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Eclipse looked out the window to know where to get off the bus.

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Eclipse the dog, known for riding the bus alone to the dog park, has died

4:20pm October 16, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

Eclipse, the Seattle dog known for riding a bus herself since 2015, died on Friday. Her habit began when her owner was finishing his cigarette and she hopped the bus to the dog park without him.

Scott Salvadore is in the lead for the Best Mullet in America.

America's next top mullet will soon be crowned

9:02pm October 11, 2022

by Matt Adams

Voting for the USA Mullet Championships is determining who has the best business-in-the-front, party-in-the-back hairstyle in America.

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A man from Minnesota drove 2,000 miles towing the largest pumpkin in North America

4:28pm October 11, 2022

Travis Gienger spent six months growing the largest pumpkin in North American history, then he drove it from Minnesota to California over the weekend.

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Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minn., stands behind his winning pumpkin at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday.

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A 2,560-pound Minnesota pumpkin was crowned the winner at this year's weigh-off

5:01am October 11, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The winning pumpkin, grown by a Minnesota teacher, set a new North American record for heaviest pumpkin.

In this photo provided by Florida Highway Patrol, cases of Coors Light beer are strewn across a highway after two semitrailers collided on a Florida highway on Wednesday near Brooksville, Fla.

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A truck collision turns a Florida highway into a silver sea of beer cans

8:01am September 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

A highway north of Tampa, Fla., had to close temporarily Wednesday morning after a semitrailer carrying cases of Coors Light beer crashed. Minor injuries were reported.

Southwest flight gives passengers ukulele lessons

6:53am September 22, 2022

Rather than an in flight movie, passengers on a trip to Hawaii were given ukuleles and an in-flight lesson.

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A normal Wednesday night in NYC: Hundreds of inline skaters hit the streets weekly

5:32pm September 20, 2022

by Austin Cope

Every Wednesday evening, a horde of inline skaters barrels through New York City. They're fueled not by '90s nostalgia, but by adrenaline and the tension between unchecked speed and staying upright.

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Sherri Papini leaves a federal courthouse Monday after Judge William Shubb sentenced her to 18 months in federal prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016.

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She faked her kidnapping to go back to her ex. Now she'll get 18 months in prison

1:48pm September 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Sherri Papini disappeared in 2016, triggering a three-week multi-state search. When she resurfaced, she told authorities an elaborate lie about being abducted and tortured by two Hispanic women.

The economics behind 'quiet quitting' — and what we should call it instead

6:31am September 13, 2022

Is "quiet quitting" about being lazy or setting healthy boundaries? Is it even real? We dig into the data and ask workers themselves about what it means to them.

When kids yell "'Alexa, play poop,' you'll hear these songs

4:22pm September 09, 2022

If you have a smart speaker and small children in the same household, you might be surprised to find what plays when they inevitably yell, "Alexa, play poop."

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