Supreme Court courtroom because he was wearing his traditional headdress. The state argues that the store owner should pay taxes for imported gas he purchased from a supplier in Oregon but has lost the argument in lower courts. The rest of his attire was permitted. Breaking news alerts, watch live newscasts and get the most up-to-date local news on the go. Click here to download for iOS and Android.

The two mountain bikers, authorities say, did what they were supposed to do. They made loud noises to drive the cougar away. One of them even struck the animal with his bicycle. But none of it worked. The big cat that had been following the two friends as they were mountain biking in rural Washington state pounced, lunging at one of the cyclists' head and killing the other, whom the animal mauled in its den.

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With 29 teams qualifying for the Shore Conference Tournament this year, there were 13 opening-round games on Tuesday and Wednesday and not one of them ended with the road team pulling out an upset. If no underdog could pull off a round one upset, then there is now a real possibility that this tournament goes chalk from start to finish. That would be a stark contrast to last season, when Rumson became the first team to win the tournament with a seed as high as No.