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10-year-old accused of armed robbery will remain in custody

The 10-year-old Seattle boy who who police say shot himself in the arm Tuesday night during a botched robbery aboard a bus was ordered held in custody Thursday during a detention hearing in King County Juvenile Court.

The boy will remain in custody at least until his next hearing, scheduled for Tuesday. The boy's mother, Monisha Ford, cried when the court commissioner made her ruling; she had hoped he would be allowed to go home. The Times is not naming the boy because he is being prosecuted as a juvenile.

The boy, who is 4-feet-1, appeared in juvenile court with his right arm in a sling.

According to police, the 10-year-old was with a group of other juveniles when they tried to rob a 17-year-old boy on Metro's Route 7 bus. The 10-year-old ordered the older boy to empty his pockets while the other boys, ages 12, 14 and 15 surrounded the 17-year-old, police said.

The 17-year-old later told police he saw the 10-year-old unzip a backpack and reach inside. The older boy was afraid the younger boy was reaching for a gun so he grabbed him in a bear hug. During the struggle a gunshot went off inside the backpack, wounding the younger boy, police said.

The older boy feared the other boys would reach for the gun so he grabbed the backpack and ran out of the bus, police said. He was assaulted by the other boys after he left the bus, police said.

Police later found a .22-caliber semi-automatic handgun in the backpack.

Seattle police say this isn't the first time they've encountered the 10-year-old. They say he has a history of assault and robbing people with a pellet gun.

Skateboarding priest is an online hit

A skateboarding priest has become an internet sensation after attracting more than 250,000 hits on YouTube.

The Rev Zoltan Lendvai, 45, whose first board bore the papal coat of arms, believes skateboarding can pave the way to God for young people.

The video, Funny Priest Skateboarding, shows the Hungarian priest, clad in full clerical garb, displaying his moves.

He says his distinctive method of spreading the word on wheels is inspired by Saint John Bosco, reports the BBC.

The 19th century Italian priest and teacher dedicated his life to improving the lot of poor young people, using games as part of their education.

"Many times I have felt that this is the way I can bring many people a bit closer to Jesus," said the Rev Lendvai, who learned to skateboard at the age of 14.

However it was not until he started to serve as a priest that he realised the skateboard might be more effective than the sermon in turning young people towards the church.

Rev Lendvai, of Redics, a village on Hungary's Slovenian border, says he has already brought three teenagers, who didn't previously attend church, into his congregation.

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JOKE: LITTLE BOBBY SCORES

Little Bobby comes running into the house from playing outside yelling "Mommy,Mommy I just screwed Mary Jane." His mother is mortified, she tells him"Bobby, thats not very nice, here's a cookie go on outside and play."

About 15 minutes later same thing happens. Again the mother tells Bobby that he should not talk like that. Gives him another cookie and sends him back out to play.

15 minutes later Bobby comes in again yelling "Mommie I just screwed Mary Jane." The father has been reading the paper in the Den jumps up runs into the kitchen and grabs a frying pan. The mother says: "Bob don't hit him he's just a little boy." The father says: "Hit him, Hit him? Hell, I'm going to fry him some bacon and eggs, he can't screw all day on cookies."

Flight Attendant Takes Baby Slapped by Mom on Flight

Southwest Airlines flight attendant Beverly McCurley took a child from a mother during a flight Monday after seeing the child slapped on the face and hearing passengers complain.

The mother told aviation police she slapped her crying 13-month-old daughter on a flight between Dallas and Albuquerque because the child kicked her, authorities said.

The incident has sparked an online debate about when onlookers should intervene in child discipline.

McCurley also told authorities the child had a black eye.

Both parents told aviation police the black eye came from a dog bite a few days earlier. The mother said an uncle, who had medical training in the military, treated the injury.

Aviation police officer Dana Baldwin said in a written report the mother demonstrated the amount of force she used by lightly hitting the officer's arm with an open hand. The officers did not ask where she slapped the child.

The baby was checked out by paramedics at Albuquerque airport, a scheduled stop on the flight to Seattle.

The names of the parents were withheld because they were not arrested or charged. The family boarded another flight to continue the trip.

Brad Hawkins, a spokesman for Southwest Airlines, could not provide details about specific training given to flight attendants to deal with such situations. However, he said they were "empowered to simply do the right thing and to maintain the security and the comfort of all of customers onboard."

Aviation police met the flight at the gate in Albuquerque at the request of Southwest Airlines and interviewed the parents, the flight attendant and a witness involving the report of parents aggressively disciplining their child.

Baldwin said the mother told him she "popped her when she kicked me and that was it." She told the officer she hadn't done anything wrong.

