DELMAR, N.Y. – New York officials are cracking down on deer jacking. Officers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation recently charged dozens of people from the lower Hudson Valley to the Canadian border in northern New York with illegally hunting deer at night with a spotlight. State Environmental Commissioner …
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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – Authorities say a man in Southern California riding a Christmas tree being dragged behind an SUV slammed into a parked car and was hospitalized with head injuries. Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino says the 18-year-old and another teenager were Christmas tree surfing, a seasonal Internet …
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SAN JUAN, Texas – A south Texas couple put an aborted 7-month-old fetus in a gift box under a Christmas tree after they were unable to flush the remains down a toilet, authorities alleged Monday. Ruby Lee Medina, 31, and Javier Gonzalez, 37, of Mission, have been charged with abuse …
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A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim. The now-ubiquitous devices carry such warnings in some countries, though no …
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A Florida pastor has reportedly replaced the Nativity scenes removed from a public library last week, defying municipal policy. Rev. Mark D. Boykin and dozens of members of his Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church of All Nations delivered a crèche — a scene depicting the birth of Jesus Christ — …
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HOPKINTON, Mass. – A $20,000 bottle of wine stolen from a Hopkinton, Mass., liquor store has been returned unopened. The bottle of 1945 Mouton Rothschild plus three other bottles of wine valued at $300 to $875 were stolen from Hopkinton Wine & Spirits last week. Store security video had been …
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ANADARKO, Okla. – An Oklahoma district attorney will meet with pastors in a town where a preacher was brutally killed inside her own church. Prosecutor Bret Burns said he wanted to meet with the pastors on Wednesday to talk about the case. The body of 61-year-old Carol Daniels was found …
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OAKLAND, Calif. – The union representing train operators and station agents for the San Francisco Bay area’s commuter rail system says it will go on strike Monday. The move involving the nation’s fifth largest commuter rail service would leave hundreds of thousands of Bay Area Rapid Transit passengers stranded on …
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As a political uproar rages over end-of-life counseling, a new study finds offering such care to dying cancer patients improves their mood and quality of life. The study of 322 patients in rural New Hampshire and Vermont also suggests the counseling didn’t discourage people from going to the hospital. The …
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Putnam County investigators say they don’t think that Misty Croslin-Cummings has been straight with them as they continue to investigate the disappearance six months ago of Haleigh Cummings from her father’s home in Satsuma. In a news release marking the child’s sixth birthday Monday, investigators said the …
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