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Corvette Museum-Sinkhole
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — The last of eight classic Corvettes gobbled up by a giant sinkhole in Kentucky has been recovered, but the mood was somber as the mangled car was pulled to the surface.
The 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette was buried in dirt and rocks, dozens of feet below the surface of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. The man who donated the car to the museum, Kevin Helmintoller, says the vehicle looks like a piece of tin foil.
The prized cars were swallowed by the sinkhole that opened up in February beneath part of the museum.
Museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli says the damage was progressively worse as each car was pulled out.
The museum will display the cars through August. The ones deemed fixable will be shipped to Michigan for repairs.
LGBT Sports Talk Radio
NEW YORK (AP) — SiriusXM is debuting a weekly sports talk radio show focused on LGBT issues.
"The Outfield" will premiere Sunday on the OutQ channel on the satellite radio service.
Host Eddie Robinson envisions a mix of news analysis, features and listener call-ins. One of the guests for Sunday's program is Sheryl Swoopes, the women's basketball star who at one time was the most recognizable athlete to come out in a team sport. The college coach at Loyola of Chicago later became engaged to a man.
The premiere will open with discussion of UMass guard Derrick Gordon's announcement Wednesday that he is gay — just the latest example of LGBT issues intersecting with sports.
Rat on Subway
NEW YORK (AP) — A commuter's cellphone video of a rat scaring New York City subway riders has gone viral.
Jinais Ponnampadikkal Kader (jih-NYE'-ees poh-nahm-PAH'-dihk-kahl KAH'-dur) shot the iPhone video Monday.
Kader told The Associated Press the A train was leaving the Fulton Street station in lower Manhattan when someone shouted, "Rat on the train!" Kader says he wasn't scared but others on the morning rush-hour train jumped onto their seats.
His video shows people screaming as the large rat runs from side to side. It ends when the train reaches the High Street station in Brooklyn.
More than 577,000 people had watched the YouTube video by Wednesday afternoon.
The 28-year-old Kader is a software developer who lives in Harrison, N.J.
Strip Mall Crocodile
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — This is one crocodile that didn't want to become a handbag.
Police in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville captured a 4-foot-long crocodile Wednesday near a T.J. Maxx store in a strip mall.
Police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther says the animal apparently escaped from a box left in front of a reptile shop called The Serpentarium with a sign saying "Nile Crocodile. Contact Rescue."
Authorities say the crocodile is feisty but had duct tape wrapped around its jaws.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Lt. Patrick Foy says the agency is "reasonably sure" the animal is indeed a Nile crocodile. It's looking for a zoo or other facility to take it.
Foy says the crocodile appears to have broken teeth, perhaps from biting wire cages.
California bans ownership of crocodiles.
Racy Subway Ads
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York transit officials say they'll reconsider advertising standards after a top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo objected to a cleavage-baring subway ad for breast enhancement.
Howard Glaser, Cuomo's director of state operations, wrote to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority asking the agency to take action. Glaser noted in his letter that thousands of children use the transit system every day and that riders should be able to expect a "family friendly" environment on the subway.
An MTA spokesman said in a statement the agency understands the governor's concerns and will review its advertising standards.
The Daily News first reported on the subway ad and Glaser's letter Tuesday.
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