A single sock-eyed salmon found in a Canadian lake in 2015 did test positive for trace amounts of Fukushima radiation, but this is not a demonstrable health concern.
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Reports that former president Barack Obama was about to be arrested over charges of illegal wiretapping were fake news.
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Photograph shows a 2000-horsepower drug-smuggling boat bearing eight outboard motors.
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Photographs show a truck that crashed through a highway barrier and jumped a culvert on the edge of a cliff.
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