PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The world’s smallest park has, once again, lost its lone tree. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports a stump is all that remains in Portland’s 2-foot-wide Mill Ends Park. On Thursday afternoon, tourists who had put the pint-sized park on their things-to-see list settled
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A cat that went missing two years ago in Florida during Hurricane Irma has been reunited with the pet’s owner. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office tweeted last week that the cat showed up at one of its offices in the Tampa area and deputies were hoping to
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DELAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say deputies in Florida arrested a man wanted for grand auto theft after confirming he was inside a home by watching the suspect live on Instagram. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy verified they were at the correct house Thursday night by
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ADA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio town long associated with the manufacturing of footballs has set a Guinness World Record for the most footballs thrown at once. The record-keeping organization certified the record, which was attempted Oct. 25 by 950 people simultaneously throwing a football on the Ada
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GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of people have plunged into the chilly ocean at a Massachusetts beach to honor Peter Frates, the former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped spread the ALS ice bucket challenge. About 1,000 people showed up for the final
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PRICHARD, Ala. (AP) —Some spelling mistakes are tough to see, but that doesn’t include the one that was made on 10,000 trash bins in an Alabama city. The city of Prichard’s new residential garbage cans say the town is located in “Mobile Country,” but they were
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