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LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) — Ok, so maybe it isn’t the World Cup, or even the World Series. But there is a result in an international competition pitting contestants in Kansas against their British counterparts. And in yesterday’s

UNDATED (AP) — Some crimes are solved by following a paper trail. Some are solved by investigators following a money trail. In this case, authorities in Florida made quick work of an investigation into a drug store

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A case of deliberate mistaken identity has gotten a California inmate free from jail. Authorities in Utah say inmate Kaleb Wiewandt ended up being “released” from lockup Tuesday night — because he

    OLIVEHURST, Calif. (AP) — A paraglider spent three hours trapped in power lines before being rescued in northern California. The paraglider, who wasn’t immediately identified, was facing the ground with the wires as his only

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The salvage firm that has plucked silverware, china and gold coins from the wreckage of the Titanic now wants to recover the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Machine that transmitted the doomed ship’s distress calls.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — You can say a man trying to rob a chicken joint in Louisville, Kentucky picked the wrong “date” to pull off the heist. That’s because the date he tried to rob the place

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — He stopped to do a good deed for a fellow motorist — and almost lost his life in the process. Authorities in North Carolina say a FedEx truck driver stopped to help a

NEW YORK (AP) — If you have ever used computer shortcuts like “cut,” “copy” and “paste,” you might want to tip your cap to a man named Larry Tesler. The Silicon Valley pioneer who invented the valuable

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — He tried to get a man’s goat — literally — but got arrested, instead. Authorities in Stafford County, Virginia say they got a call from a property owner who spotted a thief on

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A Utah man whose body was found in a freezer exonerated his wife by leaving a typed, notarized note saying she bore no responsibility in his death.   The note left by Paul Edward

DALLAS (AP) — Italy has its Leaning Tower of Pisa. And now Dallas has a rival leaning tower. In this case, the “Leaning Tower of Dallas” came into being when an 11-story building that was being imploded

CROYDON, N.H. (AP) — When the police chief of the New Hampshire town of Croydon was told he was being stripped of his duties, he took the news quite literally. Tuesday night, Richard Lee was told the

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is upset that he can’t bring a life-sized cutout of President Donald Trump for emotional support during his kidney dialysis treatments. Nelson Gibson tells WPBF that no one

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A nearly 400-year-old painting that had long been attributed to someone in Rembrandt’s workshop has now been judged to have been a work of the Dutch master himself. For decades, the Allentown Art

HONOLULU (AP) – Police in Hawaii are investigating the theft of fruit valued at about $1,000 including durian, which is known for its powerful odor. The Hawaii Police Department says two men entered a property in Hilo

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — It would have been a glowing moment of triumph. But an effort to break a world record for the most sparklers lit at once has fizzled — because of a technicality. People in