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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Talk about “up, up and away.” A company is looking to take customers higher than they ever thought they could get. Florida-based Space Perspective is planning to use an advanced balloon to fly customers from Alaska to the highest reaches of Earth’s

MARGATE, Fla. (AP) — Knock, knock? Who’s there? Baby. Baby who? The baby delivered at the front door of a birthing center — as a doorbell video captured the scene. The Natural Birthworks center in Margate, Florida says a woman gave birth at the door of the center. The Miami Herald

BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — If you have ever seen the huge indoor aquarium at a Bass Pro Shop store, you may have had a fleeting thought about hopping in. But police in Bossier City, Louisiana say one man’s thoughts didn’t flee — and he fled from the store soaking wet after jumping

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — These days, being a public official means not only informing people about what’s going on — but also telling people what isn’t happening. The mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi pulled such double duty last week, when he announced that masks would be required in

GUILFORD, Connecticut – A Connecticut man escaped with minor injuries after falling 30 feet through the floor of a home into an abandoned well.   The Guilford Fire Department on Monday said the man was helping a friend move into the home that was built in 1843, plummeted into standing