Giant, invasive goldfish are taking over lakes and ponds around the country. One Minnesota county pulled out 100,000 last year.
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Residents in Minnesota are being reminded not to dump their goldfish in ponds and lakes, and for good reason. Someone fishing in Burnsville recently pulled a giant goldfish out of Keller Lake – an odd sight, yet one that is becoming common in the United States.
In a tweet on Friday reminding residents not to dump goldfish, Burnsville officials said goldfish "grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants." They said groups of large goldfish were recently found in Keller Lake. Officials in Burnsville, a suburb of Minnesota's Twin Cities, initially found 10 fish in Keller Lake – but this week, 18 additional fish were found. Some were 18 inches long and weighed about 4 pounds, according to the Associated Press.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.
The knock at the door came at nighttime on Mother's Day 2008 in Oregon, where Jessica Ellis' parents lived. It was around 9:20 p.m. and his wife, Linda, was already in bed; her father Steve Ellis told CBS News, that he thought someone let their animals out — but two soldiers in Class A uniforms were standing at the door.