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Goat’s crowning as king of Ireland in doubt

DUBLIN Reuters – The annual crowning of a goat as king of Ireland at one of the country’s oldest fairs is in doubt after organizers said the heir to the throne may be stopped from traveling to the festival.
Traditionally a male goat is caught in the mountains of Kerry in southern Ireland and paraded through [...]

The Metal Detecting Sandals

These are the sandals that can detect metal while you walk, allowing you to find buried artifacts while strolling the beach. A copper coil built into the right sandal is powered via a battery pack that straps to your calf. Using beat frequency oscillation technology, the ring creates a magnetic field; when a metal object [...]

Small tree found inside man’s lung

URALS, Russia – Russian surgeons say they have removed a two-inch fir tree growing inside a man’s lung.
Doctors x-rayed the man’s lung and saw what they believed was a tumor, but when they cut the tissue they discovered green needles.

Man Dies Days After Swordfight That Killed Woman

A man died Monday, days after he was stabbed in a swordfight with the grandson of a woman who was also fatally stabbed when she tried to intervene in the fight, police said.
Adolf Stegbauer, 69, died from complications of a stab wound, Indianapolis police said. Charges that were already pending against the man who police [...]

Bobcat Walks Into Arizona Bar, Bites Patrons

COTTONWOOD, Arizona — A bobcat attacked three people in a community in central Arizona, including two men who were bitten when the animal wandered inside a bar.
Officers called to the Chapparal Bar in Cottonwood arrived to find the bobcat in the parking lot, where they shot and killed it, KVRD-FM radio reported.
Tests were ordered [...]

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World’s deadliest spider found in Tulsa store

One of the most deadly spiders in the world has been found in the produce section of a Tulsa grocery store. An employee of Whole Foods Market found the Brazilian Wandering Spider Sunday in bananas from Honduras and managed to catch it in a container.
The spider was given to University of Tulsa Animal Facilities director [...]