A farmer in Kansas named Lee Wilson and his wife just celebrated their 50th anniversary, and sunflowers are his wife’s favorite. So he surprised her by planting 1.2 MILLION of them. They’ve been together since high school………..A cop in Florida stopped a runaway boat last weekend by jumping from one speeding boat to another. The sheriff’s department…… read more »
A dad in Missouri bought a lottery ticket on his birthday last month, and won $50,000. Then he won another hundred bucks when his son said, “I’ll bet $100 you’re lying.” We’re guessing he won’t be making his son pay up though………………A dad in Arkansas made good on a big promise he made to his…… read more »
Animal rescuers in England saved a squirrel the other day that was stuck 30 feet up in a tree. It couldn’t get down because it had a toilet paper tube stuck on its head. (Here’s a photo.)….. A woman in Houston named Callie Clemens has been climbing through sewers for the past week, trying to…… read more »
An artist in Toronto was riding his bike this month when his sketchbook fell out of his basket, and he didn’t realize. It had a decade’s worth of art in it, so he was devastated. He put flyers up everywhere, and no one turned it in. But then someone posted about it on a neighborhood…… read more »
Check out some HD video here from Deep Purple’s summer tour in Slovakia. Mick Jagger celebrated his 80th birthday at a club with Leonardo DiCaprio, Lenny Kravitz, Ron Wood, and other celebrities. (Full Story) Metallica is investing in their fifth year of the Metallica Scholars Initiative. Founding Eagles bassist Randy Meisner died this past Wednesday…… read more »
To show how hot it’s been, a news station in Phoenix put a canvas on an easel . . . taped a bunch of crayons to the top . . . and left it in the sun until the crayons melted and dripped down. So it was like the sun painted a work of art.…… read more »
Two recent Navy recruits saved their neighbor’s life when a fire tore through his home in Helena, Montana. One is 20, and was visiting his mom on leave. The other is about to turn 18 and head off to basic training. They were both up at 4am because they were having a competition to see…… read more »
A woman near Dallas was in a nasty wreck this month, and smoke was pouring out of her SUV. But four random guys pulled her out in time, and it sounds like she’s okay. There’s a video of it on Facebook. The guy who posted it said he heard she just has a broken ankle. …… read more »
A 97-year-old woman in Massachusetts named Marie Erickson doesn’t drive anymore, but misses it. So for her birthday, she scrimped and saved to buy herself the one thing she’s always wanted . . . a John Deere riding mower. Her advice to people is this: No matter your age, “you’re never too old to take…… read more »
The saltwater fishing is great right now. Surf fishermen are catching Red drum and bluefish. The piers are catching spots, croakers, sea mullet, flounder, and sheep’s head. Trolling inshore has been producing plenty of Spanish mackerel. Off shore, the bottom fishing has been good on grouper, red and silver snapper and black seabass. Still plenty…… read more »