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Serving Time, And Fighting California Wildfires For $2 A Day

Close to 1,500 inmates have been sent to battle the wildfires in Northern California.

An 'Exceptionally Rare' 2-Headed Snake Found In Virginia Has Died

Two-headed snakes don't live very long in the wild, so when one was found in a Northern Virginia yard, the discovery got the attention of scientists and social media alike.

Michael Bloomberg Gives $1.8 Billion To Financial Aid At Johns Hopkins University

The donation is the largest individual gift ever made to a single university and is designed to allow the school to be need-blind and loan-free.

Bookstore's Tweet On The Sale Of A Children's Book After 27 Years, Goes Viral

Broadhursts Bookshop in Southport, England, sold the book about William the Conqueror that had sat on the shelf for decades. The store's tweet about the sale has inspired thousands of replies.

Oh, The Places You'll Go: Toilet Signs Try To Help

Using toilets is not always intuitive. That's when a sign or two can be helpful — and sometimes hilarity-inducing.

Six Years After Museum Heist, Missing Picasso Possibly Found In Romania

Thieves entered the Netherlands' Kunsthal in 2012 and made off with seven paintings, allegedly later burned in an oven by the ringleader's mother. Now the story has taken another strange turn.

Republican Rick Scott Wins Florida Senate Seat Over Incumbent Bill Nelson

Ultimately, even a hand recount didn't shift the final margin of the race too much. Scott's win means Republicans have picked up two Senate seats even as the GOP lost substantial ground in the House.

Trump Says Of Midterm Losses, 'My Name Wasn't On The Ballot'

The president refused to admit any culpability in the results, but in a rare move, he acknowledged he made a mistake in not visiting Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day.

After Nearly 2 Weeks and 2 Recounts, Florida Senate Race Ends

Nearly two weeks after Election Day, a statewide recount showed that Republican Gov. Rick Scott continued to hold the lead in the Senate race against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson.

Science, Technology, Math, Engineering And Now Congress

"Somebody with a technical background might think in a little bit different than the way, for instance, that a lawyer would think," says Chrissy Houlahan, a new lawmaker with a STEM background.

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