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Circus Tortoise Found After Six-Day Escape

MADISON, Wis. — A massive tortoise who left the circus and took his show on the road for six days has been found and is expected to be back with his circus family soon.

The 114-pound male tortoise named Berta didn’t make it very far. He…

Did the Swine Flu Escape from a Lab?

National Public Radio notes that Professor John Oxford at St. Bart’s and the Royal London Hospital says that the 1957 H1N1 pandemic probably started when it escaped from a lab:”We reckon now, in retrospect, it was probably released accidentally from a …

2 Convicted Killers Escape From Maximum-Security Indiana Prison

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Police and prison guards aided by search dogs hunted Sunday for two convicted killers and a third man who escaped the maximum-security Indiana State Prison, apparently through underground tunnels and pipes.

All thr…