In a law enforcement first, Ohio cops this month arrested a man for drunk driving on a motorized bar stool. That’s right, a motorized bar stool, which can be seen below in a police evidence photo. According to cops, Kile Wygle, 28, crashed his bar stool near his Newark home earlier this month and called 911 due to his injuries. When an officer arrived and asked Wygle what happened, he answered, “I wrecked my bar stool.” According to a Newark Police Division report, a copy of which you’ll find here, Wygle’s homemade ride is powered by a Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine. Wygle noted that the bar stool could hit nearly 40 miles per hour…Â Details
Reporting from Popotla, Mexico — Nallely and Heriberto Salgado boarded the Mexican fishing skiff bobbing off the Baja California coast last week and watched warily in the moonlight as 19 other people squeezed onto the vessel designed to carry no more than a dozen.
A smuggler piloting the 25-foot boat promised a short ride before landing on a beach in San Diego.
But 12 hours later, the Salgados were still being lashed with sea spray. The thick fog had burned off, leaving a panorama of brilliant blue, with no land in sight.
“We saw only ocean all around us,” said Nallely Salgado. “And we were running out of gas.”
With tougher enforcement and new barriers rising on land along the U.S.-Mexico border, many would-be immigrants like the ones crowded aboard the Tiburon are taking to the sea…. Details
Laird Hamilton is widely known for his ability to ride the big waves, paddle, wake, sail and longboard and also for his charitable work with tow partner Dave Kalama to raise funds and awareness for Austism.
But now the Hawai‘i native has another type of board to add to his biography. The Honolulu Symphony announced Friday that Hamilton is one of two new honorary board members. Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden was the other.
Both Hamilton and Harden are dedicated supporters of educational philanthropy, as well as …Â Details