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Harness-wearing whale was 'trained by Russian military,' researchers say

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Fishermen off Norway's northern coast were astonished last week when they spotted a beluga whale wearing a harness, complete with mounts for a camera.

And according to marine experts, the mammal's backstory may be even stranger: They believe it was trained by the Russian military.

Fishermen Joar Hesten was the first to encounter the whale, off the coast of Finnmark, a county in northeastern Norway. Hesten then contacted the country's Directorate of Fisheries.

Jorgen Ree Wiig, a marine biologist at the directorate, told CNN: "The whale seemed playful but our instincts said that it was also asking for help to get out of the harness."

The harness appeared "specially made," Wiig said, and bore "mounts for GoPro cameras on each side of it," while the harness clips read "Equipment St. Petersburg."

Wiig believes the whale came from Murmansk, Russia, and was trained by the Russian navy. The navy has "been known to train belugas to conduct military operations before," he said, "like guarding naval bases, helping divers, finding lost equipment."

CNN has contacted the Russian authorities for comment.

Martin Biuw, a marine mammal researcher at Norway's Institute of Marine Research, agreed with Wiig, telling CNN: "The fact that it's a trained animal is undoubtable."

After seeing video footage of the whale, captured by Wiig, Biuw said: "It's quite clear that the whale is searching out the boat, and that it's used to being around boats. The whale is coming up with its head above the water, opening its mouth, which suggests that it's expecting to be fed fish as a reward."

Such training, he said, "is not conducted by researchers or anyone in Norway or Greenland. Researchers there do not use harnesses."

Biuw stressed that any statement on the whale's intended purpose would be "pure speculation," but added: "We know that the Russian military during the Cold War were training belugas to sniff out mines or old torpedoes."

In 2017, the Murmansk Sea Biology Research Institute trained beluga whales, dolphins and seals for military roles, the Siberian Times reported.

As for the beluga spotted last week, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries succeeded in freeing it from the harness, after which it swam away. "It was the best feeling ever," Wiig said.

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Fishermen off Norway's northern coast were astonished last week when they spotted a beluga whale wearing a harness, complete with mounts for a camera. And according to marine experts, the mammal's backstory may be even stranger: They believe it was trained by the Russian military.

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Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community as a tour helicopter crashed and killed all three people aboard.

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HONOLULU - Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community as a tour helicopter crashed and killed all three people aboard, officials and witnesses said.

"All you could see was fire," witness Melissa Solomon said, explaining that she was driving on the street when she looked up to see flames and a helicopter plummeting in front of her on a two-lane road amid homes.

Paramedics responding to an unrelated call from a patient with leg pain about 30 yards away heard "a horrific bang," said Shayne Enright, a spokeswoman for Honolulu Emergency Medical Services. When they turned around, they saw a helicopter on fire.

"When they got there, neighbors were doing a heroic job trying to put out the fire and also trying to get the patients away from the burning aircraft," Enright said.

The crash occurred in Kailua, a town of 50,000 people about a 30-minute drive from downtown Honolulu.

Megan Lacy, of Alabama, was visiting friends when they heard the crash. They went outside, expecting to find two cars after they had hit each other.

"We were really confused," she said. "And then we heard screaming and the word 'fire,' and I saw smoke."

Debris damaged her rental car about 100 yards from the scene.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the agency believes three people were on board the four-seat, Robinson R44 aircraft.

He said the circumstances of the crash were unknown.

The helicopter, which was built in 2000, is registered to United Helicopter Leasing LLC of Honolulu, according to FAA records.

Kailua is home to a Marine Corps base. In recent years it's become a popular destination for tourists to go to the beach, hike and shop.

Former President Barack Obama stayed at a rented beachfront vacation home in the town during the winter holidays when he was in the White House.

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Tour helicopter crashes in Hawaii suburb, killing 3

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HONOLULU - Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community as a tour helicopter crashed and killed all three people aboard, officials and witnesses said.

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federal law enforcement thwarts alleged terror plot in la area - cnnpolitics

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Federal law enforcement thwarts alleged terror plot in LA area

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Federal law enforcement thwarted an alleged terror plot involving several targets in the Los Angeles area, according to a federal official.

