1. Ike’s devastation
Residents stand near a pile of rotting food outside their front door Saturday in Galveston, Texas. The food was removed from a grocery store inside the apartment building when it flooded after Hurricane Ike hit last week. The city announced Saturday that its residents will be allowed to return Wednesday starting at 6 a.m.
2. Road to Nowhere
Alaska may not have a Bridge to Nowhere, but it now has a Road to Nowhere. The state this week completed a $25 million gravel road that was intended to lead up to the bridge linking the city of Ketchikan to its airport on a neighboring island. The bridge project became the symbol of federal largess, and Congress eventually dropped the earmark for the bridge.
3. Road to a headache
Lancaster, Calif., officials said they’re paving over a quarter-mile strip of asphalt grooved to play the William Tell Overture when auto tires speed over it. The road was completed this month as part of an ad campaign for Honda, but neighbors say the noise has been tough to handle.
4. Whoa! You’re nude!
Here’s a tip: Bartending nude can get you arrested. Authorities allege that 33-year-old Janet Brannon was naked while serving patrons at the Cabin Tavern in Delhi, Ill.
5. Milk danger spreads
A Hong Kong toddler has developed a kidney stone after drinking Chinese milk — the first reported victim outside the mainland affected by a widening scandal over a toxic chemical found in baby formula and other Chinese dairy products.
6. 6 children in state custody
Six children have been placed in temporary state custody as they are interviewed in the wake of a raid on a church compound in Fouke, Ark., as part of a child-porn investigation, police said Sunday.
Leaders resign
In a weekend of resignations, South African President Thabo Mbeki told his nation Sunday that he had resigned, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has formally resigned as well.
