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Police arrest a man for attempted murder after toddler ends up in crocodile enclosure at English zoo

By The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Police in eastern England on Thursday arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after a 3-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure at a zoo near the English university city of Cambridge.

Cambridgeshire Police said officers were called early afternoon to Johnsons Zoo in Old Hurst following “reports of an incident involving a 3-year-old boy, during which he ended up in the crocodile enclosure.”

The boy was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge about 25 miles (40 kilometers) away. Police said he was in critical but stable condition, and that a man from the nearby county of Norfolk was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

“We do not believe the man arrested and the child are known to each other,” said Detective Inspector Verity McCann.

According to its website, the zoo is home to more than 100 animals, including lions, tigers, sloth bears, capybaras, meerkats and crocodiles.

$75 caviar-topped tots. A day’s pay worth of beer. Here’s the World Cup menu — and prices

By The Associated Press
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — World Cup tickets are expensive. Flights to North America are expensive. Hotel rooms in many places are expensive. Then there's the price of beer. There are some fun — and yes, sometimes pricey — food and drink offerings at the venues playing host to the World Cup. A $75 caviar-topped tray of tater tots and a $40 empanada weighing in at 5 pounds (2.2 kilograms) for the daring or for sharing in Miami. Rib-eye tacos for $8 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Something called a Twinkie cheeseburger that has nothing to do with dessert for $22 in Los Angeles. Prices, in many cases, aren't all that different from what U.S. fans would experience on NFL Sundays or college football Saturdays. But some international fans aren't used to such pricing and are calling foul, especially over beer prices that can top $20.
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