http://www.krdo.com/-/417342/14776928/-/14whbr8/-/index.html en-US © 2011 Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. Home Home en-US © 2011 Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. http://www.krdo.com/news/woman-arrested-for-wearing-thong-in-public/-/417220/20294874/-/v81i4yz/-/index.html A North Carolina woman was arrested Friday morning for wearing a thong swimsuit in public. Tiara Monique Garness, 22, of High Point, N.C., was charged with indecent exposure after officers in Myrtle Beach, S.C., warned her about wearing the skimpy suit, The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported. She was arrested at about 5 a.m., Conway, S.C., TV station WPDE reported. According to police, she was warned twice by officers to cover herself up. Garness was taken to the Myrtle Beach Jail and held on a $649 cash bond, according to The Sun News. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:14:22 GMT 20294874 2013-05-24T19:14:22Z http://www.krdo.com/news/tgi-fridays-accused-of-selling-fake-liquor/-/417220/20290088/-/ibequc/-/index.html A yearlong investigation by state officials revealed that twenty-nine New Jersey bars and restaurants, including 13 TGI Fridays, have been substituting cheap alcohol for premium alcohol. One bar even sold a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring as scotch. Several other bars have been accused of diluting premium liquor with unclean water. State officials provided these new details Thursday on raids they conducted as part of a yearlong investigation dubbed Operation Swill. Investigators went to 63 establishments they suspected of scamming customers, ordered drinks neat and then covertly took samples. Overall, they collected 1,000 open bottles of vodka, gin, rum, scotch, whiskey and tequila from the wells of the bars and tested them, state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa said. Now, the establishments must turn over records to help state authorities determine how many patrons were overcharged and by how much. They also will have to inform the state which employees were at work the days samples were taken earlier this year, reports The Associated Press. TGI Fridays Inc. said it was conducting its own investigation, working with the franchisee that owns the 13 restaurants cited, The Briad Group. The company stated that it's shocked at the allegations and that it "takes great pride in the quality of food and drink" it serves customers. The establishments face suspensions of their liquor licenses and possible revocations if there are enough violations. Embedded gallery here Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:16 GMT 20290088 2013-05-24T16:15:16Z http://www.krdo.com/news/84yearold-indicted-for-drug-trafficking/-/417220/20290090/-/4mrnuvz/-/index.html An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman has been indicted for drug trafficking. Lillie Smith, who requires an oxygen tank to breathe, was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession, according to KRQE-TV. Deputies suspected that the woman's son, Nathan Jones, was running a small drug operation out of her home back in 2011. The sheriff's office says deputies found cocaine and marijuana on Smith and she tried to stash the drugs during the investigation. Smith and her son were both arrested. It was not known if either of them has a lawyer. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:23:22 GMT 20290090 2013-05-24T15:23:22Z http://www.krdo.com/news/teen-finds-worm-in-mcmuffin/-/417220/20270088/-/og2y4z/-/index.html A high school student in Arizona claims McDonald's served him a "McWormwich." Derrick Holt says he bit into a worm while eating a Sausage McMuffin at a McDonald's in Buckeye, Ariz., earlier this month. "I looked down at my food and saw something that looked like a vein of fat and so I pulled on it and just kept coming and coming out and then it snapped into my finger and then there was half of a worm," he told Phoenix TV station KPNX. Holt went back to the McDonald's to complain, but told USA Today the manager didn't believe him and actually confiscated the object. "I was like I think it's a worm, and he goes oh no, no. He looks at it, picks it up, he's like that's just a bone," Holt told KPNX. "He says that happens all the time in our patties, in our hamburgers, in our chicken nuggets especially." The teen had managed to snap a photo of the worm and posted the picture to social media, catching the attention of national news organizations -- and McDonald's corporate headquarters. Soon after that, a McDonald's corporate employee reached out to Holt, telling him the incident was under investigation and offering him some free meal tickets. But Holt told KPNX he won't be visiting the Golden Arches again anytime soon. Since taking that bite, he's been diagnosed with gastroenteritis, a type of stomach virus. Holt is currently being tested for parasites and will remain out of school until his symptoms clear up, according to The Huffington Post. