DATELINE MT. CLEMENS, MI
Former Cockroach drummer Lance DeVous, completed a successful engagement at the Hayloft Liquor Stand in Mt. Clemens with his current band Rash Xuberance. The band took the stage about 10:30 PM, but it was noticed that Brad Savage, a member of the Cockroaches, was seen talking with Lance before and after the gig. Both men shook hands and vowed that if there is to be a reunion gig, Lance is in. By the way, Rash X put on a fantastic show, and the drums sounded better than ever!
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DATELINE WARREN, MI
Our own mixology wizard, Chrissy Spafford, brewed her first keg of beer. To help her celebrate, she invited 40 of her closest friends to the Kuhnhenn Brewery in Warren for a pizza and beer party. The McCarty Metro editor took it upon himself to put a dent in... I mean report on the keg. The pineapple flavored ale was delicious. Two thumbs up for the night.
DATELINE HOWELL, MI
The Metro was on hand covering the 21st annual Hot Air Balloon Challenge. Besides the balloons, there was a Renaissance Festival, sky divers, kite flyers, an art show, craft tables, a carnival, plus much much more. The 95 degree temperatures didn't melt the great time that was had by all.

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Killer Biscuit Wanted for Attempted Murder
Associated Press

Lisa Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in-laws, and while there went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Several people noticed her sitting in her car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head. One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Lisa's eyes were now open, and she looked very strange. He asked her if she was okay and Lisa replied that she'd been shot in the back of the head, and had been holding her brains in for over an hour. The man called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Lisa refused to remove her hands from her head. When they finally got in, they found that Lisa had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head.

A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour until someone noticed and came to her aid.

Giant popsicle attempt fails, flooding NYC square with sticky mess

By The Associated Press
(6/22/05 - NEW YORK) — An attempt to erect the world's largest popsicle in a city square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film -- but much stickier. The 25-foot-tall, 17 1/2-ton treat of frozen Snapple juice melted faster than expected Tuesday, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.

Firefighters closed off several streets and used hoses to wash away the sugary goo.

Snapple had been trying to promote a new line of frozen treats by setting a record for the world's largest popsicle, but called off the stunt before the it was pulled fully upright by a construction crane. Authorities said they were worried the thing would collapse in the 80-degree, first-day-of-summer heat.

"What was unsettling was that the fluid just kept coming," Stuart Claxton of the Guinness Book of World Records told the Daily News. "It was quite a lot of fluid. On a hot day like this, you have to move fast."

Snapple official Lauren Radcliffe said the company was unlikely to make a second attempt to break the record, set by a 21-foot ice pop in Holland in 1997.

The giant ice pop was supposed to have been able to withstand the heat for some time, and organizers weren't sure why it didn't. It had been made in Edison, N.J., and hauled to New York by freezer truck in the morning.