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Maine Man again Takes Deflated Balls Message Airborne

A Maine man who has hired a plane to fly banners protesting the NFL's four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady again took to the air to gloat over a judge's reversal of that suspension.

The Portland Press Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1ipTaRR ) that Richard Pate's latest message — flown over Scarborough area beaches on Saturday — taunts NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell with the message: "Roger G. Feelin a Little Deflated?"

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Small Pennsylvania Town Serves up Hamburgers Galore

Where's the beef? On Saturday, it was at the Taste of Hamburg-er Festival in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Hamburg.

The town named after the German city held its 12 annual festival featuring food, music, eating competitions and children's activities. Some in attendance donned attire paying tribute to their favorite meat. There were more than 30 stands serving a variety of burgers.

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Azarenka Fights to 'Pinish' at U.S. Open

Victoria Azarenka added a new word to the tennis lexicon Saturday after her U.S. Open win against Angelique Kerber -- 'pinish.'

The two-time runner-up won a third-round thriller 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 on a sixth match point, having trailed 2-5 in the first set.

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New Hampshire Town Celebrates Notable '65 UFO Sighting

They say a lightning strike started a fire in the Exeter, New Hampshire, town hall that caused the cancellation of a UFO festival the first year it was hosted by the local Kiwanis Club.

That's what they say anyway. (Cue the eerie music and get Steven Spielberg on the line right away.)

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Prison Ordered for Michigan Man in Dirty Sock Deal

A man who tried to sell a backpack of dirty socks as marijuana has been sentenced to at least one year in a Michigan prison.

Michael Suarez was sentenced Thursday for committing fraud through false pretenses. An unarmed robbery charge was dropped.

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Companies to Stop 'Revenge Makeover' Ads Using ex-Governor

Two online marketing companies that ceased publishing ads depicting former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer as an over-the-hill divorcee who needed a "revenge makeover" could still face legal action from her.

In a written statement, Brewer said that she was "pleased" they would stop running the ads with her image but the removal comes too little too late.

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Hordes of Seized Marijuana Makes Spanish Police 'Dizzy'

Huge stashes of seized marijuana are piling up at police stations across Spain, leaving officers dizzy and feeling like "they smoked something illegal", a police union said Thursday.

The problem is concentrated in rural areas with small police stations that are responsible for vast stretches of farmland where regular seizures of illegal marijuana are made in summer, according to Catalan police union USPAC.

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Pope Visits Optician in Central Rome for Glasses

Pope Francis went to an optician's in central Rome on Thursday to try on glasses, Italian media reported.

Arriving in an unmarked car in the late afternoon, the Argentine pontiff visited the shop in the historic and lively city center close to the famous Piazza del Popolo, drawing crowds outside the window.

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Sri Lanka Ex-President's Vanity Airport is Used to Store Rice

Part of a vanity airport built by toppled Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapakse will be used as a rice storage warehouse to reduce losses after failing to take off, officials said Wednesday.

Rajapakse International aiport, located in the remote farming outpost of Hambantota 250 kilometres (180 miles) from Colombo, has been shunned by airlines after setting planes on a collision course with migrating birds. 

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Broken Lavatories Force Malaysia Airlines Jet to Land

Malaysia Airlines said one of its jets made an unscheduled landing in India on Thursday due to broken lavatories while flying the same route as flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine last year.

A spokeswoman said MH19 -- the new flight code after "MH17" was retired following the tragedy -- landed in Chennai on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

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