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Posted on: Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 4:01am
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- An African leopard tortoise thought to be stolen from an Iowa museum was actually trapped behind paneling in her enclosure, and a misguided employee who found her lied... READ MORE »

Posted on: Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 4:01am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Officials say a Philadelphia firefighter has died after part of a roof collapsed during a blaze he was battling. Amy Daly, a nursing supervisor at Jefferson University... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, April 6, 2013 - 10:25pm
MAHANOY CITY, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say an early morning fire in an apartment building claimed the lives of a couple and sent another person to the hospital. Fire... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, April 6, 2013 - 4:02am
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina hospital that recently changed its name has also adopted a new slogan: "Cheat Death." Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia has become CaroMont... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, April 5, 2013 - 8:30pm
SPRINGFIELD, Ga. (AP) -- A Georgia man unleashed his two pit bulls on a neighbor's pet pig that got loose in a mobile home park, then stabbed the animal 23 times in front of children and... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, April 5, 2013 - 8:14pm
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- So the goat that walked into a Montana bar last weekend ... was stolen from a petting zoo. Fairmont Hot Springs Resort general manager Steve Luebeck says staffers knew... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, April 5, 2013 - 5:10pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shoppers at a Target store in Brooklyn say a label that listed the color of a plus-size dress as "manatee gray" was insulting. The label for the same dress in smaller... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, April 5, 2013 - 4:02am
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Looking for a fast sports car with low miles? Sheriff's deputies in Reno may have a deal for you. A 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo that originally retailed for $180,000 is... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 7:00pm
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia high school has suspended an English teacher accused of buying beer for students. Authorities say 33-year-old Katherine Leigh Preusser was... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 4:45pm
CHICAGO (AP) -- Roger Ebert, the most famous and popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV... READ MORE »

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