Truck driver chokes on spicy pork rinds, loses control of semi on Washington interstate

Truck driver chokes on pork rinds, ends in ditch

BLAINE, Wash. – A Washington State Patrol trooper says the driver of a FedEx tractor-trailer rig choked on some spicy pork rinds, lost control of his truck on an interstate and jackknifed it before coming to a stop in a muddy ditch.
Trooper Keith Leary says Edward Sutherland …. Read the original article  : here.

Neb., police block store window after mannequin drops pants in wardrobe malfunction

Mannequin’s wardrobe malfunction draws complaints

BEATRICE, Neb. – Residents who complained about a nearly naked female store mannequin prompted police to conceal the window display and stirred a debate about obscenity. Police covered the window at Hannah’s Treasures for about a day last week after several people in the southeast Nebraska city of 12,500 complained about … Read more >>.

Police: Pennsylvania woman faces assault charge after beating man with frying pan

Police say Pa. woman beat man with frying pan

PHILIPSBURG, Pa. – Police said a woman faces charges after she hit a man in the head with a large frying pan. Police said the woman, 50-year-old Kimberly Denocheck, hit a 48-year-old man in the head with the pan around 7:25 p.m. Saturday at an apartment in … Read more »».

Police: Microwaved squid leaves 2 queasy at Reno apartment

Reno police: Microwaved squid leaves 2 queasy

RENO, Nev. – Reno police say a squid left cooking in microwave is the suspected culprit of noxious fumes that left two apartment dwellers queasy. Authorities don’t know if the squid was put in the microwave as a prank or act of cruelty when they found it Sunday night.
But …. Source article  : Police: Microwaved squid leaves 2 queasy at Reno apartment.

Wenk’s Yellow Hots, other chili peppers spice things up at remote ‘doomsday’ vault in Norway

Chili pepper delivery spices up remote seed vault

WASHINGTON – Wenk’s Yellow Hots, Pico de Gallos and the unpredictably hot San Juan “Tsiles” chili peppers have safely arrived at a “doomsday” vault in the Arctic.
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., says he and other congressmen delivered seeds from the pepper varieties on Sunday to a Norwegian seed bank …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Stolen high school ring returned to rightful owner in Maine after 28 years

28 years later, Maine woman gets stolen ring back

AUBURN, Maine – A Maine woman’s high school class ring is back in her possession 28 years after it was stolen.
Michelle Bilodeau of Auburn hadn’t seen her Edward Little High School class of 1983 ring since it was stolen during her junior year.
But on Friday, it was …. Original article  : Stolen high school ring returned to rightful owner in Maine after 28 years.