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Robbers end up with wrong kind of dough
HYANNIS, Mass. — Police say masked and armed men in Cape Cod thought they were nabbing a bag of dough.
They did — just not the kind they wanted.
Three Hyannis men are facing armed robbery while masked charges after police say they robbed a Dunkin’ Donuts with knives and a hatchet on Wednesday and only ended up with a bag of doughnuts.
According to police, the men demanded a paper bag that was in one of the worker’s purses, mistakenly believing she was carrying cash from the day’s receipts. But police say the men never looked inside.
The men were captured on video and police were able to track them down on Thursday. Arrested were 19-year-old Nicholas Mercurio, 21-year-old Lukas Peterson and 20-year-old Charles Iliffe.
Moose barges into Swedish retirement homeThey did — just not the kind they wanted.
Three Hyannis men are facing armed robbery while masked charges after police say they robbed a Dunkin’ Donuts with knives and a hatchet on Wednesday and only ended up with a bag of doughnuts.
According to police, the men demanded a paper bag that was in one of the worker’s purses, mistakenly believing she was carrying cash from the day’s receipts. But police say the men never looked inside.
The men were captured on video and police were able to track them down on Thursday. Arrested were 19-year-old Nicholas Mercurio, 21-year-old Lukas Peterson and 20-year-old Charles Iliffe.
STOCKHOLM — Officials say a moose burst through the dining room window of a retirement home in southwestern Sweden, knocking over furniture and flower pots before taking off into the wild again.
Police say aside from the moose, who was scratched by the broken window, no one was injured in Thursday’s surprise visit at the Brunnsgarden retirement home in the small town of Alingsas.
Helen Gillquist, head of the home, said residents had just finished lunch and left the ground-floor dining room when the moose jumped through the three-paneled glass window. She says it “jumped over a sofa and knocked over chairs and flowers” before getting stuck in a set of doors.
The moose eventually escaped into a nearby park after police managed to open the home’s doors.
Court: Detroit-area mayor can keep age secretPolice say aside from the moose, who was scratched by the broken window, no one was injured in Thursday’s surprise visit at the Brunnsgarden retirement home in the small town of Alingsas.
Helen Gillquist, head of the home, said residents had just finished lunch and left the ground-floor dining room when the moose jumped through the three-paneled glass window. She says it “jumped over a sofa and knocked over chairs and flowers” before getting stuck in a set of doors.
The moose eventually escaped into a nearby park after police managed to open the home’s doors.
WARREN, Mich. — The mayor of Michigan’s third-largest city doesn’t have to reveal his age.
The state appeals court entered the strange dispute Thursday by overturning a judge’s ruling that had required Jim Fouts to disclose his birthdate as he seeks re-election as Warren mayor in August.
The appeals court says it’s not required under Michigan law. Fouts says the decision means age cannot be used as a “weapon of mass destruction.” He says his age is irrelevant. Some records show he’s 66.
Three rivals have been trying to keep Fouts off the ballot over his failure to include his age on his candidacy form.
Freak heat burst hits Wichita after sundownThe state appeals court entered the strange dispute Thursday by overturning a judge’s ruling that had required Jim Fouts to disclose his birthdate as he seeks re-election as Warren mayor in August.
The appeals court says it’s not required under Michigan law. Fouts says the decision means age cannot be used as a “weapon of mass destruction.” He says his age is irrelevant. Some records show he’s 66.
Three rivals have been trying to keep Fouts off the ballot over his failure to include his age on his candidacy form.
WICHITA, Kan. — An unusual weather pattern caused temperatures in Wichita, Kan. to soar nearly 20 degrees in 20 minutes even though the sun had long gone down.
National Weather Service meteorologist Stephanie Dunten says the heat burst hiked temperatures from 85 to 102 degrees in 20 minutes, beginning at 12:22 a.m. Thursday.
She says a pocket of air in the upper atmosphere collapsed, and when it hit the ground it sent winds of more than 50 mph through parts of the city.
During a heat burst, rain falling from higher elevations cools air beneath it as it evaporates. The cooler air then descends quickly to the surface. As it falls, it is compressed and warms dramatically.
Rare ‘corpse flower’ bloom has rancid stinkNational Weather Service meteorologist Stephanie Dunten says the heat burst hiked temperatures from 85 to 102 degrees in 20 minutes, beginning at 12:22 a.m. Thursday.
She says a pocket of air in the upper atmosphere collapsed, and when it hit the ground it sent winds of more than 50 mph through parts of the city.
During a heat burst, rain falling from higher elevations cools air beneath it as it evaporates. The cooler air then descends quickly to the surface. As it falls, it is compressed and warms dramatically.
SEATTLE — After nearly three years, the bloom of a rare flower at a Washington university finally came up, but it didn’t smell like roses.
The University of Washington Biology department says its so-called corpse flower opened after midnight and unleashed its stink of rotting meat on the hundreds waiting.
The Indonesian flower attracts pollinating insects by smelling like carrion when it blooms. The department says on its Facebook page that about 550 people visited its botany greenhouse Wednesday night in waves of nausea.
Greenhouse manager Doug Ewing and his associates coaxed the flower into bloom after nearly three years of dormancy.
Woman gets $30,000 ring back after 14 yearsThe University of Washington Biology department says its so-called corpse flower opened after midnight and unleashed its stink of rotting meat on the hundreds waiting.
The Indonesian flower attracts pollinating insects by smelling like carrion when it blooms. The department says on its Facebook page that about 550 people visited its botany greenhouse Wednesday night in waves of nausea.
Greenhouse manager Doug Ewing and his associates coaxed the flower into bloom after nearly three years of dormancy.
SANTA FE, N.M. — A woman in New Mexico has been reunited with a $30,000 diamond engagement ring that she lost while making dinner in 1997.
