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It's fitting that the orange-hued, googly-eyed mascot once written off as nightmare fuel made a 7-year-old fan's dream come true.Gritty, the idiosyncratic mascot of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers, made a rare off-ice appearance Tuesday to surprise Caiden O'Rourke, a double amputee with two rare conditions, after he was fitted with a custom prosthetic leg adorned with Gritty's unblinking face.Caiden, who's a few days shy of 8, was born with ectrodactyly, a bone deformity that means he's missing some bones and digits on his hands and feet, and amniotic band syndrome, which resulted in the amputation of his lower right leg in the womb, Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia said in a statement.As a young and growing double amputee, he's regularly fitted for new prosthetics, the hospital said. And as a true Philadelphian, he prefers them peppered with the logos of his favorite local teams.When the Flyers' resident monster caught wind of Caiden's request for his new left leg -- orange, of course, covered in miniature Grittys -- he waddled on in to Caiden's hospital room, flanked by two Flyers cheerleaders.Mouth agape, Caiden hugged his hero, who gave him a custom jersey. He showed Gritty the above-knee prosthetic on his right leg, covered in the Flyers' logo.Gritty, it seemed, was wowed -- though his googly eyes made it hard to tell for sure.Prosthetics haven't slowed Caiden for a second. He's a hockey and baseball player who keeps up with his two older brothers.He still goes to daily therapy to gain full use of his right hand, which was reconstructed with two new digits in a 2014 foot-to-hand transplant, the hospital said.Gritty, a furry monster who's mute save for some squeaky hands, was 1752

Iran test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile late Wednesday that traveled 1,000 kilometers from its southern launch point into northern Iran, according to a US official with direct knowledge of the event.The launch of the Shahab-3 missile did not pose a threat to shipping or US bases, the official said, and remained inside Iran for the duration of its flight. Nevertheless, it served as a signal to the US and Europe and could serve to further increase tensions in the region.The missile was launched from Iran's southeastern coastline along the Gulf of Oman and landed in northern Iran, the official said.While analysts said Iran's missile test might be destabilizing given the volatile situation in the Persian Gulf, it doesn't violate any United Nations resolutions ¡ª which has been a source of frustration to critics of the Iran deal.'Certainly destabilizing' 881

It is not news that Bugatti makes very expensive automobiles. A Bugatti Chiron, the brand's basic model, costs about million. Bugatti's latest creation, though, sets a new bar in price and exclusivity. Bugatti's La Voiture Noire cost €16.7 million, or almost million, including taxes. Before taxes, the car cost .5 million.According to Bugatti, La Voiture Noire is the most expensive new car ever sold and only one will be made. Bugatti did not reveal the identity of the buyer. It is someone with an enormous attachment to the Bugatti brand, the automaker said. It's also clearly someone with immense financial resources.Bugatti's new La Voiture Noire is designed to recall the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic of the 1930s. Only four of those cars were made and, today, they're among the most valuable cars in the world. They can be worth more than million, according to Hagerty Insurance, a company that tracks collector car values. One of those cars became known as "La Voiture Noire" which means simply, the black car. Only three are known to survive. The fourth seems to have disappeared shortly before the German invasion of France during World War II. Its whereabouts remain unknown.The Type 57 SC Atlantic was designed by Jean Bugatti, son of Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti, at a time when the bodies for most high-end cars were created by separate body makers rather than by the automobile companies themselves. 1443

KEARNEY, Mo. ¡ª The Kearney School District superintendent said threats a student made at the Missouri middle school were not credible. Bill Nicely said, in accordance with district protocol, his office did not notify parents of the investigation because it was found to be non-credible.¡°If it's a non-credible threat, we don't always notify parents every time that happens. I don't think parents would want the undue worry,¡± Nicely said. ¡°We make that judgment call as we go forward.¡±Nicely added he has learned from this situation and those lessons will influence how he communicates with families in the future. He apologized to families who felt left in the dark.Friday, parents at Kearney Middle School learned police were 739

