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Plane lands on highway
A World War II-era plane made an emergency landing on a highway. There was snarling traffic as authorities worked to remove it. No injuries were reported after the Warbird fighter plane landed on US Highway 41 near Fon du Lac County Airport in southeastern Wisconsin shortly before 8pm on Sunday, authorities said. "A person called and said that there was smoke as the plane came down," said Andy Dothone, a state patrol dispatcher. The highway was closed in both directions as authorities worked to move the plane from the highway. The Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper reported that a man and his son were flying the plane to an air show in Oshkosh.
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Chihuahua saves toddler
Zoey is a Chihuahua, but when a rattlesnake lunged at her owners' one-year-old grandson, she was a real bulldog. Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents' Masonville, Colorado, back yard when the snake struck. Zoey, weighing 2km, jumped in the way and took the bites. The dog required treatment and for a time it appeared she might not survive. Now she prances about.
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Hemingway double chosen
A white-bearded insurance agent from Florida won the Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of the annual festival honoring the famed writer. Larry Austin defeated 122 other contenders in the competition at Sloppy Joe's Bar, Hemingway's favorite watering hole when he lived in the Keys in the 1930s. The final round was held late on Saturday, which would have been Hemingway's 108th birthday. Austin, of Palm Harbor, said he shares Hemingway's fondness for Key West, cats and having a good time, though he has never attempted writing anything except insurance policies. "When they called my name, I was in shock," said Austin, a 10-year veteran contestant who said his favorite Hemingway novel is The Old Man and the Sea.
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