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These here interwebs are just full of wonders. And so it is with the following draw-dropping video from filmmaker Frans Hofmeester of the Netherlands. Daddy Frans filmed his daughter, Lotte, every single week of her life for 12 years and has pieced together his footage into the following mind-blowing time-lapse clip. As a parent I know kids grow too fast and this clip somehow manages to depict how a father sees his little girl in his mind as she grows. Incredible!

When Jenni Lake of Pocatello, Idaho was faced with the decision to continue her chemotherapy for Grade 3 brain cancer or halt it because of the damage it may cause to her unborn baby, she unselfishly chose the latter. Read her inspiring and heartbreaking story that proves once again that a mother’s love has no bounds.

Monday an unlikely midwest drug kingpin believed to supply 40% of the marijuana in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri was arrested. Police found four pounds of pot, a semiautomatic weapon, and $276,000 of cash stuff in the mattress at rural Oklahoma home of 73-year-old Darlene Mayes.

Fargo, North Dakota’s Meredeith Olafson is a super surrogate, giving birth to her 15th baby March 29 after two sets of triplets, one set of twins and three single babies. Only four of the 15 children she’s carried have been her own.

18-year-old Jordan Powers’ dreams of true love were smashed when her 41-year-old ex-teacher, and now ex-boyfriend, James Hooker was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting another teenager 14 years ago.

Down in South Carolina there was a good old-fashioned high school girl’s soccer game going on when, seemingly out of nowhere, things got extremely violent. The schools, Chester High School and Lewisville High School, are rivals, but what transpired went beyond the pale for any rivalry game. See the footage from the attack as one player lost it pulling hair and throwing 11 punches before being stopped.

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See what very well may be the world’s smallest puppy named Beyonce and read her remarkable story of survival. She was set to be aborted, then euthanized and when born was a mere 4oz. Be ready for a little tears and awwwwws!

When things got a little overheated during a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Padua, Minnesota firefighters on hand did what they do and braved the danger to put out a car fire. What makes this particular blaze noteworthy is that two of the firemen just so happened to be wearing dresses! See two clips of the hilarious footage and find out how it all went down.

Photographer Isres Chorphaka was visiting a temple in Bangkok, Thailand when he looked to the heavens and saw this stunning angelic vision in the clouds.

A test program launched at Austin’s SXSW festival is stirring up some Texas sized controversy. Homeless Hotspots takes members of Austin’s homeless population and equips them with 4G MiFi devices. Wearing t-shirts that read “I’m (Name). I’m a 4G Hotspot,” they try and get donations from users for a wireless connection. The website for Homeless Hotspots suggests $2 for every 15 minutes. See a video interview with one of these “homeless hotspots” and read a reps’ response to the backlash this concept has received.

Only two weeks after the ACLU had Gallup, New Mexico teen Shantelle Hicks readmitted to her middle school after allegedly being kicked out for being pregnant, school officials forced her to announce to a school assembly that she was expecting. As you might expect, that didn’t make Shantelle or the ACLU happy at all, and they are filing suit. Keep reading for all the details, including a local video report.

Lincoln Park, Michigan’s Amanda Clayton won a million dollars in the state lottery. She took it all in one lump sum and after taxes she pocketed about $500,000. Even when gubment gives she still takes a bite! All of this was good news for the 24-year-old single mother of two. On the bad news side a local news station got a tip that girl was still receiving and using $200 a month in food stamps and decided to do an actual secret hidden camera type of investigative journalism story on the lady. See the report and hear Amanda’s candid explanation as to why she didn’t see any problem with it.

The recent devastating outbreak of tornadoes that swept across the country took many lives and left in its wake an incalculable amount of loss in both life and property. The Decker family of Marysville, Indiana was not spared this horror but the instinct of mom Stephanie Decker moves the heart as she did what was necessary to save her children.

One of the safest local news reports you can do for TV is the ol’ soaring gas prices staple. Adrienne Pedersen of Tampa area’s WFLA was on that predictable beat when a driver straight up slammed a taxi right behind her. That sound of screeching and metal on metal will make just about anyone jump from fear or shock but not our girl Adrienne. Watch this eye popping video as the faithful news reporter stays on task in spite of the chaos that happens behind her and catch the seasoned anchor’s clever response from the studio.

South Carolina firefighter Jordan Lifander has just admitted to lying to his fellow firefighters last year about being one of the first responders in NY on 9/11.

Meet Amy Slanina, a 32-year-old woman who likes to tell people, including hopeful adoptive parents, that she’s pregnant in hopes of receiving attention and gifts. Read about her latest victims who went as far as to book a flight from Idaho to Pennsylvania only to find out when they arrived at the hospital that Amy was not only not pregnant, but was currently in prison for lying about being the abused spouse of a police officer so she could stay in a battered women’s shelter! (You can’t make this stuff up!) I also tracked down a video clip of Amy when she appeared on Dateline in 2006 for scamming two other hopeful adoptive couples under the name Christy Tidwell. Did I mention that unless she takes money from the people that this isn’t actually a crime?!?

While a talking head discussed some financial stuff for a news report a young woman in the background was so engrossed in what she was texting that she took a serious dive over a flight of stairs. This clip was captured by Canadian television CBC in Ontario and proves that the frightening concentration of a woman on her cell knows no national boundaries.