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Friends use couch to skate across Minnesota lake

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Friends use couch to skate across Minnesota lake

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Some adventurous friends in Minnesota took a ride on a couch across the smooth ice covering a lake.

Monkey freed from under the hood of car in India

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Monkey freed from under the hood of car in India

Texas couple hold wedding ceremony at Whataburger

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Texas couple hold wedding ceremony at Whataburger

Kansas man wins two big lottery prizes in one month

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Kansas man wins two big lottery prizes in one month

Fleeing suspect chased through Florida field by horses

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Fleeing suspect chased through Florida field by horses

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A police helicopter in Florida captured video when a fleeing suspect was chased through a pasture by a herd of horses.

Cruise passenger banned after jumping from boat

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Cruise passenger banned after jumping from boat

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Royal Caribbean said a 27-year-old cruise passenger has been banned after he filmed himself jumping from the boat for an Instagram video.

Canada wants to reclaim moose statue record from Norway

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Canada wants to reclaim moose statue record from Norway

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Canadian city is taking on Norway in a battle for the ultimate bragging rights -- the world's tallest moose statue.

Pennsylvania man's pet alligator is an emotional support animal

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Pennsylvania man's pet alligator is an emotional support animal

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man says his pet alligator is an emotional support animal, and he has been taking the reptile to visit the elderly.

Seven-year-old barber draws attention at Houston shop

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Seven-year-old barber draws attention at Houston shop

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A barber in training at a Houston shop is drawing attention due to her high level of skill -- and the fact that she's only 7 years old.

World's largest dragon boat built in Cambodia

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World's largest dragon boat built in Cambodia

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Cambodian team broke a Guinness World Record by building a dragon boat that's nearly as long as the Statue of Liberty is tall.

Police seek volunteers to get drunk for training exercise

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Police seek volunteers to get drunk for training exercise

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania police department is seeking volunteers willing to "drink hard liquor to the point of inebriation" for a training exercise.

Road trip flat tire leads to $50,000 Powerball prize

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Road trip flat tire leads to $50,000 Powerball prize

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A New York state couple headed home from Washington, D.C., said a flat tire in Maryland led them to a $50,000 lottery jackpot.

Tractor-trailer wedged under highway overpass in Florida

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Tractor-trailer wedged under highway overpass in Florida

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said no one was injured when a tractor-trailer became wedged under an overpass on the highway.

Train camera captures near-misses due to signal malfunctions

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Train camera captures near-misses due to signal malfunctions

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Transportation officials in Illinois released footage of trains nearly colliding with cars in a town where crossing signals malfunctioned.

Police seize illegal alligator from New York state home

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Police seize illegal alligator from New York state home

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Police executing a search warrant on a New York state home ended up calling for assistance when they made an unexpected discovery -- an alligator.

Women twerk atop moving vehicle on Missouri highway

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Women twerk atop moving vehicle on Missouri highway

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A shocked traveler on a Missouri highway captured video of two women traveling atop a moving vehicle while twerking.

Sisters find suspected meteorite on New Jersey beach

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Sisters find suspected meteorite on New Jersey beach

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A pair of New Jersey sisters are trying to verify whether the object they found in a large crater on a beach was a meteorite.

Giant snowman gives would-be vandal 'instant karma'

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Giant snowman gives would-be vandal 'instant karma'

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- An oversized snowman in Kentucky doled out some "instant karma" to a would-be vandal who discovered the hard way that its base was on a tree stump.

Nike's new golf shoes feature a coating of 'grass'

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Nike's new golf shoes feature a coating of 'grass'

Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Nike has unveiled a new version of its Air Max 1 golf sneakers featuring a grass-like turf material to make the shoes blend in with the course.

$50,000 lottery ticket spent two months on dashboard

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$50,000 lottery ticket spent two months on dashboard

Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A Maryland man is celebrating a $50,000 lottery win after his father reminded him to check a ticket that had been on his dashboard for two months.

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