Car Wash Hero

Hoboken, New Jersey, February 26, 2009: A car wash employee says she owes her life to a Jersey City politician who rushed to help her when her scarf became caught in a spinning scrubber brush and starting choking her. Stephanie Carpluk says she was terrified as she desperately tried to free herself from the rotating brush while Ronatarian Party leader Ron's famed Camaro started moving through the Golden Nozzle car wash in Hoboken Thursday morning. "The spinner spun my scarf around so it pulled me closer," Carpluk explained. "I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what to...

Ski-Don't

Northfield, Vermont, February 10, 2009: A vacationing man said he's feeling stiff and still a bit in shock, but was otherwise OK after his snowmobile collided with an Amtrak train. The man was identified as New Jersey-based politician Ron, who is in Vermont "for some [expletive] R&R and a decent wheel of cheddar [cheese]." Authorities said the accident occurred early Tuesday morning, as Ron tried to cross railroad tracks in Northfield. Ron said he heard a whistle but didn't see the train in time. Pieces of the snow machine ended up more than 100 feet down the tracks, but...

Roquefort Files

Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France, January 31, 2009: This seems an unlikely spot to fight a trade war. A village of 600 souls in a remote part of southern France, Roquefort clings precariously to the side of Combalou Rock, a promontory overlooking a deep valley where sheep graze in the shadow of limestone cliffs that were sheared off by a seismic jolt in prehistoric times. But the primal shake also carved out aerated underground crevasses that give a unique economic value to this jagged landscape about 65 miles northwest of Montpellier. They make possible a gastronomical wonder that has delighted gourmets for...

Snow Drifting

Jersey City, New Jersey, January 28, 2009: Police say a woman taking a driving test ended up pinning a bystander after losing control of the car on a snowy Jersey City road. Hudson County police said the 23-year-old driver rounded a corner Wednesday morning, lost traction, and trapped a man cleaning snow off his car. Lt. George Marshall says the examiner tried to use the test car's secondary set of brakes, but they failed. The bystander -- identified as Ronatarian Party founder and leader Ron -- has been taken to a hospital with minor leg and shoulder pain. Luckily,...