100 goats turned loose on a downtown L.A. plot

Leaders of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency hired 100 goats to nibble away thick weeds on a steep slope at the corner of 4th and Hill streets, next to the Angels Flight funicular.

Agency officials said the goats were cheaper and more environmentally friendly than two-legged brush-clearers armed with gasoline-powered weed-whackers.

And they are much more fun to watch, downtown office workers and other passersby quickly decided, as the animals fanned out over the 45-degree slope and chowed down.

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The only thing I question is the cost of driving the goats downtown.

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Labrador survives being hit by express train ‘after his wounds are healed instantly by heat from engine’

Homer the labrador is one lucky dog after he survived horrific injuries when he was hit by an express train.

The fortunate mutt disappeared while out for a walk with his owner Ray Davis, near his home in Westbury, Wiltshire.

He was found three days later near a railway line with gaping wounds across his middle.

Ray, 62, thinks his dog survived the accident because his wound was seared shut by the intense heat from the 125 mph train.

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Father Died Saving Down Syndrom Son

When Joseph, 20, who has Down syndrome, fell into a septic tank Monday in his back yard, Vander Woude jumped in after him. He saved him. And he died where he spent so much time living: at his son’s side.

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Boy Trapped Inside Running Washing Machine

MIAMI — A 6-year-old boy is recovering after his mother said he became trapped inside a running washing machine, reported local news station WPLG in Miami..

Timothy Clark and his 4-year-old sister were playing in what they apparently thought was a broken machine at a Laundromat off Northwest 79th St. and 22nd Ave.

The boy’s mother, Saraco Black, told Local 10 that her daughter went running to her for help.

“She came to me and said ‘Mommy, my brother is inside the washing machine.’ When she said that I got up, went over to the machine and my baby was spinning around inside,” Black said.

After three tries, Black was able to pull open the washing machine’s door.

The boy was rushed to Ryder Trauma Center. He needed stitches but is expected to be OK.

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