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Wanted King of Rock ’n’ Roll, Settled for King of the Jungle Memphis Zoo officials in Tennessee have banned a woman after saying she climbed over a barrier to the enclosure where lions are kept and tried to feed them cookies. The unidentified woman’s actions were reported by other zoo patrons, who saw her jump the barrier and heard her singing to the animals. (AP) MODESTY
“[Police] got it back because of me being the superhero.” — A 4-Y E A R- OLD GIR L N A MED A BBY, ACCORDING TO Q13FOX, WHOSE SHARP OBSERVATION HELPED POLICE FIND THE PEOPLE WHO ROBBED HER HOME IN FERNDALE, WASH., LAST WEEK. ABBY’S 17-YEAR-OLD BABY SITTER AND THE BABY SITTER’S BOYFRIEND STOLE AN iPOD AND ABBY’S PIGGY BANK, ACCORDING TO Q13FOX, AND TRIED TO PIN IT ON A BLACK NEIGHBOR BEFORE ABBY TOLD POLICE THE PERPETRATORS WERE WHITE.
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Before: ‘What’s the Worst That Could Happen?’ After: ‘This’ Oregon authorities say a 79-year-old man took his 1930 Ford Model A coupe to church on Sunday to show it off. But when he left it to get lunch, police say it was stolen and crashed into a nearby river. Photos show the mangled vehicle in the river, but no estimate of the damage was immediately available. Police have a suspect in custody. (AP)
A QUEEN IN KING’S LANDING: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II eyes the Iron Throne on Tuesday on the set of the HBO series “Game of Thrones” in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Unlike many visitors to Belfast’s Titanic Studios, the monarch declined to try out the throne created for the ruler of the mythical Seven Kingdoms.
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