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First reindeer run held
From sausages to stews, reindeer are usually a main dish in Alaska. But the antlered animals were the main event at Anchorage's first annual running of the reindeer. A cheering crowd of hundreds lined snow-packed Fourth Avenue on Sunday to watch what was touted as Alaska's version of Spain's famed running of the bulls. "Normally we just eat them," said Mark Berg, a spectator who has lived in Alaska since 1967. "I just made some jambalaya the other day out of reindeer sausage. I've eaten more of their cousins than they want to know."
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Diver killed by shark
An Austrian tourist died after being bitten by a shark while diving in waters that had been baited with bloody fish parts to attract the predators. Markus Groh, 49, a Viennese lawyer and diving enthusiast, was on a commercial dive trip on Sunday when he was bitten about 80km off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, said Karlick Arthur, Austrian counsel general in Miami. Groh was in the open water without a cage or similar protection. The crew aboard the Shear Water, of Riviera Beach-based Scuba Adventures, immediately called the Coast Guard, which received an emergency call from the vessel, Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen said.
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