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CALGARY - It was snakes and ladders — minus the ladders — for Calgary fire crews when they rescued what was thought to be an abandoned pet.

Residents of an apartment building in the city's northwest were suspicious when they heard a splish splash from what was supposed to be an empty suite.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Emergency dispatchers in Pittsburgh are preparing to take calls from residents who may be unprepared for fake gun shots, explosions and other mayhem while the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" films at various city locations.

The movie has received mammoth publicity in the local media. But Allegheny County Deputy Emergency Management Director Raymond DeMichiei (dee-mih-SHAY') tells WTAE-TV (http://bit.ly/oumsu6) that some folks, no doubt, may be puzzled by some sights and sounds.

MANSFIELD, Ohio - A large oak tree that played a key role near the end of "The Shawshank Redemption" was heavily damaged during a storm last week.

The 1994 movie was filmed in and around the former Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield in north-central Ohio. The tree is where Morgan Freeman's character finds money and a note left by Tim Robbins' character.

MANSFIELD, Ohio - A storm has destroyed half of an Ohio oak tree that played a key role near the end of "The Shawshank Redemption."

The 1994 movie was filmed in an around an old prison in Mansfield in north-central Ohio, and the tree is where Morgan Freeman's character finds money and a note left by Tim Robbins' character.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A California taxidermist has earned a rare place in pop history.

Sergio Vigalato (VIG'-uh-lot-oh) preserved Lady Gaga's now-famous raw-meat dress for display in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.

WINNIPEG - A 12-year-old tigress at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg has given birth to at least two cubs.

Zoo officials say they don't know much more than that because Kendra is keeping her tiger babies pretty close.

VIENNA - Vienna police have shut down an unusual cannabis "ring" — hemp growing along the Austrian capital's busy Ring Street encircling the city's centre.

Alerted by a news article about the illegal crop, police officers on Friday plucked a 200-meter (yard) stretch of green space along the three-lane street clean of the offending plants.

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