Near the end of her final high school cross country meet, Melanie Bailey from Devils Lake, North Dakota stopped running to help injured competitor Danielle LeNoue. Bailey told LeNoue to hop on her back, and the two crossed finished the race together, one carrying the other. Despite finishing 8-and-a-half minutes behind the first place finisher, Bailey says, “I loved the way I ended it. It was a great way to end my cross country season.”
[ABCNews] [WDAY]
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Mysterious Hero Saves Elderly Man From House Engulfed In Flames
An unidentified man is being hailed a hero this week after he risked his life to save an elderly man from a raging house fire. Cell phone video from Beth Lederach shows the unidentified man entering the home at the :50 mark. 40 seconds late he’s seen sprinting out of the home with 73-year-old Robert Wells over his shoulder.
[ABC] [thefresnobee]
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Stage-Six Clinger Arrested After Getting Stuck In Ex-Boyfriend’s Chimney
After six dates, a man named Lawrence ended his relationship with a 30-year-old woman named Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa. Genoveva was not ready for the relationship to end and began stalking Lawrence by camping out on his roof. On Sunday, she went a step further and attempted to break in to Lawrence’s home by climbing down his chimney, she was unsuccessful and was arrested.
[KTLA]
Canadian Weatherman Attempts To Deliver The Weather With A Large, Playful Dog
Last week, a 17-month-old German shepherd/mastiff mix named Ripple helped Global Edmonton’s weatherman Mike Sobel deliver the weather. Unfortunately for Sobel, Ripple could not care less about the weather and spends the segment chewing straight through his leash. For information on adopting Ripple, visit the Edmonton Humane Society.
[GlobalNews] [H/T:TastefullyOffensive]
News Anchor Shepard Smith Blasts Media For ‘Irresponsible’ Ebola Coverage, Set Facts Straight
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith took a moment this week to set things straight about the Ebola. Smith warned viewers not to listen to the “hysterical voices on the radio and the television or read the fear-provoking words online.” In four minutes, Smith lays out the facts about the Ebola cases in the US and addresses some misleading stories that have begun to circulate.
[BrianSteler] [H/T:HuffingtonPost]