Did you hear about the mini “Miracle on the Hudson” that happened this week?  A small plane with two people on board lost power and had to land in the Hudson River Monday night. It happened near Newburgh, New York, about 50 miles north of Manhattan. The crash landing went as well as it possibly could have.  Especially considering how cold and icy the water is right now.  Both people were…

Update on “Punch” the monkey:  If you somehow missed it, a baby monkey at a zoo in Japan went viral last month because he didn’t have any friends . . . just a stuffed animal he dragged around. Now he’s got at least one REAL friend.  It looks like one of the other monkeys in his pen has fully accepted him.  There’s a video making the rounds of…

A guy in Philadelphia named Joe Richardson is in the news for running a mobile laundromat for the homeless.  He’s an ex-con who spent 14 years in jail.  He came up with the idea when he was still locked up in 2010. His business is called Spin & Go.  He spends several hours a week driving his trailer around and doing their laundry for free.