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:01:11 GMT 20270088 2013-05-24T15:01:11Z http://www.krdo.com/news/health/Mom-dies-gives-birth-then-is-revived/-/477210/20289290/-/ak635lz/-/index.html Three-month-old Elayna Nigrelli has redefined what it means to be a miracle baby. She was born while her mother was technically dead. In February, Erica Nigrelli was teaching at a high school in Missouri City, Texas, when she walked into a co-worker's classroom. Nigrelli said she felt faint, placed her hands on a table to steady herself and then passed out. Three teachers immediately grabbed a defibrillator and also began performing CPR. Kids in the classroom ran out, yelling for help. Nigrelli's husband, Nathan, also a teacher, was just two doors down. He rushed into the room. "Erica was lying on the floor, she was foaming and making gurgling sounds and just staring up," he told CNN affiliate KPRC. He called 911. "My wife is pregnant," he said, his breath heavy with panic. "She's having a seizure! The baby's due in three weeks!" "Oh my God!" the 911 operator exclaimed. By the time paramedics rushed the 32-year-old to the hospital, doctors could not find a pulse. Her heart had stopped. Doctors delivered the baby by emergency cesarean section. Technically, it was a postmortem delivery because Erica's heart was not beating. But then something remarkable happened. The doctors turned to Erica, and soon her heart started beating again. Over the next five days, she remained in a medically induced coma, she told CNN, and doctors diagnosed her with a heart defect she didn't know she had -- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The condition causes the heart muscle to thicken. The thickening can make it more difficult for blood to leave the heart, forcing it to work harder to pump blood. Baby Elayna was in the intensive care unit for two weeks. On Friday, the couple appeared with her on CNN's "Early Start," with Elayna on Mom's lap, sucking on a purple pacifier. She weighs 8 pounds and is healthy. "We feel great," Nathan Nigrelli said. "We have a wonderful baby. My wife is back to 100 percent. The baby hasn't shown any signs of trouble but is still on oxygen. The child will undergo therapy soon, but by all accounts her recovery looks to be on track and she'll be fine. Erica Nigrelli believes that God was protecting her. She told CNN that she has a memory of being in the ambulance. "I remember being bounced up," she said. And she remembers seeing sunlight. When she came to in the hospital, she remembers the doctors telling her, "You have your baby. She is in the hospital." She saw Elayna three weeks after she was born. The two joked that if Elayna ever gets out of line, all her parents have to do is remind their daughter what they went through to bring her into the world. "I have got, like, the best ammunition for the rest of her life," Erica Nigrelli laughed. "She can never do anything wrong." Fri, 24 May 2013 14:46:38 GMT 20289290 2013-05-24T14:46:38Z http://www.krdo.com/news/technology/Spectacular-tech-firsts-up-for-auction/-/417142/20268424/-/moi16l/-/index.html In this era of ever-accelerating technological development, we all tend to be so fixated on the gizmos of the future that we rarely take the time to think about the glorious technology of the past. Fortunately, a treasure trove of rarities, oddities and tech "firsts" has been brought together -- including an experimental 17th century mechanical calculator, a 100-year-old telephone and an incredibly rare, headline-grabbing Apple 1 computer -- to be sold at auction Friday in Cologne, Germany. While they may look dated today, the objects gathered by Auction Team Breker trace an evolution of technological thinking that stretches from the dawn of the industrial revolution through to the present day. It is a story of cutting edge tinkering; an inventors' hall of fame. Basking in the limelight at the auction will be one of just six surviving functional Apple 1 computers -- a tech superstar which is likely to sell for a small fortune -- an estimated $400,000 -- propelled by bids from collectors, museums and Macolytes. The Apple 