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SUGAR LAND,

 

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A sticky mess has been cleaned up after an overturned tanker truck poured 5,000 gallons of molasses onto a major Texas highway.

 

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Drivers heading to Sugar Land were rerouted Thursday after the afternoon accident shut down Texas 6 at Southwest Freeway for eight hours.

 

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City of Sugar Land spokeswoman Pat Pollicoff told The Houston Chronicle the road was closed until midnight Thursday because of the coating of "healthy, all natural molasses." The spilled molasses was supposed to be used in cattle food.

 

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The 26-year-old driver of the truck, Joe Albert Loya, was taken to a hospital with minor head injuries.

 

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AP: Odd News

Parachutist lands on band
at Fort Riley ceremony ​

 

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By JOHN MILBURN,

 

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Associated Press Writer

 

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Fri Jul 18, 12:17 AM ET

 

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FORT RILEY, Kan. -

 

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AP Photo: Members of the 1st Infantry Division Band stand at rest while medics work on a...

 

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A parachutist went off course Thursday at the start of a military review and dropped feet-first into the 1st Infantry Division's band, injuring three players.

 

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Several thousand people watched as the man under the red, white and blue parachute landed on the 30-member band, about 50 yards off target. A gasp went up from the crowd, followed by silence as at least a dozen people rushed over to help.

 

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"I hear, 'Oh, expletive,' and immediately, I hear a crash,'" said the band's commander, Chief Warrant Officer Scott MacDonald.