A Michigan man’s patriotism has landed him in hot water. He was issued a ticket because the American flag he has flying outside his Anchor Bay home is too “noisy.”
Ray Saelens says he switched from nylon to a quieter polyester 18-by-12-foot flag after a neighbor complained, but that apparently didn’t satisfy the grump next door. Saelens insists he’s going to fight to keep on flying the flag.
A British publishing house that specializes in travel guides to unusual destinations is amazed about its unexpected new hot seller – an Iraq tour book.
Copies of the guide have sold out and a new printing has been ordered, said an official of Bradt Travel Guides.
Author Karen Dabroska attributes the sudden surge in sales to people “wanting to know what are the people like and what’s going to be destroyed.”
A Harvard student exemplified the benefits of an Ivy League education this week when he scarfed down three pounds of hamburger, 12 slices of cheese and two buns – in just four minutes.
Ian D. Walker, a 6-foot, 260-pound senior, accomplished the stomach-churning feat in an eating contest against competitors from Boston College, Boston University and Northeastern.
Can an engagement succeed when it starts out on a slippery slope? Derek Monnig and Debra Sweeney sure hope so.
Derek proposed to Debra atop a 12,000-foot-high Colorado mountain this week and presented her with a 1.25-carat diamond-and-platinum ring. But when he went to put the $6,500 dazzler on her finger, it dropped, bounced off her sleeve and disappeared in the fresh powder.
An unemployed British actor had himself sealed inside a wooden crate the size of a portable lavatory and delivered to the prestigious Tate Gallery in London.
Dan Shelton explained he had turned himself into living art to explore the way artists are seen as objects. Uh huh!
Charles Webb, author of “The Graduate,” said he funded the project because he’s interested in helping people who are regarded by society as “barking mad.”