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A woman in Washington state brought her child’s birthday cake into a courthouse, thinking that would be safer than leaving it in the car with her dog. She realised her error when a stranger grabbed and ate handfuls of the cake.
The chocolate cake passed through a metal detector and was sitting on a table when it was attacked.
Cake and frosting went flying when a Cowlitz County sheriff’s deputy grabbed the cake molester and took him to the ground. The Daily News of Longview says more deputies rushed to help, only to end up smeared with frosting.
Deputy Joe Connor said 50-year-old Robert Fredrickson was arrested for investigation of third-degree theft. The Daily News says the man had been on his way to a court appearance.
Replica Viking swords and a 2m-long axe were stolen as thieves made off with a car containing an unusual haul.
The equipment, which included a number of axes, helmets, and a suit of chain-mail armour, belonged to historical re-enactors, according to Leicestershire Police.
All the gear was inside a red Nissan Micra, taken from Latimer St in Leicester between sometime over the weekend.
Police are searching for whoever severed an arm from a statue of Ronald Reagan that was erected last year.
The bronze statue in a Baltic seaside park in Gdansk is a larger-than-life rendering of the late US president and the Polish-born Pope John Paul II. It honours Reagan’s support for Poland’s struggle to end communism.
The damage was estimated at more than 100,000 zlotys (€22,000). Police are also looking for the arm.
A park ranger is hoping to return to work after a knee operation — at the age of 93.
Lyle Ruterbories has been the manager, handyman, and rules enforcer of Glacier National Park’s Kintla Lake campground near the Canadian border for 20 years. He is the oldest known seasonal ranger in the National Park Service. He and his wife Marge spent every summer since 1962 in Glacier as campground hosts.
He kept coming back after his wife died in 2005. He said the lake was her paradise on earth. He left in September after the summer season ended and says if knee surgery succeeds he will be back.
Honeymoon happiness means a seven-hour flight to a five-star hotel followed by five walks along the beach, four candle-lit meals, and three spa treatments, according to a survey.
Recreation, romance, and reading also play a part in the perfect honeymoon, the poll by travel company Kuoni found.
Swimming, snorkelling, cycling, and even bungee jumping are among the activities in which newlyweds would like to participate. The survey involved 2,000 unmarried people who were asked what would constitute their ideal honeymoon.
A small plane has landed safely amid rush-hour traffic on a city street in the heart of Silicon Valley, California.
San Jose police spokeswoman Heather Randol said that, shortly after takeoff at about 8am local time yesterday, the pilot experienced a malfunction and made the emergency landing. She said neither the pilot nor the passenger on board was injured and no one on the ground was hurt.
The aircraft managed to avoid traffic on the road and pulled off into a right-turn lane. Traffic was only lightly affected.
The Bellanca 7ECA fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft is owned by Amelia Reid Aviation, a company that operates a flight training school out of nearby Reid Hillview airport in east San Jose, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Diesel pollution makes it harder for honeybees to find flowers by changing the chemical make-up of their scent, scientists have found.
Honeybees use floral odours to find flowers that will give the best yields of pollen and nectar. But diesel fumes can affect their ability to locate and recognise the plants, potentially affecting pollination and ultimately global food security, the study published in the journal Scientific Reports found.
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