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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A baby gorilla has been born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
The zoo announced Thursday that Kokomo, an endangered western lowland gorilla, gave birth to a daughter about two days ago.
The baby weighs about 4 pounds and Kokomo tops the scales at 229 pounds.
The zoo says Kokomo is a very protective and attentive mother who won't let the newborn out of her arms.
However, she is allowing other gorillas to check out her daughter — who doesn't yet have a name.
It's the second baby for Kokomo and the father, named Winston.
The baby is the eighth member of the zoo's gorilla troop.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police say three or four men who tried to steal an ATM from a Colorado Springs drug store fled empty-handed but left a trail of machine parts outside the business.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports (http://tinyurl.com/hqs2nn4) the intruders got the ATM just past the front door of a Walgreens store early Thursday before giving up.
Online police reports say officers were sent to the store shortly after 4 a.m. when a burglar alarm went off. The intruders had taken off before police arrived.
Police say the men were driving a white van, but no other descriptions were released.
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Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazette.com
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco says used car retailer CarMax must tell buyers in California the condition of individual vehicle components it inspects.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday CarMax's practice of providing buyers with the list of components inspected as part of its used car certification program, but not their condition, violates California law.
Virginia-based CarMax said in a statement it was reviewing the findings of the case.
The ruling came in a lawsuit by a man who bought an Infiniti from a CarMax lot in Costa Mesa, California and said he experienced problems with the car.
A lower court ruled in favor of CarMax. The 9th Circuit overturned that decision and ordered the lower court to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
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CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A judge denied a motion Thursday to dismiss incest charges against a New Mexico mother who is accused of having a romantic relationship with her 19-year-old son.
The decision handed down in a brief letter sets the stage for Monica Mares' trial to begin next week in Clovis, where authorities say she was living with her 19-year-old son, Caleb Peterson.
Mares put up Peterson for adoption when he was an infant, and the two recently reunited. After the son moved into his mother's home, the relationship became romantic and sexual in nature, authorities said.
The Clovis News Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2elTgNH) that Judge Drew Tatum's decision not to dismiss the case comes a day after she appeared in court, with her attorney, who said the state incest statute criminalizes sexual relationships between "parents and children."
The relationship between Mares and Peterson represented a consensual relationship between two adults, defense attorney Brett Carter told the judge.
He also argued that incest laws punished women disproportionately.
Mares and Peterson told the British paper the Daily Mail that they made their relationship public to raise awareness about "genetic sexual attraction."
Police learned of the relationship in February after responding to a dispute on the street where they lived. It's not clear if it may have been a statement from a neighbor or an acquaintance that led police to determine the two were romantically involved.
A criminal complaint states that Peterson acknowledged the relationship at the time of the arrest, saying his mother had been in a series of abusive relationships with men.
He told authorities he believed he could take care of her and keep her safe from abusive men like those in her past, a criminal complaint states.
Mares denied having an incestuous relationship at the time of her arrest.
The trial of Peterson, who is also charged with incest, is scheduled for November.
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Information from: Clovis News Journal, http://www.cnjonline.com
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a single BB gun shot to the heart killed a homeless man found dead in Tacoma this week.
The News Tribune reports (https://goo.gl/rwJUeS ) that police didn't initially realize the case was a homicide, but an autopsy revealed the cause of death for 32-year-old Dustin Kopp.
Kopp was found dead Tuesday morning on a steep embankment. He lived beneath the state Route 16 overpass near South Cedar Street, where the man accused of shooting him, Sergio Suarez, also lived.
Suarez was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and second-degree assault. Authorities said in charging papers that Kopp had accused Suarez of stealing another person's property. They also say that when questioned Suarez confessed.
Suarez was due to appear in court Friday.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
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CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A grizzly bear that has been menacing humans in Park County has been removed and killed.
The Cody Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/2e4cRic ) that the 519-pound bear was captured Saturday after previously being relocated in 2004 and 2011 due to prior human encounters.
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks officials estimate the bear was 18 years old.
Park County Commissioner Joe Tilden says the bear was prowling his ranch beginning in late September. The bear ultimately had to be removed after it killed some of Tilden's animals.
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Information from: The Cody Enterprise, http://www.codyenterprise.com
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A parasite that caused a major die-off of mountain whitefish in the Yellowstone River has been found in seven other rivers in Montana.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/2enxUeu ) that Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks biologists said Wednesday that the parasite has been confirmed in the upper and lower Madison, East Gallatin, Bighorn, Stillwater, Boulder near Big Timber, Jefferson and Shields rivers.
