Category Archives: Cindy Miller

A study found plastic bag bans at grocery stores really can make a difference.  Areas with bans or fees for bags see up to a 47% drop in the number of bags washing up on shorelines……&...

A potty-mouthed parrot in Massachusetts is in the news because he won’t stop swearing, but a ton of people want him anyway.  Someone surrendered him to an animal shelter, and he keeps dropp...

A high school grad in New York is trending after she handed out gifts to everyone in her class.  17-year-old Sofia Nielsen is a budding artist, and did a portrait for every single one of her clas...

A lady in the U.K. named Gwyneth Griffiths just turned 102, and all she wanted for her birthday was a stripper,  so her retirement home made it happen. Her son says she used to be buttoned-up, bu...

A stray kitten on Long Island got stuck 15 feet down a pipe outside someone’s home, and firefighters couldn’t reach it, but a volunteer named John Debacker showed up and got it out in 20 m...

Animal control officers in Massachusetts saved a baby racoon that showed up on someone’s doorstep.  The photo is pretty cute because it’s standing on its hind legs and looks like Rock...

An Oregon 12-year-old named Lily Prasek just became the state’s youngest therapy dog handler.  She’s been training her golden retriever Sunny for over a year, but couldn’t be a ...

New electronic face tattoos might be able to track your mental workload and tell you if you need a break . . . smart dental floss can now detect cortisol and track how stressed you are . . . and resea...

A kid found a message in a bottle that two other kids in Hawaii tossed in the ocean seven years ago.  11-year-old Josie Law of Michigan was vacationing with her family when she spotted it in the ...

An Alaska Airlines crew helped out a couple flying to their wedding.  The flight attendants went up the aisle and asked people to write down their best advice for them as they head into married l...