INDIANAPOLIS ¡ª If you're one of the millions of people struggling to pay back your student loans, you know there's no easy solution. At least, not by yourself. But a crowdfunding app called Givling has pulled together hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Their ultimate goal? To be able to pay off a student loan every single day. While they aren't quite there yet, Givling has grown significantly over the past year, and they've given out more than .5 million in loan and mortgage help to people across the country. One person Givling has helped is Indiana University graduate Erin Smith, who says one big win on the app enabled her to put a down payment on a home for her and her little girl. "I first heard about Givling on the news, when one of the first loan payoffs was a guy in Indy a couple of years ago," Smith said. That Hoosier winner she is referring to is Jordan Shelton. He won ,407 in July 2017 to pay off his student loans. Shelton was just the second person to have his loans paid off by the crowdfunding app, which has now funded more than 35 loans and paid out thousands of dollars in trivia and random prizes."I downloaded it and began playing, participating at that time," Smith said. "My main goal was to get into the funding spot someday. I have a decent amount of student loan debt, that seems a bit overwhelming."And that's still a goal for Smith, but while she works her way up the queue toward the winner's circle, playing Givling proved to be more than just a chance at student loan relief ¡ª it helped her start her new life with her 3-year-old daughter. "I never thought of winning via trivia because I wasn't very good," Smith said. "I watched as Givling was growing, gaining more momentum, then started telling everyone who would listen about it. Most people wrote me off or called it a scam, but I got a few people to sign up. In October of last year, I was at work telling people about Givling and playing my free plays on my break. That's when I noticed I was on a team with high scores. My score was only 360, and the other two players each had a score of 10,250. That put us in first place for that week's trivia."That score was enough to win Smith and her two randomly paired trivia teammates a cool ,391 each. With the money she won from playing trivia on Givling, Smith was able to close on her first home last month. "I received a check a few weeks later," the mother said. "At the time I had been saving up for a down payment to buy a house," Smith said. I'm a single mom ... My No. 1 goal was to get us a home of our own. The money I won went toward that goal."I still play daily and still have hope of getting into the funding spot or random draw to have my student loans paid off. I love Givling and love what they do."Smith isn't alone, Hoosiers from Avon, Indianapolis, Frankfort, Lafayette and South Bend are just some of the thousands of winners who have won cash prizes and paid off all or some of their student loans by playing trivia on their phone. Givling has paid out more than .5 million to users since it started in 2015. The app isn't like most online games with big prizes. Each player gets two free games per day. Users have the option to purchase "coins" to play extra trivia games, but you don't need to buy anything to win. "I started playing Givling about a year and a half ago," Purdue University graduate Amanda Jeffries said. "I saw a few posts on Facebook from an old high school classmate and looked into it and decided to join. I didn't play a lot at the beginning, but then I started to play daily."For each ,000 loan that's paid off, Givling also chooses two random winners who each get ,000. That money can either go toward your student loans or your mortgage. Jeffries isn't at the top of the queue to get her loan funded and she didn't win at trivia, but she did win that ,000 just for being a Givling member and playing her free plays each day. She found out she had won after receiving a surprise phone call. "I was very excited to get the call," Jeffries said. "I ignored the first call since I didn't know the number and I was at work. They called right back, so I answered that time."Jeffries chose to put that ,000 toward her student loan debt, which she says is a lot more manageable and a lot less daunting now, thanks to Givling. "It helped bring my loan balance to just over ,000. So obviously, not having to worry much about that loan is wonderful," Jeffries said. "We're going to pay the rest of mine off quickly, then focus on my husband's loans."That's the premise of Givling; the startup has dedicated itself to stamping out student loan debt one student at a time. Givling is funded through partnerships, ads, games and "coin" purchases made by members. Those coins can be used to play more than the two free trivia games you get each day. The app has nearly 400,000 registered users, which may seem a little daunting if you're just jumping in. But Seth Beard, chief marketing officer for the company, says the queue is only one part of what they do. "We encourage new users to focus on the big weekly trivia cash prizes as well as the ,000 random drawing," Beard said. "The queue is not a sprint, rather a marathon, and will take time to climb. While the trivia cash prizes and random drawings are more frequent and someone who joins today can, essentially, take advantage of those right away."Just this week, Givling awarded more than ,000 in trivia prizes, completed funding on a ,000 student loan and awarded a ,000 prize for the random drawing. "As we continue to grow, we'll expand the prizes. There will be more frequent random ,000 drawings, and we may have two or three trivia cash payout periods through the week instead of just one. Therefore, more prizes for new users," Beard said. "Plus, the past two weeks have had trivia winners with a score of just 10 points, or one question right. You never know how the computer will pair the team since it's all random."For more information visit the 6092

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