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Wildlife officers rescue 30 cold-stunned sea turtles in Florida

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/24/2025 1:26 PM

A pair of wildlife officers in Florida rescued 30 cold-stunned sea turtles amid unusually low temperatures in the region. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Hemingway book returned to Connecticut library after 56 years

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/24/2025 12:26 PM

A copy of Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" was returned to a Connecticut library 56 years late, along with a note explaining the delay and a check to cover the cost of the book. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Shark takes a big bite out of surfer's board

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/24/2025 12:06 PM

An Australian surfer got into "a bit of a tussle" with a bronze whaler shark and was able to walk away uninjured -- but his board wasn't quite so lucky. ... Read full Story

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Athlete breaks world record with 44 pull-ups in one minute

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/23/2025 4:14 PM

A Chinese fitness influencer broke a Guinness World Record when she completed 44 pull-ups in one minute. ... Read full Story

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Virginia woman's $100,000 Powerball win is her second major lottery prize

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/23/2025 4:12 PM

A Virginia woman scored $100,000 from a Powerball drawing about two years after she collected $399,392 from an online lottery game. ... Read full Story

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iPhones with TikTok installed selling big on eBay after brief ban

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/23/2025 2:21 PM

Some iPhones with the TikTok app, which is currently unavailable in the Apple and Google app stores, are fetching big bucks on eBay in the wake of the video-sharing app's brief ban in the United States. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Puzzle prodigy breaks Guinness World Record in Kentucky

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/23/2025 1:55 PM

A Kentucky teenager with a talent for solving a type of puzzle known as a 15 puzzle broke a Guinness World Record by solving 10 of them in 1 minute, 16.13 seconds. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Haircuts interrupted when cow forces its way into barbershop

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/23/2025 1:09 PM

Customers and stylists at a barbershop in China were left scrambling for the exit when a cow pushed its way in through the door and ran through the small shop. ... Read full Story

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Sydney's Stinky Corpse Flower Attracts Thousands Wanting A Whiff

By HuffPost.com | | 1/23/2025 11:35 AM

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a greenhouse in Sydney. ... Read full Story

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Corpse flower with 'deadly' stench pulls huge crowds

By Sky News | | 1/23/2025 8:16 AM

People have queued for hours at a Sydney greenhouse to get a whiff of the infamous corpse flower, as it bloomed for the first time in years. ... Read full Story

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Ice marathon runner dons polar bear suit, breaks world record

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/22/2025 4:05 PM

A British woman donned a polar bear costume to run a frigid Norwegian marathon and break a world record with her time of 4 hours, 58 minutes and 29 seconds. ... Read full Story

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Look: Coyote rescued from wire fence amid sub-zero temperatures

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/22/2025 3:56 PM

A Colorado animal control officer braved frigid temperatures -- and an unexpected tumble in the snow -- to rescue a coyote entangled in a wire fence. ... Read full Story

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North Carolina man wins his second big lottery prize from Cash 5 drawing

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/22/2025 3:49 PM

A North Carolina man scored a $120,000 jackpot from a Cash 5 lottery drawing less than four years after winning an even larger sum. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Mysterious green light over Ontario 'most likely' a meteor

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/22/2025 1:33 PM

A mysterious green light caught on camera in the night sky over Ontario was "most likely" a meteor, one expert said. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Red-tailed hawk rescued after getting lodged in front grill of SUV

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/22/2025 1:17 PM

A red-tailed hawk is recovering after being struck by an SUV and getting stuck in the front grill -- requiring help from technicians to escape. ... Read full Story

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Cow escapes trailer, wanders through traffic in Texas

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/22/2025 11:49 AM

Emergency responders in Texas were called to a busy road to wrangle a cow that escaped from a trailer and went wandering through traffic. ... Read full Story

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Elephants can't pursue release because they are not people, court rules

By Sky News | | 1/22/2025 6:42 AM

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. ... Read full Story

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Cat left on plane ends up taking three flights before reaching its destination

By Sky News | | 1/22/2025 4:08 AM

A family's move from New Zealand to Australia went horribly wrong when they realised their cat had been left on the plane and flown back home. ... Read full Story

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Watch: British choir with average age of 94 named world's oldest

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/21/2025 4:33 PM

A British choir of 17 people with an average age of 94 was officially named the world's oldest choir by Guinness World Records. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Man bounces table tennis ball on bottle caps to break world record

