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This photo released by the Lincoln Children's Zoo, shows Milla, a Matschie's tree kangaroo in Lincoln, Neb. The Lincoln Children's Zoo is celebrating its first set of Matschie's tree kangaroo twins and an official who tracks numbers of the extremely rare species says it's the first documented case in North America among records that go back to the 1970s. The twins born last month to Milla and her mate Noru, brought in from the Toronto Zoo, make up half of the four documented Matschie's tree kangaroo births in 2008. The twins are in her pouch.
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Published January 12, 2009 10:13 am - Nebraska zookeepers are seeing double and they’re thrilled about it, with the birth of twins to a rare species of tree kangaroo.

A ninja, or at least someone dressed like one, is lurking in the shadows of Palm Beach County, Florida.

And, the Taco Bell tolled for the wedding of Paul and Caragh Brooks in Normal, Ill.



Mid-Daily Items: Twins the size of a lima bean



Nebraska zookeepers are seeing double and they’re thrilled about it, with the birth of twins to a rare species of tree kangaroo.

Twin joeys were born last month at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo to Matschie’s tree kangaroos Milla and her mate Noru. They were found in Milla’s pouch last month, and count as two of the four documented Matschie’s tree kangaroo births last year.

Kansas City Zoo zookeeper Jacque Blessington says only about 50 of the animals exist in North America. In the wild, they live in the rain forest in northeastern Papua, New Guinea.

She says the babies were likely the size of a lima bean at birth.

They are expected to begin poking out their heads or feet as early as May.

— A ninja, or at least someone dressed like one, is lurking in the shadows of Palm Beach County, Florida.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says a heavyset man with a visible potbelly and a ninja costume unsuccessfully tried to steal two different ATMs over the past two weeks.

Security video from the automated teller machines showed the unidentified man dressed in a black ninja outfit with a hood that showed only his eyes.

Authorities say the first attempt was made at a bank on Dec. 29 and the second at a Walgreens on Tuesday. Authorities did not say how the man tried to steal the machines.

— The Taco Bell tolled for the wedding of Paul and Caragh Brooks in Normal, Ill.

Customers inside the fast-food restaurant continued to order tacos and burritos as the couple sat Friday in an orange booth at Taco Bell and exchanged vows.

“It’s appropriate,” groom Paul Brooks said. “It’s an offbeat relationship.”

Employees displayed hot sauce packets labeled with the words “Will you marry me?” They decorated the restaurant with streamers and balloons.



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