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The two-headed Texas cooter turtle named Thelma and Louise is doing well.

SAN ANTONIO — A two-headed turtle born last month at the San Antonio Zoo has become so popular that she has her own Facebook page.

Zoo officials said the Texas cooter, named Thelma and Louise for the female duo in the 1991 Oscar-winning movie, has been doing well.

Spokesman Debbie Rios-Vanskike said the turtle eats and swims, and added that the two heads — named Louise Left and Thelma Right — get along.

The Facebook page on Sunday showed photos of the quirky reptile and imaginary conversations between the two heads.

DOLAN SPRINGS, Ariz. — Flash flood waters swept a tour bus with 33 people aboard hundreds of yards down a wash in northwestern Arizona and the vehicle flipped on its side, but no one was injured, officials said.The Las Vegas-bound bus was returning Sunday afternoon from a day-trip to the Grand Canyon's west rim when the driver attempted to cross the wash on a rural road.The high waters pushed the vehicle down the wash for an estimated 300 yards around 1:50 p.m. near Kingman, said Patrick Moore, chief of the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District, which had firefighters at the scene. The crash happened as northern Arizona was hit with a second day of heavy rain.

HONOLULU — Residents and tourists across Hawaii were bracing for heavy rains and strong winds from Tropical Storm Flossie, while the system weakened as it approached the state.National Weather Service officials said they expected people on the Big Island and Maui to see the brunt of the storm this morning, with wind gusts up to 60 mph, possible flooding and waves up to 18 feet high. Flossie could also bring mudslides, tornadoes and waterspouts, the forecasters said.

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