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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Researchers say they’ve come across a nearly 13-foot great white shark with teeth marks on its jaw and head. They say it was likely bitten by an even bigger shark. The Charlotte Observer

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis elected official’s new pay-by-the hour bar is angering another Democratic official. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that customers aren’t charged by the drink at recorder of deeds and city Democratic

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) — They found Orville.  The National Park Service says a bust of Orville Wright that was stolen from the Wright Brothers National Memorial on the North Carolina coast has been found. A news

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who was found nude inside a plumbing business is facing charges after being accused of using a forklift and a hammer to wreak havoc before taking a shower there.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say a brazen thief stole a Salvador Dali etching valued at $20,000 from a San Francisco gallery, then walked off down the street with the work in his hand. KGO-TV says the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say an Uber rider was struck and killed by a California Highway Patrol car on a Los Angeles freeway when he jumped out of the ride-share vehicle during a physical fight with

DEWEY BEACH, Del. (AP) — A windsurfer spent a night stranded and floating in waters off Delaware after his sail broke and no one could hear his calls for help. The Daily Times of Salisbury reported Sunday

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine has decided that eating like a pig could be a good thing, especially for schools looking to cut down on food waste. A law saying schools can

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A toy fox terrier that disappeared from its family’s south Florida home in 2007 was found this week over a thousand miles away in Pittsburgh. Humane Animal Rescue says the 14-year-old named Dutchess was

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A Hawaii family has attained a place among the Guinness World Records for harvesting the heaviest avocado on Earth. The Maui News reported Thursday that the Pokini family received the Guinness certificate this

NEWRY, Maine (AP) — A Delaware couple is the winner of the North American Wife Carrying Championship held at the Sunday River Resort in Maine. Olivia Rowling and Jerome Roehm of Team Lovebirds from Newark, Delaware, crossed

WOOD RIVER, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol says a trooper found nearly 70 pounds of marijuana inside gift-wrapped boxes in a vehicle. The discovery happened Thursday afternoon on Interstate 80 in south-central Nebraska. The trooper

HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — A TV news crew covering a storm at the New Jersey shore captured a couple’s engagement on camera. WNBC-TV in New York reports Tyler Osborne proposed Wednesday to Lisa Snyder at the spot

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky hotel clerk managed to force a thief out of her workplace by grabbing a gun he set down on the check-in counter while stuffing cash into a bag. Security video obtained

PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested a Florida man who provoked a small alligator into biting his arm and poured beer into the animal’s mouth. News outlets report 27-year-old Timothy Kepke and 22-year-old Noah

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of pairs of Nike knockoffs were seized at the Los Angeles-Long Beach ports complex recently in a shipment arriving from China, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday. Had the 14,800 pairs