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Italian officials secure 12th Century leaning tower …

The Garisenda, left, and Asinelli towers are pictured in Bologna, Italy, March 20, 2020. Bologna's Garisenda tower has been locked down for fear it could collapse. Authorities have provided a security cordon in case of collapse.The Garisenda tower along with the Asinelli(97meters)tower is one of the beauties and attractions for tourists visiting Bologna, and a landmark for citizens. (Massimo Paolone, Lapresse Via AP)

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Nebraska woman bags marriage proposal shortly after killing …

Cole Bures and Samantha Camenzind pose with the deer she shot near Filley, Neb., before he proposed to her on Nov. 12, 2023. Bures asked Camenzind to marry him during a photo shoot to commemorate the moment. (Brenton Lammers/Lammers Media via AP)

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The journey of Minnesota’s Rutt the moose is tracked by …

In this photo provided by Bernie Stang, a moose, named Rutt, or Bullwinkle by admirers, roams through Meeker County, Minn., Oct. 29, 2023. (Bernie Stang via AP)

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Century-overdue library book is finally returned …

In a photo provided by the St. Paul Public Library is a book, "Famous Composers,” that was recently returned to the library in St. Paul, Minn. The tome turned up while someone was sorting through a relative’s belongings. The St. Paul Public Library checkout slip shows it was last borrowed in 1919, Minnesota Public Radio reports. (Claire Huber/St. Paul Public Library via AP)

A horse loose on a flight to Belgium forces a cargo …

FILE - A taxi passes under the entrance to JFK Airport in the New York borough of Queens, Aug. 15, 2003. A cargo plane headed from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Belgium had to return to JFK on Nov. 9, 2023, after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold, according to air traffic control audio. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

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Wisconsin snubs bourbon by elevating brandy old fashioned …

A brandy old fashioned is displayed on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin lawmakers were set to approve a resolution declaring the brandy old fashioned as the official state cocktail on Thursday. In most places other than Wisconsin, the old fashioned is made with whiskey, not brandy. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

‘Extraterrestrials’ return to Mexico’s congress as …

Mexican Journalist Jaime Maussan, center, together with Congressman Sergio Gutierrez Luna and other legislators present what they claim are extraterrestrial life forms on a screen, at the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Mexican legislators held another hearing dedicated to the potential for extraterrestrial life forms and UFOs following a controversial spectacle in September in which Maussan displayed what he said were "non-human beings that are not part of our terrestrial evolution." (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Biologists are keeping a close eye on a rare Mexican …

This June 7, 2023, image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows the female Mexican gray wolf F2754 during a health check before being released into the wild in southeastern Arizona. Federal biologists confirmed, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, that the wolf has traveled beyond the boundaries of the Mexican gray wolf recovery area for the second time and has been located west of Jemez Springs, New Mexico. (Aislinn Maestas/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)

North Carolina’s top elevator official says he’ll …

FILE - A photo of North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry is displayed on an elevator inspection certificate, April 2, 2019, in Raleigh, N.C. More elevator riders in North Carolina soon won't see the state labor commissioner staring back at them. Commissioner Josh Dobson had followed longtime predecessor Berry’s practice of inscribing his photo onto elevator inspection certificates, but he said Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, that his photo is being eliminated to make way for a recently redesigned form. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)