It was better late than never for an 86-year-old Wisconsin woman who never got her Girl Scout Golden Eaglet Award – because she woke up with the mumps 69 years ago.
Faith Iames Schremp, who joined the Scouts in 1938, earned all the proficiency badges she needed, but was too sick to attend camp – the final rite of passage.
She finally collected Girl Scouts’ highest achievement Saturday.
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It was cause for a paws.
A US crew working on a TV series called “Destination Truth” found a paw mark measuring 13 inches long and nearly 10 inches wide in a series of footprints in the Everest region of Nepal – all resembling descriptions of the mysterious abominable snowman known as Yeti.
The team also found a heel print and another, fainter one. The crew took castings of all three for study.
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Talk about a love that knows no boundaries.
An LA company is pitching a reality show called “Who Wants to Marry a US Citizen” to create televised matrimony between legal citizens and immigrants with temporary visas.
Show creator Adrian Martinez said he’s in talks with a cable network and has signed up contestants for six episodes.
“We’re just out to play matchmaker,” said show host Angelo Gonzales.
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Her name is Wild Oats, but it ought to be Skippy.
The chubby feral cat survived for 19 days with a peanut butter jar stuck on her head, according to a Bartlett, Tenn., family that finally chased her down and used some oil to free her head.
“I’ve heard of cats having nine lives, but I think this one has 19 because she survived 19 days,” Doretha Cain said.
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What a dud. Thankfully.
A Key West, Fla., landscaping crew about to grind a tree stump accidentally broke a buried WWII mortar shell. A little more digging around turned up 29 other vintage shells.
There was no blast, but about a dozen homes around the property, which used to belong to the Navy, were evacuated and cars were cleared from the area while a bomb squad went to work.