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More than a century after Maine’s Penobscot Nation lost control of much of its ancestral landscape, 11,297 acres have now been returned; the wider $32.5 million effort aims to return more than 30,000 acres

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11,297 acres surrounding the East Branch of the Penobscot River were returned to the Penobscot Nation, marking the first phase of a larger effort to restore more than 30,000 acres of ancestral homeland (Image Credit: Chris Bennett/ Trust for Public Land) A vast stretch of Maine forest has changed hands in a return more than…

A Minnesota woman paid $500 to overnight a box she said held cookbooks; a shipping worker opened it with police and found $30,000 in cash meant for scammers

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Representative Image (AI-generated) What looked like an ordinary overnight shipment turned into a scam intervention after a Minnesota shipping company worker became suspicious of a woman’s unusually urgent request. The woman had arrived at Graphic Mailbox in Northfield, Minnesota, last week hoping to send a package to Texas. She was prepared to pay $500 for…