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The celebrations of voodoo were declared a national holiday in 1992

Lathan was sentenced in January 2015 to 17 months in prison after pleading guilty to felony vandalism

The dish in question, chuchuk, is a sausage made from horse meat and intestines

He demanded jewelry and diamonds from a clerk and left with a bag of them

The barred owl is also known as the hoot owl

The woman paid for the winning ticket from her own bank account

The pro-Putin group which published the book has in the past been awarded generous grants by the Kremlin

The tune has racked up more than one million views but has been mocked by critics of the junta

No one was injured and no flights were delayed

The 27-year-old disc jockey barricaded the studio last Friday with a wooden stick to play the prank on his listeners

Roy was arrested on Friday on suspicion of assault with a weapon, a felony

Children carried toy lightsabers to a church in Berlin

Witnesses said Gomes tried to stab Stevens during a bad trip

The head was discovered in the woods by a child walking home in a rural town

Retired science teacher argues that panels would steal sunlight from plants and keep them from growing

Kaiya bit the husband of Israel's deputy foreign minister and a lawmaker

Austin made headlines last year when a young woman attacked him for using a drone to film her

Weisser was issued summonses for trespassing and resisting arrest

René Heuillet admitted pocketing proceeds of regular church collections between 1987 and retirement in early 2013

Despite the arrears, the tailor had continued to make clothes for Churchill

The earliest of the urns was dated 1584 and the latest was dated 1655

He admitted to smuggling or trying to smuggle more than 1,600 turtles of different species out of the United States

Swett's population peaked at 40 residents in the 1940s when it had a post office and grocery store

The man appeared to have climbed into the chimney during the night

Magufuli ordered the sum of about $100,000 to be used to buy hospital beds

He stole preserved human brains and other tissue and then sold them online

Paramedics took the healthy baby to Jamaica Hospital and police are investigating the incident

Their daughter was also sentenced to three years in jail after admitting to inciting her mother to poison her father

As well as the trains, police seized 11 toy tracks

The robber is suspected in holdups at more than 30 fast-food restaurants

The previous nickname 'Fighting Sioux' was banned in 2012 because it was deemed racially offensive

National Narcotics Agency chief wants to use wild animals because the prison personnel numbers are short

The zebras went on the loose from the UniverSoul Circus

The warrant had not been entered into the national database when Rose initially applied for an officer position

Other new records saw the Harlem Globetrotters score a few hoop tricks

On Wednesday, an unidentified man came forward to claim the casket

Social media lit up with reports of streaking lights across the skies from California to Arizona

Abortion is a divisive issue in Ireland

The 30-foot-tall carved wooden obelisk belonging to the Tlingit tribe is due to reach Alaska in November from Honolulu

The PETA campaign aims to help educate kids about elephants and captivity through the robot

Israeli cabinet minister proposed sending stray dogs and cats to another country

Day hosts a 'Festival of the Dead' in Salem, where participants can learn to become paranormal investigators

Authorities are reviewing how the system is monitored to make sure this does not happen again

Military officials wrestled for hours over the best way to bring it down safely

The safety of the shotgun was not on, so it went off and Carter was shot in the left foot

Under new rules, efforts to ban smelly riders did not pass

The male victim, who was unhurt, was not expected to face charges in the incident

Police are still not sure how the emus made their way to streets in the city

Staff gave a running commentary as they displayed the cub's stomach

The airline called in a local beekeeper to handle the bees