NEW YORK (UPI) -- Crew members of a New York Waterway ferry said the same feral pigeon has ridden the vessel every day for the past three years.
The crew members of the Thomas Jefferson ferry from Manhattan to Weehawken, N.J., said the pigeon, nicknamed Tony, boards the vessel every day during the rush hour commute and rides the ferry back and forth for about two hours, the New York Daily News reported Monday.
The crew said the bird returns for another two-hour shift during the evening commute.
"I've been working this job for 23 years and I've never seen anything like this," said senior deckhand George Schumpp, 52. "Three years ago, this pigeon shows up and starts going through the cabin and eating crumbs. Next thing you know, he's here every day at the exact same time. And he does more work cleaning than my partner."
Schumpp and others working on the boat said the bird has only been known to miss days if there is a blizzard involved.
The crew said they have made Tony their unofficial mascot and have set up a Facebook page in his name.
"I've been a New Yorker my whole life and we're not big fans of pigeons, but Tony has changed the way I think," Schumpp said. "He's really smart and unique. He thinks he's human. He'll walk on and off the boat with the passengers. The passengers love him."
Copyright 2011 by United Press International
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Two Men Locked Selves Inside Police Van
RADNOR, Pa. (UPI) -- Police in Pennsylvania said they arrested two men who broke into a police van to take gag pictures and accidentally locked themselves inside the vehicle.
Radnor police said Marlton, N.J., residents Ryan Letchford, 21, and Jeffrey Olsen, 22, left a party early Saturday and entered Constable Mike Connor's van, which had been in the parking lot of the condominium where the party was located, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday.
Investigators said Letchford and Olsen, who are believed to have entered the van to take gag pictures of themselves being arrested, got locked in. Police said a friend found them in the van after they failed to return to the party and called 911 because he was unable to free them.
Police contacted Connor, who said he must have left a door unlocked because there was no sign of forced entry.
"I came down and unlocked the doors, and 'Dumb and Dumber' pranced out of the van," Connor said. "They looked a little embarrassed."
Connor said the men had been smoking cigarettes and spitting while inside the vehicle. Cigarette butts and "a large amount of saliva" were in the van, police said.
Letchford and Olsen were arrested and charged with attempted theft of a motor vehicle, public drunkenness and criminal mischief.
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Radnor police said Marlton, N.J., residents Ryan Letchford, 21, and Jeffrey Olsen, 22, left a party early Saturday and entered Constable Mike Connor's van, which had been in the parking lot of the condominium where the party was located, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday.
Investigators said Letchford and Olsen, who are believed to have entered the van to take gag pictures of themselves being arrested, got locked in. Police said a friend found them in the van after they failed to return to the party and called 911 because he was unable to free them.
Police contacted Connor, who said he must have left a door unlocked because there was no sign of forced entry.
"I came down and unlocked the doors, and 'Dumb and Dumber' pranced out of the van," Connor said. "They looked a little embarrassed."
Connor said the men had been smoking cigarettes and spitting while inside the vehicle. Cigarette butts and "a large amount of saliva" were in the van, police said.
Letchford and Olsen were arrested and charged with attempted theft of a motor vehicle, public drunkenness and criminal mischief.
Copyright 2011 by United Press International
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
BABY BORN AT SIDE OF INTERSTATE IN DETROIT
DETROIT (UPI) -- Police said a baby was born Tuesday morning at the side of Interstate 94 in Detroit when the expectant mother couldn't make it to the hospital in time.
Michigan State Police Trooper Mike Zarate said 911 dispatchers received a call at about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday about a woman in labor at the side of eastbound I-94, near the exit for Interstate 96, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Zarate said troopers arrived to discover the baby had been born with the help of Detroit Fire Department emergency medical services personnel.
"They were there to deliver the baby," he said. "Everybody's healthy."
Police said the mother and baby, who were not identified by name, were taken to Henry Ford Hospital, The Detroit News reported. Information on the conditions of the patients was not available Tuesday morning, the newspaper said.
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Michigan State Police Trooper Mike Zarate said 911 dispatchers received a call at about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday about a woman in labor at the side of eastbound I-94, near the exit for Interstate 96, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Zarate said troopers arrived to discover the baby had been born with the help of Detroit Fire Department emergency medical services personnel.
"They were there to deliver the baby," he said. "Everybody's healthy."
Police said the mother and baby, who were not identified by name, were taken to Henry Ford Hospital, The Detroit News reported. Information on the conditions of the patients was not available Tuesday morning, the newspaper said.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
COOKBOOK TYPO CALLS FOR GROUND BLACK PEOPLE
SYDNEY (UPI) -- An Australian publisher has reprinted 7,000 copies of a pasta cookbook after a misprint in a recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people."
Bob Sessions, the head of publishing for Penguin Group Australia, said the company has no plans to recall copies from bookshops, which would be "extremely hard," the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
"We're mortified that this has become an issue of any kind and why anyone would be offended, we don't know," Sessions said. "When it comes to the proofreader, of course, they should have picked it up, but proofreading a cookbook is an extremely difficult task," he said. "I find that quite forgivable."
The company, he said, has told bookstores, "If anyone is small-minded enough to complain about this very ... silly mistake, then we will happily replace (the book) for them."
The misprint occurred in a recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto in a cookbook in which almost every recipe calls for ground black pepper. Pulping and reprinting the 7,000 copies will cost Penguin $20,000.
