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For anyone who recently visited the University of Wyoming Berry Biodiversity Institute, they may have noticed that its ambassador animals -- an assortment of amphibians and reptiles -- have new and ...

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Newly released footage appears to show a man ramming the gates of a Glendale police station with his truck on two separate occasions less than one month apart. Arizona state schools chief Tom ...

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