2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (147+ words) Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A Maryland woman credited her intuition with earning her a second $50,000 Bonus Match 5 lottery prize in just three months. The Middle River woman told Maryland Lottery officials she occasionally gets a strong feeling about a set of numbers…...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago  (251+ words) Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Firefighters and animal rescuers teamed up in Ohio to rescue a horse that wandered away from its pasture and ended up stranded in a neighbor's backyard swimming pool. Melissa Freeman Starkey said on social media that she was…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (156+ words) A California man took a trip to Maryland to visit his daughter's family and ended up winning a $50,000 lottery prize during his vacation. California man wins $50,000 lottery prize during Maryland trip Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A California man took a trip to…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (145+ words) Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man's non-winning scratch-off lottery ticket turned into a belated $1 million Christmas present in a second chance drawing. Raleigh resident Ray Abbott told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he bought a stack of holiday-themed scratch-off tickets…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (127+ words) Feb. 16 (UPI) -- An Ohio man who stuck with the same set of lottery numbers for 22 years found his persistence rewarded with a $3.5 million jackpot. The Akron man told Ohio Lottery officials he kept using the same six numbers -- 6-8-16-20-26-45 -- to play…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (440+ words) Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Local politicians and people gathered to raise a Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City Thursday, after the U.S. Department of the Interior removed a flag on Tuesday. "We have brought the flag back to…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (274+ words) Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A student at Scotland's Glasgow School of Art used nearly 200 feet of corduroy fabric to create the world's largest sock monkey sculpture. Emilia Evans-Munton, 22, said she started work on her massive plushie as a passion project for her…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (262+ words) Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A student at Scotland's Glasgow School of Art used nearly 200 feet of corduroy fabric to create the world's largest sock monkey sculpture. Emilia Evans-Munton, 22, said she started work on her massive plushie as a passion project for her…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (98+ words) Runaway cow blocks traffic in Florida before being roped'upi.com Runaway cow blocks traffic in Florida before being roped Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A cow seen wandering through roads and parking lots in Florida was roped and wrangled by a cowboy on…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (295+ words) Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Workers at a wastewater treatment plant in Kentucky sprang into action to rescue a deer that went for a late-night swim in a clarifying tank. Matthew Chancellor, chief operations manager at the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant in…...