Ben Hooper

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News Writer at United Press International (UPI)

Odd News writer for UPI dotcom. Host of the UPI Odd News Minute podcast.

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Massachusetts dad gives daughter lottery ticket worth $2M

3 weeks ago | upi.com | Ben Hooper

Vanesa Menijvar Acosta won $2 million from a lottery ticket she received as a gift from her father. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts State Lottery June 6 (UPI) -- A Georgia woman who received a Massachusetts State Lottery scratch-off ticket as a gift from her father ended up winning $2 million. Vanesa Menijvar Acosta, of Norcross, Ga., told lottery officials she received the ticket as a gift from her father, who bought it from the East Boston Corner Market on London Street in East Boston.
Massachusetts dad gives daughter lottery ticket worth $2M

3 weeks ago | ca.style.yahoo.com | Ben Hooper

June 6 (UPI) -- A Georgia woman who received a Massachusetts State Lottery scratch-off ticket as a gift from her father ended up winning $2 million. Vanesa Menijvar Acosta, of Norcross, Ga., told lottery officials she received the ticket as a gift from her father, who bought it from the East Boston Corner Market on London Street in East Boston. The ticket, a $25,000,000 Mega Money game, turned out to be a $2 million winner.
Massachusetts dad gives daughter lottery ticket worth $2M

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ben Hooper

June 6 (UPI) -- A Georgia woman who received a Massachusetts State Lottery scratch-off ticket as a gift from her father ended up winning $2 million. Vanesa Menijvar Acosta, of Norcross, Ga., told lottery officials she received the ticket as a gift from her father, who bought it from the East Boston Corner Market on London Street in East Boston. The ticket, a $25,000,000 Mega Money game, turned out to be a $2 million winner.
Tom Cruise's burning parachute stunt earns Guinness World Record

3 weeks ago | upi.com | Ben Hooper

June 6 (UPI) -- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning star Tom Cruise earned a Guinness World Record during filming when he completed six jumps out of a helicopter with his parachute on fire. The record-keeping organization said Cruise, who plays Ethan Hunt in the espionage film series, earned the title for the most burning parachute jumps by an individual.
Tom Cruise's burning parachute stunt earns Guinness World Record

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Ben Hooper

NowIt's her shortest hair in years. Anya Taylor-Joy debuted a new curly bob on the set of Lucky in Los Angeles on June 5. • The actress typically wears her hair long and bleached blonde. • Taylor-Joy previously asked to shave her head for her role in Furiosa—but the film's director told her not to. Anya …
'World's smallest violin' can't be seen without a microscope

3 weeks ago | upi.com | Ben Hooper

June 6 (UPI) -- A team of physicists from a British university used nanotechnology to create what they dubbed "the world's smallest violin," an instrument that can't be seen without a microscope. The Loughborough University team said the platinum violin measures 35 microns -- a measurement unit equal to one millionth of a meter -- long, and 13 microns wide. The violin is smaller than the diameter of a human hair, which ranges from 17 to 180 microns.
Watch: Escaped bull causes chaos on streets of Birmingham, England

3 weeks ago | upi.com | Ben Hooper

June 6 (UPI) -- Drivers and pedestrians in Birmingham, England, were left stunned Friday morning when an escaped bull caused chaos on the city's streets. John Cooper said he was working at Small Heath railway station in the eastern part of the city Friday morning when something caught his eye. "I saw something go past in the corner of my eye and thought it was a horse," Cooper told Birmingham Live.
Watch: Escaped bull causes chaos on streets of Birmingham, England

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ben Hooper

June 6 (UPI) -- Drivers and pedestrians in Birmingham, England, were left stunned Friday morning when an escaped bull caused chaos on the city's streets. John Cooper said he was working at Small Heath railway station in the eastern part of the city Friday morning when something caught his eye. "I saw something go past in the corner of my eye and thought it was a horse," Cooper told Birmingham Live.
Wisconsin zoo: Escaped otter 'made the decision' to be wild

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ben Hooper

June 5 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin zoo announced it has called off the search for an otter on the loose since March, explaining the animal "has made the decision to be a wild otter."The New Zoo & Adventure Park in Green Bay previously revealed two otters, Louie and Ophelia, escaped from their enclosure during a snowstorm March 20. Ophelia was recaptured and returned to the zoo April 2, but Louie has proved to be more elusive.
Kitten rescued from California storm drain

3 weeks ago | upi.com | Ben Hooper

June 5 (UPI) -- A California animal control officer teamed up with public works employees to rescue a kitten trapped underground in a storm drain. The City of Livermore said on social media that Livermore Police Department Animal Services Officer Kathy Holmes elicited help from Livermore Public Works employees to rescue a kitten trapped in a storm drain near Preston Avenue.