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Brazil firefighters find alligator behind couch

SAO PAULO, Brazil

Firefighters say they have removed a 5-foot-long alligator that was hiding behind a couch after floodwaters washed it into a home in northern Brazil.

Capt. Luiz Claudio Farias of the Parauapebas city fire department says that when the floodwaters receded Tuesday, a woman saw her 3-year-old son petting something behind the couch. It was an alligator.

He says “she snatched the boy away and called” firefighters.

Farias said Wednesday the alligator apparently was well fed. “If he was hungry, he could have seriously hurt or even killed the boy.”

The alligator was taken to an environmentally protected area near the city and released into a river.

DC councilman wants to rename avenue

WASHINGTON, D.C.

A D.C. Council member wants to highlight the city’s lack of statehood and is asking residents to pick another name for Pennsylvania Avenue.

Among the options on the online survey are Let D.C. Vote Way, 51st State Way and Free D.C. Avenue.

Council member Michael Brown is considering a ceremonial renaming, and the sign could be placed under existing markers for Pennsylvania Avenue, which is home to the White House.

The survey also asks residents whether other Washington streets should be renamed. Washington’s 600,000 residents pay federal taxes but do not have a vote in Congress.

Associated Press