(Katwe Kabatoro, Uganda) — A hungry hippopotamus in Uganda swallowed a toddler whole before spitting the child out. Police say the two-year-old boy was playing in his family’s house near Uganda’s western border when the animal attacked and swallowed him head-first. A man who saw what happened threw rocks at the hippo. The startled animal…
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A bear on the prowl for dinner in Florida found something a whole better than a pick-a-nick basket — and stole a bag of Chick-Fil-A chow from a man’s front porch. Paul Newman had placed a Grubhub order and was set to fetch it from his porch when he noticed his four-legged visitor had beaten…
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Calling police more than 2,000 times in nine days just to call them explicitly bad names will get you arrested — at least in Japan. Police say they received 2,060 angry phone calls between September 30th and October 8th (that’s roughly 229 calls per each of those 9 days or so) from a 67-year-old man…
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–Pack an extra pair of socks in your car’s glove compartment. Then if you need to get out and shovel, or if you step into a puddle, you’ll have dry socks to change into. And put those orphaned or mismatched socks to use: use them as wiper blade covers! –Ceiling fans are not just for…
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Aitkin County Soil and Water Conservation District Forester Kyle Frederickson joined to he joined to talk the 2023 Native Plant and Tree Sale, effects of the recent snowfall on wildlife, and the Private Woodland Group Tour of Long Lake Conservation Center and Workshop:
–If there is a war on Christmas, then Christmas is winning. It has taken over the territories of both October and November from opposing factions: Halloween and Thanksgiving. –You never realize how few original Christmas songs there are until you work in retail (or radio), and have to hear the same 6 songs sung by…
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TSA agents at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin say a traveler put their small dog in their luggage and put it through the X-ray machine at security. They say the dog’s owner never told the TSA or the airline that they were traveling with a dog. Agents were shocked when the pup showed…
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(Washington, DC) — A bipartisan bill would ban the popular social media site TikTok from operating in the U.S. The legislation introduced by Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio would prohibit social media companies under the influence of China, Russia or other foreign countries of concern. TikTok is owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance and federal…
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Lakes Area United Way’s Jonathan Aga joined the show to discuss the latest with their end of year fundraising campaign, their numerous partner programs, grant opportunities and a new event coming in Spring 2023: