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• Spontaneous act of kindness clears 30 stranded cars

  February 21, 2013 2:57 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - The worst of the storm brought out the best in a small group of strangers Wednesday night. They rallied together to help push free more than 30 vehicles that had gotten stuck spinning their wheels in the ice and snow at of Woodmen Rd. and Union Blvd.... more »

• Moose gets stuck in swing set

  August 8, 2012 7:49 PM

  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A moose has been freed from a strange backyard entanglement thanks to a brave Utah deputy and a pair of cutters. Sgt. Lane Findlay found himself face to face with the moose whose antlers were wrapped up in a backyard swing set this weekend. The... more »

• Video of the Day: Hungry bears

  August 1, 2012 7:43 AM

  A few hungry bears made themselves at home in a roadside dumpster. The only problem is they couldn't get out afterwards! Luckily a kind neighbor helped them out. Click here to watch our Video of the Day. more »

• Roller coaster stalls 150 feet in air

  July 30, 2012 6:23 AM

  VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - A spokeswoman for a Northern California amusement park says a dozen people were stuck on a roller coaster for almost two hours after it stalled 150 feet in the air. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom spokeswoman Nancy Chan tells the Vallejo Times-Herald that the Superman Ultimate Flight... more »

• Man rescued from air conditioner vent

  June 29, 2011 2:41 PM

  A man was rescued dusty but alive after he was trapped nearly 15 hours in an air conditioning vent in Englewood. Englewood police said they responded to calls for help yesterday from the roof of the Charles Hay World School, where they discovered a man trapped 30 feet down... more »

• Heathrow Airport still socked in and backed up

  December 21, 2010 4:39 PM

  LONDON (AP) - The snow is melting away in much of London, but operators of the world's busiest international airport say full service won't be restored until Thursday. Stranded passengers have been camping out on the floor of Heathrow Airport, still hoping for a flight home before Christmas. Britain's... more »

• Camel freed from sinkhole

  September 15, 2010 2:41 PM

  OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - It was an unusual call for Oregon firefighters: A 1,500-pound camel, named Moses, needed to be rescued. The call came in Tuesday night in Clackamas County after the Oregon City owners of the camel called firefighters to say that Moses had fallen into a... more »

• Climber rescued from cliff in Rocky Mountain National Park

  July 22, 2010 9:15 AM

  A 27-year-old woman has been rescued after hanging for hours from a cliff wall on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. Officials say four park rangers who were flown by helicopter to the top of the more than 14,000-foot mountain climbed down to help Carolyn Davidson early Wednesday... more »

• Passengers stuck on plane for 4 hours

  June 24, 2010 1:15 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Virgin Atlantic says its pilot asked for permission to unload passengers stranded on a grounded plane in Connecticut but a customs official threatened to have them arrested if they got off the plane. Greg Dawson, a London spokesman for the airline, said in an e-mail Thursday... more »

• Man stuck in his own furnace for three days

  June 10, 2010 12:37 PM

  Authorities say a Connecticut man's arm has been amputated after it was stuck for at least three days in his furnace. Police found 31-year-old Jonathan Metz in his West Hartford basement Wednesday night after friends grew worried when he missed work, did not answer calls and failed to show up... more »

• Saw stuck in latest Gulf oil fix

  June 2, 2010 10:39 AM

  Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says crews are shooting chemical dispersants at oil that began leaking when a saw became stuck in the latest attempt to contain the Gulf oil gusher. The saw snagged as it was cutting through a pipe on a busted well. Allen said Wednesday the... more »

• Fords may have floor mat problems

  June 1, 2010 11:43 AM

  Federal safety regulators are looking into reports of gas pedals that become stuck under floor mats of 2010 Ford Fusions and Mercury Milans. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has received only three complaints of gas pedals getting trapped under unsecured all weather floor mats. There are... more »

• Firefighters rescue dog from chair

  April 27, 2010 1:18 PM

  A fat old dog found himself in quite a predicatment last week when he got stuck in a chair. It took three suburban Chicago firefighters to rescue the small dog that became trapped inside a mechanized recliner chair . The dog was deep inside the chair and they had to... more »

• Firefighters rescue dog from recliner chair

  April 26, 2010 12:24 PM

  Three suburban Chicago firefighters rescued a small dog that became trapped inside a mechanized recliner chair by sawing the piece of furniture apart. Eighty-seven-year-old owner Ken Makris says his terrior, Ebonyser, has nerve damage following his Thursday night ordeal but that he is "coming along fine." Firefighters who responded to... more »

• Two stuck in stalled in ride over Miami fair

  March 30, 2010 2:59 PM

  Two people are stranded high in the air aboard a stalled fair ride in Miami, and rescue officials are trying to get them down. A fire department spokeswoman says a call came in at 1:54 p.m. Tuesday to report the stalled ride at the Miami-Dade County Fair. News footage... more »

• Grapevine section of California I-5 closed again by snow

  January 21, 2010 2:13 PM

  The California Highway Patrol says it has closed the Grapevine section of Interstate 5 because of heavy snow for the second time in as many days. CHP Officer John Lutz says a 30-mile stretch of the main freeway between Northern and Southern California was shut down Thursday. There's no... more »