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Escaped tiger captured after prompting warnings in south Texas
(UPI) A tiger that prompted warnings in Texas when it escaped from a zoo just across the border in Mexico has been captured after nearly a week on the loose.
Reynosa Environmental Protection said the tiger escaped Sept. 4 from the Quinta La Fauna zoo in Los Longoria, just across the border from Granjeno, Texas, and was captured at midnight ...Read more
Bear breaks into California cabin, steals jelly from fridge
(UPI) A security camera at a California cabin recorded video when a bear burglar broke into the residence and raided the refrigerator.
Scott Cloutier shared video showing the bear wandering inside his South Lake Tahoe cabin earlier this month.
The bear is seen opening the fridge and making a snack out of a bottle of jelly.
It was unclear how ...Read more
Idaho man punches 327 balloons in one minute to break record
(UPI) An Idaho man with more than 181 Guinness World Records added another title to his name by donning boxing gloves and punching balloons.
David Rush, aka Record Breaker Rush on YouTube, said the first time he looked up the record for the most balloons burst with boxing gloves in one minute, it stood at 33.
He said the total increased to 37 ...Read more
Maryland woman scores her second big lottery prize
(UPI) A Maryland woman had her second brush with lottery luck when she scored a $50,000 prize after previously collecting a $10,000 win.
The Maryland Lottery said the Hagerstown woman bought a $50,000 Cash scratch-off ticket for $20 from the KK Mart on Fort Meade Road in Laurel.
The last line of the ticket revealed she had won the $50,000 top ...Read more
Bees swarm firefighters battling California vegetation fire
(UPI) California's Modesto Fire Department said crews battling a vegetation fire in Stanislaus County faced a secondary hazard when thousands of bees fleeing the blaze took up residence on their trucks.
The department said on social media that crews from Oakdale and Knights Ferry responded alongside CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit personnel ...Read more
Visitor to Georgia island finds third-grader's message in a bottle
(UPI) A Florida woman's birthday wish came true when she found a message in a bottle while visiting a barrier island in Georgia.
Jacksonville resident Rebecca Bowling said she and her boyfriend took a camping trip to the Cumberland Island National Seashore to celebrate her Sept. 3 birthday.
The couple took a walk around the shoreline and ...Read more
Loose horse wrangled near busy Illinois road
(UPI) Sheriff's deputies in an Illinois county wrangled a loose horse just days after an escaped bull was lassoed in the same area.
The McHenry County Sheriff's Office said the horse, a Palomino mare, was found wandering loose in the Route 173 area in Harvard on Saturday.
The sheriff's office said on social media that the horse's owner was ...Read more
YouTubers build world's largest iPhone
(UPI) A pair of YouTubers broke a Guinness World Record by constructing a scaled-up iPhone 15 Pro Max measuring 6.74 feet tall.
Tech reviewer Mrwhosetheboss, aka Arun Maini, enlisted the help of gadget-building specialist DIYPerks, aka Matthew Perks, to build the world's largest smartphone replica.
Maini said he wanted to create a giant iPhone...Read more
Bear takes dip in California family's kiddie pool
(UPI) A California man shared video of a large black bear beating the late summer heat by taking a dip in a kiddie pool.
Wayne Socha shared video from his Monrovia home showing the large bear luxuriating in the small pool amid a recent heat wave.
"We call this bear Snaggle, because he/she has a canine tooth hanging out of the left side of its ...Read more
Half a house for sale in California with 'open-concept floor plan'
(UPI) A real estate listing in California is garnering a lot of attention due to an unusual hook: "It's half a house for half a million."
The Monrovia home was struck by a fallen pine tree in May, leaving only half of the house standing.
The house is now listed for $499,999.
Listing agent Kevin Wheeler joked to The Los Angeles Times that it's...Read more
Baltimore man's high-starch craving leads to big $50K scratch-off winning
(UPI) A Baltimore man said a craving for potato wedges led to his winning $50,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket.
The South Baltimore man told Maryland Lottery officials he had a craving for Royal Farms potato wedges, so we went to the store on German Hill Road in Dundalk to order the snack.
The man said he was eating the spuds when he felt...Read more
World's largest string cheese ball made in Mexico
(UPI) A Mexican city hosted a successful attempt for a tasty Guinness World Record: the world's largest string cheese ball.
The Oaxaca state government and the municipality of Reyes Etla teamed up to organize the record attempt.
The cheese makers used a rotating table to create the massive string cheese ball, which is also known as Oaxaca ...Read more
Loose bull sparks impromptu rodeo in Illinois neighborhood
(UPI) A group of ranchers in Illinois teamed up to wrangle a 1,200-pound black angus bull that escaped from his enclosure in McHenry County.
The McHenry County Sheriff's Office issued a warning on social media Thursday about "a loose bull in the vegetation" between South Union Road and South Grant Highway in Marengo.
Several farmers in the ...Read more
Sumatran tiger cub born at San Diego Zoo
(UPI) The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced the birth of a baby Sumatran tiger cub at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
The alliance said first-time mother Jillian gave birth to a cub Aug. 23 in the park's Tull Family Tiger Trail habitat.
Care specialists said Jillian quickly bonded with the newborn and has been displaying the expected ...Read more
Woman wins $300,000 lottery prize two years after $1M win
(UPI) A South Carolina woman won a $300,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket just under two years after she collected a $1 million prize.
The Midlands woman told South Carolina Education Lottery officials she stopped at King Fuel on Two Notch Road in Columbia to buy a $10 scratch-off ticket, and selected a $300,000 Gold Rush game.
She ...Read more
Mystery chickens found wandering loose in Wisconsin neighborhood
(UPI) Police in Wisconsin are trying to find the owner of a pair of domesticated chickens found wandering loose through a neighborhood.
The Neenah Police Department said in a Facebook post that the hens were found Wednesday in the area of Nicolet Boulevard and 2nd Street in Neenah.
The department offered some theories on why the birds "flew ...Read more
Idaho man spits ping-pong ball at a wall to break record
(UPI) Serial record-breaker David Rush broke one of his own records by using his mouth to bounce a ping-pong ball off a wall 47 times in 30 seconds.
The Boise, Idaho, resident, who currently holds the most concurrent Guinness World Records titles in the world, previously set the record for the most times to bounce a ping-pong ball off a wall ...Read more
Police chase escaped cow for over two hours in Massachusetts city
(UPI) A Massachusetts police officer was driving through an East Bridgewater neighborhood when he came across an unusual scene: a woman on horseback chasing after a loose cow.
The East Bridgewater Police Department said Officer Robert Lang came across the surprising spectacle in the area of Belmont and Summer streets at about 9 a.m. Wednesday. ...Read more
Rattlesnake enters California home, traps residents upstairs
(UPI) A reptile wrangler was called to a California home where the family had barricaded themselves upstairs to hide from a deadly rattlesnake that found its way inside.
Ryan Jessup of Ryan's Rattlesnake Rescue was summoned to a home in the Rosetta Canyon neighborhood of Lake Elsinore when family members discovered a 3-foot red diamond ...Read more
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