Sister Wives family to challenge Utah polygamy laws (Reuters)
Reuters – The family featured on the U.S. reality TV series “Sister Wives,” about an advertising executive and four women he calls spouses, is challenging the government’s right to criminalize its lifestyle, the family’s lawyer said.
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Mich. teen kills 448-pound black bear with arrow (AP)
AP – A 17-year-old Michigan girl began her big game hunting career with a bang — or rather a whoosh — by killing a 448-pound black bear with a bow and arrow from 16 yards away.
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Chinese villagers forced to change untypable name (Reuters)
Reuters – Villagers in eastern China has been forced by the country’s unbending bureaucracy to change their family name as the character is so rare it cannot be typed.
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Oregon boy takes family pickup on 100-mile joyride (AP)
AP – A 12-year-old Oregon boy had permission to drive the family pickup truck to the end of the driveway to unload trash, but he kept going until he was stopped nearly 100 miles away in Lewis County, Wash.
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Iowa woman arrested for letting 12-year-old drive (AP)
AP – Authorities say a woman has been charged for allegedly letting a 12-year-old child drive her and her family from Nichols to Iowa City. Twenty-one-year-old Melissa Garcia was charged with three counts of child endangerment and operating a vehicle with no consent. She was in custody Sunday at the Johnson County Jail on a $10,000 cash only bond. Garcia was arrested Saturday night in Iowa City.
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Police call ‘Ma’ on dropped cell phone, ID suspect (AP)
AP – Thanks a lot, Mom. Police seeking a man accused of breaking into an elementary school said they identified the suspect by calling “Ma” from the contact list of a cell phone he dropped as he fled.
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Ky. family claims they found dead mouse in milk (AP)
AP – A Kentucky family has sued Wal-Mart, saying they found a dead mouse in a milk container the family had been drinking from for three days. The Courier-Journal reported that Robert and Rosalind Grant and their 23-month-old granddaughter sought medical attention and treatment in May after finding the mouse. The family filed suit in Jefferson Circuit Court on Monday.
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Ky. family claims they found dead mouse in milk
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Bear turns Goldilocks tale on its head in NH home (AP)
AP – A black bear walked into a New Hampshire house through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, took a drink from the family fishbowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on its way out the door.
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Union soldier’s headstone corrected after decades (AP)
AP – The headstone of a former slave and Union soldier no longer identifies him as a member of the Confederate army, after his family failed to notice the error for years.
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NZ teenager survives fall from 16th storey balcony (Reuters)
Reuters – A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived with minor injuries after falling 16-storeys from the balcony of his family’s apartment onto a concrete floor, New Zealand media reported on Monday.
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