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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is facing felony charges after police said he let a 12-year-old girl drive his SUV and told her to speed because he wanted to be a “cool father” — even though he’s not her dad. Arrest reports say Shaun Michaelsen told the arresting officer

Anthony J.:“Engineers designed new sides for the sidewalk to help with wind resistance but didn’t take into account the EXTREME sound it creates when wind passes through it. The bridge sings crazy songs now it’s so trippy. It hurts the ears and unbearable it’s that loud.”

NEW YORK (AP) — No victory lap for a racehorse named after Dr. Anthony Fauci. A 2-year-old colt named Fauci finished second in his debut race yesterday at New York’s Belmont Park. Spoiling his run: a horse named Prisoner. In March, the co-owner of the horse named it Fauci to honor the

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Imagine being asked to look after a 7-year-old — only to have him get out of your sight? That’s what happened to zoo officials at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. One of its giant male pandas on loan from China escaped its enclosure yesterday — and roamed the

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — It wasn’t buried — but it sure was a treasure. And finally, after more than a decade, it has been found. The man who created the bounty says that a man has found the bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables worth more than $1 million. Forrest Fenn,

GRANDVIEW, W. Va. (AP) — Authorities say West Virginia woman and her husband faked her disappearance by pretending she plummeted from an overlook as part of a scheme to keep her out of having to go to prison. Julie and Rodney Wheeler were arrested Tuesday and charged with multiple fraud and

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say they had an easy time tracking down a petty thief, after he forgot his own son at the scene of the crime. Bautzen police said the 29-year-old suspect ran off when the five euros worth of goods he was trying to steal triggered an alarm at a supermarket