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Wactor said the young bull elk might return to North Carolina if there are no females where it is in Pickens County. Biologist said elk were eliminated from the southern Appalachian Mountains in the late 1700s due to over-hunting and loss of habitat. They said the species neared extinction across North American by 1900. ...it is pretty cool see the mountain elk come home after 300 years missing in action.”

UMEA, Sweden (AFP) - A Swedish bus driver slipped on a skirt after his request to work in shorts in the summer heat was turned down, local media reported. Bus driver Mats Lundgren, in the northern town of Umea, asked for permission to drive his vehicle in shorts as temperatures reached 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit), but was told by his company that he could not. Determined to cool his legs in the inordinate temperatures for northern Sweden, he then decided to show up in a skirt, which is allowed by the transport company's dress code. As Lundgren settled in...