2007-12-29
Indiana man buys new pickup with loose change
Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off...
2007-12-29
Festive greetings 'from Heaven'
An Oregon man has stunned friends and relatives by sending them Christmas cards, two months after his own death...
2007-12-23
With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds
Four and half years ago, David Smith weighed more than 630 pounds. He had spent nearly a decade on the couch in his parents' house eating pizza, raiding the fridge, and drinking soda...
2007-12-22
Wallet thief caught in newspaper coincidence
Jami Johnson had left her wallet on the counter at the Zip Trip convenience store in Clarkston early Tuesday morning. Surveillance video showed a man picking the wallet up and walking out of the store with it.
Thursday, police found and arrested the thief after seeing his picture in the paper...
2007-12-19
Man's journey to find birth mom ends — at work
For years, Steve Flaig, a delivery-truck driver at a Lowe's store here, had searched for his birth mother. He found her working the cash register at the front of the store...
2007-12-19
Family trapped by snowstorm built a snow cave to survive
Searchers today rescued a father and three children who had gone into the Northern California woods to find a Christmas tree. They reportedly survived by building a snow cave....
2007-07-19
New Flexible Plastic Solar Panels Are Inexpensive And Easy To Make
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. "The process is simple," said lead researcher and author Somenath Mitra. "Someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers. Consumers can then slap the finished product on a wall, roof or billboard to create their own power stations...
2007-07-13
Pizza Hut Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip
It was just a typical day on the job at the Pizza Hut in Angola, Ind., for 20-year-old Jessica Osborne when out of the blue, she received a gift that would change her life: a $10,000 tip from one of her customers...
2007-06-18
Air New Zealand plane lands safely WITHOUT landing gear
Aircraft pieces flew in the air as an Eagle Air plane with 17 people on board made an emergency crash landing at Blenheim Airport this morning after landing gear failed...
2007-06-06
Graying duo keep passenger in check
Retired police commander and retired US Marine captain subdue an unruly airline passenger that had frightened many others on the flight. ...
2007-03-02
Hepburn's £500,000 black dress pays for Indian schools
When the black Givenchy dress Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany's was sold for a staggering £467,200 in December, it prompted a flurry of publicity. But this week, away from the cameras at a dirt-poor village just outside Calcutta, a new school was opened, paid for entirely from the proceeds of the sale of the dress...
2007-02-14
Napping May Be Good for Your Heart
Like to kick back for an afternoon siesta? Good news: a new study shows that regular napping may cut your risk of dying from a heart attack or other heart problems...
2007-02-14
Grandfather fights 16-foot snake to free grandson
A 66-year-old man saved his grandson from the grip of a 16-foot-long anaconda by beating the snake with rocks and a knife for half an hour...