AMES, Iowa – Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution’s electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege the 55-year-old man broke into the First Christian Church on Thursday. After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night.

Police summoned to the church Friday by staff, found the man trying to haul away a garbage can filled with food, kitchen utensils, clothes, electronic equipment and a 26-inch flat-screen television.

Police Cmdr. Mike Brennan said the man used the electronic equipment to watch pornographic movies that were found on him when he was arrested.

The man was being held at the Story County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.

While Old Dominion’s players and coaches were cutting down nets and fans were hoisting 6-10, 250-pound MVP Gerald Lee, William and Mary coach Tony Shaver was in the back part of Richmond Coliseum finishing interviews.

As he headed back toward the locker room, he stopped to get a drink and said, “It would have been a good story.”

One that will have to wait for another year.

Top-seeded ODU denied William and Mary’s quest to make its first NCAA tournament appearance, taking a page out of the third-seeded Tribe’s 3-point book early and then holding on for a 60-53 victory last night in the championship game of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament.

The Monarchs (26-8), who claimed their fifth CAA title, earned their third NCAA tournament berth in six years.

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A warning to be careful before you post online where you’re dining or when you’re leaving on vacation.

Beware, there’s a new website out there, called www.pleaserobme.com, which pulls that information from social networking sites for all to see.

The website was launched just last week. Some are now thinking twice about just how personal they get with their postings.

Trevor Dickerson admits he’s guilty of letting people know his exact whereabouts through twitter and foursquare, two social networking sites.

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ROCKVILLE, Md. – A Maryland woman who adopted three children despite a troubled past was convicted Monday of murdering two of the girls, whose bodies were stored in a freezer as the woman continued collecting payments meant to help with their care.

Renee Bowman, 44, kept the bodies of the two young girls on ice for months while she continued to collect subsidies paid to parents who adopt special-needs children in the District of Columbia, receiving a total of about $150,000 since adopting the girls.

The bodies were found after the third daughter escaped by jumping out a window. The girl, now 9 and living with new foster parents, testified in the murder trial last week about the abuse she and her sisters endured — being beaten with a baseball bat and shoes and choked until they lost consciousness.

The girl’s older sisters, Minnet and Jasmine Bowman, were both younger than 10 when they died, though authorities were never able to determine exactly when the murders occurred. Nobody knew they were missing, and there are no records the children were ever enrolled in school. Prosecutors said Bowman killed them while the family was living in Rockville and took the freezer with her when the family moved first to Charles County and later to Lusby, in Calvert County.

Bowman showed no emotion as she listened to the verdict — guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree child abuse. Jurors deliberated for about two hours.

Prosecutors said they would ask for life in prison without the possibility of parole when Bowman is sentenced March 22. Bowman’s attorneys did not immediately return a call seeking comment. She has already been sentenced to 25 years in prison in Calvert County for abusing the surviving girl.

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Ukrop’s Super Market Inc. has finalized the sale of 25 grocery stores of its locations to a U.S. division of a Dutch grocery conglomerate.

Giant-Carlisle, a division of Netherlands-based Ahold NV, took possession of the stores today.

During the next several months, the new owners will rebrand the stores as Martin’s Food Markets, begin opening on Sundays and will sell beer and wine.

The changes will be gradual and should be completed by spring, the chain said this afternoon.

Pennsylvania-based Giant-Carlisle operates 26 stores under the Martin’s name, including nine in Virginia.

From the NY Daily News:

NEW ORLEANS – Roy Bradley couldn’t sit still.

First he took a chair next to Mack Young, a friend from the Lower Ninth Ward. Then he ambled to the kitchen. Then he went outside to call his wife. Now, he was back inside. Bradley removed his Saints hard hat from his head and stared intently at the coin toss on a 64-inch flat screen TV. Then, just as the Saints elected to receive the kickoff, he jumped out of his seat and strolled to the kitchen again, refilled his black and gold Saints glass.

Hours later, when the seconds ticked down and a stunning 31-17 Saints Super Bowl victory was in hand, Bradley – who had lost his home in the Lower Ninth to Hurricane Katrina – sprang out of his seat and disappeared, whooping and hollering, into the New Orleans night.

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2. You’ll never get him to admit he’s lost, so keep him on the right track with a GPS system.

3. Chances are, over the years, his wallet has taken on a bulky, spherical shape — encourage him to throw out those receipts from 1998 with a new leather wallet.

4. Guarantee yourself a year of cozy nights in — sign him up for a Netflix subscription and load it up with his favorite movies.

5. You know that favorite fitted black t-shirt of his — the one that looks as worn as it is? Instead of breaking his heart by using it as a dust rag, replace it with a few new, intact tees in the same brand and style that he loves.

6. Wow him with lingerie — but suck it up and get him something that’s more his taste than yours. He’ll appreciate the sacrifice — probably so much that you’ll only have to wear it for a few minutes.

7. Indulge his “I am man, hear me roar” side with some mail-order meat.

8. Looking for a romantic gift? Nothing will tug at his heartstrings like beer. He’ll think of you all year long with a membership to a Beer of the Month club.

9. If you can’t stand the thought of him showing up to another wedding in that pastel blue corduroy suit, get him a tailored suit that he’ll look and feel like a million bucks in.

10. Got money to burn? Get him a piece of art for his place — a flat-screen TV.
By Diana Vilibert