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MIAMI (The Miami Herald) — A pack of peacocks that has wreaked havoc on a Miami neighborhood will soon be relocated after city commissioners sided with residents and agreed to have the birds taken away. The commission’s unanimous vote Thursday night was a big win for residents

BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — An orphaned black bear cub was placed with a foster mother this week after the baby was rescued by a pet dog and carried gently to safety. A wildlife biologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries told news outlets that the dog’s owner called a

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The digging of a swimming pool has revealed a potentially dangerous discovery. News outlets report workers thought they found a Civil War cannonball in Charleston on Wednesday afternoon. Police say it was actually a wooden buoy. The workers weren’t completely

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — More than 250 government-run schools in the United Arab Emirates are done with homework. The National newspaper reports that, starting next week, the Education Ministry is abolishing homework in public schools in the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi to help

NASHVILLE TN (AP) – Authorities in Tennessee say they busted a well-organized burglar after he allegedly dropped a notebook containing a list of other places he planned to target. Davidson County court records accuse 49-year-old Robert Shull Goddard of breaking into a Nashville home last

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvcVClPgso   LOCUST, NC (AP) – A suspect escaped from a hit and run in a North Carolina McDonald’s parking lot last month. But police aren’t looking for who’s responsible. It turns out the object Ken Worthy saw barrel toward him

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A cannabis syllabus? A university in Colorado says yes. Colorado State University will be offering a pot-related degree program, after getting approval from the state. The program will begin this fall at the campus in Pueblo. And in case you’re wondering, the course

LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who’ve been thwarted in getting their drivers licenses because they can’t parallel park might want to steer their way to Nevada. State officials have eliminated the parallel parking part of its driving skills test. The changes took effect last month. Nevada joins

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It’s the big bang fact. A huge fireworks shell has blasted its way into the record books. A shell was launched over a ski resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado — and it set a record for the world’s largest aerial firework. The 2,800-pound shell flew

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A good Samaritan used the power of social media to track down the owner of a stolen pink purse. The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reports that 23-year-old Saarah Yob of Florida, was on a trip to New Orleans to celebrate the College Football National