1 was the first computer built by the California-based technology company. The computer was hand-built by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who, according to legend, financed the device's construction by selling his HP-65 calculator (co-founder Steve Jobs also sold his VW campervan). Approximately 200 of the devices were made, of which fewer than 50 are thought to remain -- and only six in working order. Company founder Uwe Breker said the sale is "unique in presenting masterpieces from the spectrum of antique technology, from the 17th century to the 21st." Long before the current era of computers, the inventor Blaise Pascal designed a mechanical calculator in 1642 -- regarded by many as the first decisive step toward modern microprocessors. The "Pascaline" was operated with a stylus to turn digit-wheels. These wheels connected to a "display" on the top of the device which showed the result after each equation. A sliding rule could be shifted to change the function of the device from addition to subtraction. Multiplication and division were also possible (though very difficult to execute). The Pascaline was a significant breakthrough at the time of its invention, demonstrating, as it did, how complex arithmetic could be carried out by a machine. Its introduction led to the development of mechanical calculators across Europe. Only a handful of the original Pascaline machines still exist today -- most of which are held in museums. At auction Friday will be a 20th century reproduction, valued between $30,000 and $50,000. Alongside the Apple 1 and the Pascaline will be an original Apple Lisa, one of the earliest computers to feature a graphical interface and mouse -- technologies which paved the way for desktop computing as we know it today. The Lisa was a commercial failure, in part due to its inordinately high price. Retailing at $10,000, it was significantly more expensive than rival IBM PCs. Apple, for its part, owes much of its success to some of the early pioneering personal computers such as the SCELBI-8H -- a kit computer which was released in 1973. Its 8-bit Intel microprocessor was incredibly powerful at the time (though only a tiny fraction of contemporary processor power). Just 200 or so SCELBI-8Hs were made, making them quite valuable. The SCELBI-8H up for auction is expected to go for $20,000 to $25,000. As well as early artifacts from computing's prehistory, the auction will feature a number of historical typewriters. A patent was lodged by Henry Mill for a typing device as early as 1714, but typewriters didn't go into mass production until the 1860s. Today it is difficult to see them as anything but antiquated, yet the invention of typewriters caused a revolution in writing. A range of early typewriters will be sold at the auction, including an extremely rare 1895 Ford typewriter with a filigree copper grille valued between $13,000 and $20,000, an 1879 Crandall with gold-gilt highlights and mother-of-pearl inlay, and a rather more functional-looking 1994 Crown, with an unusual keyless design, which is expected to fetch between $11,000 and $15,000. Another "first" to go under the hammer is a portable copying press devised by the legendary English inventor of the steam-engine, James Watt. The laptop-sized invention allowed multiple copies of a document to be produced, something like a photocopier, with ink transferred from the original to moistened copying paper below via a pressure plate. The portable device was said to be a favorite of U.S. president Thomas Jefferson. Of even greater significance to communication was the invention of the telephone in the mid-19th century. From its early experimental incarnations in the workshops of a number of inventors including Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone was in broad use by the beginning of the 20th century. Could Bell have predicted how contemporary telephony, with cellphones, texting and Skype would look today? It's unlikely. But if you fancy picking up the low-tech progenitor of your iPhone 5 you could bid on a 1905 L. M. Ericson & Co desk telephone, known as the "coffee grinder" due to its circular shape and unusual lithographed decoration. It is expected to sell for up $13,000 EMBED Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:46 GMT 20268424 2013-05-24T10:28:46Z http://www.krdo.com/news/does-basketball-stars-massive-back-tattoo-have-a-typo/-/417220/20270766/-/o7ebtfz/-/index.html Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant surprised fans a few seasons ago when they first discovered that his NBA uniform was concealing quite a few tattoos. Now he is surprising fans again with his latest tattoo, but mostly because there may be a typo in the text. Durant posted a picture of the new tattoo - which is a massive image of Jesus alongside scripture from the Bible - on Instagram. The quote is from James 1:2-4 and reads: Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. Washington Times sports blogger Sarah Kogod was one of the first to notice that the word "mature" seems to be spelled "mautre." Durant has yet to comment on whether or not his new tattoo contains the misspelled word. