July 31, 2008 11:09 am
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Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire is taking it as a compliment: She was turned away from a bar in the state capital because she couldn’t prove she’s of legal age to drink.
The 61-year-old governor and her staff had served burgers at the annual Capital Lakefair last weekend and afterward went to a downtown Olympia bar called Hannah’s to celebrate.
Gregoire says the man checking identifications at the door told her she couldn’t get in without ID, even when others pointed out she’s Washington’s governor.
The governor tells Seattle’s KING-TV she feels complimented the bouncer thought she might be under 21.
Hannah’s owner, Todd Ruzicka, says his 23-year-old part-time bouncer needs just a little more training.
- State police at Selinsgrove said today that are investigating a retail theft that apparently involved a very specific shopping list.
The theft occurred overnight from July 27 to July 28 at Scott's Berry Farm near Winfield.
Police said someone took six watermelons, 10 dozen eggs, six bottled waters, 10 bags of peanuts, 15 pounds of bananas, and four carrots.
Anyone with information on this grocery bag theft is asked to contact state police at Selinsgrove.
— Police in Peekskill. N.Y. say two drunken friends crashed their pickup truck into a parked car in New York City’s northern suburbs and then drove down the street and crashed it again.
Detective Sgt. Eric Johansen says he’s “never seen anything like it.”
The crashes happened over the weekend.
Police say one of the men couldn’t pull the truck free of the parked car he had hit so his friend hopped behind the steering wheel. They say the friend freed the truck but then drove it into another car parked down the block.
The men have been charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a property damage accident.
— In suburban Philadelphia, a couple is accused of damaging the property of more than 400 people during an 18-month egging spree.
According to court documents, Philip Fleck and his girlfriend, Heather Darcy, admitted to the vandalism.
Police say the couple wanted to retaliate against friends for damages they said were inflicted upon them — but the couple also egged other people to draw suspicion away from them.
Police say Fleck and Darcy caused more than $7,000 in damages.
Letters have been sent to residents of Lansdale asking victims to come forward. Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman says her office has an obligation to get restitution for them.
Darcy's mother, Cindy Darcy, says the case is "being blown way out of proportion."
— And finally, three tiger cubs at a Kansas zoo are getting some maternal care from an unlikely source — Isabella the golden retriever.
The tiger cubs were born Sunday at Safari Zoological Park but their mother soon stopped caring for them. Isabella had just weaned her own puppies and was able to step in. See the photo to the left.
Zoo owner Tom Harvey says, “The timing couldn’t have been any better.”
He says it’s unusual for dogs to care for tiger cubs, but it does happen. Isabella licks, cleans and feeds the cubs just like her own puppies.
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Photos
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, shown in this file photo from earlier this year, was turned away from an Olympia bar last weekend when she couldn't produce identification to prove she was over 21. Associated Press
Isabella, a golden retriever at the Safari Zoological Park, east of Caney, Kan. nurses Wednesday, July 30, 2008, three white tiger cubs she adopted after they were abandoned by their mother at the park. The cubs were born on Sunday. The Daily Reporter