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DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A woman is suing TripAdvisor after she claims a runaway camel tossed her to the ground during a tour in Morocco. Breanne Ayala is accusing the Massachusetts-based company and its subsidiary Viator of negligence and breach of contract for failing to ensure the camel tour

SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Massachusetts woman claiming to be a psychic stole more than $70,000 from a client by telling the woman her 10-year-old daughter was possessed by a demon and she needed the money to banish the spirit. Tracy Milanovich, of Somerset, is charged with obtaining

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Someone in Florida dialed 911 after hearing chilling cries and the words “Let me out!” But the cries were that of a 40-year-old parrot named Rambo. After the call, four Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies pulled up and questioned a man who appeared to be

  The last daily “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz ran on January 3, 2000.  Check out these five things you may not have known about one of the most popular comic strips of all time… Schulz Died the Night Before His Last Sunday Strip Ran. On February 12,

An Ohio state trooper has reunited a boy with his stuffed toy that was dropped out of a car window. Leah Sharkey said in a Facebook post that she was driving on the Ohio Turnpike on Sunday when she heard her son screaming from the backseat about his toy. She pulled over and realized what had

MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — Maine police say a man drew a samurai sword on another man during a fight and cut the victim’s arm. Police say they were called to a high school parking lot in Millinocket on Sunday where they found the injured man. Police say he was treated and released from the

WILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Golfer Dottie Pepper has paid off all outstanding school lunch debt for a few dozen elementary students in upstate New York. The Times Union reports Monday that more than 50 students at Dorothy Nolan Elementary School in Saratoga Springs had their lunch debt wiped out by

  WEST RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A Washington highway was closed in both directions Tuesday night after several cars were trapped in tumbleweeds. YakTriNews reports the Washington State Patrol announced via Twitter at about 6:30 p.m. that drivers on State Route 240 should be aware of the

PINEVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Authorities say a Kentucky woman gave her probation officer a dog urine sample during a drug screening. Police in Pineville say 40-year-old Julie Miller was arrested Monday on a charge of tampering with physical evidence. She also was charged with a parole violation