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:45 GMT 20270766 2013-05-23T15:53:45Z http://www.krdo.com/news/travel/man-builds-pirate-ship-sells-it-for-80k-on-craigslist/-/417164/20268306/-/6i5n84z/-/index.html The Mississippi River: home to grand old paddle steamers, blues music, Huckleberry Finn, and... pirate ships. With its skull-and-cross-bones flag flapping in the wind, and swashbuckling captain at the helm, this is perhaps the last boat you'd expect to find on America's most famous inland waterway. But the 12-meter Gypsy Rose II is just one of six pirate ships built by 54-year-old Captain Tim Woodson and setting sail on the iconic river. Now the buccaneering boat has been sold to the History Channel for $80,000, after being advertised on classifieds website Craigslist. "It's probably the most photographed ship on the Mississippi River," Woodson, from St Louis in Missouri, told CNN. "We get a lot of kids running along the shore, trying to catch the cannonballs as we go by," he said, referring to the 4-inch sponge balls shot from the ship. Dream boat The professional boat builder first started making pirate ships five years ago, converting ordinary house boats into fairytale vessels. "I wanted to find an old boat that I could transform into something really cool," said Woodson. "My girlfriend asked: 'What are you going to do?' I don't know where it came from, but I said: 'I'm going to build a pirate ship.'" That's exactly what he did, adding fake masts and covering the boat in planks of wood stained with varnish and black spray paint. "As you walk on board you see a skeleton wearing an eye patch -- that's the old captain we pillaged the boat from," said Woodson. "The sails are all torn with cannonball holes," he added. "Inside, the first thing you see is a hand-drawn map, globe of the world, and an old desk covered in treasure." Luxury living The remarkable boat may appear to be something out of a 17th century European fable, but inside it has all the luxuries of a modern ship. Woodson spent just over two months building Gypsy Rose II, which can hold around 30 passengers. It features two bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen, and putters along at 30 kilometers per hour. "The galley is fully functional but is stacked with rum barrels and pewter mugs," said Woodson. "It really is a modern-day pirate ship with 1600s treasures scattered throughout." Costume drama With his battered hat, ripped vest, and dangling earring, Captain Woodson is every inch the pirate of old. Alongside his girlfriend, Wench Maria, he can be found steering his fantastical vessels from Missouri to Illinois as part of sightseeing tours down the murky Mississippi. Groups can also rent the boats for pirate-themed parties, with one elderly woman recently celebrating her 99th birthday on board. "When I was a kid, pirates were cool and that hasn't changed," Woodson said. "It's about that feeling of being free, of being an explorer." "It gives you an excuse to be the bad boy." One man's fleet Among Woodson's six converted pirate ships are a former 21-meter U.S. troop carrier and another 12-meter boat now lined with 18 bunk beds for school trips. Once complete, each boat is advertised for sale on Craigslist, with the History Channel snapping up Gypsy Rose II for its TV series 'Ax Men,' which follows the history of timber cutters. Other boats have been bought by cruise operators and restaurateurs. "When I was building my first ship, people would say I was crazy," said Woodson. "But five years, six boats, and probably 200 cruises-a-year later -- they're not telling me I'm crazy now." Thu, 23 May 2013 13:03:23 GMT 20268306 2013-05-23T13:03:23Z http://www.krdo.com/news/girls-tossed-from-mall-over-cancer-hats/-/417220/20260000/-/9ykxc7z/-/index.html Three sisters say they were kicked out of a Pennsylvania mall because they refused to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of cancer. Their mother died last week of breast cancer, and