Oregon cops looking for doughnut vandal

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PORTLAND, Ore. - Police in a Portland suburb have a sticky situation on their hands: for more than a month, mysterious vandals have been smearing pastries on cars, depositing doughnuts in lawns and leaving cakes strewn about the streets.

According to Hillsboro police, the baked-goods bandits first struck on June 1, smearing a maple bar across a car windshield.

In the weeks since, the pastry perpetrators have occasionally turned to healthier fare, leaving yogurt, bread and potato salad on vehicles and in driveways, although most of the incidents have involved sweets, said police spokesman Lieutenant Mike Rouches.

Amateur sleuths within the neighborhood collected frosting and sprinkles, and traced pastries back to at least two supermarkets in the area.

Vandals have scattered doughnuts around a northeast Hillsboro neighborhood. https://t.co/0HiMsJDbUq pic.twitter.com/HdNFxafoSJ

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Winnipeg mayor lists primary residence as being in Arizona

Where does Sam Katz spend most of his time? According to tax records, it's in Scottsadle, not Winnipeg. (Chris Procaylo/Winnipeg Sun file photo)

Ontario city looks to rein in 'Noah's Ark'

Confederation Line resident Jim Green has been taping his neighbour's crowing roosters at night. He claims they are keeping him up and causing vehicles to swerve when they dart across Confederation Line just east of Modeland Road. The City of Sarnia is taking his neighbours to court over both animal control and planning charges. (BARBARA SIMPSON, The Observer)

Latest NewsWinnipeg mayor lists primary residence as being in ArizonaOregon cops looking for doughnut vandalTraps set after reports of giant snake in New Jersey Share Barbara Simpson, QMI Agency Jul 22, 2014 , Last Updated: 6:51 PM ET

SARNIA -- The city is taking a pair of homeowners to court over allegations that their collection of farm animals is causing headaches for neighbours and drivers in their neighbourhood.

At least 12 different types of animals are being housed illegally on a property, the city's chief building official Alan Shaw confirmed Tuesday. Some of the barnyard bounty includes draft horses, donkeys, chickens, pigs and geese.

Shaw said the land isn't currently zoned correctly for agricultural use, so the homeowners have to go through the city's variance process -- applying for a zoning exemption -- in order to bring animals on site.

"This has sort of steamrolled into them bringing in more and more animals," Shaw said. "It's one of those things that if they got a variance, they would have to declare how many animals, what type of animals, where they were going to house them and that kind of thing."

Neighbour Jim Green says his quiet country life has been turned upside down by the livestock collection.

Green claims he's woken up around 3 a.m. every day by his neighbour's roosters. He actually keeps a tape recorder by his window to tape the crowing.

If Sarnia's provincial offences court rules the animals can be removed, Shaw said the Sarnia & District Humane Society would be involved to help rehome the livestock.

Graveyard + stolen car + bees = worst date ever

Chat recap: Share your best and worst first date storiesLatest NewsOntario city looks to rein in 'Noah's Ark'Winnipeg mayor lists primary residence as being in ArizonaOregon cops looking for doughnut vandal Share Doug Hempstead, QMI Agency Jul 22, 2014 , Last Updated: 7:33 PM ET

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OTTAWA -- Worst. Date. Ever.

A woman had her doubts about the man she picked up in a bar in her hometown of Drummondville, just east of Montreal, a few days ago, but probably never dreamed it would go so wrong.

Police figure the pair hooked up and sometime afterward he suggested they scoot off for a romantic junket to his cottage in Outaouais, near Ottawa.

Initially, she was hesitant, but when he suggested she bring along her son and a friend, she decided to take him up on the offer.

Perhaps the first sign things were not going to go well happened Sunday afternoon when the man made them all stop in the municipality of La Peche so he could visit his dad's grave.

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After the visit, the man sped along Hwy. 366 towards their destination and pulled out to pass a vehicle on a double line and was spotted by an oncoming MRC cruiser. The cop followed the vehicle, which didn't stop but continued down a rural side road.

The man got out of the vehicle and fled into the woods, leaving the 41-year-old woman, her 15-year-old son and his 15-year-old buddy in the car -- alone and baffled as to what was going on.

"They were quite puzzled," said Const. Martin Fournel. "She'd only known him for about 48 hours."

After a little checking, police informed the trio that the vehicle they were in had been reported stolen in Quebec City nine days earlier from the man's ex-girlfriend's house.

He was eventually captured, thanks in part to the bees he'd stirred up while hiding in the woods.

Martin Letang, 40, was found four hours later walking on Hwy. 366 suffering from the swelling of several bee stings.

He was arrested and faces charges of possession of stolen goods, breach of probation, fleeing police and dangerous driving.

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Apartment building creates separate entrances for rich and poor

worst date everOntario city looks to rein in 'Noah's Ark' Share Canoe.ca Jul 23, 2014 , Last Updated: 2:53 PM ET

Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-CAX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Not blessed with a booming bank account and want to live at 40 Riverside Blvd. in New York? You can enter through the poor door.

To take advantage of some helpful tax breaks, a developer is allocating 55 of its building’s 274 units to be designated as affordable housing.

Those without thick wallets will be required to enter through a separate entrance in a back alley while the more prominent residents can enter through the front entrance.

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U.S. man sues pizzeria he tried to rob

A would-be thief has found a new way to get money from a pizzeria he tried to rob in 2010. (Fotolia)

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The Malaysia Airline MH192 aircraft’s right-hand landing gear malfunctioned upon takeoff and is expected to make an emergency landing at KLIA

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines flight MH192 bound for Bangalore tonight had to perform an air turn-back shortly after taking off.

1:56am: MAS in its official twitter account stated "Malaysia Airlines flight MH192 that made an air turn back towards KLIA has landed safely at 1:56am. Alhamdulillah" 

1:50am: Flight MH192 descends to 2000ft 

1:40am: Malaysia Airlines releases a statement confirming that flight MH192 that departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 10.09pm bound for Bangalore has made an air turn back towards Kuala Lumpur. 

The aircraft’s right-hand landing gear malfunctioned upon takeoff and is expected to make an emergency landing at KLIA at around 2.00am, today.

1:30am : A Department of Civil Aviation spokesman said the aircraft would be allowed to land only when it is nearly out of fuel.

1am : MAS, in its official Twitter account, stated: “Flight MH192 that departed from KUL at 10.09pm bound for Bangalore has made an air turn-back towards KUL. 

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Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH192 has landed safely at the KL International Airport (KLIA).

MAS via its official Twitter account, wrote that the plane touched down safely at 1.56am.

Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussesin wrote on his Twitter account that he was on the way to the airport.

MH192 that was en route to Bangalore from Kuala Lumpur had made an air turn back earlier while it was still in Malaysian airspace due to a technical problem.

It circled the airspace above the KLIA in an attempt to burn fuel before attempting an emergency landing.

In a statement released at 1.35am, MAS confirms the incident, saying that the aircraft’s right-hand landing gear malfunctioned upon take off.

The statement also said MAS was working with the Airport Fire Rescue Services (AFRS) with regards to the landing.

Meanwhile, the New Straits Times reported that a spokesperson with the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said the plane would not be allowed to land until it was nearly out of fuel.

The spokesperson also said the plane would land on its belly and foam would be spread on the runway to prevent fire.

MH192 is carrying a total of 166 passengers, including seven crew members.

The flight had departed KLIA at 10.09pm before it was forced to make the air turn back.

Sources say the aircraft’s right landing gear was either not locked properly or not in the right position.

Netizens are already talking about this latest incident to hit the national career, with the hashtag #PrayForMH192 already trending on Twitter.