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In the first key nominations announcement of the film awards season, the Independent Filmmaker Project's 28th Gotham Awards have given a boost to Yorgos Lanthimos' yet-to-open festival sensation "The Favourite" and Paul ...Read more

(UPI) An Indiana couple is trying to track down the author of a message in a bottle that traveled 250 miles down the Wabash River.

Amelia Wildeman said in a Facebook post that the note was found this week inside an old ...Read more

(UPI) The Nebraska Tourism Commission unveiled a new marketing campaign poking fun at what it thinks is the state's dull reputation.

The commission aims to increase tourism to the state by changing the perception there is...Read more

(UPI) An Oregon family is offering a $6.27 reward for the return of a 50-pound nose sculpture stolen from the front porch of their home.

The Albert family said the 2-foot-tall sculpture, which they rescued from being ...Read more

BLACKKKLANSMAN. 3 stars. Spike Lee brings the amazing true story to the big screen of Ron Stallworth, a black man who integrated the Colorado Springs Police Department in the 1970s and while doing so infiltrated and ...Read more

(UPI) A Kansas man who won a $22,000 lottery jackpot said he feels especially lucky because his winning ticket was free.

Robert Schwartz, a frequent player of the Kansas Lottery's 2by2 drawing, said he often receives free...Read more

(UPI) A California sheriff's deputy overcame his fear of bad odors and used his bare hands to pull a plastic cup from the head of an unlucky skunk.

The Mariposa County Sheriff's Office said Deputy Crane called for backup ...Read more

(UPI) A British toy company teamed with a design firm to break the Guinness World Record for the longest wooden train track.

Bigjigs Toys said it teamed with engineering and design firm ARUP group to retake the record, ...Read more

Twelve days after opening in the U.S., director Bradley Cooper's remake of "A Star is Born" already has grossed $100 million. The people, collectively, have spoken, and they love it. (I liked it.) They're crying on the way...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: In the first episode of "The Conners," the show killed off the Roseanne character by an opioid overdose. In the original "Roseanne" series, John Goodman's character (Dan) was ...Read more

(UPI) An Ohio police officer's dashboard camera captured an unusual scene: two deer duking it out with their antlers in the middle of a road.

The Blue Ash Police Department posted a video to Facebook showing the dash cam ...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers in Virginia are trying to find homes for 50 baby turtles seized from an attempted illegal seller in a Burger King parking lot.

Richmond Animal Care and Control said the 50 baby red-eared slider ...Read more

(UPI) A Connecticut manufacturing company broke a Guinness World Record by creating an advertisement smaller than the width of a human hair.

ASML announced it broke the record for the world's smallest advertisement by ...Read more

(UPI) Firefighters in Houston shared photos from the rescue of a pony that apparently fell into a storm drain in the southwest part of the city.

The Houston Fire Department said firefighters responded Wednesday to the ...Read more

(UPI) Federal authorities said eight people were arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to ship meth disguised as Aztec calendars from California to Hawaii.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland ...Read more

The president of the Baltimore police union called a recent "Saturday Night Live" sketch portraying city officers a "grossly inapt portrayal," in a letter addressed to the show's executive producer.

"As you are most ...Read more