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  • The Supreme Court has given the Trump administration a series of major wins in the final blockbuster week of its term. We rounded up the final decisions in one place.
  • "67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S. But even the artist who coined it struggles to define it.
  • “Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End” is a one-woman show that takes a comic look at the beloved humorist. Louise Cornetta will perform “Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28 at 2 and 6 p.m. on Nov. 29 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 30.
  • Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife will host a Southwest Florida Birding Specialty Tour on Saturday, Feb. 28 as part of the 24th Annual Burrowing Owl Festival. The four-hour guided tour runs from 7 to 11 a.m., with participants asked to arrive by 6:45 a.m. at Rotary Park, 5505 Rose Garden Road.The tour will travel by bus to multiple birding locations in Cape Coral and surrounding areas, with short walks expected at select stops. Organizers say participants may see burrowing owls and other bird species common to Southwest Florida, including bald eagles, herons and egrets.Tickets cost $70 and include admission to the Burrowing Owl Festival. Advance purchase is required through ccfriendsofwildlife.org. The festival’s Wildlife and Environmental Expo will also take place Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rotary Park, featuring tours, vendors, speakers and family activities.
  • The largest Emperor penguins today stand less than 4 feet. Fossils show a prehistoric penguin weighed about 220 pounds and was a bit shorter than 6 feet in height.
  • The Monroe County sheriff hung a wanted poster for Punxsutawney Phil. The groundhog saw his shadow last month, predicting 6 more weeks of winter. It's been longer — the state was hit with more snow.
  • China Unicom's tailor has set up a sewing machine, ready to alter concerned customers' pants so that the larger version of the phone will fit in their pockets.
  • More than 500 companies submitted applications for 6.5 million vaping products to the FDA. The agency ruled on some of them but did not yet make a decision on products made by Juul.
  • That's what the Pokini family of Maui did after they won a Guinness record for the world's heaviest avocado. Most avocados weighs less than half a pound. The one they grew was more than 5.6 pounds.
  • The El Paso Zoo will name a cockroach after someone's ex, and feed it to a meerkat, a primate or a bird. Last year, scorned lovers submitted 6,000 names.
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