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Gore's son arrested for drugs
The 24-year-old son of former vice president Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff's official said. Al Gore III was driving at about 160kph on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at about 2:15am. The deputy smelled marijuana and searched the car, a sheriff's spokesman said. The search turned up a small amount of marijuana, along with several prescription drugs. Gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and booked before he made bail and was released at 2pm.
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Beach find blown up
A woman walking her dog on Wednesday found a live, World War II-era bomb on a beach in Crescent Beach, Florida. Jeannie Emack called the authorities, who determined the roughly 45.4kg bomb was too old and unstable to move. Instead, they evacuated nearly two blocks of homes, while members of the sheriff's Explosive Ordinance Disposal team dug a hole in the sand and detonated the bomb. Officials say the rust-covered bomb had probably been in salt water for about 50 years. It was believed to have washed ashore on Wednesday morning.
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Boy, 5, battles rabid fox
A quick-thinking five-year-old boy grabbed a rabid fox by the neck and pinned it to the ground during a family cookout in Kingstown, North Carolina, protecting six other children. "I wanted to protect my little brother," Rayshun McDowell, who battled the animal in the front yard of his home, told the Charlotte Observer in an interview published on Tuesday. The fox bit Rayshun in the leg on Sunday, but the boy held the animal down for more than a minute before his stepfather could step in. Rayshun's stepfather, Ryan Thompson, on crutches because of a broken leg, used a stick and his crutch to kill the fox. Animal control officials said test results confirmed the fox had rabies and Rayshun is undergoing treatment.
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Diners sing for their lunch
Customers at the Liberty Street Diner in Charlestown, West Virginia, don't sing for their supper. They sing for their country. Every day at noon, customers join waitress Judy Hawkins in a sing-along with a local radio station's broadcast of the The Star-Spangled Banner. Hawkins said she started singing the national anthem several months ago and it is now a daily ritual.
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