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GARRISON, N.Y. (CBS) ― Respect that reptile! CBS 2's Tony Aiello learned that lesson Friday as he handled a female snapping turtle for an assignment. The turtle lurched its neck out, reared back, and tried to take a snap at Aiello's nose. "I'd like to think I have a 'nose for news,'" Aiello said. "I'm glad my nose survived in one piece." Aiello was at the historic Boscobel House and Gardens in Putnam County, which is celebrating turtle nesting season Saturday with its annual "Turtle Walk." More than 800 turtles live in a marsh on the Hudson River, several hundred...

The hottest thing in German music right now is a 4-year-old girl's made-up song about a crocodile. Joy Gruttman's song, "Snappy the Little Crocodile" ("Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil"), is the No. 1 song on the German charts. Her family posted the song on a Web site as a joke, but a radio station in Cologne, Germany, got hold of it and made it a hit. Gruttman is the youngest recording artist to make it to the German Top 10, let alone No. 1. "Snappy" beat out songs by Kylie Minogue and Linkin Park. The song is even appearing as remixes...