Local News 07.30.08

submitted by Max Sparber

Jul 30 2008 — 2:00am

WCCO: Don’t drive with your ex-girlfriend and baby clinging to your hood
Strib: Bear with jar on head shot in busy town
MnDaily: New law bans text messaging while driving
MN Independent: Minneapolis adds 250 houses to its vacant properties list in only six months

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10 Reader Comments

aliecat Jul 30 2008
11:14 am

Rarity? Oh dear…

jimn Jul 30 2008
11:16 am

Don’t forget today’s wtf news: SWAT Team Honored For Raid On Wrong House

jtd Jul 30 2008
11:59 am

I pretty much almost peed my pants when I read this comment regarding the bear story:

I’ve worked for the Minnesota DNR for 25 years now and when you come across a bear with its head in a jar you need to do 3 things and do them fast: 1.) Remove the jar 2.) Quick roundhouse kick (not enough to hurt, but hard enough to shock the bear for a moment) 3.) Unicycle downhill away from the bear and alert the local citizens that there is a very angry bear in the neighborhood and it’s probably best to stay inside for a few months. Everybody wins

kwatt Jul 30 2008
12:56 pm

How often is it that you don’t have to change the original headline in a post? Kudos to the Tribune editor who came up with that deadpan headline.

Cat Jul 30 2008
12:58 pm

I tried to catch a bear in a jar once.

I need a bigger jar.

jane Jul 30 2008
1:00 pm

jtd, that is pretty dang funny. Then I clicked on the story and saw the poor bear and felt sad.

Bixby Jul 30 2008
1:03 pm

Oh God, they killed Winnie the Pooh!

jderusha Jul 30 2008
1:08 pm

We’re going to have someone from the DNR on WCCO Radio at 1:40 this afternoon. I’ll ask about the roundhouse kick.

mason Jul 30 2008
3:25 pm

“It is a tool; it is statement of behavioral expectation which, again, kids will know,” he said, “When we make something a law that is kind of the highest expectation of behavior.”

Catch me if you can coppa! Yet another insidious MN law to add $100 (or whatever it is) to a ticket. They’ll release a multi-convicted drunk driver TWICE, only to cause another violent accident (drunk), but their concern lies with texting?!? Get you heads out of your asses (State of) MN!

kitch Jul 31 2008
1:17 pm

OMG..that would look so cool mounted on a large plaque behind my bar.