After 3 1/2 days searching for his dog across the mountain trails in Santa Fe, N.M., camper Mike Stotts decided he had to accept what park rangers and fellow campers had been telling him:
That no 15-year-old house dog with diminished hearing could survive that long without food or water among the coyotes and mid-August heat.
Still grieving 66 days after saying goodbye to the dog that went with him everywhere, Stotts received a shocking telephone call on Monday.
U.S. production and permits of new homes surged in September to its fastest pace in more than four years, fueling the recent housing sector spark and supporting the wider economic recovery.
Newly released government figures reported a 15 percent gain in the pace of new housing construction and an 11.6 percent gain in permits issued, the strongest numbers seen in both categories since July of 2008.
U.S. production and permits of new homes surged in September to its fastest pace in more than four years, fueling the recent housing sector spark and supporting the wider economic recovery.
Newly released government figures reported a 15 percent gain in the pace of new housing construction and an 11.6 percent gain in permits issued, the strongest numbers seen in both categories since July of 2008.
The Botswana High Court overturned a customary law which prevented women from inheriting the family home, calling it “an unacceptable system of male domination.”
65 year-old Edith Mmusi and her two sisters have fought a five-year legal battle against their nephew who said he was the rightful owner of their house.
The judge ruled on October 12 that the law contravened the constitution, which guarantees equality for men and women.
“They walk around the park together like they’re in love,” reports Steve Hartman.
It all started when a gray goose named Maria started following Dominic every time he went to his local Los Angeles park. He wasn’t feeding her. He wasn’t coaxing her. He was just one of a thousand people who walk around the lake every day.
My 15-year internet career choice of focusing on good news has become a philosophy for the rest of my life. I came to realize how important it was to focus on good stuff all around me — in my own house, in my children.
To mark the website’s 15th anniversary, I launched a contest called “What ‘Good News’ Means to Me”. I now have my four winners to whom we will be delivering four fantastic prizes this week.
When Dolly Stringer was diagnosed with breast cancer in April, she decided to shave her head before beginning her chemotherapy.
Now, the woman, who lives in Georgia, believes she got cancer for a reason: to save her husband’s life.
To show solidarity with his wife, Bud Stringer, 48, decided to shave his head. His family members were curious about the black patch on his newly-shaved scalp.
A biopsy determined it was stage III malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer.
(READ the story from ABC News)
A sturdy bicycle made entirely of cardboard is an eco-friendly way to bring transportation to developing nations for just ten bucks.
A coat of waterproofing resin and a layer of gray paint makes this cheap bike look slick and operate smoothly.
Its Israeli inventor, Izhar Gafni, 50, is an expert in designing automated mass-production lines. He is an amateur cycling enthusiast who for years toyed with an idea of making a bicycle from cardboard.
Two Virginia veterinarians reported missing while hiking in Glacier National Park were found alive yesterday, after their families raised the alarm Friday when they failed to catch a flight home.
Rescue teams located the men after as many as 50 people laboring in wintry conditions scoured back country near Two Medicine, Mont., for days by air, on foot and on horseback, aided by a dog team.
(READ the story from ABC News)
A six-year study of Britain’s drug laws by leading scientists, police officers, academics and experts has concluded it is time to introduce decriminalization.
The report by the UK Drug Policy Commission says no serious rise in consumption is likely if possession of small amounts of controlled substances are allowed.
Whether using chalk outside on the sidewalks, or paint indoors, as in the room pictured here with alligators, Nikolaj Arndt, a Russian-born artist knows how to fool the eye with his trumpe l’oeil images.
In just three years Arndt has become a master of the art of illusion, often depicting wild animals on city sidewalks with 3-D murals that demand of viewers to snap photos or jump into the scenes themselves.
Educated in drawing and painting, the Russian moved to Germany in 2006. He currently works in advertising as a designer and lives in Marburg. He was drawn into street art by the annual German festivals focused on trumpe l’oeil chalk art.
