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Wis. man's rock turns out to be meteorite

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 11 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin man said a hunk of metal he bought from a rummage sale years ago turned out to be a stolen meteorite that fell to Earth about 50,000 years ago.

Tom Lynch, 62, of South Milwaukee, said he had no idea the 50-pound piece of metal was a meteorite until he saw a special about the objects on the Travel Channel, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday.

"For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds," Lynch said.

Lynch said researchers at the Milwaukee Public Museum and Chicago's Field Museum confirmed that the object is a meteorite and collectors offered him up to $10,000 for the item. However, Lynch said he abandoned plans to sell the rock after minerals expert Jim DuFoe identified it as a meteorite that was stolen in 1968 from the Meteor Crater Visitor Center near Flagstaff, Ariz.

"We can't sell what we don't own," Lynch said.

Lynch said he is planning to personally return the meteorite to the visitor center, which has offered him a $1,000 reward for his troubles.

"It was going along pretty good there for a while. I've been really lucky in my life, so this doesn't faze me," he said. "I've got mixed emotions. I'm glad it's going back and a lot of people will be able to see it. And I'm feeling sorry I didn't get $100,000 for it."

Skinny dip deal still has repercussions

GREENVILLE, Maine, March 11 (UPI) -- The skinny-dipping meal deal is over and the lake's frozen over but a Maine restaurant owner says he's still waiting to get his liquor license fully restored.

The Black Frog in Greenville had gained notoriety since 2005 when it began offering the "Skinny Dip Sandwich" free to anyone who took a nude plunge into Moosehead Lake outside the restaurant. But city fathers got nervous that the sight of the occasional naked diner might tank the town's tourist trade and so put the kibosh on it last year, fining two patrons $200 plus court costs.

Owner Leigh Turner said town officials recommended that state authorities deny him a liquor license when it came up for renewal in October. Turner said he was issued a temporary liquor license and made his appeal in January. He is currently awaiting a decision, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.

"If I don't get the liquor license, I'm out of business," Turner said.

You can still get the "Skinny Dip Sandwich" at the Black Frog -- you just have to pay for it.

"There is no such thing as a free lunch," the menu reads, putting the blame on town selectmen.

Man allegedly stole school bus to free car

WHITE BLUFF, Tenn., March 11 (UPI) -- Authorities in Tennessee say an allegedly intoxicated man stole a school bus to pull his car out of a ditch, then returned the vehicle to where he found it.

The Dickson County Sheriff's Office said deputies heard a report of a subject boarding an unoccupied school bus while they were en route to the scene of a reported accident in White Bluff, the Dickson (Tenn) Herald reported Wednesday.

The deputies said they arrived at the scene of the accident to find Nicholas Creech, 31, had taken the school bus, used it to pull his car from a ditch and returned the bus to where it had originally been parked outside a residence.

Jesse Roberts, transportation director for Dickson County Schools, said the back door of the school bus cannot be locked for safety reasons.

"The driver left the keys in the bus when he shouldn't have," Roberts said.

Creech was arrested at the scene after a brief struggle with deputies. He was charged with second offense driving under the influence, violation of implied consent, felony theft, filing a false report, assault on an officer, resisting arrest and vandalism to county property. He was jailed on nearly $60,000 bond.

Man allegedly stole car to drive to court

CINCINNATI, March 11 (UPI) -- Authorities in Ohio said a man accused of stealing a car took the vehicle so he could drive to court for his arraignment.

Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor Betsy Sundermann said John Spinnie, 42, allegedly stole a Chevrolet Uplander so he could drive to his 9 a.m. Tuesday arraignment at the Hamilton County Justice Center on charges of stealing $1,800 worth of jewelry, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Wednesday.

Sundermann said Spinnie was pulled over by a Cincinnati police officer before he reached the courthouse and was arrested on a charge of receiving stolen property. The suspect claimed an unknown man had allowed him to use the car for a $10 fee.

Spinnie was arraigned on both charges Wednesday by Hamilton County Municipal Judge Fanon Rucker. His bail was set at $5,000.