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Posted on: Friday, July 4, 2014 - 2:24pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- High-ranking chowhound Joey "Jaws" Chestnut dropped to one knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend before Friday's annual hot dog eating contest, then packed away 61... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, July 4, 2014 - 12:57am
NOME, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska wildlife officials have turned to an unusual source in efforts to persuade a herd of musk oxen to leave this Bering Sea coastal town for good. Bear urine. Some... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, July 4, 2014 - 12:54am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- How strong is that pina colada? Depending on how it's made, it could contain as much alcohol as two glasses of wine. The National Institutes of Health is trying to... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, July 4, 2014 - 12:49am
IRWIN, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man says Jerry Seinfeld left him a nice "thank you" note after borrowing the man's rare car for the comedian's latest episode of "Comedians in Cars... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 12:46am
PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Police in Provo, Utah, have arrested a 46-year-old woman accused of attempting to buy methamphetamine from an off-duty police officer and claiming the purchase was a... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 12:42am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pittsburgh couple has been jailed on child endangerment charges after police say they left the woman's 2-year-old boy outside in a hot, parked car while they drank in a... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 4:16am
BLACK CANYON CITY, Ariz. (AP) -- A man is accused of animal cruelty after hundreds of domesticated rats have been found dead or dying in a north-central Arizona travel trailer. Yavapai... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 4:10am
RINGWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- A frightened bear cub got its head stuck in an oversized cookie jar while rummaging through some trash and had to be rescued from a tree in New Jersey. Environmental... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 4:00am
SAN JOSE LAS FLORES, Guatemala (AP) -- The mother of a Guatemalan boy whose body was found in the desert about a mile from Texas' southern border said Tuesday she begged him not to make the... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 4:15am
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin woman who lost her diamond wedding ring five years ago had given up all hope of finding it after searching high and low. It turns out her... READ MORE »

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