Oddly enough

Oddly enough

Police in New York hunt for stolen hot-dog stand

ORANGEBURG, N.Y.

Police in a suburb northwest of New York City are searching for a stolen hot-dog stand.

Owner Fred Martucci tells the Journal News that he’s devastated over the loss of “Fred’s Franks.”

He used the 10-foot-long, 7-foot-wide stainless-steel trailer to support his family in Orangeburg for more than a year.

Police Detective Sgt. George Garrecht says the hot-dog heist happened on the evening of Sept. 30.

Three men pulled into a parking lot, cut the trailer’s locks and cables, hitched it to their pickup truck and drove north on Route 303.

Police have viewed surveillance footage. But they have a limited description of the suspects and vehicle, because it happened on a rainy night.

Boy, 6, credited with correcting road signs

MANCHESTER, Mo.

St. Louis County highway officials are crediting a 6-year-old boy with giving them some direction on making their road signs more accurate.

KTVI-TV says first-grader David Hindes apparently noticed that a sign in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester told motorists that a single curve was ahead rather than the multiple twists and turns that actually unfold.

The boy repeatedly complained to his parents about the discrepancy until his dad suggested he take action.

The boy wrote a letter to highway administrators who called him the next day to tell him he’s right.

The sign has since been updated.

His attentiveness — and persistence — won him a tour of the county shop where signs are made.

David Hindes’ mom says he was so happy, it was as if he had visited Santa’s workshop.

Political ad accidentally targets candidate’s brother

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

A political advertisement that takes aim at Colorado U.S. Rep. John Salazar is slightly off the mark: It names the wrong Salazar.

The radio ad mentions his younger brother, Ken Salazar, five times.

Ken Salazar is a former Colorado senator who is now the Interior secretary.

John Salazar represents the state’s 3rd Congressional District and is being challenged by Republican state lawmaker Scott Tipton.

The ad is paid for by Americans United for Life, a Washington-based anti-abortion group, which tells The Daily Sentinel that a corrected ad will be aired.

The group criticizes Salazar for backing health-care reform, which it says will undo a ban on taxpayer-funded abortions. President Barack Obama signed an executive order to affirm the ban.

Associated Press