The parasite killed at least 4,000 whitefish in the Yellowstone River in August.
Other than the major die-off in the Yellowstone, which briefly prompted officials to ban recreation on a stretch of the river from Gardiner to Laurel, no other fish deaths connected to the parasite have been documented this year.
Some whitefish were found dead in the Jefferson River last year, but officials are unsure if the parasite is to blame.
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Information from: Bozeman Daily Chronicle, http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Crews are working to remove Idaho's largest sequoia tree from where it sits next to a hospital due to construction.
The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/2dqmCsV ) that on Wednesday an Environmental Design Inc., a company whose expertise is moving large trees, began work to move the 104-year-old tree from its place next to St. Luke's to a new site at Fort Boise Park.
The hospital will pay around $300,000 to move and care for the tree
In order to move the tree, which stands 98 feet tall and is more than 20 feet around, crews will dig a trench around the sequoia and prune its roots to a 20- to 25-foot radius. A special watering plan will help heal the roots before the tree is actually moved in spring 2017.
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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A Fort Collins group is looking to protect the handprint of a famous comedian in the city's downtown.
The Coloradoan reports (http://noconow.co/2emcGiH ) that vaudevillian comic Jack Benny put his hand in the concrete of Fort Collins in 1962 to help dedicate a long-shuttered bank. Now the Fort Collins Downtown Development Authority is hoping to preserve the print.
Benny's print sits next to impressions of the hands of Harvey Johnson, Fort Collins' mayor in 1962, and William Morgan, then-president of Colorado State University.
Development Authority officials are suggesting the city fund a permanent, above-ground mounting location and plaque for the three prints, as they are deteriorating due to exposure to weather, auto pollution and sidewalk traffic.
City Councilmember Ray Martinez says it's not a top priority, but it is important to the city.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan, http://www.coloradoan.com
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DENISON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 51-year-old man accidentally shot himself on his way into a western Iowa field to hunt deer with his wife.
The shooting occurred around 5 p.m. Monday in southern Crawford County. The Iowa Natural Resources Department says Daniel Gehling, of Denison, was adjusting the handgun in his waistband when it went off. The bullet struck one of his thighs. The department says his wife, Carolyn, called for help and applied pressure on the wound to stanch the bleeding.
Daniel Gehling was taken to Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison for treatment and then flown to an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital for surgery.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A baby gorilla has been born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
The zoo announced Thursday that Kokomo, an endangered western lowland gorilla, gave birth to a daughter about two days ago.
The baby weighs about 4 pounds and Kokomo tops the scales at 229 pounds.
The zoo says Kokomo is a very protective and attentive mother who won't let the newborn out of her arms.
However, she is allowing other gorillas to check out her daughter — who doesn't yet have a name.
It's the second baby for Kokomo and the father, named Winston.
The baby is the eighth member of the zoo's gorilla troop.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police say three or four men who tried to steal an ATM from a Colorado Springs drug store fled empty-handed but left a trail of machine parts outside the business.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports (http://tinyurl.com/hqs2nn4) the intruders got the ATM just past the front door of a Walgreens store early Thursday before giving up.
Online police reports say officers were sent to the store shortly after 4 a.m. when a burglar alarm went off. The intruders had taken off before police arrived.
Police say the men were driving a white van, but no other descriptions were released.
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Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazette.com
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco says used car retailer CarMax must tell buyers in California the condition of individual vehicle components it inspects.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday CarMax's practice of providing buyers with the list of components inspected as part of its used car certification program, but not their condition, violates California law.
Virginia-based CarMax said in a statement it was reviewing the findings of the case.
The ruling came in a lawsuit by a man who bought an Infiniti from a CarMax lot in Costa Mesa, California and said he experienced problems with the car.
A lower court ruled in favor of CarMax. The 9th Circuit overturned that decision and ordered the lower court to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A judge denied a motion Thursday to dismiss incest charges against a New Mexico mother who is accused of having a romantic relationship with her 19-year-old son.
The decision handed down in a brief letter sets the stage for Monica Mares' trial to begin next week in Clovis, where authorities say she was living with her 19-year-old son, Caleb Peterson.
Mares put up Peterson for adoption when he was an infant, and the two recently reunited. After the son moved into his mother's home, the relationship became romantic and sexual in nature, authorities said.
The Clovis News Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2elTgNH) that Judge Drew Tatum's decision not to dismiss the case comes a day after she appeared in court, with her attorney, who said the state incest statute criminalizes sexual relationships between "parents and children."
The relationship between Mares and Peterson represented a consensual relationship between two adults, defense attorney Brett Carter told the judge.
