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March 1, 2026

Dolly Parton the Donkey

Dolly Parton the Donkey
Dolly Parton the Donkey
5 Good News Stories
Dolly Parton the Donkey

Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories. First, a woman's cats discover a mouse, leading to an elaborate but failed capture attempt. Second, a finger prick test may soon simplify Alzheimer's diagnoses. Third, researchers identify bacteria as a contributor to kidney stones. Fourth, a Chilean man quits his job after being mistakenly paid 330 times his salary and wins a legal battle. Lastly, Michigan State Police successfully return a wandering donkey named Dolly Parton to her owner.

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0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. There was this woman and she noticed the cats were looking behind the fridge. She didn't think much of it. Cats do stuff like that. And then she saw the cats acting the same way behind the bookshelf and she was like, hm, what's going on? What are you doing? Habibi and Hugo they started grabbing the books as if they were trying to get something. Have you figured out what it was? That's right, it was a mouse. She started filming this. She said on the video they found Jerry, but she also reassured her viewers Jerry is alive and well, apparently Jerry the mouse outsmarted both cats. So what do they do? She put Hibibi and Hugo outside so the woman could try to catch the mouse, but the mouse disappeared without a trace. She put two humane traps out, one with cheese, one with chocolate to see whether the mouse could be lured in, but the mouse was too smart at these traps. I had these at one point. They're called mice cubes. It's like a plastic rectangle with a sliding door, so the mouse sees the cheese and goes in and then gets trapped and the door closes behind it and can't get out.

1:12 So I had these at one point, and you might think like, Johnny are a crazy person, But I feel bad for the mice. I don't want to kill the mice. I just don't want the mice in my house. So I would take them and drive them down the block to the field, and people would be like, you're insane, and it kind of does look crazy. Anyway. This was so one day I head out with the mouse, drive down the block, drive to the field, open up the thing, let the mouse out, and boy, out of nowhere, a hawk just went shoot boom and ate the poor mouse. This. I can't believe how quickly this hawk spotted this thing. I tried, mister mouse, I'm sorry. Anyway, her mouse traps didn't work. She brought the cats back in and the cats trap the mouse under the room. BA. She explained, we moved half the living room around and build a passage, hoping the mouse would find his way outside. The mouse ran everywhere, just not through the door. They tried for three more hours and finally the mouse is like, all right, I'm out. Totally Switching topics a finger prick test may simplify diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Doctors may soon be able to diagnose Alzheimer's there were a simple finger prick. One thousand volunteers are having their blood drawn and tested for three proteins linked to the condition. Researchers are hopeful that the finger prick test revolutionizes how the disease is identified. Meanwhile, this is good news for me. Researchers have found a bacterial component to kidney stones. Can we make the kidney stones go away? And I get these all the time?

2:35 A research team was studying calcium stones and observed live bacteria and layers of bacteria in the crystals. You see. There's a long held assumption the kidney stones developed solely through chemical and physical processes, but the study shows bacteria may actively contribute to their formation. Gotta love this baller moved by a guy in Chile. He was mistakenly paid three hundred and thirty times his salary. So what did he do? He resigned. He was expecting around five hundred thousand paysos, but he discovered he'd been paid one hundred and sixty five million Chilean pesos, roughly around one hundred and eighty grand. At first, he informed the company about what had happened and said he'll go to the bank and get the money back. But then he thought more about it and was like yeah, No. For three days, he couldn't be reached. He didn't show up at work.

3:23 After three days, he submitted a letter of resignation. The company filed a criminal complaint for theft. The legal battle went on for three years. The workers lawyers said, there was no theft. You guys made a deposit. There's no deception or fraud. The court ruled in favor of the employee. The ruling is that it was an unauthorized appropriation. That offense is not punishable under Chilean law. If you would like this program without commercials, what you can do? It's for just five bucks a month. Now, maybe your job paid you three years worth of salary and you're like, wow, I got a lot of extra money. What should I do with it? Well, for just five bucks a month, you can go to Apple Podcast, click on the banner that says uninterrupted Listening, and four five bucks a month you'll get this show and a bunch of others on the channel commercial free. Yeah. I also host daily comedy news seven days a week. You'll get that without the commercials for the same five bucks. One payment covers the entire month on all the shows listed. Palace in Trig about British Royal. So try that out. It comes with a thirty day free trial. Hey, good news, we found Dolly Parton the donkey. Yeah, Dolly Parton the donkey had wandered away from her owner's farm in Michigan. They got the Michigan State Police involved. The MSP set on social media.

4:35 Troopers were dispatched after the donkey exited through a gate that had been left open. Sounds like a very very busy day. Troopers canvassed the area and we're able to locate Dolly taking a stroll along a roadway in the township and turned Dolly part and the donkey back to her owners unharmed. Now, interestingly, Dolly Parton had escaped with another donkey named Henry. Henry came home on his own donkey owner Jason, and told the local news. You know, if they get an opportunity to wander, they're going to wander. Those are five get new stories for today. You have a great day.