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US retailer to pay $3mn fine, return Iraqi artifacts
US arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby has agreed to forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts and pay $3 million to settle a civil suit brought by the US government, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The Department of Justice says thousands of cuneiform tablets and clay bullae, originally from Iraq, were smuggled into the United States via the United Arab Emirates and Israel in packages shipped to the Oklahoma-based company. Hobby Lobby said that in 2009 it began acquiring artifacts "consistent with the company's mission and passion for the Bible" with the goal of preserving them for future generations and sharing them with public institutions and museums.
Black bear charges, bites hiker in popular Idaho forest
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A black bear with a cub attacked a 60-year-old woman and her two dogs in a popular area in Idaho but she was able to call relatives for help and they were forced to yell to scare off the animal, officials said Wednesday.
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