I came across an extraordinary individual yesterday and an even greater mission. Drumhike.com was founded by Army veteran SPC Troy Yocum. Since leaving the Army, Troy’s mission has been to raise $5 million dollars for military families in need. To accomplish this goal Troy is hiking 7,000 miles across the United States with his two [...]
Tags: Drumhike.com · Emmie the Superdog · Hike for Heroes
Video: AP/CarolinaLive.com A toddler that went missing from his home in Elgin, South Carolina was found the next day keeping the company of a neighbor’s labrador. Temperatures dropped into the upper 30′s Saturday night when the toddler went missing. The missing boy was only wearing a diaper and t-shirt making the possibility of hypothermia a [...]
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Are you still looking for a solution to get the squirrels to stop eating all of the bird food you put out? Jane Roberts of Hampshire England may have accidentally discovered the solution of all solutions. Jane had the brilliant idea to cut holes in coconuts and then hang them from one of her trees. [...]
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Note: I am not personally condoning the sharing of alcoholic beverages with your pets or livestock. I am simply sharing a humorous story about what my suburb of now nearly 90,000 people used to be like before the master planned communities, outdoor malls, and supercenters dominated the scenery. Years ago, prior to my conception, there [...]
In what appear to be one of the largest search-and-rescue efforts in modern history; many search-and-rescue task forces are relying on sniffer dogs to scour the vast amount of rubble for signs of life. Even in the high-tech times we live in with robots, listening devices and search cams, none of these devices can cover [...]
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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Molly was just a regular pony until a vicious dog attack led to an amputation of Molly’s front right leg below the knee. The operation was performed by surgeons at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. After the surgery Molly was fitted with [...]
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Juliet Pennay was in France studying French as Hurricane Ike approached the Gulf Coast in September 2008. Meanwhile, her cat Simon was living with Pennay’s mom and getting ready to evacuate to Pennay’s uncle’s house to avoid Hurricane Ike. As Pennay’s mom was preparing to evacuate the Houston-area, Simon the cat ran-off and was nowhere [...]
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If you live near cows you may want to check your homeowners policy. A man from Tennessee recently found out the hard way that his homeowners policy would not cover the damage from “acts of cows”. The man claims his neighbor’s cows have been sticking their head through the fence and licking his house. Apparently [...]
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Sabi, a bomb-sniffing labarador belonging to the Australian military was traveling with a joint Australian-Afghan army patrol in September 2008 when they were brutually ambushed in Afghanistan. During the fierce battle, which injured 9 members of the troop, Sabi disappeared. Months went by and there were no signs of Sabi, her unit feared the worst.
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Usain Bolt may get all of the glory and money but he has nothing on Sarah, the Cincinnati Zoo’s 8 year old cheetah. Sarah recently shattered the old land speed record for a mammal, twice! Sarah’s two record breaking 100 meter dashes were clocked at 6.16 seconds and then she decided that was not good [...]
