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ROSWELL – (AP) A mysterious memorial dedicated to a New Mexico homeless man who mowed lawns has reappeared after a similar one was stolen. KRQE-TV reports a lawnmower memorial dedicated to Carlos Ramirez was installed this week in Roswell, New Mexico. Ramirez died last month in Lubbock,

MOLINE – The District 7 Illinois State Police shared advice on social media Friday about how to properly distribute weight in your tractor trailer.  They suggested one should try to move the cargo in ways other than reversing quickly then apply the brakes.   The photos explain why this is

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Usually when you lose something on a beach, you figure it’s long gone — especially after a long time. But that wasn’t so for a Florida man who lost his high school ring on Cocoa Beach the day after his 1970 senior prom. Kenneth Board has been reunited with

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It was an “arrival” at the Charlotte, North Carolina airport, all right — just not one that was displayed on the terminal message boards. A woman heading to Charlotte from Tampa, Florida went into labor during her flight Wednesday. The flight crew alerted the

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — It was a task almost as tough as finding a needle in a haystack. But a group of hikers is getting credit for recovering a wedding band in a snow-covered stretch of a New Hampshire mountain trail. WMUR-TV in Manchester reports Bill Giguere of Massachusetts recently

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — It was quite the interesting catch for a Michigan angler who uses a magnet to pull things out of the water. WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids says Joseph Alexander fished out a World War I-era grenade from the Grand River. After posting images online, Alexander said people