe...
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Homeowners battle insurance premiums
Associated Press GULF SHORES, Ala. — When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insurance. ...
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Associated Press A truck leaves Smithfield Foods Friday in Smithfield, Va. Smithfield Foods has agreed to be bought by Shuanghui International Holdings for about $4.72 billion. Residents in this southeastern Virginia town have mixed reactions to the idea that the maker of their famous cured hams may soon be owned by a Chinese company.
Home of hams ponders buyout
SMITHFIELD, Va. — You can’t go far in this historic southeastern Virginia town without seeing a pig. A herd of life-size swine statues lines its downtown, an ornament of a piglet wearing a banda...
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Associated Press Cars damaged by a tornado sit in a parking lot Friday at Canadian Valley Technical Center on State Highway 66, west of Banner Road in El Reno, Okla.
Frightened residents flee tornadoes
OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s a warning as familiar as a daily prayer for Tornado Alley residents: When a twister approaches, take shelter in a basement or low-level interior room or closet, away from windo...
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