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12 Sep. 2019

Cockpit coffee spill forces commercial jet to make emergency landing

A commercial flight with 326 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing when hot coffee was accidentally spilled over the cockpit control panel over the Atlantic ocean, according to a report on Thursday.

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6 Mar. 2020

Look: Cat rescued from inside wall of Massachusetts home

Firefighters in Massachusetts conducted an unusual rescue at a resident’s home where they had to cut through a wall to free the family’s cat.

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31 Aug. 2019

Maurice the Rooster pitches city slickers against locals in rural France

A loud 4-year-old rooster called Maurice on an island off the French Atlantic shore has pitted a couple of city slickers who bought a second home next door against his owners, and stirred a nationwide debate.

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2 Sep. 2019

Czech doctors deliver baby girl 117 days after mother’s brain-death

When a helicopter rushed an unconscious Czech woman who had suffered a severe stroke to hospital in April, her chances of survival were slim – and those of the fetus she had carried in her womb for 15 weeks little better.

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4 Mar. 2020

Checkout clerk’s advice earns Maryland woman $100,000

A Maryland woman said heeding a checkout clerk’s advice paid off when she scored a $100,000 lottery jackpot.

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10 Mar. 2020

Farm fire caused by pedometer-eating pigs

Firefighters in Britain said crews responding to a fire at a farm discovered the flames were caused by pigs eating a pedometer.

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2 Mar. 2020

Maryland Lottery player wins $50,000 Fast Play jackpot on first try

A Maryland woman won a $50,000 jackpot on her first first attempt at the Maryland Lottery’s new Fast Play games.

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3 Oct. 2019

Italian astronaut to watch World Cup match from space

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will be cheering on his team from space when they take on South Africa in their pivotal Rugby World Cup clash.

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4 Mar. 2020

Watch: Woman nearly stomped by moose in Colorado

A Colorado woman captured video of another woman approaching a loose moose at the side of a road and nearly getting stomped by the animal.

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20 Sep. 2019

Alien enthusiasts descend on Nevada desert near secretive U.S. base

Scores of UFO enthusiasts converged on rural Nevada on Thursday for a pilgrimage of sorts to the U.S. installation known as Area 51, long rumored to house government secrets about alien life, as law enforcement officials beefed up security around the military base.

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10 Mar. 2020

Maryland man wins a second lottery jackpot one year later

A Maryland man who won a $50,000 jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket said the windfall is his second big prize in about a year.

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23 Sep. 2019

From tree to chair without the carpentry: UK couple grows furniture

On a two-acre field in England’s Midlands, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking sustainability to the next level: they harvest trees which they train to grow into chairs.

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