Jeremy Taylor
Blind Teen Runs Cross Country With Help from Guide Dog
After losing her vision to the fast-developing hereditary condition Stargardt’s disease, 16-year-old cross-country athlete Sami Stoner wasn’t sure if she’d ever be able to run again. With the help of the one-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever guide dog named Chloe, however, the Lexington, OH teen declared herself ready to represent her high school.
Boy Scouts Sporting Full Beards Are Kind of Creepy [PHOTOS]
The purpose of the new series of print ads from Boy Scouts of America is to convey how scouting skills can transform youngsters from boys into full-bearded men.
However, there is something unsettling about seeing beards that would make Kimbo Slice or Zach Galifianakis jealous on the faces of boys still too young to need a razor.
Don’t Dew it – Did Mountain Dew Prevent a Suicide on Facebook?
Look, we all know suicide isn’t something you should usually joke about, but Michael Abraham has made it kind of funny by posting on Mountain Dew’s Facebook page.
Forty-Seven Percent of Americans Own Guns
Gun ownership is at an 18-year high, according to a new Gallup poll.
Forty-seven percent of Americans report having a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, up from 41 percent last year and the most since 1993 when 54 percent reported gun ownership.
Rambunctious Little Girl Explains What A Dinosaur Feels Like [VIDEO]
Most kids are fascinated by dinosaurs. But the little girl in this video takes that interest to a deeper, more sophisticated level and offers up her opinion on what it must have actually felt like to be a dinosaur.
Fewer Babies Are Born on Halloween
Mothers are 11.3 percent less likely to give birth on Halloween than they are on the days before and after the holiday.
Stupid Criminal Robs Banks With Note Written on Personal Check [VIDEO]
Looks like we have a brand new candidate for dumbest criminal ever.
Patrick Johnson robbed two banks in the Ocala, FL area in one day. The thief had the presence of mind to change his wardrobe between his crimes, but his method of sticking up the banks — a note stating he had a gun — was the same both times.
San Francisco Restaurant Workers Want Mandatory 25 Percent Tip
Restaurant workers in San Francisco are trying to change the equation on tipping.
Betty White’s ‘I’m Still Hot’ Video Is Here to Melt the Internet [VIDEO]
Last month, Betty White lent her rapping skills to a remix of techno artist Luciana’s hit song ‘I’m Still Hot.”
Now the video for the collaboration has been released, featuring both cheesecake (which White raps about baking) and beefcake to appeal to both sexes. (It’s hot, provided that you consider a bunch of buff male models fawning over an 88-year-old to be hot.)
Enthusiastic Dog Fetches Deaf Dog for Owner [VIDEO]
Most dogs fetch bones or sticks, but Buffy, a black lab, can fetch another dog named Benson.
When the owner says, “Go fetch Benson,” Buffy proceeds to rush enthusiastically to the other lab’s side and pull him back home by the collar.
This is actually a very practical skill, since Benson is deaf and wouldn’t know when to come inside otherwise.
Pat Sajak’s Daughter Maggie Sajak Is a Country Singer
Maggie Sajak, daughter of longtime ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host Pat Sajak, is following her dad into show business.
But instead of the game show studio, this 16-year-old country singer has been spending time in the recording studio, and her song ‘First Kiss’ was recently featured on the season finale of CMT’s ‘Bachelor’ clone ‘Sweet Home Alabama.’
SWAT Team Seizes Working Weapons on Set of Brad Pitt’s Film, ‘World War Z’
In a bit of unscripted drama, a Hungarian SWAT team raided a warehouse on the set of the Brad Pitt zombie flick ‘World War Z’ and seized 85-fully functional weapons that were to be used as props in the film.
It seems that the assault rifles had been flown into Budapest — where ‘World War Z’ is being shot — along with paperwork falsely claiming that they weren’t functional.