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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

AP: Unexplained Falling Object Crashes Bar Roof

Something fell from the sky last week and blew a 4-inch hole through the roof of a Colorado Springs
bar. But no one has any idea what it was. The owner of the Red Rock Lounge told The Gazette newspaper that she thought it was a meteorite. But five days after the incident, the owner and firefighters still hadn't found the object in the bar's ceiling tiles. Firefighters heard the boom three blocks away. The hole was made from the roof down, which meant it wasn't caused by gunfire in the bar, and there's no burn marks indicating lightning. Scientists say the object probably wasn't a meteorite because it wasn't preceded by a booming noise.

AP: FDA Downgrades Airline Caterer For Denver Facility

Federal regulators have downgraded a Denver facility that prepares airline food after inspectors found live and dead roaches and listeria bacteria in the kitchen. If the company flunks a follow-up inspection, it could be barred from selling food to the airlines. The company, LSG Sky Chefs, provides food to Delta, American, United and other airlines. A spokeswoman said Monday that the company fired the head chef and mounted an aggressive clean-up and believes it will pass a follow-up inspection. According to a Food and Drug Administration letter to the company obtained by The Associated Press, inspectors found live and dead roaches "too numerous to count" in several areas of the kitchen, including at least 40 live insects in the silverware station.