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Thank-you gift from relative earns Md. man a $100,000 lottery prize A Maryland man did a favor for a relative and was rewarded with a scratch-off lottery ticket that turned out to be a $100,000 winner.

Watch: Weasel-like fisher seen in Cleveland for the first time since 1800s Cleveland Metroparks announced a fisher, a small predator, has been caught on camera in a city wildlife area for the first time in over a century.

Wildlife center announces naming contest for four capybaras A wildlife center in Costa Rica announced it is holding a contest allowing members of the public to name its four newly-arrived capybaras.

Watch: Washington family's home flooded with unwanted Amazon packages A Washington, D.C., family said more than 100 packages intended for a local hotel have been delivered to their home during the past six months.

Watch: Police, firefighters rescue stranded dog from Arizona canal Police and firefighters in Arizona teamed up to rescue a dog found to have fallen into a Tempe canal and couldn't find its own wat out of the water.

Watch: 1,435 couples kiss under mistletoe to break world record A total 1,435 couples locked lips under festive sprigs to break the Guinness World Record for the most couples kissing underneath the mistletoe.

California woman wins $1M lottery prize one day before her birthday A California woman scored a $1 million top price from a California Lottery scratch-off ticket she bought just one day before her birthday.

Watch: Trespassing alligator removed from 7-Eleven store in Florida Sheriff's deputies in Florida were summoned to a 7-Eleven store to remove a cold blooded loiterer refusing to make any purchases -- an alligator.

Watch: Cowboys summoned for help when 13 cattle escape trailer on the highway Authorities in Missouri called in a crew of cowboys for help when a crash on Interstate 70 in Oak Park freed 13 cattle from their trailer.

Thousands of golden retrievers gather in Buenos Aires for meetup Nearly 2,400 golden retrievers and owners gathered this week in Buenos Aires in what organizers described as the largest meeting of the breed ever.