By United Press International, Inc. | | 1/21/2025 4:31 PM

Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush put his juggling skills to the test to break the record for the fastest time to make 10 alternating hits of a table tennis ball on bottle caps. ... Read full Story

auto

Mazda Reportedly Launches Its First New Logo Of The 21st Century

by carbuzz.com | Jan 28 2025

basketball

Watch Philadelphia 76ers vs. Los Angeles Lakers: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Tuesday's NBA game

by CBS Interactive Inc | Jan 28 2025

beauty

Sydney Sweeney's 5 Most Stunning Hair Transformations

by The List | Jun 01 2024

entertainment

Michelle Yeoh’s Hairstylist Renato Campora Shares Why the Actress Likes to ‘Play With Different Looks’

by ET Online | Jan 23 2025

exercise

Want To Live Longer? Try Weekend-Only Exercise, Says New Study

by thehealthy.com | Sep 21 2024

football

Giants benching of QB Daniel Jones spotlights NFL-wide issue

by ESNY | Nov 18 2024

game

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 Is Now Live, Will Test Cross-Play And Split-Screen Co-Op

by GameSpot | Jan 28 2025

health

America’s Best Hospitals for 2025 Named by Healthgrades

by Healthline.com | Jan 28 2025

long_island

Poll results: GLI readers vote ‘East Yaphank’ as best name for new LIRR station

by greaterlongisland.com | Jan 28 2025

metro

GOP gets new minority NYC council leader but one pol threatens to sue

by New York Post | Jan 28 2025

nation

X announces deal with Visa as first step to establishing virtual wallet

by upi.com | Jan 28 2025

people

Lady Gaga makes political promise following Donald Trump's return to power

by marca.com | Jan 28 2025

politics

Live updates: White House press briefing tries to add clarity to funding freeze

by The Hill | Jan 28 2025

religion

What do we know about the brothers and sisters of Jesus?

by Christian Post | Oct 20 2024

world

Tourist trampled to death by elephant in South Africa while trying to save kids

by Global News | Jan 28 2025

Word of the Day

sward

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 28, 2025 is:

sward • \SWORD\ • noun

Sward is a literary word that refers to an area of land covered with grass.

// The hikers emerged from the forest to find a green sward stretching out before them, and dotted with yellow and purple flowers.

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Examples:

“A century or so ago, if you lived in the Boston area and were obsessed with trees, you were in good company. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which had united enthusiasts of rare apples and ornamental maples since 1832, had helped found Mount Auburn Cemetery and endowed it with an immense, exotic plant collection. ... Tree mania seems to have come late to Greenlawn, however. Photographs taken sometime before 1914 show a bleak, bare sward.” — Veronique Greenwood, The Boston Globe, 18 Dec. 2023

Did you know?

Sward sprouted from the Old English sweard or swearth, meaning “skin” or “rind.” It was originally used as a term for the skin of the body before being extended to another surface—that of the Earth. The word’s specific grassy sense dates to the 16th century, and lives on today mostly in novels from centuries past, such as Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles: “The sun was so near the ground, and the sward so flat, that the shadows of Clare and Tess would stretch a quarter of a mile ahead of them, like two long fingers pointing afar to where the green alluvial reaches abutted against the sloping sides of the vale.”

Wildlife officers rescue 30 cold-stunned sea turtles in Florida

Watch: Hemingway book returned to Connecticut library after 56 years

Watch: Shark takes a big bite out of surfer's board

Athlete breaks world record with 44 pull-ups in one minute

Virginia woman's $100,000 Powerball win is her second major lottery prize

iPhones with TikTok installed selling big on eBay after brief ban

Watch: Puzzle prodigy breaks Guinness World Record in Kentucky

Watch: Haircuts interrupted when cow forces its way into barbershop

Sydney's Stinky Corpse Flower Attracts Thousands Wanting A Whiff

Corpse flower with 'deadly' stench pulls huge crowds

Ice marathon runner dons polar bear suit, breaks world record

Look: Coyote rescued from wire fence amid sub-zero temperatures

North Carolina man wins his second big lottery prize from Cash 5 drawing

Watch: Mysterious green light over Ontario 'most likely' a meteor

Watch: Red-tailed hawk rescued after getting lodged in front grill of SUV

Cow escapes trailer, wanders through traffic in Texas

Elephants can't pursue release because they are not people, court rules

Cat left on plane ends up taking three flights before reaching its destination

Watch: British choir with average age of 94 named world's oldest

Watch: Man bounces table tennis ball on bottle caps to break world record

Mazda Reportedly Launches Its First New Logo Of The 21st Century

Watch Philadelphia 76ers vs. Los Angeles Lakers: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Tuesday's NBA game

Sydney Sweeney's 5 Most Stunning Hair Transformations

Michelle Yeoh’s Hairstylist Renato Campora Shares Why the Actress Likes to ‘Play With Different Looks’

Want To Live Longer? Try Weekend-Only Exercise, Says New Study

Giants benching of QB Daniel Jones spotlights NFL-wide issue

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 Is Now Live, Will Test Cross-Play And Split-Screen Co-Op

America’s Best Hospitals for 2025 Named by Healthgrades

Poll results: GLI readers vote ‘East Yaphank’ as best name for new LIRR station

GOP gets new minority NYC council leader but one pol threatens to sue

X announces deal with Visa as first step to establishing virtual wallet

Lady Gaga makes political promise following Donald Trump's return to power

Live updates: White House press briefing tries to add clarity to funding freeze

What do we know about the brothers and sisters of Jesus?

Tourist trampled to death by elephant in South Africa while trying to save kids

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

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2.N.C. man stops for gas, wins $200,000 lottery prize

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4.Watch: Dog lost in Oklahoma reunited with owner after eight years

5.Watch: Firefighters rescue 600-pound donkey that fell through ice

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