Frozen turkey bombs fall in Alaska

With a nod to a classic episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati,” Esther Keim of Anchorage this year completed her third Alaska Turkey Bomb, the Associated Press reported. When Keim was growing up in rural Alaska, a family friend would drop turkeys to her family and others from a plane, along with newspapers and chewing gum. This year she dropped 32 frozen turkeys to people living beyond roads. Dave and Christina Luce live a 90-minute snowmobile ride from the nearest town. “I’m 80 years old now, so we make fewer and fewer trips,” Dave said. Keim has “been a real good friend.” She hopes to start a nonprofit organization to solicit donations and reach more people, with more than turkeys. “There’s so many kids out in the villages,” she said. “It would be cool to maybe add a stuffed animal or something they can hold.”

An unnamed woman in Cheshire, England, was sentenced to 7½ years in prison for “extreme neglect” after her 3-year-old daughter of hers was found to have been living in a drawer under a bed, the BBC reported. The mother hid the child from her siblings and even from a boyfriend, who discovered her after hearing her cry when the mom was away. The court said she was severely malnourished, looking more like a 7-month-old baby, and had a cleft palate, matted hair and other deformities. The mother told police she had not realized she was pregnant and was “really scared” when she gave birth, calling the child “not part of the family.” Judge Steven Everett said he could not “remember a case as bad as this in my 46 years.”

Three generations of a family in Palm Coast, Fla., celebrated Black Friday by shoplifting $400 worth of cosmetics and alcohol from a Target store, the Miami Herald reported. A 76-year-old woman, her 54-year-old daughter and a juvenile granddaughter were arrested after a Target loss specialist saw the juvenile putting items in her backpack, police said. The two adults were charged with theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor; the girl was turned over to her father.

Firefighters battled a blaze for more than 16 hours in Weston, Conn., on Thanksgiving, WFSB-TV reported, after flames erupted as someone tried to fry a turkey. The fire, which started in the garage of a $4 million mansion, quickly spread to the rest of the house, and six other fire departments joined in the effort to fight the fire. None of the residents, but the home was deemed “uninhabitable.”

They say all fashion trends eventually come back around. Science Alert reported on Dec. 3 that orcas off the West Coast have started wearing dead salmon as hats — again. The fad was first noticed in 1987 in Puget Sound, when orcas started balancing dead fish on their noses. Scientists believe they may be storing the food for later or “showing off,” or it may just feel good. “Honestly, your guess is as good as mine,” said Deborah Giles, science and research director at Wild Orca.

From the “But Why Would You Want To?” file: The New York Post reported on Dec. 4 that Miller High Life has released a new cologne. Dive Bar-Fume evokes the smells of a bar counter, leather stools and tobacco so you can be in your favorite dive bar whenever you want. It also includes sea salt (for the “basket of fries and popcorn”) and Champak blossom, which, of course, smells like Miller High Life. It’ll set you back $60 and comes in a fancy gift box.