Pennsylvania: 76-Year-Old Woman Takes Gun From Girl, Thwarts Robbery: "A 76-year-old storeowner in Washington County said she was having a bad day when a young woman tried to rob her on Monday. Police said Virginia Hart was behind the counter of the Lone Pine Market in Marianna when a young girl came in and demanded money. "She said she wanted my money," said Hart. "I said, 'You can't have it.' She said, 'I'm serious. Put it in this bag.' And I said, 'I'm not going to.'" Police said when Hart refused, the woman pulled a gun and again demanded money. "I whacked her in the head twice," Hart said. "She was still arguing with me, and that's when she finally got the gun out." Once again, police said, Hart refused and then grabbed the gun, picked up a stool and chased the woman out the door. The girl is described as blond, in her 20s and was wearing a blue sweatshirt."


Montana athlete recovering from mauling by bear: "A Carroll College student is recovering from a severed hamstring and other injuries suffered when he was mauled by a grizzly bear while bow hunting over the weekend. Roman Morris, who is a freshman wide receiver on Carroll’s football team, said he was crouched on a hillside north of Gardiner at dawn Saturday when a female grizzly bear walking by turned and attacked him. ‘‘It charged down the hill and just drilled me,’’ said Morris, 21, of Whitewater. Over the next 30 to 45 seconds, Morris fought with the bear as it bit and clawed, severed his left hamstring, punctured his shoulder, chomped at his head and tossed him around. ‘‘I thought the whole time, This is so messed up. I’m going to die, I’m going to die,’’’ said Morris, a pre-med major. The bear ran off after a friend fired a pistol. Morris underwent surgery at a Livingston hospital and was recuperating Monday at his brother’s house in Helena.... The attack came just hours before two Pennsylvania hunters shot a grizzly bear in self- defense after bear spray didn’t deter the charging bear."


Colorado Intruder Shot After Door Kicked In: "Police are investigating an early-morning shooting involving a man armed with a pool cue and a renter trying to get some sleep. According to police, the renter was sleeping at about 2:30 a.m. when the female owner of the house showed up with a friend and didn't have her keys. She woke the renter to be let in. Police said the renter asked the woman's friend to leave around 4 a.m. because they were being loud and he was trying to sleep. The man left, but returned a few minutes later, and police said he was carrying a pool cue. The renter told police the man with the pool cue kicked in the door and threatened him with the pool cue. That's when the renter shot the man. He was rushed to a local hospital for surgery after suffering a gunshot wound to the stomach, police said.