they were at the King of Prussia mall shopping for funeral dresses when security approached them, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. Zakia Clark, 29; Tasha Clark, 27; and Makia Underwood, 32; were wearing hats with a one-word profanity before the word cancer. A pink breast-cancer awareness ribbon replaced the third letter of the profanity, The Associated Press reported. "That's how we feel. It took our mom away. It's a demon. It's the devil," Zakia Clark told the Daily News. "There are no other words you can use to explain how you feel. You want cancer to get cancer and die." Security asked the women to take the hats off. They were ejected from the mall when they refused. Mall management initially defended its code of conduct, which does not tolerate profanity, but later apologized to the sisters when they learned of their mother's death, the Daily News reported. "Certainly this could have been handled in a much more empathic and sensitive manner," Les Morris, a spokesman for Simon Property Group in Indianapolis, told the People Paper. "We're very sorry about her loss and wanted to apologize for the way her party was treated." Sisters tossed over cancer hats Thu, 23 May 2013 11:36:10 GMT 20260000 2013-05-23T11:36:10Z http://www.krdo.com/news/cashier-sells-herself-winning-lotto-ticket/-/417220/20253434/-/cde8lxz/-/index.html Inspired by the record jackpot, a cashier in Missouri sold herself a Powerball ticket -- and won. While Mary Jane Hart didn't win the $600 million jackpot, she did manage to collect a cool $1 million. She used the numbers of her favorite NASCAR drivers to fill out her ticket, which she checked only after getting a call from work, news station KAIT-TV reported. "Someone had called me and told me that there was a winning ticket sold at the store, so I went to the convenience store at Poplar Bluff and checked my ticket and it said I was a winner," Hart said. She plans to use her winnings to help out her son and take a trip to Hawaii. Her co-workers at the Hartland Pit Stop in Doniphan, Mo., couldn't be happier. "She's a wonderful lady and a hard worker, so I'm glad to see it went to somebody deserving," cashier Sara Barfield said. Despite her newfound wealth, Hart plans to keep working both of her jobs. She also plans to keep playing the lottery. "Everybody needs to play the lottery because it's a proven fact that if you think you can't win, you can," Hart said. Thu, 23 May 2013 10:27:40 GMT 20253434 2013-05-23T10:27:40Z http://www.krdo.com/news/Man-80-becomes-oldest-man-to-climb-Everest/-/417220/20266982/-/132ks0bz/-/index.html An 80-year-old Japanese man on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, officials said. Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Everest Thursday morning with his physician son Gota, mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha said from the base of Everest. Miura's achievement eclipses that of a Nepali man who climbed Everest at age 76 in 2008. The oldest woman to climb Everest is also a Japanese. She was 73 when she reached the top last year. Miura broke his hip in an accident two years ago, and he underwent heart surgery in January. "I am still healthy and strong. I think I have a good chance to reach the summit of Everest," he said via phone earlier this month. To prepare, Miura walked three times a week with loads of 25 to 30 kilograms (55 to 66 lbs) on his back. He reached the top of the 8,848-meter (29,035-foot) peak twice before: in 2003 at age 70, and in 2008 at age 75. "I have a dream to climb Everest at this age," he said. "If you have a dream, never give up. Dreams come true." This year marks the 60th anniversary of the first expedition to reach the summit of Everest: Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay made it to the top of the mountain on May 29, 1953. Earlier this month, a 27-year-old graphic designer has made history by becoming the first Saudi woman to conquer the mount. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:02:59 GMT 20266982 2013-05-23T07:02:59Z http://www.krdo.com/news/waitress-gets-1000-tip-on-60-bill/-/417220/20235782/-/rm49m8/-/index.html An overworked waitress gets her dream trip to Italy thanks to one very generous customer. According to Tumblr blogger Casual Cynic, her mother had been working as a waitress for years and told a customer she had family in Florence and years of art education but had never gotten to Italy. That's when she was left with a big surprise. The man left her a $1,000 tip on a $60.42 bill, writing "Your ticket to Italy! Enjoy!" Casual Cynic wrote her mother. who's been a waitress "for years," had never seen the man before. He didn't say a word either. He just left the "travel tip" and walked out. