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(KTXL/CNN) - A California man scarfed down more than 11 pounds of apple pie ... and somehow lived to tell the tale. Jamie "The Bear" McDonald consumed two giant apple pies in an attempt to break two world
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BLACK ROCK, AR (KAIT) – Drivers have likely noticed a lot of construction recently beside the Black River bridge at Black Rock. Walter McMillan, the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department's district
Some local drivers have feared that a bridge collapse like the one in Washington State this week could happen closer to home. People have been particularly fearful of the aging Black River Bridge that connects Black Rock and Portia on U.S. 63 in Lawrence County.
Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.
Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.
A northeast Ohio woman tried to call her son after a stroke, but she dialed the wrong number and the call never went through.
She mistakenly dialed a man in a different state - but that wrong number may have been the one that saved her life.
"I was cramped up right here," said Loretta Smith.
Loretta Smith is right handed. That part of her body was paralyzed in the stroke so she had to use her left hand. She got the area code right, but made a mistake with the prefix calling 4-1-9 instead of 8-1-9.
She ended up dialing a stranger in Colorado named Kenny.
Kenny, some 1,300 miles away in Colorado, called for help and within minutes Loretta was at the hospital being treated for a minor stroke.
"Kenny is my angel," said Smith.
70-year old Loretta has five children and eight grandchildren - and now she also has one amazing story for the ages.
Tennessee has announced that Tim Rogers is stepping down as the university's vice chancellor for student life, less than three weeks after he cited an "intolerable situation" in an email that he sent to chancellor Jimmy...
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