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As wildfires rage out west, D.C. lawmakers fight over forest policy

While firefighters try to contain blazes in three western states, Capitol lawmakers are engaged in a different kind of battle, this one over wildfire policy

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Cockatoos drum out sweet beats in hopes of impressing mates, study finds

Palm cockatoos don't simply warble or croon like other birds. The northern Australian birds are drummers.

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Teen was imprisoned in a bedroom and denied food, officials say

The Charlotte, NC teen that was freed this week after disappearing for a year had been confined to an upstairs bedroom of a Georgia home by her captor, and told she’d be arrested if she left.

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Making Ivanka Trump shoes: Long hours, low pay and abuse

Workers from the China factory used by Ivanka Trump and other fashion brands report overtime that stretched past midnight, steep production quotas and crude verbal abuse at Ganzhou Huajian International Shoe City Co.

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When police arrested him, he gave them a ‘Get out of jail free’ card

“We appreciate the humor,” the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota wrote on Facebook after they found one of those “Get Out of Jail Free” cards from the Monopoly game on a man they arrested.

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He may study at Harvard now, but Trevor Ladner still defends home — Mississippi

In Season One, Episode Three of “Out Here in America,” Harvard University student Trevor Ladner, a Mississippi native, talks about drag artistry, gender roles and defending the South at an Ivy League school.

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You may be the only one who actually ‘likes’ your Facebook vacation photos, study says

A new study has found that even though many people like posting their own vacation photos, most people get annoyed when others do it.

The 81-year-old said she just wanted coffee. And she led officers on a 25-mph chase

Nancy Strader stopped when police originally pulled her over, but refused to roll down her window or unlock her door before driving off and leading officers on a low-speed chase.

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People debated the Ten Commandments statue for 2 years. It was destroyed in 24 hours.

A 6-foot tall monument of the Ten Commandments was installed at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock Tuesday after two years of controversy. It didn’t take long for a man to destroy it.

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81-year-old woman on a coffee run leads police on slow-speed chase

An 81-year-old woman was arrested on June 22, 2017, after leading Denton, Texas police on a slow-speed chase because she wanted a sandwich and a cup of coffee.

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Meet the first couple to get married at Taco Bell’s new wedding chapel in Las Vegas

Dan Ryckert, who grew up in Olathe, Kansas married the love of his life, Bianca, on Sunday in the most unusual of places - the new Taco Bell wedding chapel in Las Vegas.

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Teen plotted to kill hundreds for ISIS, but first killed this man ‘because he could,’ prosecutors say

Justin Sullivan of Morganton was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday for plotting terrorist acts for the Islamic State. Federal documents also tie him to the December 2014 murder.

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He lay dying of cancer, crying from extreme pain. Someone was stealing his pain pills

As Henry Sloan, body racked with pain, lay dying of pancreatic cancer at Oakleaf Village of Lexington, someone was stealing his pain pills.

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Sarah Palin sues New York Times for defamation over editorial on mass shooting

Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin filed a defamation lawsuit against the New York Times Tuesday, claiming the newspaper falsely linked her to the 2011 mass shooting in Arizona that wounded then-congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

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81-year-old woman on a coffee run leads police on slow-speed chase

Jun 28, 2017

An 81-year-old woman was arrested on June 22, 2017, after leading Denton, Texas police on a slow-speed chase because she wanted a sandwich and a cup of coffee.

Denton, Texas, Police Department