University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons recently found a woman’s tumor thanks to a mistake the MRI technician made. They already knew she had a brain tumor, but the tech positioned the camera a little lower than necessary, and they spotted a second tumor on her neck. If they hadn’t caught it, it would have…… read more »
Eleanor Coffee, a Florida Jersey Mike’s employee, recently helped rescue a woman who was being held against her will. She found a crumpled-up piece of paper in the bathroom that looked like trash, but it was a “help me” note. It had an address on it and asked whoever found it to please call the…… read more »
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 Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy. They plan to release it back into the wild when it’s ready……….. “The New York Post” did a story…… read more »
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 “junior therapy dog handler” until she turned 12. She and Sunny recently passed all the tests to get certified, so now it’s official………….Another study found having…… read more »
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 researchers in Japan created a video game that improves your eyesight………………….A woman in Chicago named…… read more »
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 water near Bradenton, FL. The note was from a 13-year-old and 8-year-old, dated August 17th, 2018. And if…… read more »
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 life. Things like, “Be quick to forgive, and to say I’m sorry.” ……………….. A 13-year-old CA girl beat up a grown…… read more »
A nearly 5-foot-long boa constrictor had to be brought down from a limb in Texas recently. It was a pet boa . . . unable to fend for itself in the wild. The animal control officer who rescued it also fostered it. He said, “She needed a good home, and I felt like me and…… read more »
NJ cops rescued a two-year-old who climbed onto a luggage belt at the Newark Airport last week while the mom was distracted talking to a JetBlue agent at the check-in counter. The kid went down a chute at the end of the belt, but two cops were walking by and jumped into action. One of them…… read more »
A Delta flight from Detroit to L.A. made an emergency landing on Monday to save a dog that had a medical emergency. The travel site “View from the Wing” said it’s the first time they’ve ever heard of an airline doing it for a pet. A vet on board treated the dog, and the plane…… read more »