Passed-out bear 60 feet up a tree poses unique challenge for Oregon firefighters

Sleepy bear in tree challenges Oregon firefighters

BEND, Ore. – Firefighters in Bend, Ore., are trained for rescues – even for saving a 300-pound black bear passed out 60 feet up a tree.
Police say the bear was knocking over trash cans and making other mischief Monday night in a city neighborhood before it scrambled up the …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Passed-out bear 60 feet up a tree poses unique challenge for Oregon firefighters.

Illinois police say napping man had a meth lab in bed of his truck

Police: Napping man had meth lab in bed of truck

GOOD HOPE, Ill. – Authorities said sleeping behind the wheel wasn’t the only problem for a western Illinois man they caught napping at a gas station. Police said 26-year old Adam Barcroft also had a meth lab in the bed of his truck. The McDonough County …. Source  : Illinois police say napping man had a meth lab in bed of his truck.

Police: Mass. woman hit passing motorist in face with bag of dog feces to slow him down

Cops: Mass. woman threw dog poop in driver’s face

BELMONT, Mass. – A Massachusetts woman faces assault charges after Belmont police said she hit a motorist in the face with a bag of dog feces. Police said Tuesday that the woman, whose name has not been released, admitted tossing doggie dung at the driver because she …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Police: Mass. woman hit passing motorist in face with bag of dog feces to slow him down.

Police: Mass. woman hits motorist in face with dog feces because she believed he was speeding

Cops: Mass. woman threw dog feces to slow driver

BELMONT, Mass. – A Massachusetts woman faces assault charges after Belmont police said she hit a motorist in the face with a bag of dog feces. Police said Tuesday that the woman, whose name has not been released, admitted tossing doggie dung at the driver because she … Read : Police: Mass. woman hits motorist in face with dog feces because she believed he was speeding.

U. Michigan students get DC test election website to play the school’s fight song

Michigan students get DC vote site to play song

WASHINGTON – University of Michigan students hacked a prototype D.C. elections voting site and programmed it to play their fight song, prompting election officials to temporarily take it down.
For the past week The D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics has encouraged outsiders to try to find faults …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Man cited after girlfriend tells Mo. police she’s tired of him smoking pot all day

Fed-up girlfriend calls 911 on pot-smoking beau

LEBANON, Mo. – A 35-year-old man was charged in Missouri with possessing marijuana after his girlfriend called 911 and said she was tired of him smoking pot all day instead of working. Dispatchers in the southwestern Missouri town of Lebanon got a 911 hang-up call Saturday night from a …. Original article  : Man cited after girlfriend tells Mo. police she’s tired of him smoking pot all day.

Oregon man about to be fired from restaurant job accused of burning boss’s car

Oregon man accused of burning his boss’s car

SILVERTON, Ore. – A Silverton man who learned he was about to be fired has been accused of burning his boss’s car. Police said a 33-year-old man poured gasoline on the car early Saturday and set it on fire.
Investigators learned the victim is the suspect’s supervisor at a …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Disoriented Green Power Ranger arrested in Washington state; apparently had been drinking

Disoriented ’superhero’ arrested in Wash. state

CENTRALIA, Wash. – Police who responded to a report of a prowler at a motorhome in Washington state found a “superhero” inside.
Commander Jim Rich told KITI-AM the man in a Green Power Ranger costume appeared lost and disoriented and apparently had been drinking.
Rich says the 28-year-old Centralia man apparently was …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Disoriented Green Power Ranger arrested in Washington state; apparently had been drinking.

RI firefighters rescue 18-foot Burmese python with diameter of Frisbee from burning home

RI firefighters save 18-foot snake in burning home

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. – Firefighters often have to rescue people from burning homes, sometimes even a dog or cat.
But the 18-foot Bermese python that firefighters had to drag out of a burning Rhode Island home just after midnight Monday may have been a first.
Acting Chief Peter Henrikson tells … Original article on : RI firefighters rescue 18-foot Burmese python with diameter of Frisbee from burning home.

Washington state golf course vandals put away carts after weekend joyride that tore up turf

Wash. state golf course vandals put away carts

EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. – Joyriders in Washington state stole six golf carts and tore up the Wenatchee Golf and Country Club – but were thoughtful enough to put the carts back in the storage shed.
Police said they plugged in the electric carts and locked up the shed Saturday … Read more »»».