Category: Human Interest

It takes someone REALLY special to beat someone up with special needs. Personally, if I was the kid or the mom, I would be livid. Gavin, a teen living with Asperger’s Syndrome, was a victim of bullying. But even Gavin has a a better idea than simply pressing charges: An Illinois teenager with Asperger’s syndrome […]

One of the melt-you-heart moments not to be missed when you hear about stories like these. The Salt Lake City Fire Department has a hero in one firefighter, who elected to place an injured dog on his shoulders – and carried her 2 miles to safety through the Utah mountains. More from the Daily Mail: […]

An exhibit containing grizzly bears at the Minnesota Zoo is temporarily closed after one of the three bear residents picked up a rock and smashed it against the 5-layer safety glass multiple times. Startled zoo visitors stood in shock as the glass stayed in place despite the impact. More from the Daily Mail: The grizzlies […]

Webster’s Dictionary defines a semicolon as follows: sem·i·co·lon ˈsemēˌkōlən,ˈsemīˌkōlən/ noun a punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma. Project Semicolon, founded by Amy Bluel, has a unique and different mission behind what we typically think of when we use or hear […]

It’s usually a very bad idea to punch above your weight, and one kid had to learn that the hard way. If you think the guy that you’re trying to pound into a pulp could potentially body slam you into next week, it’s time to bail. The following video is proof of what happens when […]

A lot of us has no qualms about celebrating an assured victory. However, you should probably make sure that you’re actually going to win before you start your one-man party. American runner Ben Payne learned this the hard way when his personal festivities cost him the gold. From Bleacher Report: Runners—and all athletes, really—should know […]

A 10-year-old boy has figured out how to take the lemons life has handed him and make lemonade. The grade schooler, son of a Iraq veteran, was homeless after his father returned from service. Now that his struggle has ended, Xavier is reaching out to help others who are in the same shoes he once […]

Back in 2013, Darius Rucker, with his band Hootie & the Blowfish, had a beautiful performance of Amazing Grace & Take Me Home. More fitting than almost anything, the Charleston native’s performance is really a tribute to the current struggle in Charleston. Enjoy the music, keeping in mind that this is amateur videography and a […]

As always new baby announcements often elicit ‘AWWWWWWWW’ and cooing over the cute little hands, feet, and of course, the tiny toes. Bethany Hamilton has given birth to her new baby, and boy oh BOY, is Tobias ADORABLE: Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton took to social media Monday to introduce the world to her newborn son […]

If you need a break from the hun-drum of the political beat, I’ve got the perfect story for you. Dance-offs usually only result in bragging rights for the winner, and are generally popularity contests. In one school, a somewhat awkward teen showed he had dance game and floored the whole school. From The Daily Mail: […]

When Maeli Gottschak was born, she was missing her left forearm and hand. Nobody ever thought she’s be able to do the things she is today thanks to a group of seniors from Forest Hills High School, who blessed the 4-year-old with a prosthetic arm. They put an unknown amount of time into creating a […]

We all have, at one point or another, sacrificed our precious quarters to that evil claw machine at the mall. The odds that we’ve ever actually walked away with a prize is slim at best, and there’s a reason why; they’re rigged! The video below is going to show you EXACTLY how it works. From […]

St. Louis University removed his statue because the Catholic priest represented white supremacy. Don’t worry, folks, they have a heck of a replacement for you – a statue celebrating the apparently non-racist Ferguson rioters. Uhm, OK? I really have no clue at some times if we will survive as a species…. The College Fix reported: […]

Sick and twisted are the words I would use to describe the horrible way that Zakai Medkour treated her boyfriend, Maxime Gaget. The horrific details include coercion and lack of toilet access, but there truly is much more than that: A Frenchwoman who kept her boyfriend as a ‘domestic slave’, forcing him to ingest sponges […]

WOW. A decades old refugee from justice has been brought in, After years on the lam, he was caught almost 50 years later. More details on incredible capture from the Daily Mail: A convicted killer escaped from the Ohio prison used to film Shawshank Redemption in 1959, then was allowed to slip away from law […]

Microsoft has a web page that will tell me how old I am. Or, more accurately, how old they think I am. Whoa. This is really cool. So cool, that naturally, I have to try it. This could turn out really well *or* end up with me crying into a Hershey Bar. Check it out: […]