Jon Krakauer and Andy Harris reached the summit of Mt. Everest at 1:12pm on May 10, 1996. At 29,028 feet elevation, they were literally โon top of the world.โ But …
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Facebook Failure
In November of 2011, the Snay family won a hard fought legal battle against Gulliver Preparatory School in South Florida on the grounds of discrimination. They were awarded a whopping …
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A Better Mugshot
Letโs say youโve just escaped jail and youโre on the run from the law when you see your picture posted online. What would you do? No matter how you answer …
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Letโs say youโve accidentally ran your truck off a mountain-side road. Now, youโre trapped in a vehicle thatโs dangling over the side of a deep cliff. In that situation, whatโs …
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Married Woman Looking for Lovers
Robin Rinaldi wanted kids. Her husband, Scott, did not. The impasse in their 18-year-old marriage led to an interesting โsolution.โ They would trade monogamy for an โopenโ relationship in order …
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Second Chance, Same Mistake
In 2006, high school student Amanda Clark ran a stop sign while talking on her cell phone and was broadsided by another vehicle. Her SUV took a beating, but Amanda …
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Be Nice to Everyone…I Mean EVERYONE!
It was a cold day in February of 2015 when Matt Buckland boarded the already-crowded subway en route to his London office. At one of the later stops, a young …
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A New Heart
In August of 2013, 15-year-old Anthony Tremayne Stokes received an emergency heart transplant to ease his suffering from an acute case of dilated cardiomyopathy. According to the team of doctors, …
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Fatal Hesitation
When Jon Smalldridge went to bed on Saturday night, October 25, 2003, he was aware of the wildfires burning 15 miles away in San Diego. However, he wasnโt aware the …
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Modern Day Lion’s Den
Believer or not, just about everyone is familiar with the account of Danielโs night spent with the lions. In the well-known story, a pagan king threw one of Godโs prophets …