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Missing beer spoils family picnic

The Griggs family was grumpy when their favorite adult beverages were not in the cooler that youngest cousin Josh was in charge of packing.

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  • Great aunt leaves condiments and napkins at home

Have old broken stuff? These people will fix it for you – for free

A grass-roots movement encourages repairing, rather than replacing, broken items. Repair cafés are springing up in countries as far away as the Netherlands with 1,700 locations worldwide.

By Tara Bahrampour
Sparky with his owner
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Pet iguana jumps out of tank

Sparky the iguana made a break on Sunday when 8-year-old Sam Johnson was at dinner. “I would feed him all the crickets 
if I could find him,” Johnson said.

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Seth Marko and Jennifer Powell own the Book Catapult in San Diego. (Vanessa Diaz)

A bookstore owner was in the hospital. So his competitors came and kept his shop open.

"Once I started to tell our book-selling friends what was going on, I had an entire roster," a friend said.

By Allison Klein • 1 hour ago
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‘It’s over.’ Breakup performed via text

Tired of her boyfriend forgetting about 
every major holiday and birthday, a woman decided to end her relationship 
with a two-word text.

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  • Week before Valentine’s Day most popular for being dumped

Homeless man finds $17,000 outside food bank, gives it to a worker inside

Kevin Booth went to his local food bank looking for the bread that is left outside overnight. Instead, he found a brown paper bag filled with cash. Nobody knew where the bag had come from.

By Allison Klein
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