Man unharmed after crashing his car into barn after steering wheel pops off

Man OK after steering wheel pops off while driving

ARLINGTON, Wash. – State troopers said a man is lucky to have only minor injuries when he crashed his car into a barn after his steering wheel popped off while driving. Trooper Keith Leary said the 59-year-old man was driving his 1978 Buick on Thursday afternoon on [..] Read the original article: here.

No more stuck duck: Bird flies away after rescue from chimney in Santa Fe

Firefighters free duck stuck in Santa Fe chimney

SANTA FE, Texas – The bad luck of a stuck duck changed when firefighters in Santa Fe rescued the bird wedged in a chimney. Fire Chief Tommy Anderson said the homeowner heard the bird and lit a fire, hoping the duck would get out on its own from …. Read the original article  : No more stuck duck: Bird flies away after rescue from chimney in Santa Fe.

SC deputy arrests man on go-cart, arrests him on drug, drunkenness charges

SC cop stops go-cart, arrests man on drug charges

UNION, S.C. – A go-cart wasn’t much of a getaway vehicle for a South Carolina man. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported that sheriff’s deputies have arrested 29-year-old Edward Matthew Sweezy of Union after they stopped him last week at an intersection in Union.
The deputy had heard a … Read more : SC deputy arrests man on go-cart, arrests him on drug, drunkenness charges.

Mass. funeral home aims to ‘bring life’ with chili cook-offs, murder-mystery shows

Mass. mortuary hopes chili cook-off brings ‘life’

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A Western Massachusetts funeral home is trying “bring life” to business with a chili cook-off, a murder-mystery show and free limo rides to couples on their 50th anniversaries. Terry Probst, the new managing partner of the Devanny-Condron Funeral Home in Pittsfield, hopes the events will remind …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Washington deputy saves escaped inmate from drowning in Moses Lake

Escaped Wash. inmate caught sinking in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE, Wash. – A handcuffed man who escaped from a chain line of other inmates at Grant County District Court managed to steal a truck and jump into Moses Lake where deputies had to rescue him. Undersheriff John Turley told The Columbia Basin Herald the 39-year-old man …. Original article  : Washington deputy saves escaped inmate from drowning in Moses Lake.

Belligerent Utah man determined to get arrested gets his wish, then resists arrest

Utah man determined to get arrested gets his wish

SALT LAKE CITY – A man rebuffed in an attempt to get arrested, finally got his wish when he went for an officer’s handgun. Unified police documents said the 54-year-old transient tried to turn himself in at the jail last weekend but an officer told him he …. Read the original article  : Belligerent Utah man determined to get arrested gets his wish, then resists arrest.

Hairy situation: Police say NJ cook put body hair in cop’s bagel sandwich

Police say cook put body hair in cop’s sandwich

EVESHAM, N.J. – Police said a cook put a body hair in the bagel sandwich of a police officer who had given him tickets in the past. The cook was arrested Feb. 21 in the kitchen of Good Foods to Go in Evesham. The police officer ticketed …. Original article  : Hairy situation: Police say NJ cook put body hair in cop’s bagel sandwich.

Monkey on the loose in Tampa Bay area shakes off drug darts, evades captors for over a year

Elusive Fla. monkey dodges captors, defies darts

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials.
Authorities were called to a neighborhood in St. Petersburg on Wednesday when the rhesus macaque monkey was spotted. It was twice hit with … Read : Monkey on the loose in Tampa Bay area shakes off drug darts, evades captors for over a year.

No bubble blowing please, we’re Singaporean: city-state keeps ban on chewing gum

Still a sticky issue: Singapore keeps gum ban

SINGAPORE – Singapore said it will maintain a ban on chewing gum sales, a policy that has helped shape the city-state’s international image as a tightly controlled, squeaky-clean island.
The ban, first imposed in 1992, is necessary to reduce gum-related litter and vandalism, Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, parliamentary secretary …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : No bubble blowing please, we’re Singaporean: city-state keeps ban on chewing gum.