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FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Don’t try telling Marilyn and Jimmie Lovelace that lightning doesn’t strike twice, not after the Missouri couple won a big Lottery prize for the second time — and narrowly missed out on a second multi-million dollar payout. The Missouri Lottery says the

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school district says an unusual passenger was found in a student’s backpack. In a Facebook post, Bay County School District officials say they found a bearded dragon in the middle school student’s backpack Monday. The school says they put the

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Police in Rapid City, South Dakota, have offered to pay a man’s medical bills after the department’s dog bit the wrong person. Officers were trying to track down a man wanted on a warrant Saturday and were using the K9 to find him. They knocked on doors in

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 7-year-old Florida boy made national headlines when he emptied his savings to help feed hurricane evacuees. Now Mickey is paying it forward. Jermaine Bell saved for a year to visit Disney’s Animal Kingdom, but when he saw the terrifying storm, he decided to use

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A couple combing a South Carolina beach after Hurricane Dorian thought they’d discovered a large rock, but soon realized they’d stumbled upon two Civil War-era cannonballs lodged in the sand. Aaron Lattin told news outlets that he and his girlfriend

MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple who police say went on a spending spree after a bank accidentally deposited $120,000 into their account are headed to trial. State police tell the Williamsport Sun-Gazette that Robert and Tiffany Williams, of Montoursville, spent most of the money

NEWPORT, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have locked up a woman accused of cutting off her husband’s penis. A news release says 61-year-old James Frabutt told Carteret County deputies his wife, 56-year-old Victoria Thomas Frabutt, tied him up and pulled out a knife early Tuesday

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A bottle containing four $1 bills, a couple of notes and a man’s ashes is back on its journey, returning to the sea after making a brief stop at a coastal community in Florida’s Panhandle. The bottle carries the ashes of a 39-year-old Florida man who died

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington motorist who police say used a black marker to try to make the vehicle-tab sticker on the license plate appear current received an A for effort along with a $228 ticket for expired tabs. The Seattle Times reports that Washington State Patrol spokeswoman Heather