Robber Shot in the Eye After Tussle with Feisty Grandma
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) – A robber was shot in the eye by his own gun during a struggle with a feisty Florida grandmother.Teresa Martin, 50, said she was alarmed by a “loud, crashing” noise early Saturday morning at her …
Surrogate Mother, 61, Gives Birth to Her Grandson
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Kristine Casey is not just any grandmother to her grandson, Finnean. She is also his surrogate mother.Casey, then 61, gave birth to Finnean in February 2011 after her daughter, Sara Connell, struggled with infertilit…
Michigan Grandmother to Be Tried for Shooting Grandson
David De Lossy/Thinkstock(WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.) — A 74-year-old Michigan grandmother has been ordered to stand trial for murdering her 17-year-old grandson at her home in West Bloomfield this past May. Prosecutors say Sandra Layne shot Jonatha…
FAA Investigating 80 Year Old’s Skydive Mishap
iStockPhoto/ThinkStock(WASHINGTON) — One 80 year old grandmother’s terrifying skydive is being investigated by the FAA after it went viral.The video was created by The Parachute Center, a skydiving company in Acampo, Calif., as a memento for jum…
Grandmother Mourns Loss of Entire Family in Indiana Tornado
ABC News(NEW PEKIN, Ind.) — The death toll from dozens of tornadoes that ravaged parts of the Midwest and South last week has reached 39 with the death of 15-month-old Angel Babcock, the toddler found next to the bodies of her family members in a fiel…
President Obama’s Grandmother Recovering After Car Accident
SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images(KISUMU, Kenya) — President Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Obama, is home recovering from a severe auto accident.“God is with me because if you could have seen the wreckage that we came out of safe, one would wonder…
Arkansas Grandmother Bomb Plot: Suspect Knew Victims
ABC News(FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.) — Investigators have learned that the Arkansas man being held on suspicion of strapping what he called a bomb to a 73-year-old grandmother and forcing take money from her account is a longtime acquaintance of the woman’s h…