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Holiday decorations adorn the letters on the toll booths at the Holland Tunnel last week in Jersey City.

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New York Motorists Vote To Shift Wreaths That Have Infuriated Them For Years

5:23pm December 17, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The Holland Tunnel became the subject of a fervent petition to change which letters its holiday decorations should adorn. In what could be called a Christmas miracle, the Port Authority listened.

Parental Lock Keeps Rocco From Placing Amazon Orders

6:58am December 17, 2018

Rocco has asked Alexa to deliver fruit, light-bulbs and a kite. Rocco is Marion Wischnewski's African grey parrot. He was adopted by Marion after he cursed too much at an animal sanctuary.

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City Council Candidate Who Didn't Cast A Vote For Himself Loses By 1 Vote

7:26am December 14, 2018

Cliff Farmer was a city council candidate from Hoxie, Ala., who didn't cast a vote in his own election — leading to a tie. On Thursday, he lost the tie-breaking roll of the dice.

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Man Turns Work Cubicle Into A Winter Wonderland

6:52am December 14, 2018

Jack Makepeace, 24, turned his workspace into an elaborate ice castle guarded by penguins complete with a drawbridge. He sits inside the castle to do work and turns on the log fire screensaver.

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A man was freed after spending two days crammed into a narrow grease vent in San Lorenzo, Calif. Officials say he's not being charged with a crime.

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Man Is Freed After 2 Days Stuck In Empty Restaurant's Grease Vent

8:59pm December 13, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

"He's a pretty slender guy and based on the viscosity of the walls" and the attempt to remove his clothes, "he probably thought he was going to slide ride down," officials said. That didn't happen.

Robot Praised On Russian State TV Is Really A Man In A Costume

7:10am December 13, 2018

Russian state TV boasted about a robot featured this week at an event for Russia's future intellectual leaders. Many people were stunned by how humanlike the robot was.

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Man Sues Airlines After He Says His Pinky Got Caught In An Armrest

6:41am December 13, 2018

It's not clear how his finger reportedly got stuck in an armrest of an American Airlines flight for nearly an hour, but he's now suing the airline and the company that operates it.

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Wilkes-Barre Residents Fill A Pothole With A Christmas Tree

7:29am December 12, 2018

Residents reported a pothole in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and decided to fill the hole with a Christmas tree. City officials have since covered the pothole with a metal plate and made plans to fill it.

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9 Years After Accidentally Flushing Diamond Ring Down The Toilet, It Reappears

5:20am December 12, 2018

Paula Stanton accidentally flushed her diamond wedding ring while cleaning the bathroom. She mentioned it to a city worker, Ted Gogol, who was doing work near her home when he found the ring.

25,000 Utah State Workers Mistakenly Get Potluck Email

6:43am December 10, 2018

Someone in Utah's state government organized a potluck holiday dinner. According to KUTV, they emailed more people than they intended, and when some respondents hit reply all, email chaos ensued.