A seventh-grader in Michigan named Dillon Reeves got behind the wheel of his school bus on Wednesday after the driver got lightheaded and passed out. He managed to stop the bus, and no one was hurt. (Here’s a photo of Dillon.)………………. Michigan State’s dairy center has started holding monthly “cow-petting” events to help people de-stress. …… read more »
How’s this for mind over matter? A former news anchor in Houston broke both of his wrists in an Ironman race on Saturday, and still finished. He crashed eight miles into the 112-mile bike-ride portion, and didn’t realize his wrists were broken. So he rode another 104 miles, and then ran a full marathon. (Here’s…… read more »
I feel like these folks might see a lot of the same customers: 26 Burger Kings just closed down in Michigan last week, and over 400 people got laid off. But now a WEED company is offering to hire all of them, and pay more than they were making before. They’ll all make at least…… read more »
Passengers at Oakland International Airport in California paid tribute to a 100-year-old World War Two vet the other day. A Southwest employee made it happen. He got everyone in the terminal to sing “God Bless America”………….. Buying shoes for growing kids is expensive. So a guy in India invented a new type of shoe for…… read more »
A study at Georgetown looked at the psychology of “extreme altruists” who’ve done things like donate kidneys to strangers. They found that they DO see the risks. They just tend to, quote, “truly value the wellbeing of strangers, and the welfare of their communities.” So it really does come from a genuine place………………. In related…… read more »
The final songs that Chris Cornell and Soundgarden were working on can FINALLY be released . . . because the band settled its legal issues with Cornell’s widow Vicky. Lars Ulrich says when Metallica opened for the Rolling Stones, they weren’t allowed to speak to or make eye contact with Mick Jagger. But Metallica is…… read more »
A guy in New Jersey named Vincent Dransfield is in the news, because he recently turned 109 and feels great. He still drives, volunteers at his local fire department, where he used to be chief, and looks a LOT younger than his age. He says the secret is to stay positive, do the things you…… read more »
A 64-year-old guy in the U.K. was sleeping when his dog chomped down on his big toe so hard, it hit bone. But it turns out he’s lucky his dog is a psycho. He never felt it, because his whole foot was numb from diabetes. So in the end, his dog probably saved his leg…… read more »
A couple in Wisconsin won over $18,000 in a 50/50 raffle at a Milwaukee Brewers game last year . . . used it to pay for fertility treatments . . . and just had their first baby. Their son Foster was born in February. They just took him to his first Brewers game this week………………….…… read more »
Kenneith Carter and Krone Brown, sanitation workers in Albany, New York, saw a building on fire around 2:00 A.M. Wednesday morning . . . started kicking in doors . . . and saved 15 people. Four homes were so badly burned, they had to be torn down. But no one was hurt……………. Cops in Florida…… read more »