MIDLAND, Mich., Feb. 18, 2008

(AP) This stuffing was hot, but not in the roasted turkey sense. Police have arrested a 32-year-old man they accuse of stealing 217 cases of Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix.
The stuff went missing last week from a storage trailer in Midland. Deputy Police Chief Robert Lane said area distributors have access to the trailer, and that the suspect worked for one of the distributors.
The man was arrested over the weekend at his home in Bentley in northern Bay County, according to The Midland Daily News.
Lane said prosecutors have been asked to charge the man with embezzlement. The 157 cases of stuffing recovered by police is being held as evidence.

YBOR CITY, Fla., Feb. 18, 2008

(AP) A southwest Florida church issued a challenge for its married members: Hanky panky every day. Relevant Church head pastor Paul Wirth issued the 30-day sex challenge to take on high divorce rates.
"And that's no different for people who attend church," Wirth said Sunday. "Sometimes life gets in the way. Our jobs get in the way."
The challenge doesn't extend to unwed congregants, however.

FONTANA, Calif., Feb. 18, 2008

(AP) A hunger for carnitas nearly led to some carnage after a Fontana man was robbed of a bag of tacos at gunpoint. Police Sergeant Jeff Decker said the 35-year-old victim had just bought about $20 in tacos from a street-corner stand Sunday night and was bicycling home when the suspect confronted him and said "Give me your tacos."
Decker said the suspect grabbed the bag of food, punched the victim in the face and began to flee.
When the victim demanded his tacos back, the suspect pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the man and threatened to kill him before running away.

DURHAM, Maine, Feb. 18, 2008

(AP) A 1987 truck that was being traded in by an Auburn couple on a 2007 model was destroyed by fire in Durham as it was being driven to the dealership.
Marie Cooper was traveling behind her husband in their other truck Saturday afternoon when she smelled smoke. She then saw flames peek out from under the cab of Richard Cooper's old Dodge Dakota, which he had bought last fall to plow the driveway.
Marie called Richard on his cell phone and told him to pull over, but he kept going until he could find a side road. When he finally hopped out, the couple backed away to safety and the truck went up in flames.
Once the smoke cleared and the burnt hulk was towed away, the couple went on to Bodwell Chrysler Dodge in Brunswick, where Marie showed pictures of the fire on her camera phone.

Two guys were working out at the gym. One mentioned to the other he had bought his wife a beautiful diamond ring for her birthday.
The friend said, "I thought she wanted one of those sporty 4-wheel drive vehicles."
"She did," he replied. "But where in the heck was I gonna find a fake Jeep?"

What the Doctor says& what he REALLY means
"This should be taken care of right away."
(I'd planned a trip to Kenya next month but this is so easy and profitable that I want to fix it before it cures itself.)
"We'll see."
(First I have to check my malpractice insurance.)

Jury finds Peschel not guilty
By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian

A retired physician was acquitted Friday of charges he obstructed Missoula police by refusing to leave the side of an armed suicidal woman last August.

After deliberating two hours Friday morning, the Missoula Municipal Court jury found Dr. Walt Peschel not guilty of the misdemeanor charge.

“I'm happy. I think the system worked,” said Peschel, 66, who was hospitalized for three days after his arrest.During the two-day trial, Peschel testified he was duty-bound as a physician to stand by the woman. He said she would have shot herself had he left her side.
With 35 years of clinical experience, Peschel said he was qualified to treat the woman, and had begun to pacify her before police arrived and ordered him away from the car in which she'd locked herself.“She told me if I stepped away she was going to kill herself,” he said at trial.
There presence exacerbated the woman's condition. Instead of obeying officers' orders, Peschel stood by the woman until she lost consciousness due to the drug overdose.
Police say Peschel hindered their efforts to focus on the emergency at hand and contributed to a dangerous situation, while Peschel says he had hoped to work in concert with police, and his expertise should have been seen as a valuable asset.
One officer testified that he ordered Peschel to move away from the woman's car a dozen times, and that the doctor's presence prevented him from doing his job and preserving the peace.
“Although his intentions were good, he definitely complicated the situation,” said Officer Matt Kazinsky. “Not only did I have to worry about her safety, but I had to worry about his safety.”
According to Montana law, a person must follow an officer's commands, even if the order is illegal.( So dose this mean if an officer tells me to shoot someone I have to do it )
But David Paoli, one of Peschel's attorneys, said the case shouldn't be viewed through a black-and-white legal lens.
“This is not about disobeying the law, this is about having some flexibility as human beings and doing what's right,” Paoli said.
The 49-year-old woman at the center of the dispute killed herself after being released from medical treatment days later.
Peschel said he hopes that some good will come of the case, and that improved crisis intervention will become a focus point for Montana law enforcement agencies.

“I would like to see us move forward,” he said.

  This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments. The filaments are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected from a free explosion. The above image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is presented in three colors chosen for scientific interest. The Crab Nebula spans about 10 light-years. In the nebula's very center lies a pulsar: a neutron star as massive as the Sun but with only the size of a small town. The Crab Pulsar rotates about 30 times each second.