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Man convicted of chainsawing door

SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man has been convicted of four criminal counts after a court heard how he damaged his neighbor's door with a chainsaw.

Robert Kane, 34, of Scranton was found guilty Tuesday of attempted burglary, attempted criminal trespass, terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person, The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reported.

Kane, who was jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail, could face up to 37 years in prison when he is sentenced.

The court heard Kane knocked on neighbor Jamie Zaleski's door March 5 and ordered him to "open the door, or I'll cut it down."

Zaleski and several friends fled out the back door of the home after Kane began cutting through the front door with a chainsaw, the court heard. The chainsaw left a gash from the bottom of the door to about halfway up.

Van towed with 5-year-old inside

LAKEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Police in Colorado said a tow truck crew that took a van from an apartment complex to an impound lot discovered a 5-year-old girl sleeping inside the vehicle.

Investigators said the girl's family had left her sleeping inside the van while they visited friends at an apartment complex in Lakewood and the vehicle was towed after the apartment complex manager saw that it did not have a permit to park in the lot, the Rocky Mountain News reported.

"It's never a good idea to leave a child alone in a car -- 30 seconds, 10 minutes or over an hour," Lakewood police spokesman Steve Davis said.

Davis said the tow truck crew called police after they discovered the sleeping girl while removing the van from the tow truck at an impound lot in Denver.

Dalmatian births litter of 18

MELTON MOWBRAY, England, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Experts said an 18-puppy litter born to a 3-year-old Dalmatian in Britain may be the largest on record in the country.

Adam and Nicola Morley of Melton Mowbray, England, said their dog, Button, gave birth recently to a litter of 18 puppies, one year after birthing a litter of 16, The Daily Mail reported.

"We were shocked when 18 were born and they were all alive and healthy," said Adam Morley, 40. "We feed all the pups several times a day because Button can't feed them all constantly. We all take it in turns -- mine's at 3 o'clock in the morning."

Veterinarian Con Hassett, who performed the Caesarean section on Buttons at Chine House Veterinary Hospital, said the litter may be the largest ever in Britain.

"I never heard of any breed of dog giving birth to 18. The real miracle is that they've survived this long because it's so hard to rear that many pups," Hassett said.

Town approves topless coffee shop

VASSALBORO, Maine, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The planning board in a rural Maine town has approved plans for a topless coffee shop, and by the way, the vote was unanimous.

The Vassalboro Planning Board voted 5-0 Tuesday night to approve plans for a coffee shop with topless female servers at the former Grand View Motel. The vote came after the officials reviewed the business' application and considered such issues as traffic, parking and lighting, WMTW-TV, Portland, Maine, reported.

Some residents welcomed news of a business taking over the empty building, which has previously housed bars and restaurants.

"I say, bring the money in," resident Kevin Goodrich said. "People need jobs and it's a good place to go. The economy's not very good right now, so why not do it?"

On the other hand, some residents expressed fear that the topless coffee shop would attract an unsavory crowd.

"We just found out about it this morning and we are opposed to it," Debbie Jordan said. "It's not going to bring in a good crowd, and we've had those kinds of things in the past with it being a bar and it can get very loud."