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A Canadian zoo has been fined after taking a bear out to get an ice cream cone. <br>Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Canadian zoo officials charged for taking a bear out to get ice cream

A Canadian zoo has been fined for not letting wildlife authorities know it was taking a 1-year-old bear to a local Dairy Queen so it could get an ice cream cone.

The children's character Peppa Pig in 2009 in Britain. <br>ChrisTheDude at English Wikipedia

Peppa Pig reportedly purged from Chinese video app, gangster ties to blame

Last week, a woman knocked on the door of Fire Station 82 in Wayne Township, Ind., divulging that her pet raccoon was severely stoned.<br>Screengrab from The Washington Post

This is a story about a stoned raccoon at a fire station

Elizabeth Swaney of Hungary runs the course during the women's halfpipe qualifying at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.<br>Charlie Riedel/AP

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How a skier managed to compete at the Olympics despite not being very good

Elizabeth Swaney is not bad at skiing, not at all. But she is not very good, either, and certainly not Olympic-caliber in the halfpipe. So how, at age 33 no less, did she manage to make her way into the field at that event in the Winter Games?

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America's least-favorite candy is suddenly its most sought after

Word that the country's oldest continuously operating candy company might shut down has people suddenly hoarding Necco Wafers, despite the candy's unpopularity among, well, almost everyone.