Santa Fe police say the ring was returned to its owner Wednesday. It had been in a police evidence room for more than two years.
The police department said a few weeks ago it would auction off the ring if no one came forward to claim it. Some did, but police said no one could prove it was theirs.
Detectives found the right owner when the woman provided paperwork proving it was hers, including a receipt and a picture of her wearing the ring.
The owner says she lost the ring while preparing dinner.
Judge sees peeping peril in glass stairsSanta Fe police say the ring was returned to its owner Wednesday. It had been in a police evidence room for more than two years.
The police department said a few weeks ago it would auction off the ring if no one came forward to claim it. Some did, but police said no one could prove it was theirs.
Detectives found the right owner when the woman provided paperwork proving it was hers, including a receipt and a picture of her wearing the ring.
The owner says she lost the ring while preparing dinner.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio judge who wears dresses has rendered a verdict on the airy staircase with glass steps at the new county courthouse: she plans to take the elevators.
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Julie Lynch says the stairs at the building that opened Monday in Columbus have the potential to draw peeping from below. She says people who wear dresses, skirts and kilts should know about the risk.
County Director of Public Facilities Management Jim Goodenow says there have been discussions about whether anything should be done about the situation. Officials don’t want to alter the building’s artistic integrity. So for now, security guards have been instructed to watch for people craning their necks up at the stairway.
Health official: Cicada ice cream a no-noFranklin County Common Pleas Judge Julie Lynch says the stairs at the building that opened Monday in Columbus have the potential to draw peeping from below. She says people who wear dresses, skirts and kilts should know about the risk.
County Director of Public Facilities Management Jim Goodenow says there have been discussions about whether anything should be done about the situation. Officials don’t want to alter the building’s artistic integrity. So for now, security guards have been instructed to watch for people craning their necks up at the stairway.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A public health official in central Missouri has asked an ice cream shop to cool it with the cicada ice cream, even though customers apparently can’t get enough of it.
Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream in Columbia, Mo., sold out of its only batch of the insect-filled dessert within hours of its June 1 debut.
Employees collected the cicadas in their backyards and removed most of the dead bugs’ wings. They then boiled the bugs and covered them in brown sugar and milk chocolate. The base ice cream is brown sugar and butter flavor.
Gerry Worley, an environmental health chief with the Columbia County Department of Public Health, says the agency’s food code “doesn’t directly address cicadas” and that he has advised against their use as an ingredient.
Box labeled ‘grandma’s urn’ left at GoodwillSparky’s Homemade Ice Cream in Columbia, Mo., sold out of its only batch of the insect-filled dessert within hours of its June 1 debut.
Employees collected the cicadas in their backyards and removed most of the dead bugs’ wings. They then boiled the bugs and covered them in brown sugar and milk chocolate. The base ice cream is brown sugar and butter flavor.
Gerry Worley, an environmental health chief with the Columbia County Department of Public Health, says the agency’s food code “doesn’t directly address cicadas” and that he has advised against their use as an ingredient.
FENTON, Mich. — State police in Michigan are trying to find who left what appear to be a grandmother’s cremated remains in an urn at a Goodwill store near Flint.
Fenton Goodwill store manager Allen Ryckman says “it’s got to be the No. 1 or No. 2 weirdest item” the store has ever received. He says it appears to have come from a house that was cleaned out.
Store workers found the box just before Easter.
The box has the label “grandma’s urn.” The cream-colored urn is about 10 inches tall and weighs about 10 pounds. It doesn’t have any identifying marks or label.
The Michigan State Police Flint post asks anyone with information to call. Anyone with information may contact the Flint post at 810-732-1111.
Angry crows attack police in Washington stateFenton Goodwill store manager Allen Ryckman says “it’s got to be the No. 1 or No. 2 weirdest item” the store has ever received. He says it appears to have come from a house that was cleaned out.
Store workers found the box just before Easter.
The box has the label “grandma’s urn.” The cream-colored urn is about 10 inches tall and weighs about 10 pounds. It doesn’t have any identifying marks or label.
The Michigan State Police Flint post asks anyone with information to call. Anyone with information may contact the Flint post at 810-732-1111.
EVERETT, Wash. — Officers at a Seattle-area police department have found themselves in a flap with some unusual suspects: an angry flock of birds.
Crows have been attacking police in the parking lot of an Everett Police Department precinct station. They’ve been swooping down and dive-bombing the officers as they walk to and from their cars.
Lt. Bob Johns said he recently was flanked by the aggressive birds and “got zinged.”
“They’re like velociraptors,” Johns said.
One officer used his siren to try to scare away the crows, but it didn’t work. The birds responded by decorating his car with droppings.
State Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Ruth Milner said the birds are simply protecting baby crows that have been kicked out of the nest and are learning to fly. Adult crows are quite protective of their young — a common trait among larger birds and birds of prey.
“All they’re doing is defending their nest,” Milner said.
She noted crows also can recognize people’s individual features. And they hold grudges.
Crows have been attacking police in the parking lot of an Everett Police Department precinct station. They’ve been swooping down and dive-bombing the officers as they walk to and from their cars.
Lt. Bob Johns said he recently was flanked by the aggressive birds and “got zinged.”
“They’re like velociraptors,” Johns said.
One officer used his siren to try to scare away the crows, but it didn’t work. The birds responded by decorating his car with droppings.
State Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Ruth Milner said the birds are simply protecting baby crows that have been kicked out of the nest and are learning to fly. Adult crows are quite protective of their young — a common trait among larger birds and birds of prey.
“All they’re doing is defending their nest,” Milner said.
She noted crows also can recognize people’s individual features. And they hold grudges.
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.source: news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110612/NEWS/106130310
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