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Despite all of Harvard's attempts to increase diversity but it looks like their attempts have failed. 90% of their class...

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Harvard has made small strides on some measures of diversity in recent years, but there are still certain arenas in which the university is sorely lacking. Case in point: Admissions statistics reveal that more than 90% of Harvard's incoming freshman class is made up of nerds.

Yikes. Looks like Harvard still has a long way to go towards establishing a truly diverse student body.

Newly released data on the makeup of Harvard's 2019 freshman class shows that 92% of the students admitted are inhaler-huffing poindexters who are obsessed with lame shit like solving math problems and dressing like nerds. Awesome popular kids who are always smoking cigarettes and getting to third base represent only a tiny fraction of the students accepted this year, which sadly comes as no surprise, as in recent years, calculator-humping science wieners have been nearly 10 times more likely to be admitted into the university than their more badass peers.

Historically, Harvard has disproportionately opened its doors to scoliotic dorks with zero social skills, going all the way back to its founding in 1636 by wet-blanket Puritans who were more interested in writing poems about God or whatever than joining their much cooler brethren in all the fun-ass wars happening at the time. While Harvard has made modest efforts over the past decade to diversify its student body in response to mounting pressure to do so, the Ivy League institution still overwhelmingly favors total fucking goobers who'd rather play intramural Quidditch and spaz out on their computers than get laid. The university certainly has it in their power to make their campus more representative of students who know how to party and don't give a fuck about anything but having a good time, but the data makes it clear that the admissions office's commitment remains primarily to buck-toothed acne goblins whose closest experiences to genuine human friendship are one-on-one study sessions with SAT tutors and exchanging lame-ass memes with Guy Fawkes avatars on libertarian message boards.

Just shameful.

It's obvious that Harvard has some major blind spots when it comes to diversity that need to be addressed STAT. Here's hoping the school makes some serious changes to its admissions process so that we see much fewer nerds on campus in the future.

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Diversity Fail: Admissions Statistics Show That More Than 90% Of Harvard's Incoming Freshman Class Is Made Up Of Nerds

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Harvard has made small strides on some measures of diversity in recent years, but there are still certain arenas in which the university is sorely lacking. Case in point: Admissions statistics reveal that more than 90% of Harvard's incoming freshman class is made up of nerds.

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A Florida man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevented her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy.

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A Florida man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevented her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy.

The baby was born with the same disabilities as the teenager, according to the girl's family. They said the teenager does not understand her relation to the baby.

Carlos Carrizales, 61, was sentenced Monday to life in prison. He was convicted last month of felonies including incest, Lakeland's The Ledger reported. It was not immediately clear what Carrizales' relationship to the teen was.
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The non-verbal teenager carried out the pregnancy and gave birth to her daughter in early 2017. Carrizales was arrested that November.

Investigators discovered the girl's pregnancy in 2016 and subsequent DNA testing led authorities to Carrizales. DNA tests showed he was 99.99 percent likely to be the baby's father. Assistant State Attorney Lauren Randall said two independent tests had the same result.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Florida man gets life for raping, impregnating disabled teen

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A Florida man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevented her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy. The baby was born with the same disabilities as the teenager, according to the girl's family.

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The Indian Army on Monday claimed it had sighted the footprints of Yeti, more commonly known as the “abominable snowman,” earlier this month at a Nepalese base camp. The army shared an image of the supposed footprints on its official Twitter page on Monday. It said Yeti’s “mysterious footprints measuring 32x15 inches” were found by a mountaineering expedition team on April 9 at Makalu Base Campe in Nepal.

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The Indian Army on Monday claimed it had sighted the footprints of Yeti, more commonly known as the "abominable snowman," earlier this month at a Nepalese base camp.

The army shared an image of the supposed footprints on its official Twitter page on Monday. It said Yeti's "mysterious footprints measuring 32x15 inches" were found by a mountaineering expedition team on April 9 at Makalu Base Campe in Nepal.

