DUBLIN, Ireland – A former New York City cab driver visited a bar in Ireland to collect the two pints of Guinness he was owed from an IOU given to him by a passenger nine years earlier. FULL ARTICLE

CLEAR CREEK, Texas – Officials in a Texas city said a small purse from the 1950s was found inside the walls at a former school building -- and they have now identified the owner. FULL ARTICLE

MALVERN, Worcestershire – A British gardener earned a Guinness World Record for growing a 56.3-inch-long leek. FULL ARTICLE

RIVERSIDE, California – An animal services officer in California responded to a middle school to remove an unusual intruder -- a coyote in a bathroom stall. FULL ARTICLE