Arrested for mowing the Lawn???
WJW Fox 8 – Sandyusky, OH: John Hamilton of Sandusky says he was inspired by news reports of the Toledo mayor cutting grass around that city on his day off. As John rode around his own home town he tells FOX 8 News he couldn’t help but notice tall grass around vacant homes and in the city’s Parks, and with spare time of his own felt he could do something positive. On Thursday morning it bothered him seeing children waiting for a school bus at Central park, where the grass was more than a foot high. So he went to a shop he shares with his brother, got his riding mower and set...
Read MoreBride Saves the Day…in her wedding gown?
(Girl pictured is not Georgette) CBSNews: Georgette Fogarty-Clemons was heading home from her wedding Sunday evening, looking forward to relaxing with a few friends. Her friend was driving slowly because they had some leftover cake in the car, along with hydrangeas and lilies still in water. That’s when Fogarty-Clemons spotted smoke from the side of her neighbor’s house in Bridgeport and told her friend to back up and stop. Still in her wedding gown and high heels, Fogarty-Clemons jumped out of the car. “I stepped right into a pile of mud,” Fogarty-Clemons said....
Read MoreBank Robber Takes a 5-Story Plunge
PASADENA (AP) – Authorities in Southern California say a bank robber leapt off a five-story parking garage while fleeing police and was badly injured. Pasadena police spokeswoman Janet Pope Givens says the man in his early 30s was hospitalized in critical condition Monday. Police are trying to determine his identity and whether he was trying to kill himself or escape. She says a California National Bank branch was robbed about 9:15 a.m. and a witness followed the robber, reporting via cell phone that he had run into the structure. The man ran to the roof after officers arrived and jumped...
Read More6ft Tall Orange Easter Bunny Hit-n-Run
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Mercedes driver testified he didn’t see the 6-foot-tall orange rabbit driving a pedicab because he was fumbling for a dropped cell phone. . Pedicab driver Kate Altermatt tells The Oregonian she finds that hard to believe, noting she was wearing a bright orange bunny suit — for Easter — and her Cascadia Pedicab was lit up with reflectors and a blinking red light. She says the crash sent her flying and totaled the pedicab. . She confronted the driver Wednesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. . After a daylong trial, Judge Karin Immergut found Edward...
Read MoreShow and Tell
.PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials believe they have found an alligator that escaped from a wildlife officer who brought the animal to his daughter’s school for show and tell. . Stan Kirkland, a spokesman for the Florida wildlife commission, says officials think the 5-foot alligator is in a Panhandle pond. Authorities weren’t able to capture the gator Friday. . Searchers scoured a wooded area surrounding the school Friday afternoon after the alligator jumped out of the man’s vehicle with its mouth taped shut. . Kirkland says alligators have “amazing”...
Read MoreMeatless Mondays? (Mad indoctrination from PETA)
The city of Baltimore, Maryland instituted a “Meatless Mondays” lunch program in its schools. The only food served in the cafeteria is vegetarian. . The policy is being embraced by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals – or PETA. It presented the school district with its Proggy Award for the most progressive public school district 2009. School officials say “Meatless Mondays” are a way to cut costs and make sure children eat healthier, environmentally safe foods. . But the American Meat Institute disagrees. It represents meat packagers and processors and...
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