Mar. 15, 2025
CBB Reader Christina has kindly offered up 11 $100 gift certificates that she has for cord-blood banking storage service, Cryo-Cell, to our readers.We are in no way promoting cord-blood banking or this particular companybut thought it might help out some readers who are thinking or or planning on using this type of service. I don’t know how many people actually use these services, but there is definitely a lot of advertising for it – I can’t look at a pregnancy magazine without seeing ads for these kinds of services.
Mar. 15, 2025
Deputy Greg McCowan.Photo:Blount County Sheriff’s Office
Blount County Sheriff’s Office
A reward for information about the whereabouts of a man suspected of killing a sheriff’s deputy and injuring another in a shooting in Tennessee has been increased to $100,000, authorities said.
The Blount County Sheriff’s Officeannounced Saturdaythat it raised the reward from the previous $80,000 to $100,000 as law enforcement continued their manhunt for the alleged gunman identified as 42-year-old Kenneth DeHart.
Mar. 15, 2025
Bouquet of flowers.Photo:Getty
Getty
Wedding ceremonies costing only $14 are being offered to couples who’d like to get married on Valentine’s Day.
Cute Little Wedding Chapelin Long Beach, California, is offering discounted marriages, with the special lasting from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Feb. 14 for a ceremony that includes the couple and up to four guests.
According to the company’s website, the $14 fee covers the costs for a ceremony only.
Mar. 15, 2025
Mr. M receives his check for $1 million.Photo:illinois lotteryA Chicago man called it a career immediately after learning he won $1 million on a scratch ticket ahead of the holidays.The 68-year-old industrial mechanic recently purchased the winning $10 ticket at Harlem Food and Liquors in Harwood Heights, according toIllinois lottery officials.The man, whom lottery officials call “Mr. M,” said he “had a good gut feeling” about the ticket as soon as he saw it.
Mar. 15, 2025
The documents also note that “The front end of the car, incredibly, came to a halt just feet away from Plaintiff and her pets: two dogs named Bree and Rueben and a tortoise named Marley.”
Anne Heche.Michael Bezjian/Getty for Mammoth Media Institute
“By God’s grace, Plaintiff and her three pets barely escaped physical impact from the car crash,” the documents add, going on to describe Mishele as “terrified, severely traumatized, and without a place to live” as a result of the crash.