Is that an amphibian in my spinach?
An upstate woman who claims she found parts of a frog, lizard or some other type of amphibian in frozen spinach she bought at a grocery store is seeking $200,000 in damages from Boston Market Corp. and H.J. Heinz Co.
After cooking the creamed spinach and sitting down to eat, Tammy McIntosh said she “bit down and noticed a horrible taste,” according to a lawsuit she’s just filed in state Supreme Court in Lyons, 50 miles east of Rochester.
The New York State Department of Agriculture’s food laboratory, which examined the product, concluded that it contained material from some type of amphibian.
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A U.S. Marine given up for adoption 20 years ago has tracked down his mom during exercises in Thailand.
Sgt. Major Mathew Scott was reunited with Thom Honngarm at Sattahip naval base after making a radio appeal.
His mother put him in an orphanage when she couldn’t afford to raise him. An American couple adopted Scott when he was 3.
The 24-year-old South Carolina resident and his birth mother spoke through interpreters.
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A man who plays Big Bird is marrying a woman who plays the Cookie Monster.
David Frey, 22, and Jennie McNelis, who portray the Sesame Street characters at the Sesame Place theme park in Langhorne, Pa., “became best friends off the bat,” McNelis says.
But the couple say they’ll leave all Muppet characters behind when they tie the knot – and will not invite Miss Piggy and Kermit to the nuptials.
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A 9-year-old girl seriously injured when she was struck by a car has been issued a summons for jaywalking.
Ataya Pitts – now recovering in a Camden, Pa., hospital – was socked with a ticket for not using a crosswalk. But red-faced officials say the charge will be dropped against the Willingboro girl.
Public safety director Benjamin Braxton said: “An officer did issue the young lady a ticket, but you’re not supposed to issue summonses to anyone under the age of 14. This should not have happened at all.”