California Wild Fires

Quickly Spreading Fires 'Out of Control,' Evacuations Grow
Burned-out homes in San Diego's Rancho Bernardo neighborhood. WATCH LIVE BLOG: FROM THE SCENE• uReport: E-mail your photos to: ureport@foxnews.com uReport: VIEWER PHOTOS PHOTOS: TODAY'S IMAGES• VIDEO: FRONT LINES OF THE BLAZE HOLLYWOOD UNDER FIRE: STARS FLEE POSH HOMES

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But who knows how to read it; unless you are old

Fake turf watered as supplies dry up

It’s not even real grass.

But in the midst of what may be the worst drought ever in North Carolina, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are watering the synthetic turfs used by their field hockey teams.
The International Hockey Federation insists.
The universities are not breaking any rules. But like clockwork, as residents in Durham and Chapel Hill see their plants and lawns wither, the sprinklers go on at the UNC-CH Francis E. Henry Stadium and at Duke’s Williams Field.
Brad Schnurr, a Chapel Hill contractor who does work in Durham, saw the sprinklers go on one afternoon recently at Duke and drove around the block to make sure he was not seeing things.
“Sprinklers aren’t even the right kind, they’re like fire hoses,” Schnurr said. “I was like, ‘What is that? What is that?’ I couldn’t believe it.”
The International Hockey Federation requires the college teams to saturate the synthetic turfs before each practice and all games.
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Dog & Cat

Footstool

Nose to Nose

Police Investigation Confirms they are Definitely YUM YUM DONUTS

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Stop, Police!

German police had to rescue a driver after he moved out of the way to

allow a police car with flashing lights to pass and

got stuck in setting concrete.

Small Bits of News

Parrot imitates fire alarm, saves family.
A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner says. Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his 9-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie. They awoke about 3 a.m. Friday to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm. "He was really screaming his head off," Conwell said. The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the bird's call that caught Conwell's attention. "I grabbed my son and my bird, and got out of the house," he said. The fire destroyed the home's dining room, kitchen and bedroom, Muncie fire officials said. It remains under investigation. Aside from Peanut, Conwell said the fact that he and his son fell asleep on the couch helped save them. They may not have heard the alarm or the bird if they were asleep in their bedrooms. » Article here

Man sits on burglar until police arrive
A man who stumbled upon a burglar near his house did the only thing he could do until police arrived - he sat on the thief. Jeffrey Stephens and his wife Patricia recently awoke after their dog started barking. Patricia said when she went to investigate, she found a 20-year-old man going through the back seat of a neighbour's van. Jeffrey Stephens confronted the younger man, who claimed the van was his friend's, and the two scuffled. The younger man eventually lost his jacket, shirt, shoe and sock in the tumble. And then, Jeffrey Stephens, who weighs 200 pounds, sat on the would-be burglar. Patricia Stephens called authorities and said she looked out her window and described exactly what she saw, that her husband was sitting on someone. The 20-year-old was arrested and is expected to be in court this week.

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