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The house in West Milford, New Jersey, was heavily damaged by the explosion around 9 p.m., police said. (WCBS)

An alligator suspected of eating a person in Largo, Florida, has been caught and killed. (WFTS)

A Maine infant's nearly monthlong hospitalization is cited in a national recall. (WMTW, FOLICHIA MITCHELL, CONSUMER REPORTS, CNN)

Tropical Storm Ophelia lashed the East Coast ahead of an early Saturday landfall. (CNN)

Police said the baby had more than 50 rat bites to his forehead, cheek, nose, thigh, foot and toes. (WFIE, VANDERBURGH COUNTY JAIL, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES, CNN)