Bob Sessions, the head of publishing for Penguin Group Australia, said the company has no plans to recall copies from bookshops, which would be "extremely hard," the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
"We're mortified that this has become an issue of any kind and why anyone would be offended, we don't know," Sessions said. "When it comes to the proofreader, of course, they should have picked it up, but proofreading a cookbook is an extremely difficult task," he said. "I find that quite forgivable."
The company, he said, has told bookstores, "If anyone is small-minded enough to complain about this very ... silly mistake, then we will happily replace (the book) for them."
The misprint occurred in a recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto in a cookbook in which almost every recipe calls for ground black pepper. Pulping and reprinting the 7,000 copies will cost Penguin $20,000.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
"SNOOPY" STAGES JAILBREAK
NEWPORT, England (UPI) -- British police said a man dressed as Snoopy attempted to break a family member out of prison but went to the wrong facility.
Authorities said the man and an accomplice tried to break down a door May 1 at the Isle of Wight's Albany site, near Newport, England, and threw concrete missiles at prison officers' cars when the attempt failed, The Sun reported Monday.
Police said two men, ages 43 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and detained under the Mental Health Act. It was unclear which of them was dressed as the "Peanuts" comic strip dog.
Investigators said the relative they planned to spring was at a different facility.
"It's not every day you see a giant cartoon dog going on the rampage after trying to break into a prison," a source with Her Majesty's Prison Service told The Sun. "They weren't exactly inconspicuous -- but it was taken seriously because they appeared to have a gun. They caused a real commotion and it was only later they were found to be armed with a water pistol."
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Authorities said the man and an accomplice tried to break down a door May 1 at the Isle of Wight's Albany site, near Newport, England, and threw concrete missiles at prison officers' cars when the attempt failed, The Sun reported Monday.
Police said two men, ages 43 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and detained under the Mental Health Act. It was unclear which of them was dressed as the "Peanuts" comic strip dog.
Investigators said the relative they planned to spring was at a different facility.
"It's not every day you see a giant cartoon dog going on the rampage after trying to break into a prison," a source with Her Majesty's Prison Service told The Sun. "They weren't exactly inconspicuous -- but it was taken seriously because they appeared to have a gun. They caused a real commotion and it was only later they were found to be armed with a water pistol."
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
GROUP PROMOTES CYCLING BY RIDING NAKED
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (UPI) -- A group promoting the energy-saving virtues of bicycling rode through Halifax, Nova Scotia, in an attention-getting -- and naked -- event, observers said.
About 30 unclothed cyclists took part in World Naked Bike Ride Day Saturday, featuring unclothed riding in cities around the world, including six in Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
The Halifax ride was held in coordination with the Bluenose Naturist Club, the CBC said.
Organizer Tom MacDonald said the ride was intended to highlight bicycling as an alternative to cars and other oil-consuming methods of travel.
Doing it naked generates attention, he said, and makes people feel good at the same time.
"There's nothing like it," MacDonald said. "It's the wind on your face, the realization that your body is beautiful, no matter what it looks like, and that everyone will accept you for what you look like."
World Naked Bike Ride day has been observed in Halifax for the past three years, the CBC reported.
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About 30 unclothed cyclists took part in World Naked Bike Ride Day Saturday, featuring unclothed riding in cities around the world, including six in Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
The Halifax ride was held in coordination with the Bluenose Naturist Club, the CBC said.
Organizer Tom MacDonald said the ride was intended to highlight bicycling as an alternative to cars and other oil-consuming methods of travel.
Doing it naked generates attention, he said, and makes people feel good at the same time.
"There's nothing like it," MacDonald said. "It's the wind on your face, the realization that your body is beautiful, no matter what it looks like, and that everyone will accept you for what you look like."
World Naked Bike Ride day has been observed in Halifax for the past three years, the CBC reported.
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
Sunday, January 10, 2010
BECAUSE HE NEEDED A RIDE
Police: Man without ride stole ambulance
RICHMOND, Mich. (UPI) -- Michigan State Police said a man denied a ride from people at a hospital stole an ambulance.
Sgt. Craig Nyeholt with the Michigan State Police Richmond Post said Marcus Belgrave Jr., 31, of Detroit, stole a Richmond Lenox EMS ambulance idling outside the emergency room entrance of St. John River District Hospital in East China Township, the Port Huron (Mich.) Times Herald reported.
Belgrave took the ambulance after failing to get a ride Saturday to his car in St. Clair, Mich., police said.
Nyeholt said Belgrave was pulled over in the ambulance and arrested without incident. He was charged with one count of unlawful driving away of a motor vehicle. He is due back in court for a preliminary examination Nov. 10.
Nyeholt said he does not know why Belgrave was at the hospital Saturday.
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RICHMOND, Mich. (UPI) -- Michigan State Police said a man denied a ride from people at a hospital stole an ambulance.
Sgt. Craig Nyeholt with the Michigan State Police Richmond Post said Marcus Belgrave Jr., 31, of Detroit, stole a Richmond Lenox EMS ambulance idling outside the emergency room entrance of St. John River District Hospital in East China Township, the Port Huron (Mich.) Times Herald reported.
Belgrave took the ambulance after failing to get a ride Saturday to his car in St. Clair, Mich., police said.
Nyeholt said Belgrave was pulled over in the ambulance and arrested without incident. He was charged with one count of unlawful driving away of a motor vehicle. He is due back in court for a preliminary examination Nov. 10.
Nyeholt said he does not know why Belgrave was at the hospital Saturday.
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