Whether `stringing' or `looping,' tobacco is the tie that binds many North Carolina farm families It's called “stringing” or “looping,” depending on what part of North Carolina you're from The Independent UK · Oct 21
Rise of the ‘porno-trolls’: how one porn platform made millions suing its viewers A company called Strike 3, owner of Vixen and Tushy, has clogged US courts with lawsuits, mostly against porn watchers who feel shamed into settling privately The Guardian - US · Nov 4, 2025
Seal marks her 50th birthday at a sanctuary. Sheba may be the oldest in captivity As gray seals go, Sheba is grayer than most The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2024
Brickbat: We'll Get to You in a Moment After suffering a heart attack, Ken Jones spent 20 hours sitting in "a hard plastic chair" in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in England before he was seen by a doctor. After he finally got an angiogram, it was discovered he had three blocked arteries. "We recognise that patients continue to experience… Reason · Mar 26, 2024
Blythe Star shipwreck located, 50 years after sinking off Tasmanian coast in 1973 The wreck of the Blythe Star is located almost 50 years after it sank off the Tasmanian coast, its crew believed dead — until, astonishingly, they appeared out of the bush far from where the ship sank. ABC News · May 14, 2023
Could this tiny town in the Northern Territory hold the key to Australia's energy future? For decades, air conditioners, lights, TVs and fridges would be cut off multiple times a week – sometimes multiple times a day – in the tiny town of Jabiru. Now industry experts want the micro-grid replicated across Australia. ABC News · Apr 19, 2023
Mount Gambier Aboriginal WWI veterans receive memorials as part of The Headstone Project initiative When they died, South Australian half-brothers John Brett and John Westbury were buried in unmarked graves, but now they have permanent memorials to their lives. ABC News · Mar 28, 2023
Brave journalist who lost arm after falling under train remained 'whole' dad to his kids Mirror sportswriter Ken Jones bounced back after losing his arm in a fall under a train - daughter Lesley-Ann writes that 'Dad interviewed Ali and all the greats, but then a terrible accident changed everything... and nothing' Daily Mirror · Dec 16, 2022