Grace College coed dies as tree collapses; 1 hurt
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:59:17 PM
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| A Grace College freshman volleyball player died Friday in a freak accident after a large tree fell on her, according to Winona Lake police. Police were called about midnight Friday to the 800 block of Esplanade Street, just west of the Grace College campus, after a passer-by reported hearing someone yell for help. According to Larry Ladd, an investigator for the Kosciusko County Coroners Office, Kastner and Mohr were sitting in a hammock strung between two trees. One of the trees was rotted at the base, and the tree fell. It looked like possibly the weight of them being in... |
Age hasn't slowed 80-year-old California burglar
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:59:17 PM
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| LOS ANGELES (AP) - Doris Thompson hasn't let age slow her down. At 80, she's still ransacking and burglarizing medical offices. Thompson, whose criminal record stretches back to 1955, pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking about $1,400 from the Children's Medical Group in suburban Torrance. During the hearing, the amiable 5-foot-3 woman who ties her gray pigtails with white bows, thanked the judge for letting her serve her time in state prison rather than county jail. |




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