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Corn spilled on the tracks by my house the ducks and deer haven’t found it yet pic.twitter.com/UIdcT0aWKO — Mike Parker (@Mike1Parker) January 5, 2020 CRYSTAL, Minn. (AP) — Bushels and bushels of corn spilled from a freight train and formed a smooth, yellow path on railroad tracks in

                CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —The FBI is asking the public’s help in catching a so-called “bad wig bandit” who’s been robbing banks in North Carolina. The FBI said in a statement on Thursday that the suspect wore a

BESSEMER, Mich. (AP) — Is that a skunk? No, it’s marijuana. A small town in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula is buying an odor-detection device and drafting an ordinance to crack down on the unpleasant smell of blooming marijuana plants. Council member Linda Nelson says, “The

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas firefighters have discovered what officials describe as an illegal, homemade gas station in a backyard. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue shared images online of the makeshift gas station discovered by firefighters Tuesday. The photos show two yellow tanks with a gas pump

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico State University is preparing to host the world’s largest conference dedicated to chile peppers. The 2020 New Mexico Chile Conference will run Feb. 3-4 at the Las Cruces Convention Center. The university’s Chile Pepper Institute has been

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities say a burglar prepared food and took a nap inside a Taco Bell restaurant he had just broken into. Police have asked for the public’s help in identifying the man who broke into the fast food restaurant early Christmas morning. The man

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A bill has been proposed in Vermont that would ban cellphone use or ownership for those under 21. The bill states lawmakers have concluded those under 21 “aren’t mature enough” to possess guns, smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol and the same should apply to

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — Two men who pleaded guilty to trespassing on the cone of Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park last fall were sentenced to 10 days in jail and have been banned from the park for five years. Park employees and other witnesses saw two people on the

PINE KNOT, Ky. (AP) — Drivers traveling along a Kentucky highway didn’t have to check their direct messages to be asked the infamous sexting request: send nudes. An electronic road sign that was hacked early Thursday morning asked drivers on Highway 92 in Pine Knot to “send