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:40:25 GMT 20235782 2013-05-22T14:40:25Z http://www.krdo.com/news/beer-thief-leaves-apology-note-cash/-/417220/20253420/-/b5ey4t/-/index.html A man who had regularly stolen beer from a Kentucky couple's backyard refrigerator has finally come clean. The elderly Villa Hills residents recently received a confession from the beer thief, along with $140 in cash on their back patio, according to Cinncinati.com. The letter was addressed "Dear Homeowner" and read, "Enclosed is a sum of cash that my friends and I owe you and your family to repay you for all of the times we have stolen from your poolside fridge/bar over the past few years." The thief went on to state that he wasn't "honest enough" to apologize to the couple face-to-face, but that he had decided to come clean about the stolen alcohol after recently finding the "Gospel of Jesus Christ." The couple was shocked by the letter, but appreciative and stated that they would welcome the man into their home anytime. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:37:30 GMT 20253420 2013-05-22T14:37:30Z http://www.krdo.com/news/economy-tracker/Army-plans-to-launch-a-reality-TV-show/-/477266/20245318/-/3gfpquz/-/index.html Uncle Sam wants you ... to watch reality television. The Army is planning to launch a new reality TV program, "Starting Strong," on June 2, aimed at recruiting 18- to 24-year-olds to enlist in the military. The Army describes it as a "reality-TV inspired" advertisement, but it will look an awful lot like a standard TV show. There will be 10 episodes. Each is roughly 23 minutes long and is broken up by regular commercial breaks, and they're coming to your local TV station. A Facebook page for the series offers some teaser promotional photos. "While we obviously can't and wouldn't produce entertainment content, this is a branded content series -- a long-form commercial, if you will," Ali Bettencourt, an Army spokeswoman, told CNNMoney. As described in Recruiter Journal, an internal Army recruiting magazine: "'Starting Strong' gives civilians interested in becoming a soldier a chance to live and breathe a military occupational specialty for a week with an Army mentor and actual soldiers to determine if Army life is for them. At the end of each reality-TV inspired episode, the prospect is asked if he or she wants to join the Army." Bettencourt said the Army, which paid for the series' production, is turning to this new recruiting strategy because studies show that young people are avoiding standard advertising channels. "The demographic of 18- to 24-year-olds are rapidly not engaging with traditional commercials," she said. "They're either able to skip them completely on TV, or with online content, are able to click past it 70% of the time." The Army already has its own computer game, America's Army, also intended as a recruiting tool. The Army has hit or surpassed its recruiting targets every year since 2005, when it fell short by 7,000 people. Recruits these days tend to be "higher quality" by the Pentagon's own definition, including more high school graduates and candidates who score higher on the military entrance exams. All branches of the military have recently seen a reduction in their recruitment funding, including their advertising budgets, a Pentagon spokesman said. According to the Army, "Starting Strong" is scheduled to air on Sunday mornings on Fox affiliates in 16 markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Phoenix, between June 2 and August 4. The videos will also be posted on the Army's YouTube channel. Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:20 GMT 20245318 2013-05-22T09:06:20Z http://www.krdo.com/news/bicycle-hearse-offers-one-last-ride/-/417220/20218384/-/n6x0ytz/-/index.html People in Oregon love their bikes...but a bicycle hearse? The Sunset Hills Cemetery & Funeral Home in Eugene, Ore., is capitalizing on the idea, offering "one last ride" through the city's scenic bike paths on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle, according to Eugene TV station KVAL. "When people see it, they do a doubletake and that's kind of a neat thing," funeral home owner Wade Lind said. "It expands their perception. It takes away the fear of death." He told KVAL he got the idea from bikers and designed the bicycle hearse himself. With 120 pounds of metal and 150 to 300 pounds of dead weight, the