Incumbent wins NV county commission primary with queen of clubs

Candidate wins NV primary with queen of clubs

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The 10 of clubs wasn’t quite good enough.
That’s what Carl Moore Sr. drew Thursday in the tiebreaker between two rural Nevada county commission candidates who sought the Republican nomination in the June 8 primary.
Nye County Commissioner Andrew “Butch” Borasky, who survived a recall last …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Incumbent wins NV county commission primary with queen of clubs.

Liver colored and smelling of rotting flesh, rare corpse flower blooms in Berkeley, Calif.

Rare liver-colored flower blooms in N. California

BERKELEY, Calif. – With its putrid smell, liver-colored petals and phallic stamen, a blooming corpse flower is drawing visitors to a botanical garden in Northern California.
The 15-year-old Sumatran plant – officially called Amorphophallus titanium – bloomed for the first time Tuesday in Berkeley.
It slowly unfurled its rotten-meat-scented blossom to [..] Read the original article: here.

Mississippi woman drops the telephone, spots snake staring up at at her

Miss. woman drops phone, sees snake staring at her

McCOMB, Miss. – A woman who reached for her telephone after dropping it on the floor in her apartment said she saw a snake staring up at her. Candy Sudduth told The Enterprise-Journal the snake looked as if it was getting ready to bite her on Wednesday … Read more : Mississippi woman drops the telephone, spots snake staring up at at her.

Black bear looking for new home camps out in tree in downtown of small central Oregon city

Black bear camps in tree in Ore. city’s downtown

SISTERS, Ore. – A black bear made a surprise stop in the downtown of a small central Oregon city.
Craig Derksen, a teacher from Singapore visiting Central Oregon, was sitting under a tree Wednesday reading when someone screamed, “Bear!”
A black bear ran by him and up a tree …. Source article  : Black bear looking for new home camps out in tree in downtown of small central Oregon city.

Moose remains on the loose in Maine after running through a college campus and cemetery

Moose tours cemetery, remains loose in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine – A moose remains on the loose in Maine’s largest city after crisscrossing a busy road and running through a college campus and cemetery. The moose was spotted walking through Deering Oaks Pond on Thursday afternoon, then crossing Forest Avenue under the I-295 overpass, and walking into … Read more : Moose remains on the loose in Maine after running through a college campus and cemetery.

Pa. woman denies leaving 8-year-old granddaughter with shoplifted goods, but will stand trial

Grandmother faces trial in ‘holding the bags’ case

UNIONTOWN, Pa. – A southwestern Pennsylvania woman who denied leaving her 8-year-old granddaughter behind with stolen goods was ordered to stand trial on shoplifting charges. Elaine Weimer, 50, was ordered to stand trial on Wednesday on charges of retail theft, endangering the welfare of a child, and corruption … Read : Pa. woman denies leaving 8-year-old granddaughter with shoplifted goods, but will stand trial.

Delaware police say car burglar wearing winter clothes caught by resident

Police: Car burglar wearing winter clothes caught

GLASGOW, Del. – Authorities said a car burglar decked out in winter clothes was held at gunpoint by the resident he was stealing from in Glasgow. Officials said a woman told her husband after she saw a man wearing a black knit cap, winter gloves, a scarf and goggles …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Delaware police say car burglar wearing winter clothes caught by resident.

Hawaii hairdresser buys ticket for homeless man to fly to be with ailing father in Seattle

Hawaii hairdresser buys plane ticket for homeless

HONOLULU – A Hawaii hairdresser is helping send a homeless man from Seattle back home to be with his ailing father. Denise Sakai answered a call from state Rep. John Mizuno for donations to send Gregory Reese to Washington state. Instead of just a partial donation, Sakai bought Reese …. Source  : Hawaii hairdresser buys ticket for homeless man to fly to be with ailing father in Seattle.

Irish bookmaker says bettors think BP CEO won’t survive the year

Odds are, BP to get new CEO this year
LONDON – Odds are, BP’s embattled chief executive Tony Hayward will be out of a job before the end of the year, an Irish bookmaker says.

The Paddy Power betting agency on Thursday quotes odds of 8-11 that Hayward won’t last the year running the oil company, and … Read : Irish bookmaker says bettors think BP CEO won’t survive the year.