
Man, 81, takes Irish walking stick to burglars
It's the kind of feel-good story that a lot of us like to hear when the bad guys pick the wrong people to victimize. The Associated Press is reporting that an 81-year-old former Marine in Illinois used his grandfather's antique Irish walking stick to beat three burglars and drive them out of his house. Dan and Barbara Donovan told the Pioneer Press newspaper group that a man in a reflective vest and mask knocked on their door in Niles on Nov. 4 and said he was a utility worke