The mother also told Baldwin the baby was tired and crying, and "when she's screaming and she can't hear me say no, that's the only way I can get her to stop."

Aviation police officer Ernesto Rojas said in the report the mother demonstrated putting her finger on the child's lips to try to quiet her.

McCurley told the officers she saw the mother hit the child on the face with her open hand while the father yelled at the mother to stop screaming at the girl.

McCurley described the mother as agitated with the child, said the woman also slapped the baby on the legs and told the child to shut up.

McCurley said she took the baby and walked to the rear of the plane. She said the father came back, took the child and stood there with her until she fell asleep.

The father told the attendant the parents had several arguments about the mother hitting the child, according to the report.

He told police the mother would occasionally "pop" the child to stop her kicking and screaming, but that the baby had never been hit in the face.

AND THEN THE WING CAME OFF.....

Pilot in mid-air drama as wing breaks off

A pilot performing daredevil aerobatics was plunged into panic when the wing of his plane suddenly broke off. Several thousand spectators at the air show in Argentina watched in awe as the aircraft hurtled towards the ground - believing it was part of the display.

Luckily, pilot Dino Moline was quick to activate a parachute system protecting the whole plane, which enabled him to land softly. He miraculously walked away from the cockpit unaided and unharmed.

Mr Moline described his shock at the moment the wing fell off like "an explosion". "I don't know what happened to me, I believe that it was metal fatigue and I felt an explosion," he said.

"My foot got burned but I'm fine." Mr Moline, a RANS Air Brigade pilot, was performing at the El Trebol aviation club in Santa Fe, Argentina, when the accident happened.

Cop trapped in car for three hours by 50,000 bees

A policeman was forced to hide in his patrol car after he was surrounded by 50,000 bees which had escaped from a crashed truck, enabling journalists everywhere to make jokes about him needing a Swat team.

Sheriff's deputy Brandon Jenkins was called to the truck crash in Wake County, North Carolina on Tuesday morning - and arrived at the scene to find that the spilled content of the truck consisted of 60 boxes of honey bees.

Unfortunately, he managed to show up just after the sun had risen and roused ther sleepy bees from their torpor - causing them swarm around his car.

Jenkins was forced to shut himself inside his vehicle as the tens of thousands of bees covered the car, while he waited for beekeeping experts to be called in to remove the bees.

The beekeepers eventually managed to calm the bees down using smoke - but not before Jenkins had to kill a few bees who found their way into the car.

'It was more or less self-defense. There were a couple of bees in my personal space, my comfort zone, and I just wanted to get them out,' he explained.

HOW TO DRIVE A CAT NUTS

Wisconsin woman risks her life to help bear choking on a dog's bone

This mother bear recovered after nearly dying when a cow bone became lodged in her throat May 17 at the Lake Tomahawk residence of Patricia Torres and Tony Milia

Patricia Torres of Lake Tomahawk didn't really think twice when she awoke to find a bear choking to death in her yard. She risked her life dislodging a bone from the animal's throat in order to save it.

As a result of the recreational feeding of deer, squirrels and birds, Torres inadvertently invited the company of a sow bear with two cubs May 17. While investigating the yard in the early morning hours, the sow discovered a cow bone Torres had purchased for her dog, Bogie, from the Lake Tomahawk Meat Market.

Torres was awakened at 5:30 a.m. to the sound of the bear in distress only 15 feet from her bedroom window.

"She was making a really weird gurgling noise like she was choking," Torres said. "When I looked, she was lying down and I could see a lot of saliva."

She called the Oneida County Sheriff's Department, who in turn contacted the Department of Natural Resources. Before warden Jim Jung arrived on the scene, Torres made a repeat call and indicated she was going to take care of the problem herself.

She lives with her fiance, Tony Milia.

"I told Tony, 'Honey, I gotta do it, man. I cannot let this bear die in my yard," Torres said.

Tony replied, "Do what you gotta do."

A self-proclaimed city girl who moved from Los Angeles to Madison 13 years ago, then to Lake Tomahawk in March, Torres, 47, hasn't had much interaction with wildlife. She'd never even seen a black bear until she moved here.

In spite of that, or perhaps because of it, she donned a pair of leather gloves, put her eyeglasses on and made her way outside, where she found the bear unresponsive.

"Except she was making a noise like she was trying to get air," Torres said. "So I just shoved my hand in her mouth until I could feel an object, which I grabbed and yanked out. I could tell it was my dog's bone when I got it closer. Thank God I didn't break any of her teeth."

As the sow very slowly recovered, Torres brought her some water.

