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Pothole terminated

Although he is no longer governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger still performs his civic duty — in this case, filling a huge pothole in his Brentwood neighborhood with concrete. The Associated Press reported that on April 11, the Terminator himself, along with a helper, used a shovel and packaged concrete to fill a hole in the street. “Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it,” he tweeted. Arnold’s heroics may have been misguided, however; according to a statement from Socalgas, the “pothole” actually was an active work trench for a project to be completed in May.

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Darryl Pitt, chair of the meteorite division at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel, has an offer Mainers won’t want to refuse: If you’re the first to find a big (the size of a softball or bigger) space rock from a recent meteorite crash, the museum will pay you $25,000. The fireball was seen in the sky around noon on April 8. The rocks probably fell to Earth in a remote wooded area near the border with Canada; NASA estimates the largest specimens will be found near Waite, Maine.

Good grief!

Bayley, a mini “sheepadoodle” dog with her own Instagram account, is famous because she looks remarkably like Snoopy, the cheeky beagle in the comic strip “Peanuts.” Bayley has more than 240,000 followers on social media, People reported. Bayley’s black eyes, nose and big, floppy ears make her a dead ringer for the beloved comic character, even though they are not the same breed. Now Bayley’s owner just needs to get a small, yellow bird to round out the cast.