Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Longtime married couple die hours apart DETROIT, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A suburban Detroit couple --married for 67 years-- died within hours of each other. Advertisement Carlo Tuzzolino died of a stroke Friday at St. Joseph's Medical Center-West in Clinton Township. He was 93. Two hours later, before relatives had a chance to tell Catherine Tuzzolino of her husband's death, she died of complications from a fall. She was 90. The couple died the day before the anniversary of their meeting -- 72 years ago at Wayne State University, the Detroit News reported. "I think they planned it, honestly. They did everything together, and I guess they figured they were going to do this together, too," said their daughter Carla Grassley. "There obviously was quite a connection there, more so than I ever would have imagined." NYC men plan to stay at sea for 3 years Advertisement NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Two New York men plan to spend almost three years at sea, circumnavigating the globe without touching land. The trip, if it succeeds, will break records for the longest time away from land. Reid Stowe, now 53, who planned the voyage, has been making marathon trips since he sailed from Hawaii to New Zealand at the age of 19. On his honeymoon in 1999 -- the marriage has since ended -- he and his wife went sailing for seven months even though their motor broke down as they left New York Harbor. On this trip, Stowe will be accompanied by Alejandro Molina, who told the Daily News he is "very excited and very ready." The two men plan to live on pasta, sprouts grown on the boat, fish and canned sauces. "There are going to be a lot of beautiful times that we can't even imagine," Stowe said. "But there will be times when the wind is howling, lightning is striking, it's black and we've had to tie ourselves into bed because we're going 50 feet up and down." Stowe built his vessel, the 60-ton schooner Anne, 27 years ago, naming it after his mother. Advertisement Ky. bingo enforcers get anti-terror grant FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Kentucky has won a homeland security grant to ensure that money from bingo games stays out of terrorist coffers. The state Office of Charitable Gaming plans to use the $36,300 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to buy laptop computers for its five investigators and access to a commercial law-enforcement data base, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. No one has ever heard of terrorists using Kentucky's bingo games for funding, including John Holiday, the office's enforcement director. But he says that doesn't mean it can't happen. "But the potential there, to me, is just huge," Holiday told the newspaper. "You can earn a lot of money very fast and deal entirely in cash. I actually went on the Web and did a lot of research about this. There are articles that have linked terrorism to charitable gaming." Fast food turns totally trendy NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- While the majority of U.S. fast food consumers don't know what portobello mushrooms are, they're willing to pay nearly $5 for a burger with them on it. Leading the pack of fast food chains going upscale is the Carl's Jr., which did market research before introducing its $4.59 Portobello Mushroom $6 Burger last month. It's now the chain's best-selling burger, despite the ignorance, USA Today reported. Advertisement "We did focus groups and found that consumers don't know what a portobello is, but they know it means quality," said Brad Haley, marketing chief at Carl's. Quiznos began selling the $4.49 Chicken Milano sandwich this summer, which is on rosemary Parmesan bread with sun-dried tomato pesto, Tuscan basil mayo and spring-mix lettuce. But at Burger King, research found their regulars prefer "ooey, gooey" processed cheeses to a natural Swiss it recently tested for a new burger, said Denny Post, chief concept officer.