load can get a little heavy, so Lind outfitted the hearse with a small electric motor to help with pedaling last fall. He's bicycled five bodies so far and there's now a waiting list -- including himself, someday. Bicycle hearse video Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:02 GMT 20218384 2013-05-20T15:59:02Z http://www.krdo.com/news/toss-burgers-at-kidnappers-in-charles-ramsey-video-game/-/417220/20218792/-/r27s2j/-/index.html A new video game that puts you in the shoes of Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey is drawing criticism from some for capitalizing on the kidnappings. "Burger Bash," developed by NMA-TV, lets you throw burgers at Ariel Castro -- the man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his Cleveland home for 10 years. Wacky music plays along with random quotes from Ramsey's now-famous TV interview, and screams can be heard in the background, according to The Huffington Post. You earn points by hitting Castro with as many burgers as possible in 30 seconds and avoiding innocent bystanders. If you hit too many bystanders, Castro takes you into his "house of horrors." The whole thing is just strange, and many are slamming the game as offensive and in poor taste. "You've got to be kidding," a commenter on The Huffington Post wrote. "Programmers: Please stop capitalizing on gruesome tragedies to make novelty (laughs)," Cooper Fleishman of The Daily Dot online newspaper wrote. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:41 GMT 20218792 2013-05-20T15:32:41Z http://www.krdo.com/news/caffeinated-toothbrush-in-the-works/-/417220/20190188/-/keh3ejz/-/index.html Forget coffee. Caffeine addicts may soon be able to get their fix when they brush their teeth in the morning. Colgate-Palmolive has applied for a patent to develop a toothbrush with a patch that would release the chemical into the mouth during use, the Daily Mail reported. According to the patent application, the toothbrush could also be packed with flavoring like berry or lemon or even herbal remedies like lavender or chamomile. The patch would fit on the head of the toothbrush and would last three months, according to the Daily Mail. One unusual flavor prospect? Hot chili peppers. "As one example, a chemical known as capsaicin, found naturally in chile (sic) peppers, can be used to provide a tingle, a hot or warm massage, or a heating or warm, soothing sensation to a user," the patent reads. "Capsaicin is also known to provide pain relief and numbing sensations when topically applied." Sounds...stimulating? Fri, 17 May 2013 15:23:20 GMT 20190188 2013-05-17T15:23:20Z http://www.krdo.com/sports/golfer-77-sinks-3-holesinone/-/416806/20195114/-/q7gwl/-/index.html A 77-year-old golfer inTennessee recently sunk threeholes-in-one on the same hole,using the same club, withina 28-day span. Bobby Robertson and hisbuddy, Graton Cannon, areregulars at the Smyrna MunicipalGolf Course. The pair hits the linksnearly every day, dishing outplenty of ribbing but alsoa lot of fun, Nashville TVstation WKRN reported. "I call him Mr. Peck,"Cannon said of Robertson."He just pecks it rightdown the middle, never introuble." It's been a pretty normalspring for Bobby and Graton,except this past month. Robertson got up to thesecond tee -- a 106-yard,par-3 hole -- and whathe did not once, twice,but three times in arow is simply indescribable. He was perfect, hitting threeholes-in-one on the same holewith a custom-made 6-iron withinthe past 28 days. There are no known oddsfor Robertson's feat, althoughhe did manage to winthe course's $500 hole-in-onepool. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:34:55 GMT 20195114 2013-05-17T14:34:55Z http://www.krdo.com/news/google-maps-leads-kidnapped-boy-home/-/417220/20189560/-/8vc7kg/-/index.html A Chinese man abducted at age 5 was reunited with his family 23 years later after using Google Maps to find his way home. Luo Gang, born in a small town in Sichuan province, was kidnapped on his way to kindergarten and taken to Fujian province, where he was raised by loving adopted parents, the South China Morning Post reported. His birth parents did everything they could to find Luo, but eventually gave up and adopted a daughter. Luo told Fujian's news portal nhaidu.com his adopted parents treated him well, like their own son, but he never forgot his birth parents and was haunted by a desire to find them. His only memory of his birthplace was of two bridges. He drew a map and posted it to a Chinese website that helps locate missing children. Soon afterwards, a volunteer wrote back about a couple who had lost a son 23 years ago, the Morning Post reported. Luo scanned for pictures of the Sichuan town and zoomed in on the area using Google Maps, where he recognized the two bridges. Photos show a tearful reunion with his birth parents and grandparents in Sichuan. Authorities would not say whether they were pursuing criminal charges against Luo's adoptive family. