TALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) — The mayor of a sleepy Alaska town is feline fine.
The part-Manx cat clawed his way onto the political scene of Talkeetna, Alaska, through a write-in campaign shortly after he was born 15 years ago.
Friday that residents didn’t like the mayoral candidates years ago, so they encouraged enough people to elect Stubbs as a write-in candidate. The town has nearly 900 residents.
Although his position is honorary, Stubbs’ popularity is real. His election earned him enough press to catapult the town at the base of Mount McKinley into a tourist destination.
Residents say they’re happy that their stubby-tailed mayor is promoting tourism. The general store where Stubbs hangs out says it gets dozens of tourists a day asking for him.
ATLANTA (NORTH PLATTE POST) Living in today’s world nearly everything sold in stores or served to the public is either pre-packaged, pre-made, pre something. The point is that we don’t always know where our food comes from, as well as what little surprises may have
Source: Kare 11 News Minneapolis
accidently (assuming) been mixed in.
The FBI are now investigating what appears to be one sharp turkey sandwich. According to Delta and pictures a sewing needle was found in a sandwich injuring a passenger on a flight to Minneapolis.
If you think this is a random turn of events, flights to Atlanta and Seattle also found sandwiches that bared a needle within its meaty confines.
Investigation is underway FBI Special Agent Stephen Emmett confirmed Tuesday.
New York City is filled with all kinds of people, luckily a hero before he knew it was walking down the street when he heard the commotion around an apartment building on Monday.
City bus driver Stephen St. Bernard was walking home after a day of work (mind you driving a bus all day can be extremely exhausting) stopped when he noticed a young 7 year old child standing on an air-conditioning unit. Of course no one knows how she got there, or where the parents were at the time.
After yelling at the girl to go back inside assuming she was on the edge of a suicide trip, she fell. Bernard acted heroically and caught the girl from a three story drop. Imagine how heavy a 7 year old is, and how hard it would be to catch one.
The girl suffers minor injuries and a torn tendon.
Neighbors say the child is a special needs child, so suicide is out of the picture thankfully, no charges were filed against the parents, though how she ended up on the air conditioning unit remains a good question…
A hero can be found in anyone. Good people do remain in this world!
Prepare to become very angry, or laugh your behind off.
In the town of Corbin Kentucky a mother of a 6 month old infant for whatever reason literally traded her child for a 1999 Dodge Dakota pick-up truck.
“Check out my new baby!! Her name is Dakota.”
Hold up now..it doesn’t stop there, the truck must have been a bad trade because shortly after she sold the Dodge Dakota for $800
Investigators are now searching for the 30 year old Heather Kaminskey who made the trade. She’s charged with Human Trafficking though has yet to be seen, too bad she sold her get-away truck.
The couple who took the baby are also charged with human trafficking, but you have to wonder…are they better parents? Either way the child is in state custody.
Whom ever bought the truck can truly call it “baby” since it apparently has the same value. Only in Kentucky….
(NORTH PLATTE POST) The popular phrase “YOLO” has made its way into the screens of youths computer screens all over the world after
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once Degrassi actor now rap singer Drake used it in a song quoted here…
“Now she want a photo, you already know, though You only live once: that’s the motto , ####, YOLO”
YOLO has been used in memes all over like the one you see below. But no other man on this planet can utilize the phrase YOLO meaning “ You Only Live Once” like the 90 year old man who made his first jump out of a plane to parachute!
Lester Slate of Maine already knew how to do this, because he was enrolled into the Navy as a pilot during World War II but not until his 90th birthday. Beats blowing out 90 candles that’s for sure, he got all the air he needed to do just that.
The tandem jump was his own little way of saying happy birthday to himself, assuming he recently stumbled upon a YOLO situation Slate sure does have a knack for reclaiming his youth. More than 50 family members watched him soar back down to earth.
The 90 year old earth walker had such a great time he said he wants to do it again in five or ten years!
This is a modification of a popular poster you see in Chemistry Classes encouraging Safety Goggle use. This may be more effective at reaching youth now days
I think it’s really pathetic to see how many republican hypocrites come crawling out of the woodworks when I use the word black in my letters. That proves to me they have plenty of prejudice to hide. Gary J. McClellan proves it when he says “Why do we even have a Black Caucus, when we don’t have a White Caucus”. Then say’s to read the column of Star Parker, a far right wing Republican columnist who believes that all entitlements should be disposed of. Known that it would effect the blacks more than any other race in this country.
– Anonymous
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My son called himself in as unconrtolable because he didn’t want to go to school. Now he’s placed at NEBRASKA YOUTH CENTER for boys here in North Platte,NE.
He was recieving terrostic threats of bodily harm from a few of the boys that my son lives with at NYC. All of these threats were documented by NYC staff,my sons caseworker,& his atty. I spoke to staff on June 22,2012 and they reassured me they were NOT gonna let anything happen to my son.
On June 27(my sons 16th b-day) these 3 boys assulted my son..The staff had left ALL the boys unsupervised for like 5 min. One staff member went inside to answer the phone then the other staff went in to use the restroom so NO supervision or protection for my son.
2 boys knocked my son to the ground kicking him in the head and ribs. I had a mothers intuition to call & check on my son…. Staff said there had been an incident with my son but he wasnt injured I demanded to speak with my son and when I did he was crying hysterically & told me what happened I asked if I could come check on my son staff told me NO I’d be arrested for trespassing so about 2hrs later I was able to go see my son at ER he was realesed 2hrs later with “HEAD & NECK” injuries.
The boys that assaulted my son only recieved 3rd degree assult charges. I called everyone my sons caseworker,his Atty.,county Atty.,even tried calling Judge!!! I DEMANDED MY SONS RELEASE TO ME BECAUSE STATE DIDN’T PROTECT MY SON!!! Nope he’s still at NYC with his assulters and my sons safety plan is “bubble wrap” meaning my son who is the victim has to stay connected to the hip of the staff!!!! I called NE ABUSE & NEGLECT HOTLINE right before new release date and NYC is under investigation for my sons abuse there. If I had the money I’d sue the state for neglect!!!!!!
The next time you are worried about child safety, the seat belt is good enough..seriously.
Aaron Stefanski SCOURCE: (journalgazette.net)
This guy you see to the right, 29 Aaron Stefanski did something completely unthinkable earlier this year that surely must have had the neighbors doing a pretty awesome double take.
Stefanski received four felony convictions shortly after pleading guilty in court Monday for strapping four kids to the hood of his sedan and driving away. The children strapped to the car were two of his son’s ages 4 and 5, 6 year old daughter, and his 7 year old daughter.
Stefanski and another person were spotted then reported by a manager of a local beverage shop with the children strapped to the top of the vehicle. You can only imagine if the children were having fun or not. Some children believe it or not do dream about this kind of thing.
“This is nothing!”
Once Stefanski had been stopped the officer asked him the suspense injected question why the kids were strapped onto the roof, he replied “I thought they would like it” then said “I was only going to drive around the corner”.
A Breathalyzer test was administered because the officer smelled alcohol on his breath. Stefanski read a blood-alcohol content of 0.17 percent, more than two times the legal limit.
Shortly after the mother of the children showed up at the scene and took custody of the children.
Once the legal system is done tearing him to pieces Stefanski may face six months to three years in prison once you count the four felony charges all bundled together as if they were children strapped to his car roof.
