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The Jayded Edge
Thursday April 29 2010
Unexpected TNTA 17-year-old Utah boy mowing the lawn at his home ran into a canister of TNT that may date back as far as World War II. Taylor Wood was mowing the pasture behind his family home on Sunday and heard a thud. He then saw a canister that said “TNT shell” on the side.
His mother said the canister resembled a small can of tomato paste. She quickly called emergency crews.
Charise Wood said the family has lived in the home seven years but had never mowed that area of pasture because they had let horses eat the grass. Now the family has goats that aren’t interested in that area.
The Weber County sheriff’s department took the canister for disposal.
Police taxi
Police in one Connecticut city have a warning for nightclub patrons: Don’t call 911 for a ride home.
New Haven police say that’s what 28-year-old Quandria Bailey did, calling the emergency line six times to request a ride from a nightclub back to her Meriden home.
Bailey was charged with six counts of misuse of the 911 system early Sunday. She was released on a $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court May 5.
Chair eats dog
Three suburban Chicago firefighters were forced to saw apart a mechanical recliner to rescue a small dog that became trapped inside.
Eighty-seven-year-old owner Ken Makris says his terrier, Ebonyser, has nerve damage following his Thursday night ordeal but that he is “coming along fine.”
Firefighters who responded to an emergency call from the Sunrise of Naperville assisted living center Thursday arrived to find a nurse’s aide hanging onto the chair to relieve the pressure on the dog and allow it to breathe. Firefighter and paramedic Scott Bolda said the chair’s electrical controls stopped working when Ebonyser became wedged inside.
Makris says the 5-year-old pooch is on painkillers but that he was able to go out for a walk Monday.
Compiled from myway.com
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