Leanne read a story this morning about a real-life miracle–the story of how one mother literally brought her newborn son back to life by holding him tight.  This is one that’s guaranteed to put a BIG ol’ lump in your throat!  The baby is now five months old and healthy. Check it out here.

A man found what may be the largest emerald ever discovered in North America…right here in piedmont NC!  Read his story here and get a load of his find before it was cut down to 64 carats:

(Yes, that’s a quarter in the foreground!)

Leanne was all googly-eyed this morning over the first pictures of Jeff & Ingrid Gordon’s new baby boy, Leo. She especially liked the one of older sister Ella with the new arrival, but Chuck thinks it looks like Ella’s got Leo in a choke hold. What do you think? Click here to see all the photos.

We’ve got the willies over a news report from our friends at Fox 8. Is anybody else feeling all creepy-crawly or is it just us?

We’ve received some disheartening news from our friends–that despite a bone marrow transplant several months ago, doctors for 5-year-old Kate Thornton have told her family that after two long years of fighting acute lymphocytic leukemia there are no medical treatment options left and Kate will now need hospice care.  Please pray for Kate and her family as they continue to face a difficult road.  Read her story and find out how you can help here.

Star magazine reports that Kenny Chesney was spotted on a beach in Mexico with ESPN sportscaster Jenn Brown, much to the chagrin of former Miss Tennessee Amy Colley, who Kenny had been dating. Read the whole sordid story here and check out photos of new girlfriend Jenn here.

We were talking this morning about stars who have had too much plastic surgery. Leanne said her husband Pat saw Dolly Parton on TV the other night and was taken aback by how much she looked like a cartoon caricature of herself. You be the judge! Do you think Dolly looks better before or after?

Please join us September 25th for the “Bikers for Boobs” Breast Cancer Ride, the official kick-off for the Hometown Handshake Wrap Party!

It’ll be from 9am – 4pm at Cox’s Harley-Davidson, 2795 NC 134, Asheboro.  Registration 9am; ride leaves at 10:30, led by Asheboro HOG Chapter.  $20 per bike.  All proceeds go to Randolph Hospital Community Health Foundation — patient assistance fund and mammogram fund.  Info: (336) 625-9121, (336) 622-4238 or (336) 629-2415.

Only two space shuttle flights are left. That means you have only a short time to choose music for the astronauts’ wake-up calls. Normally, that music is selected by family and friends of the astronauts. But, for the end of the shuttle program, NASA is throwing it open to the public! You can vote on any one of NASA’s top 40. Those are NASA favorites that were used to wake up astronauts over the years. They include tunes from Willie Nelson, Aaron Tippin, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett. There’s another angle to this, as well: NASA is accepting original songs to be voted on, too. Click here to find out more!

In case you missed it on the show this morning, an amazing story about how a little girl in California saved her dad.  Get out the Kleenex!