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Dig at Pilgrim and Native American memorial sparks intrigue

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Archaeologists combing a hill near Plymouth Rock where a park will be built in tribute to the Pilgrims and their Native American predecessors have...

Glue gaffe: 2 men freed in Greece after drug bust mix-up

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THESSALONIKI, Greece — A public prosecutor in northern Greece cleared two men arrested on drug trafficking charges after authorities acknowledged that a white substance...

Colby would be official Wisconsin cheese under bill

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MADISON, Wis. — In cheese-obsessed Wisconsin, which proudly touts itself as America's Dairyland, the dairy cow is the official domestic animal, milk is the...

Big cats, bears, ferrets get COVID-19 vaccine at Oakland Zoo

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OAKLAND, Calif. — A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a...

Picasso kept in Maine house closet for 50 years is sold

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AMESBURY, Mass. — A mixed-media painting attributed to Pablo Picasso has been sold after spending 50 years in a closet in a house in...

Venomous snake captured in North Carolina capital

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A venomous snake has been captured two days after it was spotted on the loose in a neighborhood of North Carolina’s...

Maine course: Error sends dumpling machine to wrong Portland

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PORTLAND, Maine — Trying to fill this dumpling order left one business in a pinch: A common but disruptive shipping error sent a custom...

Affidavit: FBI feared Pennsylvania would seize fabled gold

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An FBI agent applied for a federal warrant in 2018 to seize a cache of gold that he said had been “stolen during the...

Holy cow, not again! More bovines get loose in a US town

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The revenge of the cows heated up Thursday with yet another instance of a herd getting loose in a U.S. community. ...

Ohio ends incentive lottery with mixed vaccination results

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio, the state that launched the national movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost vaccination rates, planned to...