Posted 2 years 1 month ago by Bea Karnes

A Springfield, Florida man says a 31-cent frying pan he's had for decades was a worthwhile investment.

He smacked a robber with it over the weekend.

Bobby Smith, 81, said he fended off a gun-toting robber in his kitchen Saturday.

The U.S. Navy Korean War veteran, said he was "in the middle of making supper" when a young man in a blue T-shirt showed up in his kitchen.

The man demanded his wallet.

Instead, Smith grabbed the closest thing - a "red-hot frying p… Click to Read More

Posted 2 years 1 month ago by Bea Karnes

A Lebanon, Ohio man made a grim discovery at his home Tuesday night.

David Kline came home to find his wife lodged in a basement window and not breathing.

Lebanon police believe 44-year-old Esther Kline apparently locked herself out of her home and was trying to crawl through the basement window when she got stuck.

Her husband found her after returning about 6 p.m. from an out-of-town business trip.

"I just went down and found her, and she feels cold," David Kl… Click to Read More

Posted 2 years 1 month ago by Bea Karnes

AMMON, Idaho (AP) - A T.G.I Friday's in Idaho has a beef with whoever took its giant hamburger trophy.

The restaurant in Ammon received the trophy from Idaho Falls Magazine for having the best hamburger in the area.

General Manager Tim Coleman tells KIFI-TV that the trophy disappeared two days after the staff received the award.

This is the third consecutive year the restaurant won the honor, and it's not the first time the trophy was pilfered. Two years ago, it … Click to Read More

Posted 2 years 1 month ago by Bea Karnes

The British Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is now less than a month away, April 29.

Dunkin' Donuts has announced that it will honor the couple with a heart-shaped donut.

The donut will be filled with jelly, crowned with vanilla icing and topped with a chocolate drizzle.

Posted 2 years 1 month ago by Bea Karnes

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - His debut in "Veronica" No. 202 caused Archie Comics to do a second printing for the first time in its history. Now, the publisher is giving its first openly gay character his own mini-series this summer.

Dan Parent, who is writing and drawing the four-issue series that comes out in June, tells The Associated Press that the character, Kevin Keller, has connected with the comic book publisher's fans.

Parent says there have been gay characters in other comics… Click to Read More

Posted 2 years 1 month ago by Bea Karnes

(MSNBC)-Home prices may be dropping across the U.S., but at least one segment of the market seems to be doing well: mansions for the ultra-wealthy.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Russian tech billionaire Yuri Milner has paid the highest known price ever for a single-family U.S. home - a whopping $100 million. That's the same amount the Chinese gave as a gift to Costa Rica for its recently opened National Stadium.

The 25,500-square-foot Los Altos, Calif., home i… Click to Read More

Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes

LOVELAND (AP)-A man who pleaded guilty to starting a brush fire that burned out of control, scorching 740 acres and destroying two homes in northern Colorado, has filed a notice saying he intends to sue the agencies that fought the fire.

Joel Ledermann has filed his intent to sue 13 fire agencies, the Colorado State Forest Service and the cities of Loveland and Fort Collins, according to documents obtained by Denver's KMGH-TV.

The Loveland-area homeowner's attorney, Bradley Ro… Click to Read More

Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes

ASPEN (AP)-The Pitkin County Jail is planning to offer a yoga program to its inmates.

The Aspen Daily News reported Monday that jail officials believe practicing yoga will help prisoners deal with the stress of imprisonment. They also hope it will positively influence future behavior and say a serene environment will mean a safer facility for staff and inmates.

Two volunteers will teach the classes. Officials say the inmates seem very receptive to yoga classes. Classes are sch… Click to Read More

Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A museum volunteer has unearthed what the Smithsonian Institution believes to be the first and perhaps only color photographs of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire that nearly leveled the city.

The six never-published images were snapped by photography innovator Frederick Eugene Ives several months after the April 1906 "Great Quake," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Most were taken from the roof of the hotel where Ives stayed during an … Click to Read More

Tagged As: Great Quake in Color

Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Oregon police say both an intruder and a Portland homeowner phoned 911 to report the same thing: a strange man in a home.

Lt. Kelli Sheffer says the intruder told police he had just broken into a home Monday evening when the owner arrived and the caller was worried the homeowner might have a gun.

Accompanied by his two German Shepherds, the homeowner found the intruder and asked what he was doing in the house. That's when the stranger locked himself… Click to Read More

Tagged As: Dueling 911 Calls