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Woman flooded with calls about nonexistent cat due to a T-shirt A British Columbia woman's phone has been flooded with calls about a missing cat that doesn't exist, and it's all because of a T-shirt sold online.

Watch: Golf tournament cancels opening day due to bear on the course The opening day of a golf tournament in Japan was called off when a bear was spotted on the course -- the second such incident in the past two months.

Man wins $50,000 twice in one month from the same lottery game An Arkansas man scored a $50,000 prize from a scratch-off ticket less than a month after winning the same amount of money from the same lottery game.

Rosebud sled from 'Citizen Kane' auctioned for $14.75 million The Rosebud sled from Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" was auctioned for $14.75 million, becoming the second-most expensive piece of movie memorabilia ever sold.

Watch: Reported person stuck in California canal turns out to be blow-up doll A 911 call about a person trapped in the rushing water of a canal led emergency responders in California to the discovery of a discarded blow-up doll.

Watch: Paramedics rescue raccoon with head stuck in soup can Paramedics in Little Rock, Ark., came to the rescue of a hungry raccoon that ended up with its head stuck inside an empty Campbell's Chunky Soup can.

Animal rescuers called to remove 'python' from fish and chip shop Animal rescuers were summoned to a fish and chip shop in London to wrangle a loose "python" that turned out to be a local person's escaped pet corn snake.

Man accidentally buys two identical Powerball tickets, wins $2M A Massachusetts man accidentally bought two identical tickets for the same Powerball drawing and ended up with a pair of prizes, each worth $1 million.

Watch: British chefs cook up world's largest scotch egg Two British social media chefs used an ostrich egg to create the world's largest scotch egg, which weighed in at a whopping 17 pounds and 3.48 ounces.

Watch: Dog lost in Alaskan wilderness found by pilot nine days later A dog who fled into the wilderness during a camping trip in Alaska was found nine days later by a pilot who decided to go searching in his small plane.