Author: Angel - NYC

Huffington Post – by Kate Abbey-Lambert

It’s easy to see why Tim and Jill McLarty chose to adopt Hunter: he’s a sweet, calm and curious puppy. They didn’t know, however, that he would end up saving their lives.

The McLartys adopted the Husky mix, now 3 months old, from a Michigan Humane Society off-site adoption center in Sterling Heights, Mich. last month.   Continue reading “Adopted Puppy Saves New Owners From Gas Leak”

AOL – Accuweather

While a winter storm barrels through the Midwest and Northeast, New Mexico and parts of Texas experienced weather quite different from snow Tuesday night, March 11, 2014.

Dust storms rolled through parts of New Mexico and Texas Tuesday night, reducing visibilities to near zero.

The storm was caused by a strong cold front moving through the north, according to AccuWeather Western U.S. Weather Expert Ken Clark.   Continue reading “Massive Haboob Barrels Through Western Texas”

9 News

NEW YORK (AP) – Rescuers working amid gusty winds, cold temperatures and billowing smoke pulled four additional bodies overnight from the rubble of two Manhattan apartment buildings, as the death toll rose Thursday to at least seven from a gas leak-triggered explosion that reduced the area to a pile of smashed bricks, splinters and mangled metal.

The explosion Wednesday morning in East Harlem injured more than 60 people, with searchers still trying to locate others a day later. Crews used generator-powered floodlights and thermal imaging cameras to identify heat spots – bodies or pockets of fire – at the site on Park Avenue and 116th Street. Police guarding the scene wore surgical masks and neighborhood residents covered faces with scarfs amid the thick, acrid air.   Continue reading “Searchers scour rubble after gas explosion kills 7”

Daily Mail

He was said to be a known prankster – and Walter George Bruhl Jr. had one final laugh planned for his family following his death.

The 80-year-old, who died on Sunday, had secretly written his own obituary, which relatives found after he passed away.

His grandson Sam Bruhl posted the epic essay, which is both heartfelt and hilarious to Reddit on Monday, causing a stream of comments from users who were touched by Walter’s story.   Continue reading “Beloved grandfather, 80, surprises family after his death when they discover he secretly wrote his OWN heartfelt (and hilarious) obituary”

Paw Nation

An elderly couple will reunite with their 13-year-old Dachshund, named Otto Wolfgang Maximus, after thinking he was too sick for them to care for. Otto’s owners could not afford a trip to the vet, nor could they stand to see their beloved dog in pain. The couple brought Otto to the Baldwin Park Animal Shelter in Baldwin Park, Calif., on March 6. They attached a note asking that Otto be “put to sleep.”   Continue reading “Abandoned dog to be reunited with owners”

AOL

You might remember the voice of a once-homeless man named Ted Williams.

He hit the media spotlight three years ago and became known as the man with the golden voice. ‘When you’re listening to nothing but the oldies, you’re listening to Magic 98.9’

Well, he’s come a long way from standing on the side of the road doing his magical voice for a dollar. HLN has an update:   Continue reading “Man with the golden voice still going strong, alcohol-free”

Port Clinton News Herald – by Kristina Smith

FREMONT — Three people are dead and an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper who was pinned between vehicles is in stable condition after a more than 50-vehicle pileup Wednesday on the Ohio Turnpike.

Those killed in the first crash zone – that involved approximately 16 vehicles – have been identified as Hannah Matheny, 20, of Parma, who was a passenger in a Ford Focus and Grzegorz A. Piwowarczyk, 42, of Palatine, Ill.,who was driving a commercial vehicle.   Continue reading “3 dead, trooper stable in turnpike pileup; 1 lane reopens”

Huffington Post

“Is there a drone flying over the explosion site in Harlem?” quizzed Gizmondo in a Wednesday morning headline after a small black object was captured on camera hovering above the smoking ruins.

Yes – it appears there was, according to reporters from the Animal New York website, who captured these photos of Brian Wilson, the pilot of a DJI quadcopter, which he said was capable of flying to a height of 1,400 feet. Wilson was taking pictures to sell to a news outlet, but he cryptically revealed: “I got some good shots that ain’t nobody getting.”
Continue reading “Man Pilots Drone Over Harlem Explosion Site”

Huffington Post

You’re drunk, dog.

Charlie, a Maltese terrier from Australia, was saved from certain death the first weekend in March by veterinarians who fed him copious amounts of vodka.

Staff from Animal Accident & Emergency in Melbourne wrote on the facility’s blog that Charlie came in with a case of Ethylene Glycol poisoning. They wrote that Ethylene Glycol, a product commonly found in radiator and brake fluids, tastes sweet but causes kidney failure when ingested.   Continue reading “Charlie The Dog’s Life Saved By Drinking Vodka”

AOL

Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, was robbed of more than half a million dollars Sunday.

Authorities say $600,000 in cash, checks and credit card donations were discovered missing and presumed stolen sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.

KRIV reports all $600,000 in donations were collected during church services Saturday and Sunday and then placed in a safe. But online donations are safe – the theft did not include any online data breaches.   Continue reading “$600K stolen from Joel Osteen’s Lakewood church in Houston”

News Discovery – by ROSSELLA LORENZI

Color illustrations of rocket-propelled cats and birds have recently been found in a 16th century war manual, according to a University of Pennsylvania researcher.

Written by artillery master Franz Helm of Cologne, who likely fought against the Turks during the mid-16th century, the manual on artillery and siege warfare dates to about 1530.   Continue reading “‘Rocket Cat’ Warfare Found in 16th-Century Manual”

New York Times – by BENJAMIN WEISER

To be chosen as one of the jurors in the terrorism trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, would understandably cause some unease.

But for one woman, serving on the jury has brought about some unexpected tension: the loss of her job.   Continue reading “Juror Loses Job for Serving in Terror TrialJuror Loses Job for Serving in Terror Trial”

LA Times – by Julie Makinen

BEIJING — Malaysian officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane Saturday said they were not ruling out terrorism — or any other causes — as reports emerged that two Europeans listed on the passenger manifest were not aboard and may have had their passports stolen.

New York Times – by KEITH BRADSHER

HONG KONG — A 12-mile-long oil slick spotted between Malaysia and Vietnam on Saturday afternoon is thought to be the first sign that a missing Malaysia Airlines flight with 239 people aboard went down in the waters between southernmost Vietnam and northern Malaysia, according to Vietnam’s director of civil aviation.

“An AN26 aircraft of the Vietnam Navy has discovered an oil slick about 20 kilometers in the search area, which is suspected of being a crashed Boeing aircraft,” Lai Xuan Thanh, the director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said. “We have announced that information to Singapore and Malaysia and we continue the search.”   Continue reading “Oil Slick Hints Malaysian Jet May Have Crashed at Sea”