GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA, — A 6-foot python in Australia let its appetite get the better of it. The carpet python swallowed a little purple stuffed bear.

INDIANAPOLIS — In an effort to keep patients connected to their classrooms while receiving care, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health operates an ongoing Bear in the Chair program. Once a patient is admitted for two weeks, Riley staff sends a teddy bear to the child’s classroom. The bear sits in the child’s …read more.

Rick “Teddy Bear” Peconga, 59, of Warsaw, Ind., passed away at 11:55 a.m. Monday, July 8, 2013, in his residence. On Nov. 9, 1953, he was born in Columbia City, Ind., to Peter Joseph and Violet May (Sproat) Peconga. He married Brenda Rhodes on Nov. 14, 1987, in Pierceton, Ind., who preceded him in death …read more.