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Economic times are tough, but a bad day on this job comes with bite marks. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is paying people $25 per hour to work as “crocodile response agents,” to keep the reptiles away from residential areas in the Florida Keys and capture them if needed. Last time I was in Florida I quizzed my …

Des Moines – Marine Sergeant Ross Gundlach was a dog handler in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012. Gundlach promised his bomb-sniffing dog, Casey, that he would find her again, and last Friday, his wish came true and he was able to keep that promise. He has been reunited with his constant companion in Afghanistan and it was all thanks to …

An elderly lady, who thought she had lost everything in the Oklahoma City tornado, is reunited with her dog live on air, after the animal emerged from the rubble of her home. The woman was talking to a reporter from CBS affiliate KWTV about her devastation at the loss of her home and her dog, when a member of the …

One of the 16 workers at a New Jersey Vehicle Services Department has come forward to talk about being the area’s newest millionaires. Sue Nickel, an employee at the Ocean County Vehicle Services Department in Toms River, New Jersey, told NBC-10 she is completely stunned after learning she along with her 15 co-workers will each take home nearly $4 million …

When a little boy was separated from other runners in his group during the Jeff Drenth Memorial 5K, he asked a Marine, who was also running the race, for help. “Sir? Will you please run with me?” 9-year-old Boden Fuchs asked Lance Cpl. Myles Kerr. According to a post on the Seal of Honor Facebook page, Kerr not only ran …

EL PASO, Texas –– The team manager for the Coronado High School Thunderbirds has a developmental disability, but the coach wanted to put him in the last game of the regular season. Coach Peter Morales tells CBS News Mitchell’s love of the game surpasses everyone. “He’s just an amazing person that our basketball team loves being around,” Morales says. So …

A US waiter says his faith in humanity has been restored after a diner secretly picked up the bill for a pair of strangers who he overheard receiving a devastating diagnosis. “While waiting tables tonight, a mother and daughter started crying mid-meal,” the Boston-area waiter wrote in a Reddit post that is warming hearts across the internet. “I had no …

Hollywood lost both an actor and friend Saturday. Paul Walker died at the age of 40 after a car collision and explosion in Southern California, his rep confirmed to Canada Journal. A friend to many and a dad to 15-year-old daughter Meadow, Walker had been gearing up for Fast and the Furious 7 with a 2014 release.

A New Jersey canine that was crowned the world’s ugliest dog in 2007 and later became the topic of a children’s book preaching acceptance has died. Elwood was 8. His owner, Karen Quigley, says the Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix died unexpectedly Thanksgiving morning. The Sewell resident said Elwood had been dealing with some heath issues in recent months but …

This is Kanye West’s world…we just live in it. At least that’s what he seems to think as he likes to proclaim things on his self, his fiancée and say what he wants about who he wants. The “Bound 2” rapper has some new wisdom to share with the world and here it is. During an interview on Power 105’s …

At least eight people were killed late Friday after a police helicopter crashed into a pub in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, Police said Saturday. The dead include two police officers, a civilian pilot and five others who were in the Clutha bar in Glasgow when the helicopter came through the roof of the lively city nightspot, which was packed with …