(UPI) A Michigan man leaving the drive-through ATM at a credit union investigated a plastic box in the middle of a road and discovered it contained $27,000.

George Condash said he was leaving the Westland Federal Credit Union in Westland when he spotted the plastic box in the roadway.

"Well, first, I just thought it was trash. For some reason ...Read more

(UPI) A Florida brewery is finding homes for local shelter dogs by putting photos of adoptable canines on cans of beer.

Motorworks Brewing teamed with Manatee County Animal Services to put photos of dogs from the shelter on cans of Cruiser golden lager.

The brewery said proceeds from sales of lager 4-packs are being donated to Manatee County ...Read more

(UPI) A Virginia man who lost his class ring while a high school senior was reunited with his long-lost possession 14 years later.

Turner King said he was playing on the Roanoke Catholic basketball team in 2005 when the team's bus broke down near Charlottesville and he and his teammates were stranded for hours at a hotel in Charlottesville.

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(UPI) A scratch-off lottery ticket sent a Maryland woman to the winner's circle to collect a jackpot -- for the second time.

The 61-year-old Indian Head woman told Maryland Lottery officials she's a devoted scratch-off player and selected a $5 Super Ca$h ticket during a recent visit to her favorite retailer, Mutts Liquor in Indian Head.

The ...Read more

(UPI) Firefighters in Britain rescued a cow that broke through a fence with some fellow bovines and nearly ended up drowning in slurry.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue said crews from Leek, Cannock, Stafford and Newcastle responded to the slurry pit in Stafford along with members of animal rescue group Unimog and a water rescue team when four ...Read more

(UPI) A South Africa restaurant was awarded a Guinness World Record after proving the authenticity of its menu's most impressive boast: 207 different types of milkshakes.

Guinness announced Gibson's Gourmet Burgers & Ribs at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town was awarded the record for the most varieties of milkshakes commercially ...Read more

(UPI) Researchers said a glass bottle found during an archaeological dig on a Virginia highway median is believed to be a Civil War era "witch bottle" designed to ward off evil spirits.

The William & Mary Center for Archaeological Research said the bottle was discovered during a 2016 archaeological dig for Civil War artifacts prior to a ...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers in California said they saved a puppy found with its head stuck through the middle opening of a spare tire.

The Riverside County Department of Animal Services said a crew responded to a report of a puppy with its head stuck through the middle of a spare tire Wednesday.

The Australian cattle dog was taken to Coachella ...Read more

(UPI) Police in Kentucky came to the rescue of a deer that fell into a swimming pool at a resident's home and was unable to climb out on its own.

The Lexington Police Department tweeted a video Wednesday showing the scene that unfolded two days earlier when an officer responded to a report of a deer trapped in a swimming pool at a rural home.

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(UPI) A Delaware man who accidentally bought two identical Powerball tickets for the same drawing had the mistake pay off when they each won him a $50,000 prize.

The 61-year-old Newark man told Delaware Lottery officials he asked his son to fill out some playslips for the Jan. 18 Powerball drawing, but when he got to Malin's Market in Newark he...Read more

(UPI) The Utah Department of Health announced its HIV awareness campaign is being reinstated, but without the risque condom packages that sparked controversy.

The department's "H is for Human" campaign, aimed at promoting awareness of human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS, initially launched with a website, HIVandMe.com, and ...Read more

(UPI) A South African man broke his own Guinness World Record by spending 67 days in a barrel atop a pole -- and he's still going.

Vernon Kruger set the Guinness record in 1997, when he spent 67 days living in a barrel at the top of a pole, and he surpassed his own record this week atop an 80-foot pole in Dullstroom.

Kruger said he does not ...Read more

(UPI) Officials at an Arizona airport said three arriving flights were delayed briefly when a coyote was spotted wandering near the runway.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport said three flights circled the airfield Monday morning while airport employees worked to remove the coyote.

A spokesman said the workers were able to guide the ...Read more

(UPI) Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago said they are trying to figure out how a 500-pound South American tapir ended up wandering near a village.

Game wardens, police officers and officials from the Emperor Valley Zoo announced they tranquilized and captured the large animal Monday near the community of Ramjattan Trace, Penal.

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(UPI) A British Columbia man said he had to wait two months to collect his lottery jackpot of over $700,000 because he couldn't get leave from his job as a lighthouse keeper.

Ivan Dubinsky told the British Columbia Lottery Corp. he buys his tickets online because he has to be present at the lighthouse near Port Hardy to perform duties including...Read more