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2017年12月9日 · Best weird AP news: Heavily tattooed escaped inmate found; ‘Nuns’ accused of trying to rob bank; A buck short? Officers stop deer for ‘toll evasion’

2024年10月31日 · Stories of spiritual entities, paranormal activity and creepy cryptids are passed through generations the world over, becoming local legends that only sometimes reach across borders and cultures.

2024年1月31日 · “If it’s a big news story on the TV, the majority of the time it’s to distract us from something else. Every time you turn around there’s another news story with another agenda distracting all of us,” she says. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

2017年6月24日 · NEW YORK (AP) _ As dog stories go, this one about a scruffy little stray named Gobi has legs for miles. The pooch with big, soulful eyes has a book out and movie deal signed after she happened on ultra-runner Dion Leonard last year during a brutal, 155-mile race across desert dunes, over mountains and through yurt villages in the remote ...

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2024年2月29日 · Check out this silly French newspaper that only publishes on Feb. 29 The satirical French newspaper ‘La Bougie du Sapeur’ is photographed at a newspaper shop in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Satirical French newspaper La Bougie du Sapeur only comes out on Feb. 29, once every four years.

2024年1月20日 · This story has been updated to correct that the Federal Highway Administration does not ban the use of humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs. It strongly recommends avoiding them.

2023年11月6日 · LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.. The toilet, valued at 4.8 million pounds ($5.95 million), was an artwork titled “America” and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by Italian …

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