Through the use of perspective and shading, and one or two days work, his street art can make you think the Earth has just opened up before you revealing a great dark pit, or that a great lion has just emerged from a cave.
(WATCH the video below, and see more art on his Facebook page…
– Also, see his art on Pxleyes.com)
Whether using chalk outside on the sidewalks, or paint indoors, as in the room pictured here with alligators, Nikolaj Arndt, a Russian-born artist knows how to fool the eye with his trumpe l’oeil images.
In just three years Arndt has become a master of the art of illusion, often depicting wild animals on city sidewalks with 3-D murals that demand of viewers to snap photos or jump into the scenes themselves.
Educated in drawing and painting, the Russian moved to Germany in 2006. He currently works in advertising as a designer and lives in Marburg. He was drawn into street art by the annual German festivals focused on trumpe l’oeil chalk art.
Through the use of perspective and shading, and one or two days work, his street art can make you think the Earth has just opened up before your eyes revealing a great dark pit, or that a lion is emerging from a cave.
(WATCH the video below, and see more art on his Facebook page…
– Also, see his art on Pxleyes.com)
A Philippine dog became a national hero after he sacrificed himself for two girls who were about to be run over.
His snout took the brunt of the force and horrific injuries have left him without a top jaw.
“Kabang” arrived in the US to receive groundbreaking surgery after a website raised the $20,000 needed for her flight and care.
A Philippine dog became a national hero after he sacrificed himself for two girls who were about to be run over.
His snout took the brunt of the force and horrific injuries have left him without a top jaw.
“Kabang” arrived in the US to receive groundbreaking surgery after a website raised the $20,000 needed for her flight and care.
All cars are filled with hundreds of sensors, measuring everything from tire pressure to brake pad condition. Right now, though, you’re only aware of those sensors if something goes wrong and the car wants to notify you. That’s starting to change.
Since 2010, the USC School of Cinematic Arts and BMW have been working on Nigel, a Mini Cooper outfitted with 230 sensors that creates a log of everything that happens in the vehicle.
Now USC’s Center for Body Computing is getting in on the Nigel project, looking at how the car could be used to monitor driver health as well as vehicle health.
As the whole world watched him via live streaming video, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a record-breaking free-fall from the edge of space Sunday morning.
He reached speeds of more than 600 mph during the 128,000-foot fall to earth.
Baumgartner broke the record for both the highest jump and the fastest jump in a free-fall. On the ascent upward, he also broke the record for the highest manned balloon flight.
The jump was sponsored by Redbull which streamed the video here: www.redbullstratos.com
(READ more from ESPN)
Aidan Milligan’s home will be alive with the sound of music once again. The orchestra says it will replace a trombone, the pride of a budding musician, if the instrument isn’t found.
The Philadelphia Orchestra has stepped in to offer a replacement trombone to a 9-year-old with Down syndrome, whose instrument was taken from the curb outside his house Thursday morning. Because it was a trash day, his mother, Helen, said, it was unclear whether the trombone was stolen or mistakenly thrown into the garbage truck.
Early on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo did something unusual: Instead of rewarding the Nobel Peace Prize to an individual, it gave it to the European Union — an international institution facing a 3-year-old existential crisis that looks nowhere close to being over.
Beyond the Nobel prize, history best can describe what the EU has done for peace in Europe.
The massive Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled carefully through the streets of Los Angeles today, creeping slowly towards its final resting place at the California Science Center.
People lined the streets pointing their cameras as the five-story-tall spacecraft with its 78-foot wingspan wound along its journey.
Streetlights and some power lines had to be moved, and a few trees trimmed as the shuttle rolled by.
A recently announced agreement between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels waging a decades-old insurgency in the southern island of Mindanao paves the way for the establishment of a new autonomous region, more access for humanitarians to conflict-affected areas and an end to the cycle of failed peace deals and displacements.
About 150,000 people have died in one of the region’s longest-running insurgencies, which has left the mineral-rich island mired in poverty.
