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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island mistakenly sent more than 175 tax refund checks signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. WPRI-TV reports the Rhode Island Division of Taxation uses the signatures on test files, which were mistakenly printed on the real checks and sent out on Monday. The

By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rescue divers have pulled Paralympic hopeful DeWalt Mix’s prosthetic leg from the bottom of a Long Beach marina following several days of searching. Mix, who is training for Tokyo’s 2021 Paralympics, lost the leg Sunday as he was

WEST ADDISON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont skydiver who lost his prosthetic leg during a jump has it back, thanks to a farmer who spotted it in a soybean field. Double amputee Chris Marckres went for a jump Saturday at Vermont Skydiving Adventures in West Addison and lost one of his prosthetic legs

CHICAGO – The Chicago Police Department Bomb Squad destroyed an apparent WWII artillery shell last week.   According to CPD a resident was digging in his yard in the 3000 block of W. 38th PL when the device was discovered.  The Bomb squad took the device to another location and used a

MIAMI (AP) — A news outlet reports that a pet dog that jumped out of a car window on a South Carolina highway has been found two weeks later nearly 600 miles away. Tim Whitfield, whose 90-year-old mother owns the dog named Belle, says the pet escaped from a moving car near Charleston on July