"She was totally exhausted. I have no idea how long she'd been there like that," Torres said. "Then the DNR man finally showed up right when she was coming to, so I crept over to his truck to make sure we were all quiet. I didn't want to disturb her anymore."

Jung arrived on the scene shortly after 6 a.m. He, Torres, Milia and even Bogie the dog continued to observe the bear from inside the residence.

The bear left the yard briefly but re-entered and began looking up a tree.

"That's when I figured out there was probably at least one cub up in that tree," Jung said. "The sow then went up the tree. I recommended everyone vacate the premises and allow the bear time to calm down, gather her family and leave."

Jung left and Torres and Milia grabbed their fishing poles and went fishing for a few hours. When they returned, the bear and cubs were gone.

Right or wrong?

Not everyone would have made the bold (and dangerous) decision Torres made that day.

"I feel in her mind she thought she was doing the right thing, and thankfully it worked out that time," Jung said. "But boy, it is so fortunate she didn't get hurt."

Jung estimated the bear to be of average size - 150 to 175 pounds.

"Even at that size, they're so strong, with powerful jaw strength, great muscle mass and a sow bear especially with cubs will be very protective," Jung said. "If she (the bear) had been more alert, she wouldn't have perceived what (Torres) was doing as help.

"It's my hunch that the bear had so little oxygen that she was blacking out."

It could be argued that the entire situation could have been avoided if there had been no food source available on the property.

Jung instructed Torres to cease recreational feeding for 30 days.

Torres complied for the time allotted and has begun feeding again.

"I don't mind the bears or the wildlife," Torres said. "We're not gangsters here. I'm allowed give a gallon of corn a day, so that's what I do and I have a salt block. The deer still come around."

When asked July 29 if she'd had anymore bear activity, she didn't hesitate.

"Guess what? Last night we had some company. I don't know if it's the same ones or not, but there was a mama and two cubs," Torres said. "You know, we don't really have any close neighbors and the closest ones don't mind the bears any more than we do."

The DNR's role

A 2008 bear population study estimated Wisconsin's current bear population at between 26,000 and 40,000 bears. This is up from 1989, when the population was estimated at 9,000. The newer population study is scheduled to be repeated in 2011 to check against the 2008 results.

DNR manages bear population size through regulated hunting. Recently, biologists have increased the number of bear harvest permits in response to the apparent increase in bear numbers. Ninety-one percent more harvest permits are available for the 2010 bear season than were allotted for the 2008 bear season.

The DNR plans to offer the public opportunities to comment on what is a desirable number of bears in each of the state's bear management regions in the coming year.

Public comments will be factored into a new bear management plan. The DNR is also developing an online reporting form where the public can report bear sightings. The new feature will be launched in spring of 2011 when bears are once again actively dispersing, searching for new territories.

Bears can quickly learn to associate humans with food and can become a nuisance. It is illegal to feed bears in Wisconsin.

DNR contracts with U.S. Department of Agriculture-Wildlife Services to handle nuisance bear complaints.

According to the DNR, preventing problems from developing is the most effective solution. Moving or "trans-locating" a bear is not. Not only is it expensive, it is oftentimes not the best thing for a bear.

"Overall, bears are pretty docile animals. I don't think they like human interaction," Jung said. "But they can smell a food source from 1/2 mile away, and if there's a food source involved, a bear will come in and deal with barking dogs and deal with human interaction because they're hungry."

Jung said those having issues with bears should stop recreational feeding, remove outdoor garbage, keep a clean barbecue grill with no food refuse on or in it and take in dogfood dishes at night.

Woman Verbally Assaulted In Piggly Wiggly Express Lane

A Port Washington woman went to the express line, but she had a lot more than 10 items. What resulted was a verbal assault and a hefty citation.

In all, the woman had 37 items in her cart when she went to the checkout. There was no one waiting or in line at the 10 items or less counter, or express line so she asked the clerk if she could take her and she said yes. A bit later a male customer came up and strenuously objected.

"I was bending over getting eight little can goods and I heard, 'Can't you blank, blank, read?'

I was like, 'Are you kidding me?'" the woman said.

The man went on to call her fat and ugly. The woman said she called 911. A police officer happened to be in the area.

"He went and called her names and caused in all of my years of law enforcement, a disturbance," Saukville Wisconsin police Officer Barry Effinger said.The man was issued a citation for disorderly conduct with a $429 fine.

This was the man's second such incident investigated by the same officer in two years.

"It was done first with a verbal warning, and then you have to escalate it because you're just not getting it that you're just not respecting people," Effinger said.

"I'm glad he got that ticket. I'm glad. He deserved that ticket," the woman said.

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