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The Pacific island group called Bougainville voted for independence from Papua New Guinea. It was a nonbinding referendum.

A sheriff's office in Illinois posted a mug shot of a man wanted on a DUI charge on Facebook. The man commented asking for a "costume." Police altered the photo to make him in a sailor costume.

The Honey Baked Ham store in Missouri was closed but police were called when someone found a note with cash: "No one was here, and we were in desperate need of pies."

Brittany Keech found a postcard in her mailbox recently. The card was addressed to her cousins, and originally mailed out in 1920.

The annual World Champion Barbecue Cooking Contest is being held this month in Memphis. TSA officials encourage travelers not to put barbecue sauce in their carry-on luggage.

The ban is designed to help the environment. It's not clear how Congress will be affected. In 2011, when Republicans captured the House, they restored Styrofoam cups to their cafeteria.

San Francisco requires health warnings on soda. The American Beverage Association sued — contending a warning label violates the First Amendment by interfering with the "free market of ideas."

An Italian news website reports the former tailor worked very hard to prepare. Now he plans to go to high school, and wants to learn how to use a computer.

Scotch-maker Glenlivet is promoting something different: edible capsules that hold mini servings of whiskey cocktails. They look like little pillows, and were immediately compared to Tide pods.

Relics from the Bronze Age were discovered just north of Stonehenge by a burrowing badger. The bronze saw, copper chisel and an archer's wrist guard date back 4,000 years ago.