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:41 GMT 20189560 2013-05-17T14:01:41Z http://www.krdo.com/news/travel/Giant-mechanical-animals-stalk-theme-park/-/417164/20170628/-/4bodn5z/-/index.html A prehistoric roar drowns out the delighted squeals of children madly dashing out of the path of the giant creature plodding towards them. They need not hurry. The fantastical 48-ton elephant with flapping leather ears and undulating wooden trunk takes his time as he huffs and puffs his way across the park. Welcome to Les Machines de L'lle -- a former shipping yard turned mechanical animal "dream factory," in the industrial port city of Nantes, in northwest France. Dockyard to dream factory The once dilapidated warehouses lining the riverfront have been transformed into a type of psychedelic Santa's workshop, with artists building everything from enormous flying herons to a carousel revolving with deep sea creatures. But these whimsical animals are more than simply elaborate children's toys. They're moving works of art, available for the public to climb on board and experience a retro fantasyland that "blends the invented worlds of Jules Verne and the mechanical universe of Leonardo Di Vinci." "The animals are conceived to be 'traveling machines' instead of big thrills entrainment," said its co-artistic director Francois Delaroziere. "It's the desire to conceive a city through a common imagination, in which the public becomes an actor." The remarkable amusement park is the brainchild of La Machine, a street theater company famous for such creations as the 15-meter spider that crawled through Liverpool, in Britain, as part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008. In 2007, the $19 million Les Machine de L'lle opened in the hope of regenerating Nantes' deserted dockyards, which had been in decay since closing in 1987. Backed by the local Metropole, the 337-hectare site is now one of the largest urban projects in Europe. Free to the public, anyone can wander around the workshops filled with artists hammering and carving their latest creations -- though if you want to clamber on one of the marvelous animals, you'll need to buy a ticket. Vintage Verne The 25-meter tall Marine Worlds Carousel is the park's newest attraction, featuring 24 mechanical waves and three levels of rotating sea creatures -- from slack-jawed lantern fish to wriggling squid. The animals' hand-carved vintage style has a charming Steampunk quality -- a genre of science-fiction featuring steam-powered machinery. The alluring aesthetic is all the more fitting, considering Nantes is also the birthplace of 19th century writer Jules Verne. Indeed, the sea monsters of his famous novel "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" come alive in the glowing merry-go-round teetering on the water's edge. The 12-meter tall elephant -- lumbering beneath an ornate balcony of waving passengers -- is also reminiscent of Verne's book "The Steam House," featuring a group of colonialists living in a wheeled house pulled by a steam-powered elephant. Making a move The Great Elephant may amble across the park at a gentle three kilometers per hour, but inside he's a hive of activity -- propelled by a 450-horse power motor, 60 cylinders, 2,000-liters of oil, and a complex system of jacks, pulleys and gears. A steel skeleton forms the base of the wooden body -- replete with wrinkles carved beneath the blinking eyes. But the hydraulic beast isn't quite left to roam free, with an on-board driver steering him across the park, spraying onlookers with water from his rippling trunk. "Sketchbooks are a starting point in creative process," says Delaroziere. "They offer ideas for the seizing, define the rules of the game, and provide a rich basis for builders to begin constructing their interpretations on." Real big things The fantastical world of Jules Verne looms large at Les Machine de L'lle. But there's a distinct difference between the French author's pioneering novels and the psychedelic Steampunk park of his birthplace. As Delaroziere says: "Jules Verne's creations remain imaginary. Whereas we built real machines." Fri, 17 May 2013 09:13:04 GMT 20170628 2013-05-17T09:13:04Z