He also argued that incest laws punished women disproportionately.
Mares and Peterson told the British paper the Daily Mail that they made their relationship public to raise awareness about "genetic sexual attraction."
Police learned of the relationship in February after responding to a dispute on the street where they lived. It's not clear if it may have been a statement from a neighbor or an acquaintance that led police to determine the two were romantically involved.
A criminal complaint states that Peterson acknowledged the relationship at the time of the arrest, saying his mother had been in a series of abusive relationships with men.
He told authorities he believed he could take care of her and keep her safe from abusive men like those in her past, a criminal complaint states.
Mares denied having an incestuous relationship at the time of her arrest.
The trial of Peterson, who is also charged with incest, is scheduled for November.
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Information from: Clovis News Journal, http://www.cnjonline.com
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a single BB gun shot to the heart killed a homeless man found dead in Tacoma this week.
The News Tribune reports (https://goo.gl/rwJUeS ) that police didn't initially realize the case was a homicide, but an autopsy revealed the cause of death for 32-year-old Dustin Kopp.
Kopp was found dead Tuesday morning on a steep embankment. He lived beneath the state Route 16 overpass near South Cedar Street, where the man accused of shooting him, Sergio Suarez, also lived.
Suarez was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and second-degree assault. Authorities said in charging papers that Kopp had accused Suarez of stealing another person's property. They also say that when questioned Suarez confessed.
Suarez was due to appear in court Friday.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A grizzly bear that has been menacing humans in Park County has been removed and killed.
The Cody Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/2e4cRic ) that the 519-pound bear was captured Saturday after previously being relocated in 2004 and 2011 due to prior human encounters.
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks officials estimate the bear was 18 years old.
Park County Commissioner Joe Tilden says the bear was prowling his ranch beginning in late September. The bear ultimately had to be removed after it killed some of Tilden's animals.
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Information from: The Cody Enterprise, http://www.codyenterprise.com
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A parasite that caused a major die-off of mountain whitefish in the Yellowstone River has been found in seven other rivers in Montana.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/2enxUeu ) that Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks biologists said Wednesday that the parasite has been confirmed in the upper and lower Madison, East Gallatin, Bighorn, Stillwater, Boulder near Big Timber, Jefferson and Shields rivers.
The parasite killed at least 4,000 whitefish in the Yellowstone River in August.
Other than the major die-off in the Yellowstone, which briefly prompted officials to ban recreation on a stretch of the river from Gardiner to Laurel, no other fish deaths connected to the parasite have been documented this year.
Some whitefish were found dead in the Jefferson River last year, but officials are unsure if the parasite is to blame.
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Information from: Bozeman Daily Chronicle, http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Crews are working to remove Idaho's largest sequoia tree from where it sits next to a hospital due to construction.
The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/2dqmCsV ) that on Wednesday an Environmental Design Inc., a company whose expertise is moving large trees, began work to move the 104-year-old tree from its place next to St. Luke's to a new site at Fort Boise Park.
The hospital will pay around $300,000 to move and care for the tree
In order to move the tree, which stands 98 feet tall and is more than 20 feet around, crews will dig a trench around the sequoia and prune its roots to a 20- to 25-foot radius. A special watering plan will help heal the roots before the tree is actually moved in spring 2017.
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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A Fort Collins group is looking to protect the handprint of a famous comedian in the city's downtown.
The Coloradoan reports (http://noconow.co/2emcGiH ) that vaudevillian comic Jack Benny put his hand in the concrete of Fort Collins in 1962 to help dedicate a long-shuttered bank. Now the Fort Collins Downtown Development Authority is hoping to preserve the print.
Benny's print sits next to impressions of the hands of Harvey Johnson, Fort Collins' mayor in 1962, and William Morgan, then-president of Colorado State University.
Development Authority officials are suggesting the city fund a permanent, above-ground mounting location and plaque for the three prints, as they are deteriorating due to exposure to weather, auto pollution and sidewalk traffic.
City Councilmember Ray Martinez says it's not a top priority, but it is important to the city.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan, http://www.coloradoan.com
DENISON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 51-year-old man accidentally shot himself on his way into a western Iowa field to hunt deer with his wife.
The shooting occurred around 5 p.m. Monday in southern Crawford County. The Iowa Natural Resources Department says Daniel Gehling, of Denison, was adjusting the handgun in his waistband when it went off. The bullet struck one of his thighs. The department says his wife, Carolyn, called for help and applied pressure on the wound to stanch the bleeding.
Daniel Gehling was taken to Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison for treatment and then flown to an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital for surgery.
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