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by Joshua Ford | 24NewsA police officer never knows what they may see out on patrol. They could break up a fight. There could be a crazy person yelling at a squirrel. A few months ago, we saw one cop pursuing a drunk Amish guy riding a horse. An officer from the Thrall police department in Texas ran into Kyle Rittenhouse.So, he posted a photo of this celebrity sighting on Facebook, saying "Make those stops, you never know who you might meet. Today it was Kyle Rittenhouse, welcome to Texas."Rittenhouse, of course if well-known for having answered calls online to...

New clues suggest slaves were vital to the Viking way of life -- and argue against attempts to soften the raiders' brutish reputation... Archaeologists are using recent finds and analyses of previous discoveries -- from iron collars in Ireland to possible plantation houses in Sweden -- to illuminate the role of slavery in creating and maintaining the Viking way of life. "This was a slave economy," said Neil Price, an archaeologist at Sweden's Uppsala University who spoke at a recent meeting that brought together archaeologists who study slavery and colonization. "Slavery has received hardly any attention in the past 30...

US in thrall to southern drawl By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 2:21am BST 11/06/2007 To British ears, an American southern accent carries connotations of cowboys and country singers, but in the US it signals something quite different: political success. Ronald Reagan was not southern but possessed home-baked charm Four of the last five US presidents have been southerners, and the only exception, Ronald Reagan, possessed the demonstrably southern virtues of straight talking and home-baked charm. But in the early stages of the competition to succeed George W Bush neither the Republican nor Democrat parties boast a bona fide...