Feb. 24, 2026

Kegs of Beer close highway

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Johnny Mac shares five intriguing and positive news stories. A Tennessee candy shop deals with a bear that repeatedly breaks in, while volunteers in Wales discover hundreds of old shoes, possibly from a 19th-century shipwreck. AI-powered robotic sorters help Republic Services improve recycling efficiency. In Rome, the House of Griffins, a historical Roman site, can now be toured virtually. Finally, an overturned truck spills 264 kegs of beer, causing a highway closure but leaving everyone safe.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hi, there, Shanny Mack with five good

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news stories. I'm laughing because I looked ahead to the

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first story. Here, there's a candy shop in Tennessee and

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they've got a problem. There's a repeat offender who keeps

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breaking in. Yeah, it's a bear. The bear has broken

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in four times and ransacked the candy store. They reported

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the bear to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and the

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agency has confirmed an investigation is underway. The owners say

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they're oping the bear could be safely relocated without harm.

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You know. For now, the candy shop remains open and

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the bear is at large in Wales. They're trying to

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figure out what's going on. You see. Hundreds of old

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shoes turned up during a beach clean up. Volunteers with

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the Beach Academy discovered around two hundred Victorian style shoes

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at loose souls while working on a rock pool restoration project.

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The founders said the shoes were clearly old fashioned, featuring

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distinctive shapes and hobnails in the soles. After the discovery,

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local residents told volunteers, oh, yeah, shoes like that have

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been shown up on the coast for years. There are

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two theories. One traces the shoes back to the shipwreck

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of the frolic, a cargo vessel that ran aground in

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the nineteenth century while traveling from Italy. That kind of

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make sense, even though it's been more than five minutes.

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According to that theory, the shoes sometimes show up because

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of erosion. The second theory suggests the shoes were dumped

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much later, possibly in the nineteen sixties, when cobblers just

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were like, eh, we're done with these and threw them out.

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I like the first theory a little bit better. Meanwhile,

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as prices for recycled paper, plastic, and aluminum go up,

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waste management companies are finding that AI sorting systems are

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helping them get some good returns. Republic Services has installed

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AI powered robotic sorders in about one third of their

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recycling facilities. Those ais are trained on thousands of variations

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of common waste items, allowing them to make thousands of

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sorting decisions per minute based on quality, condition, and material composition.

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Using robot arms and bursts of air, the machine's direct

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materials into the correct recycling streams at high speed. The

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chief technology officer said, there really is value in a

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lot of recyclables and garbage. The bram has been the

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cost of pulling those materials out. In Rome, they're really

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struggling with over tourism. They keep trying to figure out

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how to keep the crowds down while the Colisseum Archaeological

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Park is opening up virtual access to the House of Griffins.

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The House of Gryffins is an elite Roman residence that

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has long been documented but never open to the public.

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The House of Griffins takes its name from a pair

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of white stucco griffins decorating an interior portico. The residents

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once belonged to a patrician during the Republican era. Located

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on Palatine Hill. Been there, It's pretty cool up there.

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The structure was demolished and buried to make room for

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the Palace of Emperor Domitian. However, burying all that preserved

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the site to a pretty good degree. The floor to

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ceiling frescoes and decorative elements survived largely intact. So what

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they decided to do. Rather than open the site physically,

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park officials are introducing guided virtual tours. A guide equipped

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with a smartphone mounted on their head will walk through

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the underground rooms, providing live narration up to twelve visitors

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a time. We'll be able to watch the tour from

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nearby vegetable above the site. Inside, colorful mosaics cover the floors,

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frescoes line the walls. The deepest surviving chamber features green

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do it, all, right, John, Why reolate for work this time? Well,

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you see, Boss, I was there on Highway one fifty one.

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It was like six fifteen in the morning, and this

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truck hit the guardrail and it turned over and blocked

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the road and littered the road with kegs of beer.

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A spokesperson for a brewing company said the truck had

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been carrying two hundred and sixty four half barrel kegs

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destined for distributors. The roadway was closed off State Highway

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twenty six for several hours while crews worked to remove

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the beer. All the humans are okay. As for the beer,

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I'm not sure. Those are your five good news stories

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for today. Have an awesome day.