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BLISSFIELD, Mich. - In Florida, they have alligators. In Arizona, they have rattlesnakes. In Michigan? Here's a tip: stay as far away from the geese as you possibly can. A southeastern Michigan high school golfer learned his lesson the hard way Sunday, April 22, after a Canada goose randomly attacked him as he was walking down the fairway of a golf course. According to a tweet from the Blissfield Athletics account, the group of golfers had just finished teeing off and were walking down the fairway and there was a goose nest to their left.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A 36-year-old Nashville, Tenn. man, who was known to dress up as Spiderman and wash the windows at a local children's hospital, has been sentenced to 105 years in prison for various child pornography crimes. Jarratt A. Turner was sentenced Monday, April 16 in U.S. District Court on multiple instances of production of child pornography and transportaion of child pornography. According to court records:
MINNEAPOLIS - Here’s a mystery you likely thought you’d never hear: how did a mummified monkey end up in the ceiling of a 116-year-old downtown Minneapolis department store? That is the question that everyone was wondering when the monkey was discovered by a group of construction workers doing restoration to the historic building on Nicollet Mall.
TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- Dog owners in this northeastern New Jersey town are desperately seeking answers after a local PetSmart store here has turned into a pet cemetery.
OWASSO, Okla.—The family of a 7-year-old Oklahoma boy who was born with two rare genetic conditions are now the proud new owners of a cat that shares the exact same characteristics. Madden Humphreys, of Owasso, Okla., was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. He also has a rare condition known as heterochromia iridum, which means his eyes are two different colors. For Madden, looking different than his peers, unfortunately, has resulted in several bullying-related incidents at school.
PONCE INLET, Fla. - A pair of Florida fisherman got the surprise of a lifetime Saturday, March 24, when a massive great white shark decided to circle their fishing boat. The two fisherman, Kyle Morningstar and Ian Smith, of Port Orange, Fla., happened to capture the shark circling the boat on video with their cell phones.
Actress DuShon Monique Brown, who most-recently starred in the network television series "Chicago Fire," has died, according to TMZ . She was 49. Dick Wolf, producer of Chicago Fire, released a statement early Friday evening, March 23, regarding the sudden death of Brown.
TULUM, Mexico -- A southwestern Iowa family of four, who had been reported missing, was found dead in their vacation condominium in Mexico, according to police. Kevin Sharp, 41, his wife Amy Sharp, 38, and their two children, Sterling Sharp, 12, and Adrianna Sharp, 7, were found dead in Mexico, according to a Sioux Falls Argus Leader report. The U.S. State Department confirmed the bodies of four U.S. citizens were found in Akumal, Mexico, a city near Tulum.
BUFFALO, Minn. — A 17-year-old Minnesota woman crashed through the front of the building here that administers driver's license tests — while she was attempting to pass the road portion of her driver's license exam. Buffalo Police said in a Facebook post that the incident happened around 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in the 10 block of First Avenue South in Buffalo, a town of about 15,000 residents in Minnesota's Wright County northwest of Minneapolis.
The original story of the 1950 Disney classic “Cinderella” never included pizza.