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- Purloined parrot recovered; Alberta birdnapper, bird safely behind bars

- Odd odour leads police to 200 marijuana plants in California warehouse

- Schools superintendent in rural Montana accidentally fires black powder gun during class

- Forget about brandy and bourbon, ghosts are this year's must-have spirit

- Woman believed to be oldest person in US dies at 114 years, 294 days

- Cold War artifact: Underground English nuclear bunker sold on eBay for $30,000

- 6th-generation Key West, Florida, resident wins island's conch shell blowing contest

- Cleveland sets record for largest gathering of people wearing fleece blankets

- US man sent to prison for 15 years gets new trial after jury didn't take oath to be honest

- 1,000 free rain boots go to Polish school children facing months of muddy building site