Mystery woman
Police who sought late reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins in the killing of his ex-wife hunted Monday for the mysterious woman who accompanied him to his lodgings in British Columbia. A motel manager said Jenkins and the mystery woman arrived Thursday in a car with license plates from Alberta, Jenkins’ home province.
No betting in Delaware
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Monday that sports betting in Delaware would violate a 1992 federal ban on such wagering, essentially halting the state’s plans to start taking bets next month.
Hey, you’re not CIA!
Tennessee resident Scott Gibson isn’t the deputy director of the CIA — and he’d have to pay his $75 speeding fine even if he were. After the 56-year-old was caught speeding, police say, he sent back a copy of the citation with a note claiming he wasn’t subject to local speed zones because of his CIA status.
Fires rage on
For the fourth straight day, exhausted Greek firefighters battled around the clock to try to contain massive blazes north of Athens. To their relief, more water-dropping planes and firefighting help arrived from other European nations.
Church murder
A pastor who came alone to a small church in southwest Oklahoma every Sunday in hope that someone would join her to pray was found slain inside the weathered building, police said Monday. Carol Daniels of Oklahoma City was 61.
THE DIGIT
30M-0 Celsius
The Tube in London can get as hot as 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a new heat map published Monday by The Times of London. That also is the maximum temperature for transporting cattle to slaughterhouses.
