ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Spotted: Philadelphia eagles — of the feathered kind

PHILADELPHIA

A pair of Philadelphia eagles are causing some excitement, but it has nothing to do with football.

These bald eagles have beaten high odds and are raising two eaglets in the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, near Philadelphia International Airport. Officials say they’re the first bald eagles ever to do so on the refuge.

Refuge manager Gary Stolz says eagles normally are sensitive to city noise and have been known to abandon nests in urban environments, but this pair seem to not be bothered by the planes overhead.

Stolz says the eagles are looking good, stretching their wings and helping out the refuge by eating invasive carp. The eaglets could be flying in about a month.

Colo. judge fired over teen’s arrest for overdue DVD

LITTLETON, Colo.

A longtime Colorado judge has been fired after issuing an arrest warrant for a teenager over an overdue library DVD.

Municipal Judge James Kimmel issued the warrant after 19-year-old Aaron Henson failed to show up in court Jan. 14 over the overdue DVD, “House of Flying Daggers.”

On Jan. 25, police stopped the teen for speeding and held him for nearly eight hours after discovering the warrant.

Henson had moved and hadn’t received the summons to court.

The teen said he had packed the DVD in a box and returned it about a week before Henson issued the warrant. The library notified the judge the DVD was back.

The Littleton City Council fired Judge Kimmel, a judge for nearly 30 years, at a meeting last Tuesday night.

Judge Kimmel declined to comment to The Denver Post.

UK postal workers boycott house after cat attacks

LONDON

Britain’s postal service says it has suspended deliveries to a woman after repeated attacks by her 19-year-old cat.

Royal Mail said Friday that it had halted deliveries because postal workers had already sustained “nasty injuries” at the address in the town of Farsley, near Leeds in northern England.

The woman was identified as a 43-year-old pharmacy worker.

Media reports say she found it hard to believe that her cat, named “Tiger,” could be behind the attacks.

She told two newspapers the animal spent most of its day sleeping and didn’t have the energy to chase postal workers.

Associated Press