Dog eats teen's homework, and more

A Colorado schoolgirl was able to give her teacher the oldest excuse in the book when her dog actually ate her homework.

Dog eats teen's homework

A Colorado schoolgirl was able to give her teacher the oldest excuse in the book when her dog actually ate her homework. Payton Moody, 13, had just finished building her science class project—a candy-covered volcano held together by 50 metal pins—when her yellow Lab, Reggie, found it and scarfed down the whole thing. The dog had to undergo surgery to have the pins removed from his stomach. Moody remade her science project, using glue this time. “I got an A,” she said.

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