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Loose emu leads authorities on chase through Florida neighborhoods

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Two girls face threats after torturing and killing turtle in Florida

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Florida bear attack: Black bear mauls woman's face

Florida officials are still searching for the black bear that wounded a 54-year-old Florida woman on Monday.

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Broussard sentenced to 46 months

Louisiana politician Aaron Broussard was sentenced to 46 months in prison on bribery charges, his ex-wife and former parish attorney receiving probation.

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Cake-stealing bear killed

Florida wildlife officials said the black bear that entered a home and stole a birthday cake was tracked down and killed with a shot to the head.

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Authorities seek cake-stealing bear

Florida wildlife authorities said they were on the hunt for a black bear accused of breaking into a home and stealing a birthday cake.

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We're concerned about the monkey, to be sure, but right now public safety is at the forefront
Monkey on the loose in Florida Jul 03, 2008

Karen L. Parker, the first African-American woman undergraduate to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was born in Salisbury, North Carolina and grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Parker worked for the Winston-Salem Journal before attending UNC-Chapel Hill. She majored in journalism, was elected vice-president of the UNC Press Club, and served as editor of the UNC Journalist, the School of Journalism's newspaper in 1964. After graduating in 1965, Parker was a copy editor for the Grand Rapids Press in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She also worked for the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before returning to the Winston-Salem Journal.

Ellyn Bache used Parker's diary when conducting research for her 1997 novel The Activist's Daughter about student activists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963.

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