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Good dog. A two year old German shepherd saved a seven year old girl from being bitten by a rattlesnake. Molly DeLuca was playing in the garden with her pet, named Haus, on Wednesday when the eastern diamondback snake suddenly appeared. Despite the danger, Haus leapt to Molly’s rescue and jumped between her and the snake, which attacked and bit …

Earthen barrier in Ft. Wayne to block invasive asian carp from entering Great Lakes. Environmental officials are celebrating the completion of a nearly 2-mile-long, 80-foot-wide earthen berm designed to keep Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes. The $4.4 million project at the Eagle Marsh Nature Preserve in Fort Wayne is designed to block floodwaters and prevent carp from crossing …

Socialite zookeeper Paris Hilton is producing an untitled documentary about herself with 9.14 Pictures and XYZ Films, as announced at Cannes Film Festival. The documentary will be produced by Hilton herself, Jamie Freed, 9.14 Pictures and XYZ Films. It will be directed by Don Argott and Sheena Joyce.

The final week of Big Brother Canada’s fourth season proved to be a polarizing one on Thursday night’s two-hour finale, in which Ottawa’s Nick and Phil Paquette, arguably two of the least deserving house guests of the season, were crowned winners, and for whom jury member Mitch likely put it best: “Sometimes, two brains aren’t better than one.” “This is …

If you are looking for a very unique Audi R8, try to get your hands on this special edition ‘Selection 24′ based on the 2016 Audi R8 V10 Plus. This ultimate limited edition R8 is presented by the German automaker to celebrate the success of the Audi R8 LMS that won the 24 Hours Nürburgring on its debut last year. …

Carlie Trent, the 9-year-old Tennessee girl who was allegedly kidnapped by her uncle last week, has been found after two local residents discovered her and her uncle on their property, officials said Thursday. And the uncle, 57-year-old Gary Simpson, is in police custody. TBI agents said residents Donnie Lawson and Stewart Franklin went searching for her on Lawson’s property. When …

New imaging technology suggests clumps of a protein called tau could be an important marker of the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain. While much Alzheimer’s research has focused on accumulation of the protein amyloid beta, researchers have begun to pay closer attention to another protein, tau, long associated with this disease but not studied as thoroughly, in part, …

Theranos president and chief operating officer Sunny Balwani is leaving the embattled blood-testing firm amid a broader restructuring which includes the addition of three members to the board of directors, the company announced on Wednesday. Balwani was the top associate of founder Elizabeth Holmes. His exit from the firm follows last month’s news that the Securities Exchange Commission and the …

A mother goose knocked on the door of a Cincinnati police cruiser in her search for help for a gosling tangled in a Mother’s Day balloon string. Sgt. James Givens said the mama goose got their attention by pecking at their cruiser door. “It kept pecking and pecking and normally they don’t come near us. Then it walked away and …

IBM, the world’s largest multinational technology and consulting corporation, has big plans for its Watson computer system, asking eight world-class universities, including three from Canada, to help them teach it how to fight impending cyber threats. Watson, a technology platform made by IBM that uses natural language processing and machine learning, will need to first be taught key terms and …

Audiosocket, seattle music-licensing firm sues Ted Cruz campaign over songs in ads. Audiosocket filed the complaint in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Monday and is seeking damages against the Cruz campaign and its advertising firm. The complaint alleges that the campaign used two songs, in television and online ads, without permission. Those two songs: Lens by Sarah Schachner and …