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Standing on a boat dock in Venice, Gabe Macormic faced a unique challenge: Find someone willing to take a sun-baked, 10-ton heap of dead nutria off his hands. Macormic had, on a lark, revived the long-dormant Plaquemines Parish Nutria Rodeo, an event that aims to knock back the booming population of orange-toothed, South American rodents that have been devouring Louisiana marshes for almost a century. He expected an extended circle of buddies to participate. They d zip around on airboats, have few laughs, maybe shoot a couple hundred swamp rats. But when the rodeo began Friday, about 200 hunters showed up. By Saturday night, when prizes were awarded for the most kills and biggest nutria, Macormic was confronting a body count far beyond his expectations: about 1,500 nutria. ....
Ted Cruz and Cary Elwes in Twitter spat over Princess Bride. Again. And now, for the odd-fellows Twitter smackdown of the day, we give you Ted Cruz and Cary Elwes. Yes, you read that right: The Texas Republican U.S. senator and the British star of the beloved 1987 film The Princess Bride are trading metaphorical tweet slaps. The senator, 50, has acknowledged the sublimely ridiculous film is his personal favorite; he has been known to recite whole scenes by heart. But he wasn t feeling the love Wednesday from The Man in Black after Elwes, who played Westley in Rob Reiner s fairytale fluff, sent out a scathing tweet earlier in the day addressing Cruz. ....