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LIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Last Update on 07-02-2009 at 06:19:08from Eyewitness News Online Sofa-Round-Bedbugs FORT COLLINS, Colo. Bedbugs have taken a bite out of Colorado State's Great Sofa Roundup. For the past nine years the university and the city of Fort Collins have set up two days where people can swap old couches. The college town started the swap to prevent people from leaving furniture in alleys and sidewalks. Last year about 600 couches changed hands. But this summer's Sofa Roundup has been canceled because officials fear it could spread bedbugs. The critters feed on human blood, leaving behind bothersome skin welts. They can be passed unknowingly through upholstered furniture.
BLOOMSDALE, Mo. A sad animal story with a happy ending. Sheena, a malnourished female tiger that was found at an apparent puppy mill in Seneca, Mo., in February has become a star at a sanctuary where she is now living. The cat had trouble with her eyes and posture and was afraid of going outdoors when she was first brought to the National Tiger Sanctuary near Bloomsdale, Mo. But Judy McGee, co-founder of the sanctuary, says she's doing much better now and has adjusted to living near other tigers for the first time in her nine years of life. Sears Tower Ledge CHICAGO Sneak-preview visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut four feet from the building's 103rd floor Skydeck. Their transparent walls, floor and ceiling leave visitors with the impression they're floating over the city. Margaret Kemp, visiting from California, says "It's like walking on ice," and that her heart was still pounding even after stepping away from the balcony. "The Ledge," as the balconies have been nicknamed, open to the public today. One of the buildings owners says it's the "view with the most wow in the world." Mighty Mites DRUMMOND, Okla. When the Garfield County, Okla., sheriff's office started getting calls about millions of ants crossing an intersection, deputy Trot Bush thought it was a joke. But he says when he arrived on Monday, there were so many insects that it appeared as if the ground were moving and the tiny critters had created a slick, hazardous area on the pavement stretching a quarter-mile. Eventually authorities learned the bugs weren't ants, but mites. They'd apparently crossed the road that day after having dinner in a field of canola plants that had just been harvested. Bush says the slick spot was created by the mites feasting on the plants, which are used to produce canola oil. Dueling Logos AUGUSTA, Maine O, boy. The executive director of the Democratic Party in Maine is accusing a Republican who's considering a run for governor of stealing the stylized "O" from President Barack Obama's Web site. Arden Manning says Les Otten's "O" is a close copy of one on the Obama Web site. The attack isn't sitting well with Otten. He says the Democratic Party appears to have forgotten that others have noted the Obama "O" looks like the Pepsi logo. But he also says his exploratory committee didn't copy anyone's Web site. He says it was built "from scratch" by a local company. Bruno-School LOS ANGELES The latest on the Bruno-goes-to-school caper. The high school that was the location for a racy photo shoot by Sacha Baron Cohen's character "Bruno" has broken away from the nation's second-largest school district. Birmingham High School in Los Angeles had already been planning to become a separate charter school before Wednesday's decision. The move came one day after officials with the Los Angeles Unified School District disciplined two administrators for violating the district's policy on using the school's name in the film. The photos feature the actor's latest incarnation as gay fashionista "Bruno." He wears shoulder pads and tight red shorts and poses with student football players on the campus field. |
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