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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Deandre Somerville overslept for jury service at a Florida courtroom, he says he wasn’t prepared for the consequences: 10 days in jail. A judge sentenced the 21-year-old Somerville to the jail time, plus one year on probation and 150 hours of community

NEW YORK (AP) — Zoo officials say a woman reportedly climbed over a safety barrier at the lion exhibit at a New York City zoo. The Bronx Zoo says in a statement that staff received a report that an individual climbed over the visitor barrier at the African lion exhibit on Saturday. The woman

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities suspect the bizarre deaths and mutilations of five bulls in Oregon were caused by humans, but they have no leads. The deaths of the bulls recall mutilations of livestock across the West and Midwest in the 1970s that struck fear in rural areas. A former FBI agent

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who says his donated sperm was used to father at least 17 children in violation of an agreement that allowed for the creation of no more than five children has filed a lawsuit against an Oregon fertility clinic. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Dr. Bryce Cleary

CINCINNATI (AP) — The president of Cincinnati’s symphony orchestra says one of its recent concerts came to a halt when an audience member refused to stop recording a violinist’s performance. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra President Jonathan Martin tells The Cincinnati Enquirer a

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police shot a cow that officers had tried to round up as it rambled across downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Police Sgt. Paul Parizek (puh-REE’-zihk) said Wednesday that the cow, first seen Monday night, was found Tuesday night near a hospital along a busy street. He

PHOENIX (AP) — A baby javelina  is recovering after a jaunt on a Phoenix freeway. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the young javelina, which looks like a wild boar, was one of two that brought traffic on State Route 51 to a standstill Monday afternoon. DPS officials say several

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a Florida deputy who pulled over a car for speeding ended up delivering a baby instead of writing a ticket. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page that Deputy Robert Pounds helped deliver the baby girl on the side of a Naples road