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Lisbon, Maine dispatcher saves tourists in Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon, Maine dispatcher saves tourists in Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon, Maine dispatcher saves tourists in Lisbon, Portugal

When tourists get stuck in an elevator in Lisbon, Portugal, they called the Lisbon Police. The problem is they called Lisbon, Maine. Fortunately for them the dispatcher in Maine took the time to help them.

HEARTWARMING

Child Hit in Head By Falling Bullet After Gun Fired Into The Air, Police Say

The bullet fell through a canopy covering a backyard swimming pool where the child was playing.

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Six Nurses All Sporting The ‘Baby Bump’ At Once in One NC Hospital Unit

Six nurses within the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Health are ALL expecting.

HEARTWARMING
Pranksters Plant Real Pot in City-Owned Flower Pots

Police Chief Roy Eckerdt believes the clandestine cultivating is "somebody's sense of humor."

WEIRD
'Is this photoshopped?' Texas Park Shares Photo of White Rattlesnake

A regular rattlesnake might send a chill down your spine. A photo of a white, ghost-like rattler blending in with a sidewalk might be too much to handle.

WEIRD
Train Kills NC Woman Whose Wheelchair Gets Stuck on Tracks

A North Carolina woman is dead after her motorized wheelchair got stuck while she crossed railroad tracks and she was hit by a freight train.

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NC Woman's Vanity Tag Called 'Poor Taste', Denied by DMV

Amy Bright requested a license plate 'LSBNSNLV,' which roughly translates to 'lesbians in love.' She wanted to express her love of her wife.

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Hemdy Bribge? Misspelling on NC sign grabbing attention

Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said they are aware of the problem and are working to fix it.

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Georgia Men With Over 350 Credit, Debit and Gift Cards, $63K in Cash Arrested in NC

During the search, officers say they also found a laptop, iPad, and electronic device capable of reading, erasing and rewriting credit and debit cards.

CRIME
Ga. Subway Employee Calls 911 on Vacationing NC Family, Says They Look Suspicious

The Dobson family says it all came down to the color of their skin.

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911 Call Leads To Viral Video of Pool Incident, Job Loss for Man Who Asked Black NC Mom for ID

Adam Bloom, the now former chairman of the Glenridge Community Pool, called 911 to report a woman was using the pool without authorization to do so. Officers later determined that she did have proper access.

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Hand-drawn child porn just as bad as the real thing, appeals court says

The Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a man who drew sexually-explicit images of children while locked in a Muskegon County prison for a previous child porn case.

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