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AP - A 76-year-old woman has been barred from the bus station after giving unwanted birth-control advice to mothers with large families. “I think it’s wrong. It’s a violation of my First Amendment rights,” Laura Stevens said.

AP - Dona Ana County sheriff’s deputies and county animal control officers are investigating a report of animal hoarding — the fourth in the Las Cruces area since mid-May.

AP - A couple driving home separately from Wisconsin each hit the same deer earlier this week. Winona County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ron Ganrude said the deer jumped out of the ditch about 4 p.m. Wednesday on a road near Nodine and rammed the left side of Bill MacAskill’s Acura.

AP - She had seen it on TV plenty of times, so for Erin Kemp, wrangling a stray alligator that wandered into her yard was no big deal.

AP - A Wyoming golf course had more hazards this week than the usual sand traps, ponds and deep rough — moose.

AP - Firefighters recovered a car stolen 27 years ago, but the sparkly burgundy bowling ball that was in the trunk remains at the bottom of the St. Joseph River.

AP - A thief made off with so many keepsakes left at the city cemetery police used decoy items to trace the loot — and found it in the backyard of a pregnant, single mother.

AP - A man who thought the clerk at a fast-food drive-through was rude for not saying “please” and “thank you” punched her in the face, police said. Duane L. Williams, angered by what he felt was the clerk’s rudeness, walked into the store to complain just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, Penn Hills police Chief […]

Reuters - Turkmenistan's new president was given a
gold-and-diamond award weighing around 1 kg (2.2 lb) by
parliament on Friday to mark his achievements, local media
reported.

Reuters - Most Canadians know so little about
their own country that they would flunk the basic test that new
immigrants are required to take before becoming citizens,
according to a poll released on Friday.