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A Capitol offense? Cannabis found in Statehouse flower beds
Montpelier, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) — Almost three dozen cannabis plants have been found growing in the flower beds in front of the Vermont Statehouse, police said Friday.
Driver escapes injury when saguaro cactus pierces windshield
Tucson, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) — Arizona authorities say a driver escaped injury when his car's windshield was pierced by the trunk of a saguaro cactus during a wreck Wednesday on the outskirts of Tucson.
Man convicted of trafficking sharks kept in his basement
Lagrangeville, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) — A man who kept sharks in a pool in his upstate New York basement has been convicted of trafficking wildlife.
Traveling with a group? Here’s how to plan and stay friends
Dhaka, July 12 (UNB)- From bachelor parties to family reunions, group trips are opportunities to explore the world with the people you love. They also have the potential to be planning messes, with scheduling, decision-making and sorting-out finances coming together in a seemingly endless and possibly disappointing snarl. But they don’t have to be. We’ve rounded up tips, tricks and tools to help plan your next group getaway, hopefully allowing everyone to focus on the fun, not the logistics, reports The Indian Express.
Writing the perfect auto-response email
Dhaka, July 12 (UNB) - When Lisette Sand-Freedman, 42, took a four-day family trip to the Dominican Republic in February, she chose her out-of-office email message carefully. “In case of emergency, please call 911” was what rolled into the inboxes of chief marketing officers, publicists and celebrities who were trying to reach Sand-Freedman, chief executive of Shadow, a marketing and communications agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Her goal had been to offer a moment of levity and remind her contacts to pause and rethink their definitions of urgency, reports The Indian Express.
Photo shows black bear relaxing at New Hampshire hotel
Bretton Woods, Jul 12 (AP/UNB) — It seems bears enjoy a good view just like any other visitor to the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
Lawsuit: White couple evicted tenant over black visitors
Atlanta, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — A white Georgia couple evicted a white tenant because she invited a black family to the home she was renting, according to a federal lawsuit that says the landlords violated civil rights and fair housing laws.
Sturgeon, America's forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back
Charles City, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — Sturgeon were America's vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation's rivers until mankind's craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction.
Greek find called earliest sign of our species out of Africa
New York, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — Scientists say they've identified the earliest sign of our species outside Africa, a chunk of skull recovered from a cave in southern Greece.
Sturgeon, America's forgotten dinosaurs, show signs of life
Charles City, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — Sturgeon were America's vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation's rivers until mankind's craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction.