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Maine brewer makes beer out of live lobsters, sea salt

PORTLAND, Maine

A Maine brewer is offering a quicker way to consume two of the state’s summertime staples: beer and lobster.

Oxbow Brewing is serving up beer brewed with live Maine lobsters and a dash of sea salt.

Brewmaster Tim Adams says the lobsters were placed in a mesh bag and suspended in a kettle full of boiling wort during the brewing process. He says the lobsters add a subtle brininess and sweetness that lobster fans will recognize.

The beer is a saison-style beer brewed in collaboration with a brewery in Parma, Italy. It is 4.5 percent alcohol by volume and is available on a limited basis. The beer is served in the brewery’s tasting room.

Adams says the lobsters that were cooked in the brewing process were later eaten.

Cops: Man making 911 calls sought help with air conditioner

INDIANA, Pa.

State police say a western Pennsylvania man with a penchant for making unnecessary emergency calls most recently complained of chest pains so he could ask medics for help with his air conditioner.

Travis Turner, 26, of Indiana, Pa., was charged Wednesday with obstructing emergency services and disorderly conduct.

Troopers from the Indiana barracks 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh say Turner has called county 911 dispatchers or the state police 63 times in the past three years for minor or harassing complaints.

They charged him in December, but the complaint was withdrawn, and Turner was warned to stop making such calls.

But police say Turner called 911 again Sunday afternoon. When an ambulance arrived, Turner asked the crew to help him fix his air conditioner.

Turner’s listed phone was disconnected Wednesday.

Albuquerque woman tracks down late husband’s stolen truck

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

An Albuquerque, N.M., woman says she took the law into her own hands to find her late husband’s stolen truck and help capture the purported thief herself.

KOAT-TV reports Ana Dean boxed in the suspect Tuesday after driving around Albuquerque with her grandchildren in search of the stolen Ford F-150.

According to Dean, she loaded up her grandchildren, prayed that her husband’s spirit would lead them to the truck and found it in a parking lot.

Dean says after she entered the key code into the truck’s electronic lock, she used her own car to block the entrance to the parking lot and called 911.

Police arrived and arrested 25-year-old Jasen Mulvaney on a stolen-vehicle charge.

It was not known if he had an attorney.

Associated Press