"This elusive snowman has only been sighted at Makalu-Barun National Park in the past," the post read.

The "yeti" has evoked countless sensationalist stories and claims of sightings over the years.

In Nepalese folklore, the monster is described as "furry" and ape-like with a terrifying howl.

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Indian Army claims it found 'abominable snowman' footprint

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The Indian Army on Monday claimed it had sighted the footprints of Yeti, more commonly known as the "abominable snowman," earlier this month at a Nepalese base camp. The army shared an image of the supposed footprints on its official Twitter page on Monday.

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Yesterday in Hawaii a tour helicopter crashed into the ground after the pilot lost control. All 3 people on board the helicopter were pronounced dead on the scene. Witnesses said they saw the helicopter going nose down and out of control.

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Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community as a tour helicopter crashed and killed all three people aboard, officials and witnesses said.

"All you could see was fire," witness Melissa Solomon said, explaining that she was driving on the street when she looked up to see flames and a helicopter plummeting in front of her.

She said she had turn onto another street because she was afraid more pieces were going to fall from the sky onto her and her 16-year-old daughter sitting in the front passenger seat.

"We could have been smashed by it," she said.

Paramedics responding to an unrelated call from a patient with leg pain about 30 yards (27 meters) away heard "a horrific bang," said Shayne Enright, a spokeswoman for Honolulu Emergency Medical Services. When they turned around, they saw a helicopter on fire.

"When they got there, neighbors were doing a heroic job trying to put out the fire and also trying to get the patients away from the burning aircraft," Enright said.

The crash occurred in Kailua, a town of 50,000 people about a 30-minute drive from downtown Honolulu.

The crash site was on a two-lane road amid one and two-story homes.

Darel Robinson was doing construction work at a house about a half-mile (0.8 of a kilometer) from the crash site when he heard what sounded like helicopter blades thumping and then a loud boom.

"It was going nose down and parts were starting to fly off," he said.

Megan Lacy, of Alabama, was visiting friends when they heard the crash. They went outside, expecting to find two cars after they had hit each other.

"We were really confused," she said. "And then we heard screaming and the word 'fire,' and I saw smoke." Debris damaged her rental car about 100 yards (90 meters) from the crash.

A resident said he heard the morning crash then saw a ball of fire in a road when he ran from his house.

Leleo Knappenberger told Hawaii News Now that his mother heard the helicopter flying over the house, making a strange noise.

He said he later saw what appeared to be the tail end of the helicopter.

"It's all smashed to pieces," he said.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the agency believes three people were on board the four-seat, Robinson R44 aircraft.

He said the circumstances of the crash were unknown.

No further details were available on those killed.

The helicopter, which was built in 2000, is registered to United Helicopter Leasing LLC of Honolulu, according to FAA records. State business records show Nicole Vandelaar as the manager.

A woman who answered the phone at the business and identified herself as Nicole declined to immediately comment, saying she was too busy to talk.

A website for the Honolulu tour helicopter company Novictor Helicopters identified Nicole Vandelaar as founder and CEO. The website said she is an expert pilot commercially licensed to fly helicopters and airplanes.

A Novictor helicopter crashed on a sandbar in Kaneohe in October after the pilot lost consciousness twice. That crash resulted in injuries to the pilot and two passengers. It was also a Robinson R44 aircraft.

State Rep. Cynthia Thielen, who represents Kailua, said she wants the FAA to prohibit tour flights over Hawaii's residential areas and national parks. The Republican lawmaker wants Hawaii's congressional delegation to ask the FAA to implement such restrictions.

Thielen also called for tour helicopter flights to be grounded until an investigation into the crash is completed.

Kailua is home to a Marine Corps base. In recent years it's become a popular destination for tourists to go to the beach, hike and shop.

Former President Barack Obama stayed at a rented beachfront vacation home in the town during the winter holidays when he was in the White House.

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Freelance journalist Marco Garcia contributed to this report from Kailua, Hawaii. Associated Press journalists Caleb Jones and Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu and Mark Thiessen in Anchorage, Alaska, contributed to this report.

