| Police to use text messaging to fight underage drinking
Others said they would never 'rat out' their friends. Still some others said they have a little trouble being confident no one would know it was them. Police say the tips will be anonymous. "We plan initially no follow up calls to the text or texter," explained Sgt. Thimons. "Our information we receive will be only as a tip to make sure a party doesn't occur." However, the phone number could show up on court documents if charges are filed. Police plan to launch the new text message program before prom season begins. A $6,000 SUDS grant from the Drug Free Community Council is making it happen. SUDS stands for Stop Underage Drinking and Sales. That's something local police and community leaders say is a huge problem. .
A special bond between soldiers in Iraq
Graves works with Udo, a yellow Labrador retriever who holds the rank of sergeant 1st class, one higher than Graves. He is the fifth dog Graves has been teamed with.
Graves adopted his first dog after it retired from active duty. The dog died at age 16, from a heart attack while chasing a cat.
His fourth dog was aggressive and liked to bite, nothing like Udo, who is a specialized search dog. That means he isn't aggressive and can run off his leash, wearing a vest that holds a radio through which Graves issues commands.
"If something ever happened to him, I'd never work canine again," Graves said as Udo did a practice run across a field dotted with remnants of once-lethal explosives and other weapons.
Handlers are expected to keep their dogs "on odor" by putting them through such training every month, to ensure they don't lose the ability to detect TNT, C4, AK-47s, wires, metal and the other threats that insurgents have planted across Iraq.
Mr. Handy Person
The next day, we even called a plumber to get some input. He thought it might have been a dead rodent in the wall. It wasn’t. Anyway, we decided to make a shepherd’s pie one night. I went to the store while she started cooking. When I got back, she was not in a good mood and said, "We’re not having shepherd’s pie tonight." What had happened was this: We had previously purchased a bag of potatoes from a local market, and in that bag was the most rotten potato we’d ever seen. I know potatoes eventually shrivel and grow eyes, but this one was literally mush and mold. In hindsight, we learned a lesson. And the house got cleaned and smelled good again. We don’t plan on shopping at that market again. — Dennis, Griswold, Conn. Dear Dennis: Mr. HandyPerson’s initial encounter with a putrid potato in his own kitchen many years ago left such a memorable impression on him that years later when a friend complained about an unknown bad smell in her kitchen, one brief sniff was enough to get him to ask her (correctly) to check her potatoes.
Proud penny pincher to cash in 55,000 coins
In 1989, Vicki Armstrong started saving every single penny she had. Literally. Every little copper-colored coin she came across, she kept, even if a bill came to just 26 cents.
"I would give them a quarter and a nickel so I would get four pennies back."
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Capturing the Moment: NFL Films at Super Bowl XLII
It is no different, really, than the pregame meal for the two teams. All the personnel gather in a hotel ballroom and after the dishes are cleared away, we go over the game plan one last time. Every assignment is checked, every detail is reviewed. .
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