Police use Doritos to lure 'mini horse' sized pig home
Police in California said they used a bag of Doritos to capture a junk food-loving pig “the size of a mini horse.” The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said Deputies Ponce and...
Mysterious dialer turns out to be a tiny gecko
The nonprofit Ke Kai Ola is part of the Marine Mammal Center, which has rescued more than 20,000 marine animals. When Dr. Claire Simeone, the center’s director stepped out to lunch, she...
Innkeeper opens his doors to families hit by flooding
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — “I said, ‘Come stay with me. Come stay at my house until you can go back to yours,'” said Jaret Hucks. His house just so happens to...
Deputy pushes stranded senior a mile in wheelchair
When Deputies Chapman and Montanez arrived on the scene of a reported ‘road hazard,’ they were surprised to find an elderly woman stranded in her wheelchair, which had run out of...
Surgeon operates on boy, then sews up his teddy bear
HALIFAX — When neurosurgeon Daniel McNeely operated on 8-year-old Jackson McKie, a second patient arrived at the same time: the boy’s teddy bear, Little Baby. “I thought if there was something I could...
Nursing home builds real-life 1950s memory lane to help dementia patients
The residents of Five Rise Nursing Home can take a stroll down memory lane – literally. “The purpose of our memory lane is to provide an attractive and interesting destination...
7-year-old becomes certified barber so she can offer free haircuts to kids in her city
PHILADELPHIA — Neijae Graham-Henries is just 7-years-old, but she’s already become a certified barber through the Junior Barber Academy. “She wasn’t intimidated because she was the youngest student and she was not...
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Farmers use buried underwear to test soil health
Using underwear is a fun way to raise awareness about the importance of soil health
Yowza! 300 new words added to Scrabble dictionary
Three hundred new words have been added to the official US Scrabble dictionary, including sriracha, aquafaba, beatdown, zomboid, twerk, sheeple, wayback, bibimbap, botnet, emoji, facepalm, frowny, hivemind, puggle and yowza.
Delayed musicians treat fellow passengers to concert
Saturday evening, several passengers were delayed at the Geneva Airport. Among them? The Camerata of Léman orchestra and violin virtuoso Fabrizio von Arx. So what better way to pass the time than...