(UPI) A Maryland Lottery player who holds the record for the third-largest Racetrax jackpot in the history of the game nearly equaled his earlier feat with a $183,465.90 jackpot -- his third major jackpot.

Paul "Pickles" McDonald, 49, of Bowie, told Maryland Lottery officials he was at the Corner Lounge in Upper Marlboro when he decided to ...Read more

(UPI) A Tennessee farmer who grew a 910-pound pumpkin celebrated his achievement by turning the giant gourd into a kayak.

Christin Ownby posted video to Facebook showing her husband, Justin Ownby, taking the hollowed-out pumpkin for a float on their Cleveland property.

"He has tried for four years to grow giant pumpkins," Christin Ownby told ...Read more

(UPI) Guinness World Records announced 14 records were broken at a Toronto marathon, including records for running while dressed as fruit, a vegetable, a cartoon character, a cowboy and a supervillain.

The record-keeping organization said 22 participants in the 2019 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon attempted world records during the race,...Read more

(UPI) Employees at a Kentucky zoo rounded up a quartet of emus that escaped from an Amish farm and went wandering near a busy highway.

Mick McGill, animal management director at the Kentucky Down Under Adventure Zoo, said phone calls started coming in about 3 p.m. from drivers who spotted the emus wandering loose near the L&N Turnpike in ...Read more

(UPI) A Chinese county achieved a Guinness World Record when it assembled 2,024 erhu players into a single ensemble.

Raoyang County, in Hebei Province, gathered 2,024 people to play the traditional Chinese two-stringed bow instrument in a single mass performance.

The ensemble performed songs Guangmingxing and Me and My Motherland.

The ...Read more

(UPI) A California woman who was cleaning out her study found a library book her mother had checked out 74 years earlier -- and she returned it.

Berkeley Library workers said they were surprised Friday when Jean Durham brought in a copy of Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake that her mother had checked out in 1945.

"My mother did buy some ...Read more

(UPI) A Michigan man said he won a $587,247 lottery jackpot from a Fantasy 5 ticket he wouldn't have bought if it hadn't been for a store clerk's suggestion.

The 70-year-old Genesee County man told Michigan Lottery officials he was buying his usual Mega Millions ticket at The Liquor Carousel in Grand Blanc when the clerk gave him a tip.

"I buy...Read more

(UPI) A California man is drawing crowds to his neighborhood with an elaborate Halloween light display featuring ghosts and gravestones.

Tom BetGeorge decorated his Tracy home with spooky decorations and a series of lights that illuminate in conjunction with various songs, including Skrillix's Bangarang, System of a Down's Chop Suey and the ...Read more

(UPI) A family vacationing in Tennessee said their vehicle had only been left unlocked for a brief time when a family of bears opened the doors and made off with a pack of gum.

Krista Colson of Franklin, Ky., was visiting Gatlinburg with her family when her mother left the doors of their SUV unlocked because they were planning to leave their ...Read more

(UPI) An 11-year-old boy who finished a half marathon at the IMT Des Moines Marathon in Iowa might have also broken a Guinness World Record as the youngest person to run half-marathons in all 50 states.

Aiden Jaquez, 11, of Montgomery, Ill., ran his 50th half-marathon Sunday at the Iowa event, which was the last stop on his 50-state tour of ...Read more

(UPI) Authorities in Minnesota said they captured a "habitual runaway" emu about a day after the animal was spotted running loose.

The Benton County Sheriff's Office said the emu was reported running loose Saturday night, and authorities were familiar with the animal from previous incidents.

"Have you seen this emu?! This emu is wanted for ...Read more

(UPI) A team of scientists in Michigan have created what they believe to be a new Guinness World Record in the form of the world's largest periodic table of the elements.

The scientists, from company Perrigo, said they are aiming to promote STEM education with the giant periodic table, which measures 120 yards long by 53.3 yards tall.

The team...Read more

(UPI) A woman visiting her former home in Montana found the class ring she dropped while raking leaves 50 years earlier.

Judi Dyson said she was raking leaves at her home in Belgrade, Mont., about 50 years ago when she lost the ring from her Pickstown, S.D., graduating class of 1960.

"I knew I lost it right away," Dyson told the Sun Thisweek ...Read more