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Suspect returns to burglary scene for lost keys, cellphone

TWIN FALLS, Idaho

A man is charged with burglary after police say he returned to a Twin Falls, Idaho, home for his forgotten car keys and cellphone.

The Times-News reports a woman called police when she found her home ransacked Saturday, with a stranger’s cellphone on the bed and a strange car parked behind the property.

Police were at the scene when 22-year-old Caleb Shay Funke was dropped off near the vehicle. Officers say Funke told them he lent the car to a friend and the keys got locked inside.

Keys found inside the burglarized house unlocked and started the vehicle.

Court documents say Funke acknowledged during an interview with police to being involved in at least two other burglaries Saturday.

He’s due back in court Sept. 25.

Flying brisket whacks woman amid beef at barbecue festival

DANVILLE, Ky.

Police say a woman was hit with a hot flying brisket when a contestant’s temper flared during a beef over a shared cooker at a central Kentucky barbecue festival.

Danville police say they were called to the Kentucky State BBQ Festival after a dispute was reported between contestants who were sharing a cooker Sunday.

Mary Berry of Bardstown told officers she was hit in the shoulder, neck and head by the slab of hot meat, which was estimated to be between 200 and 250 degrees when it was thrown.

Police said 42-year-old Mike Owings of Cunningham told officers he threw the brisket because he lost his temper but “didn’t mean for anyone to get hurt.”

Now, police say he faces a misdemeanor charge of wanton endangerment.

Pa. town’s German speakers necessitate bilingual legal ad

BEAR LAKE, Pa.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

If you do, a recent legal advertisement placed by a northwestern Pennsylvania county was meant for you.

The (Warren) Times Observer says Warren County officials had to place a bilingual ad in the newspaper recently because it involved federal block grants being used in Freehold Township.

The hamlet near the New York state line has 1,510 residents. But according to U.S. census information, more than 5 percent of them say German is their first language at home, with English second.

Warren County grants administrator Lorri Dunlap says the 5-percent threshold made the German-English ad necessary under federal law.

Dunlap says she speaks some German, but relied on Microsoft Word to translate the advertisement for her.

Associated Press