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Chief Wiggum could have cracked this case.

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Soon to join her Christmas Tree-throwing friend in the insurance fraud hall of fame.

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Finish the sentence: Well yeah, everyone knows you should hide your illegal goose intestines under your ____________

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Resort fee increased, just because.

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Follow up to our previous story....

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Nope. No, no, no, nope, no, uh-uh.

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Not only did she toss a tree in the competition, she won.

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Maybe don't name it 420 Liquors. Just a thought.

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The all-day event featured teams competing in multiple varied events, which also included a pork butt eating contest, a "Florida Ma'am" beauty contest and an "evading arrest obstacle course" that featured competitors being pursued by actual police officers.

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Key Points

  • A driverless goods train in India traveled over 40 miles (70 km) reaching nearly 62 mph (100 km/h) before being stopped safely.
  • The incident occurred on Sunday morning when the train, carrying chip stones, stopped to change crew and was left without the handbrake applied.
  • Officials used wooden blocks on the tracks to slow down and eventually stop the train, preventing a potential accident.
  • No injuries were reported.
  • The cause of the incident is under investigation, and railway crossings were closed as a precaution.
  • In June, more than 280 people died in a train crash in the Balasore district of Odisha, near the Bay of Bengal.
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Well, that certainly didn't work out.

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