ORLANDO, Fla. – Captain Jack Sparrow is taking shore leave for the summer. Pirates of the Caribbean, the popular ride at Walt Disney World, will be closed from mid-May through the end of September. The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1B0O5AQ ) reported Tuesday that the ride is undergoing a routine refurbishment. Disney …
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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Zoo is fessing up to what it calls an “embearassing” mistake regarding one of its animals. Zoo officials say they were planning to transfer Luka to the Nashville, Tennessee, zoo when they recently discovered that the 2-year-old Andean bear is a female, not a male as …
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A CFO who drew widespread condemnation after berating a Chick-fil-A employee in a video that went viral three years ago is out of work and on food stamps, according to a published report. Adam Smith, 37, was the CFO of a medical device manufacturer in Arizona until the summer of …
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BOSTON – A friend of the brothers accused of bombing the Boston Marathon plans to plead guilty to charges of deleting information from his computer and lying to the FBI. A lawyer for Khairullozhon Matanov a cab driver from Quincy, filed a joint motion with federal prosecutors on Monday asking …
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Back in 2007, Iowa lawmakers learned that their state had the nation’s highest disparity for sending blacks to prison. So they took a novel step. They passed a law requiring analysts to draft “racial impact statements” on any proposals to create new crimes or tougher penalties. …
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BOSTON – A federal prosecutor has accused a lawyer for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) of trying to “encourage” a hung jury. As jury selection resumed Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb said attorney David Bruck asked a “wholly inappropriate” question when he probed a man with …
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MINNEAPOLIS – A man stole a 3-month-old kitten from a Minneapolis pet store, only to return it the next day with an apology note. Ruff Start Rescue partners with PetSmart on pet adoptions. Its cat intake coordinator, Abbey Lynn, tells KSTP-TV (http://bit.ly/18YcBfW ) a man went inside a Minneapolis PetSmart …
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Authorities in Northern California are searching Tuesday morning for a missing man who was canoeing with two others in the bay. Fire officials were called around 10:30 p.m. Monday after three people failed to return from an afternoon canoeing trip. The U.S. Coast Guard launched …
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PETERBOROUGH, N.H. – A New Hampshire man has survived being buried in the snow for more than three hours. Drew Mullins says he was using a snow rake to clear snow off the metal roof of his Peterborough home on Sunday when it came down all at once. Within seconds, …
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ALTOONA, Pa. – Police and the district attorney are reviewing whether charges will be filed against a man whose gun accidentally fired during an Easter vigil Mass in central Pennsylvania. Altoona police aren’t identifying the man who was grazed by the bullet about 11 p.m. Saturday at the Cathedral of …
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