(UPI) The Welsh Ambulance Service released details of some of the most "inappropriate" calls to the emergency 999 number, including members of the public who ate too much kebob and lost their dentures.

The service said it fielded 414,149 calls last year, and 68,416 turned out not to be emergenies, an average of 188 each day.

The inappropriate ...Read more

(UPI) Firefighters in Massachusetts came to the rescue of a dog that fell through the ice covering a frozen river and was hanging on by his front paws.

The Braintree Fire Department said the dog, named Rupert, went out onto the ice covering the Weymouth Fore River and fell though near the end of Edgehill Road.

Firefighters arrived to find ...Read more

(UPI) An Iowa man visited state lottery headquarters to collect a $100,000 prize for the second time in under a year.

The Iowa Lottery said Alvin "Al" Van Zee won the $100,000 from a $10 Bonus Multiplier scratch-off ticket he bought from the Git N Go store on Oskaloosa Street in Pella.

Van Zee previously visited Iowa Lottery headquarters on ...Read more

(UPI) An Arctic bird making a rare visit to California ended up tangled in fishing line and was taken in by animal rescuers.

The nonprofit International Bird Rescue said in a news release that the yellow-billed loon, which is most commonly found in the Arctic Circle and is only very rarely spotted south of the Canadian border, was first spotted...Read more

(UPI) A California man who has been traveling frequently since the 1990s earned a Guinness World Record with his collection of 1,136 hotel keycards.

Morten Soerensen of Livermore said his collection began when he started traveling for business in the '90s and discovered most hotels allowed him to keep his keycards as souvenirs.

"One of the ...Read more

(UPI) The San Diego Humane Society came to the rescue of a coyote found with a bucket stuck over its head in a debris-filled flooded field.

The SDHS said its Humane Law Enforcement officers were called to rescue what was initially believed to be a dog stranded in the flooded field, and San Diego Lifeguards was contacted for assistance reaching ...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers and firefighters in Ontario came to the rescue of a raccoon found stuck upside-down in a sewer grate.

The Guelph Humane Society said officers responded to a report of a stuck raccoon and arrived to find the animal trapped upside-down in the sewer grate.

The officers tried unsuccessfully to pull the raccoon free, and ended...Read more

(UPI) Workers at a Maryland library recently found a surprise in their return box: a Pink Floyd CD that was checked out in 1989.

The Prince George's County Memorial Library System said staff at the Laurel Branch Library were shocked to discover a Wish You Were Here CD that had been due back 35 years earlier.

The CD was placed into the library'...Read more

(UPI) Some of the most unusual items to end up in the lost and found at Wisconsin's Lambeau Field include dentures and passports.

Keith Cronin, manager of guest services at the home of the Green Bay Packers, said there have been slightly less than 800 items to end up in the lost and found since April.

Cronin told Spectrum News 1 some of the ...Read more

(UPI) A Virginia man had an extra unforgettable Caribbean cruise when he found out he had won a $1 million lottery jackpot.

Jerome Testa of Orange told Virginia Lottery officials he was on a cruise ship when he went online and discovered he was one of five $1 million winners in Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle.

"My wife screamed and ...Read more

(UPI) A California woman earned a Guinness World Records title when a single strand of hair growing out of her bicep was measured at 7.24 inches long.

Macie Davis-Southerland told Guinness World Records she didn't discover her unusually long arm hair until 2012, when she was a junior in high school.

"I was at Disneyland with my best friend ...Read more