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3 dead after tour helicopter crashes in Hawaii suburb

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Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community as a tour helicopter crashed and killed all three people aboard, officials and witnesses said. "All you could see was fire," witness Melissa Solomon said, explaining that she was driving on the street when she looked up to see flames and a helicopter plummeting in front of her.

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A man in florida gets life in prison after raping and impregnating a 13 year old girl who's disabilities prevented her from understanding the attack

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A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevent her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy.

The Ledger reports 61-year-old Carlos Carrizales was sentenced Monday, having been convicted last month of felonies including incest. Authorities learned of the girl's pregnancy in 2016 and subsequent DNA testing of men in the girl's life led authorities to Carrizales. DNA tests showed he was 99.99% likely to be the baby's father.

The non-verbal teenager carried out the pregnancy and gave birth to her daughter in early 2017. Carrizales was arrested that November. The victim's family has said the baby has the same disabilities as the teenager. They say the teenager does not understand her relation to the baby.

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Information from: The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), http://www.theledger.com

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Florida man gets life for raping, impregnating disabled teen

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A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevent her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy. The Ledger reports 61-year-old Carlos Carrizales was sentenced Monday, having been convicted last month of felonies including incest.

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Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community as a tour helicopter crashed and killed all three people aboard.

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Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community as a tour helicopter crashed and killed all three people aboard, officials and witnesses said.

"All you could see was fire," witness Melissa Solomon said, explaining that she was driving on the street when she looked up to see flames and a helicopter plummeting in front of her.

She said she had turn onto another street because she was afraid more pieces were going to fall from the sky onto her and her 16-year-old daughter sitting in the front passenger seat.

"We could have been smashed by it," she said.

Paramedics responding to an unrelated call from a patient with leg pain about 30 yards (27 meters) away heard "a horrific bang," said Shayne Enright, a spokeswoman for Honolulu Emergency Medical Services. When they turned around, they saw a helicopter on fire.

"When they got there, neighbors were doing a heroic job trying to put out the fire and also trying to get the patients away from the burning aircraft," Enright said.

The crash occurred in Kailua, a town of 50,000 people about a 30-minute drive from downtown Honolulu.

The crash site was on a two-lane road amid one and two-story homes.

Darel Robinson was doing construction work at a house about a half-mile (0.8 of a kilometer) from the crash site when he heard what sounded like helicopter blades thumping and then a loud boom.

"It was going nose down and parts were starting to fly off," he said.

Megan Lacy, of Alabama, was visiting friends when they heard the crash. They went outside, expecting to find two cars after they had hit each other.

"We were really confused," she said. "And then we heard screaming and the word 'fire,' and I saw smoke." Debris damaged her rental car about 100 yards (90 meters) from the crash.

A resident said he heard the morning crash then saw a ball of fire in a road when he ran from his house.

Leleo Knappenberger told Hawaii News Now that his mother heard the helicopter flying over the house, making a strange noise.

He said he later saw what appeared to be the tail end of the helicopter.

"It's all smashed to pieces," he said.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the agency believes three people were on board the four-seat, Robinson R44 aircraft.

He said the circumstances of the crash were unknown.

No further details were available on those killed.

The helicopter, which was built in 2000, is registered to United Helicopter Leasing LLC of Honolulu, according to FAA records. State business records show Nicole Vandelaar as the manager.

A woman who answered the phone at the business and identified herself as Nicole declined to immediately comment, saying she was too busy to talk.

A website for the Honolulu tour helicopter company Novictor Helicopters identified Nicole Vandelaar as founder and CEO. The website said she is an expert pilot commercially licensed to fly helicopters and airplanes.

A Novictor helicopter crashed on a sandbar in Kaneohe in October after the pilot lost consciousness twice. That crash resulted in injuries to the pilot and two passengers. It was also a Robinson R44 aircraft.

State Rep. Cynthia Thielen, who represents Kailua, said she wants the FAA to prohibit tour flights over Hawaii's residential areas and national parks. The Republican lawmaker wants Hawaii's congressional delegation to ask the FAA to implement such restrictions.

Thielen also called for tour helicopter flights to be grounded until an investigation into the crash is completed.

