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Music

Kendrick Lamar uses Arkansas couple's eBay listing as cover art

Animals

Record-breaking alligator caught in Mississippi

According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the alligator came in at over 800 pounds and more than 14 feet long!
Nation World

Teen angler reels in the luckiest of catches

In the vast inland ocean that is Lake of the Woods, 14-year-old Connor Halsa somehow hooked a wallet full of money lost by an Iowa farmer a year earlier.
Places

10 weird bear stories from the Great Smoky Mountains

While you can normally spot them strolling through Cades Cove, these mischievous beasts also have a knack for sticking their noses where they don’t belong.
Local News

Free Baby? On Dec. 1, 1949, Fred Meyer had a strange giveaway for a store opening

On December 1, 1949 Fred Meyer promoted the grand opening of a new shopping center in Portland’s Hollywood District with a contest to give away a baby.
Weird

Aircraft to drop experimental marshmallow-flavored rabies vaccines for raccoons in Tennessee

Crews will fly over Tennessee's rural wilderness dropping rabies vaccine packets coated with bait in hopes the raccoons will eat them.
Animals

Meet Harvey, the two-headed cat born in Arkansas

A cat with two heads was born in Harrison, Arkansas on Wednesday. The family named him Harvey, after Harvey Dent from the Batman Comics.
Local News

What is it? Texas zoo captures 'strange image' of an unidentified creature

The image was captured outside the Amarillo Zoo in the overnight hours of May 21, according to the city.
Regional

Yes, this silhouette of Johnny Cash on a water tower looks like it's urinating

The water tower in Kingland, Arkansas has sprung a leak in a delicate spot...right on the groin of a Johnny Cash silhouette.
Local News

First Look: Roman bust bought for $34.99 at Goodwill on display at San Antonio Museum of Art

"It obviously has a long and very complicated history," says Lynley McAlpine, a curatorial fellow with SAMA.
Health

Smoking cannabis has different effects on your lungs over time than smoking cigarettes, study finds

According to the study, prolonged cannabis use led to over-inflated lungs and increased the resistance to airflow to a greater extent than tobacco.
Politics

'I was bad wrong': TN Rep. Faison apologizes after trying to 'pants' a referee at a high school basketball game

"I hope to be able to find the ref and ask for his forgiveness. I was bad wrong."