Articles from the December 7, 2016 edition
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Logansport fifth-graders learn to extract strawberry DNA
LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — For Logansport fifth-graders, a strawberry is much more than a sweet snack — it's science. Over the past two weeks, students in Logansport's Ivy Tech Community College's Phi Theta Kappa honors society have been teaching loc...
Survey: Parents binge on media, say they're good role models
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Parents spend more than nine hours a day with TVs, computers and other screen devices while also giving themselves high marks as role models for their children's media use, according to a survey released Tuesday. Among all those s...
Tech companies move to target terrorist propaganda online
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are joining forces to more quickly identify the worst terrorist propaganda and prevent it from spreading online. The new program announced Monday would create a database of unique digital "...
$1,000 reward for catching ugly fish from Wyoming reservoir
GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — A $1,000 reward has been posted for catching an ugly fish out of Fontenelle Reservoir in western Wyoming. The fish are called burbot (BUR'-but) and they're not native to the upper Green River drainage. Burbot compete with n...
Class ring flung in rage reunited with owner decades later
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming man has been reunited with his high school class ring more than 45 years after he threw it as far as he could in a fit of teen rage. Mike Peyton says he's flabbergasted to get the ring back after losing it so long a...
Florida woman in half-marathon lost for 12 hours, then found
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman who became lost during a half-marathon trail run was found past nightfall after wandering around a 25,000-acre park for nearly 12 hours. The Sarasota Times-Herald (http://bit.ly/2hc3ah9 )reports Melissa K...
Rock-loving orangutan causes $220K damage at St. Louis zoo
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A rock-loving orangutan named Rubih went ape on the observation windows of her St. Louis zoo enclosure, forcing nearly $200,000 in repairs and the temporary closure of the exhibit. Zookeepers say the 12-year-old female orangutan r...
Sheriff: Alabama burglary suspect was naked when captured
HENAGAR, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say a man charged with burglary was naked when he was taken into custody. DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris tells al.com (http://bit.ly/2hbdSEP) that 40-year-old Mark Tucker, of Flat Rock, is charged w...
More than 200 Christmas wreaths stolen from Maine farm
ALFRED, Maine (AP) — Hundreds of holiday wreaths have been stolen from a Maine farm. Gile's Family Farm owner Frank Boucher said Monday that someone stole a trailer containing more than 200 wreaths from behind the Alfred business sometime between 6...