Kailua is home to a Marine Corps base. In recent years it's become a popular destination for tourists to go to the beach, hike and shop.

Former President Barack Obama stayed at a rented beachfront vacation home in the town during the winter holidays when he was in the White House.

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Freelance journalist Marco Garcia contributed to this report from Kailua, Hawaii. Associated Press journalists Caleb Jones and Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu and Mark Thiessen in Anchorage, Alaska, contributed to this report.

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3 dead after tour helicopter crashes in Hawaii suburb

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Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community as a tour helicopter crashed and killed all three people aboard, officials and witnesses said. "All you could see was fire," witness Melissa Solomon said, explaining that she was driving on the street when she looked up to see flames and a helicopter plummeting in front of her.

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Iowa woman Micalla Rettinger shot and killed while driving home in her car. With her, two other passengers, one of which was injured. Reason why she was killed was unknown.

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micalla rettinger: a 25-year-old iowa woman was shot and killed while driving home from work - cnn

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A 25-year-old Iowa woman was shot and killed while driving home from work

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A bullet tore through the vehicle's driver's side window, killing Micalla Rettinger and injuring one of her two passengers, the Waterloo Police Department said.

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A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevent her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy.

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A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevent her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy.

The Ledger reports 61-year-old Carlos Carrizales was sentenced Monday, having been convicted last month of felonies including incest. Authorities learned of the girl's pregnancy in 2016 and subsequent DNA testing of men in the girl's life led authorities to Carrizales. DNA tests showed he was 99.99% likely to be the baby's father.

The non-verbal teenager carried out the pregnancy and gave birth to her daughter in early 2017. Carrizales was arrested that November. The victim's family has said the baby has the same disabilities as the teenager. They say the teenager does not understand her relation to the baby.

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Information from: The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), http://www.theledger.com

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Florida man gets life for raping, impregnating disabled teen

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A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevent her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy. The Ledger reports 61-year-old Carlos Carrizales was sentenced Monday, having been convicted last month of felonies including incest.

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"People change." - Ghandi

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A man who applied for a job at a store in Wyoming allegedly stole from the shop twice on the same day, according to investigators.

The unidentified 36-year-old man visited Sportsman's Warehouse in Gillette on Friday and bought some items with a rewards card, but did not pay for a pair of sunglasses and ammunition while he was there, the Gillette News Record reported.
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Police were notified of theft at the store. Three hours later, they were called again after the suspect again visited the location - this time, to ask for a job application.

The man allegedly left the store after that encounter with two more pairs of sunglasses, according to the news outlet.
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The suspect - whose job application status was not immediately clear - was cited for the alleged thefts. Police said they recovered the items.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Wyoming man allegedly stole from store, applied for job there hours later

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A man who applied for a job at a store in Wyoming allegedly stole from the shop twice on the same day, according to investigators. The unidentified 36-year-old man visited Sportsman's Warehouse in Gillette on Friday and bought some items with a rewards card, but did not pay for a pair of sunglasses and ammunition while he was there, the Gillette News Record reported.

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A Florida man gets a life sentence in jail after raping and impregnating a disabled teenager. The 13 year old girl's disability made her not understand what was happening to her. She gave birth to a baby girl in early 2017, and she does not understand her relationship to her daughter.

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A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevent her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy.

The Ledger reports 61-year-old Carlos Carrizales was sentenced Monday, having been convicted last month of felonies including incest. Authorities learned of the girl's pregnancy in 2016 and subsequent DNA testing of men in the girl's life led authorities to Carrizales. DNA tests showed he was 99.99% likely to be the baby's father.

The non-verbal teenager carried out the pregnancy and gave birth to her daughter in early 2017. Carrizales was arrested that November. The victim's family has said the baby has the same disabilities as the teenager. They say the teenager does not understand her relation to the baby.

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Information from: The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), http://www.theledger.com

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Florida man gets life for raping, impregnating disabled teen

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A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevent her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy. The Ledger reports 61-year-old Carlos Carrizales was sentenced Monday, having been convicted last month of felonies including incest.