Stearns History Museum in Minnesota is teaching kids about architecture in a festive way.  They have them sketch out a blueprint, go through the process of applying for permits, and then build their design out of gingerbread.  Organizers say it’s a fun way to introduce them to the basics of architecture and engineering…………. A 21-year-old guy in Iowa credits his late grandfather for helping him win the lottery.  He stopped to buy flowers for his mom, aunt, and grandmother on the anniversary of his granddad’s death . . . bought a scratcher while he was there . . . and won $25,000.  He’s using it to pay off his student loans………And finally…………… 

Cops in Illinois saved a pregnant woman who was speeding down a dead-end road in a runaway car Monday morning.  Her brakes wouldn’t work, and she couldn’t turn off the engine.  Her 911 audio is intense – she was pretty hysterical.  They pulled in front of her, let her crash into the back of a cop car, and no one was hurt.  At the end of the road was a freezing cold lake that she would have plunged into, so things could have ended very badly.