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Man wins $100,000 from lottery ticket he got for free
(UPI) A Massachusetts man scored a $100,000 prize from a lottery ticket he got for free as part of a promotion.
The Massachusetts State Lottery said Amro Elbehisy, of Everett, received a free Mass Cash ticket from the Corner Store in Everett as part of the lottery's Rake in the Winnings promotion.
The promotion, which ran from Oct. 1-30, gave ...Read more
Deer runs loose through Missouri nail salon
(UPI) A deer's ill-fated attempt at a self-care day ended with police responding to free the buck from the bathroom at a Missouri nail salon.
Overland Police Department officers were called to the VL Nail Salon after a deer crashed through the front window and ran loose through the business.
"Everybody was screaming," owner Lily Vo told KSDK-...Read more
Porta-potties fall off truck during morning commute in Massachusetts
(UPI) Commuters on a busy Massachusetts road faced a stinky situation Monday morning when two potable toilets fell off the back of a truck.
The truck failed to clear the low-situated Massachusetts Avenue overpass on Memorial Drive in Cambridge during the morning commute, knocking two porta-potties off the truck and onto the road.
The truck ...Read more
California man prepares pineapple in record-breaking time
(UPI) A California man showed his love for his favorite fruit by breaking the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to peel and slice a pineapple.
Concord resident Rich Ellenson donned a pineapple-print shirt and matching shorts to take on the challenge, finishing with a time of 17.85 seconds.
Ellenson's time was just shy of 10 seconds ...Read more
Three escaped raccoons returned to English zoo, one still loose
(UPI) A zoo on England's Isle of Wight said it has recaptured three of the four raccoons that escaped from the facility last week.
The four female raccoons were noticed missing Friday morning from their enclosure at Amazon World Zoo Park in Sandown, and one of the animals was recovered late Friday night.
A second raccoon was captured Saturday ...Read more
Four raccoons escape from zoo in England
(UPI) A zoo in England is asking members of the public to be on the lookout for four female raccoons that escaped from the facility Friday morning.
The Amazon World Zoo Park, near Sandown on the Isle of Wight, said the raccoons managed to escape their enclosure late Thursday night or Friday morning.
"If you have a sighting please do not ...Read more
Man wins $3 million lottery prize due to forgetting his lunch
(UPI) A Missouri Lottery player won a $3 million jackpot from a ticket he only bought as a result of forgetting his lunch.
The man told Missouri Lottery officials his wife called him to tell him he had forgotten his lunch at home, so he stopped at the Schnucks grocery store on Vogel Road in Arnold to find something to eat.
The player said a $...Read more
Kentucky transit group's giant thumb tack is largest in the world
(UPI) A giant thumb tack measuring 21 feet and 7 inches tall in Kentucky was dubbed the world's largest pin by Guinness World Records.
Officials at the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky, or TACK, said they came up with the idea of a giant push pin when they were granted federal funds to refurbish their headquarters in Elizabethtown.
Glenn ...Read more
Hundreds turned up to watch Halloween parade that didn't exist
(UPI) Hundreds of people gathered on the streets of Dublin, Ireland, to attend a Halloween parade that turned out to be a complete hoax.
The would-be spectators gathered in the Dublin City Center on Thursday evening after a website called My Spirit Halloween spread false rumors of a Halloween parade that was supposedly going to make its way ...Read more
Three goats and a dog wander to Massachusetts fire station
(UPI) Firefighters in Massachusetts spotted three goats and a dog wandering loose near their station and brought the animals inside.
The New Bedford Fire Department said members of the Engine 5 crew spotted a mother goat, two baby goats and a dog walking past their station on Acushnet Avenue without a human escort.
"The firefighters were ...Read more
Maryland man's $2 Powerball prize leads to $50,000 win
(UPI) A Maryland Lottery player won $2 from a Powerball drawing and decided to use it to buy another ticket, which earned him $50,000.
The Garrett County man told Maryland Lottery officials he stopped at Luke's Liquors on North Third Street in Oakland and used the $2 prize from his Powerball ticket to buy a ticket for the Oct. 21 drawing.
The ...Read more
Oregon man paddles pumpkin 45.67 miles to break world record
(UPI) An Oregon man hollowed out his prized 1,214-pound pumpkin and plunged it into a Washington river for a record-breaking 45.67-mile paddling journey.
Gary Kristensen, a Happy Valley man who has been growing giant pumpkins since 2011, started converting his gargantuan gourds into boats into 2013 to compete in the West Coast Giant Pumpkin ...Read more
England mall attempting ghostly world record for Halloween
(UPI) A shopping mall in Dorchester, England, is attempting to break a spooky world record by gathering at least 1,025 people in ghost costumes.
The event, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. local time Thursday, is the second attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as ghosts at Brewery Square, after last year...Read more
Firefighters rescue horse stuck in river
(UPI) Firefighters in England responded to the River Trent to rescue a horse that wandered into the water and became stuck in silt.
The Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said multiple crews were dispatched Wednesday when the horse was reported trapped 4 feet down a river embankment off Trent Lane in Ingestre, near Stafford.
"On arrival, we...Read more
Burglar bear destroys pickup truck from the inside out
(UPI) A Montana woman getting ready for work went out to her pickup truck and discovered it had been torn apart from the inside out by a black bear.
Amy Truett said she woke at about 3:30 a.m. recently to the sound of her dogs barking at something outside her Potomac home.
She got up for work a few hours later and went outside to discover her ...Read more
Police warn of plastic pumpkin dangers to deer in Ohio
(UPI) Police in Ohio are warning Halloween revelers about the dangers posed by plastic pumpkin buckets after multiple deer were spotted with the containers stuck over their heads.
The Westlake Police Department said on social media that officers have responded to "several calls" in recent days about deer with plastic Halloween buckets stuck on ...Read more
Idaho woman wins the lottery for second time in 10 years
(UPI) An Idaho woman won a $70,000 lottery prize almost exactly 10 years after winning $100,000.
The Idaho Lottery said Caldwell resident Sandy Pickrel bought a Big Spin ticket from the Maverik store in Caldwell and won the chance to spin the lottery's Big Spin wheel.
"I hadn't played Big Spin in a while, so I thought I'd give it a try again,"...Read more
New Zealand city bids farewell to 'disturbing' hand sculpture
(UPI) A controversial sculpture of a giant hand with a human face is being removed from atop a gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, after overlooking the city for five years.
Quasi, a sculpture by Ronnie van Hout, was originally commissioned by the Christchurch Art Gallery in 2016, and was moved to the top of City Gallery Wellington in 2019.
...Read more
Maryland historical society seeks to identify mystery machine
(UPI) Historians in Maryland are seeking the public's help to identify a mysterious machine donated to a museum in the 1990s.
The Dorchester County Historical Society posted photos to social media showing a machine composed of a flat ceramic counter top and two spinning objects that resemble rolling pins.
The contraption was donated to the ...Read more
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