ABEL MARTIN LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ

NOV 14, 1955 - OCT 18, 2009

BLOG CLARIN AND BLOGSPOT HAVE LOST A GREAT WRITER, ABEL DESESTRESS. LIKEWISE THE MUSIC WORLD HAS LOST A GREAT SINGER, THE ARTIST, ALDO REY AND I HAVE LOST THE BEST FRIEND A WOMAN COULD EVER ASK FOR. PAPI, TE LLEVO EN MI CORAZON HOY Y SIEMPRE. T.A.






NOV 14, 1955 - OCT 18, 2009

ALIAS ALDO REY (MUSICIAN) AND ABEL DESESTRESS (BLOG WRITER)
GONE TOO SOON.

Authorities search for police car thief

DULUTH, Ga. (UPI) -- Authorities in Georgia said a man arrested for driving under the influence slipped out of his handcuffs and stole a police cruiser.

Duluth Police Maj. Don Woodruff said an officer pulled over a U-Haul truck at about 5 p.m. EDT Monday and arrested the driver after determining he was intoxicated, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Woodruff said the officer searched the U-Haul truck and returned to find his police cruiser was gone -- and so was the suspect.

"He managed to slip one hand out of the cuffs and kick out the back window," Woodruff said.

Duluth, Atlanta and DeKalb County officers joined the search for the missing car and it was spotted driving later in the day on Memorial Drive. Woodruff said the suspect jumped out of the car and fled before officers could reach him.

Woodruff said there was no major damage to the car and none of the equipment was missing. Investigators said they determined the U-Haul truck the man had been driving was stolen.



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Monkeys relocated from Zambian State House

LUSAKA, Zambia (UPI) -- Zambian officials said 61 monkeys have been relocated from State House grounds since one of the animals urinated on the president in June.

Fred Hengeveld, marketing manager with the Munda Wanga Botanical Gardens in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, said President Rupiah Banda asked the organization and the Born Free Foundation to remove the estimated 200 monkeys living on the State House grounds after one of the primates urinated on Banda during a June 24 news conference, The (Lusaka) Post reported.

"It is estimated that there are approximately 200 primates involved and the president wanted some of them removed, relocated and released humanely back into the wild," Hengeveld said.

The Munda Wanga trust said 61 monkeys have been removed from the State House.



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Dog flattens deputy's tires

HOPE MILLS, N.C. (UPI) -- Authorities in North Carolina said a pit bull used its powerful jaws to flatten the tires of a deputy's patrol car.

Debbie Tanna, spokeswoman for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, said Deputy Lynn Lavallis responded Sunday evening to a call placed by Gloria Bass, who told dispatchers her daughter was being chased by a dog that was attempting to bite her bicycle tire, the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer reported.

However, Tanna said the deputy did not see the dog or the girl when she arrived at Bass's home, near Hope Mills. Instead, she said Bass's pet pit bull attacked the tires of her car while she was speaking to the homeowner.

"The dog didn't try to attack the deputy. He just doesn't like tires," Tanna said.

Tanna said Bass will be billed $504.60 for the cost of the tires. No action was taken against the dog because it was on its owner's property and did not injure anyone.



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Base jumpers target Indianapolis buildings

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -- Police in Indianapolis said they have received two recent reports of base jumpers parachuting from buildings in the city's downtown.

Investigators said a jumper described as a man around age 20 could face burglary and trespassing charges for using a fake ID to gain access to the top floor of the 21-story Barton Tower Apartments and prying open a fire exit before parachuting from the building Sept. 16, The Indianapolis Star reported.

Police said the man was seen driving away from the scene with an accomplice in a sport utility vehicle.

Authorities said they received a second report about a week later of a base jumper parachuting from either the Chase Tower or the nearby Hilton Garden Inn.

Investigators said there are no laws in the city specifically outlawing base jumping. They said arrests are only sought when a crime such as trespassing or property damage is committed in the process of a jump.



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Police tape up alligator in Texas

SAN ANTONIO (UPI) -- San Antonio police said officers used duct tape and a prisoner transport van to capture and relocate a 4-foot alligator found in a residential neighborhood.

The police department said officers responded to a disturbance call at about 6 a.m. Monday and taped the reptile's jaws shut after being unable to reach a game warden, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

The officers loaded the gator into an empty prisoner transport van and it was handed over to Game Warden David Chavez, who released it into the San Antonio River, where the species is native.

Richard Heilbrun, an urban wildlife biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said alligators measuring less than 6 feet long are only removed by officers if they are near a bus stop or an area frequented by children.

"It's not hard to do, just like the cops did, you jump on top of it and tape its mouth," Heilbrun said.

However, he cautioned against civilians trying it.



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Chance brings luck to pub lottery players

BLANTYRE, Scotland (UPI) -- A group of regulars at a Scottish pub got lucky when the one buying the lottery ticket decided not to play the usual numbers and leave it up to chance.

The ticket turned out to be worth 4.5 million pounds ($7.2 million) -- or 500,000 pounds for each of the nine friends, The Scotsman reported.

The nine, all regulars at the Doon Inn in Blantyre, have been playing the lottery for 15 years.

Sandy Morton, who bought the winning ticket, said he was in the pub Saturday when the numbers were drawn on television. He was writing them down and at first thought the ticket had five of the numbers until someone pointed out he had written one down wrong, and they had all six.

Jim McGrail, who was laid off three months ago, said the win was a nice turn in his luck.

"I was in the house at the time of the draw, but then Sandy called me," he said. "I thought it was a wind-up. It took another six members of the syndicate to phone me before I started to believe them. I raced down to the pub to join in the celebrations."



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