Associated Press - June 2, 2008 5:13 AM ET

AMMO COSTS

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gas, food -- and now bullets, too. Add ammo to your list of things that are getting a lot more expensive. Gun enthusiasts and police departments are finding it costs more to fire a few practice rounds. Prices for lead and copper are rising and demand is going up thanks to the U.S. military's need for more ammo. The cost for some calibers has increased more than 70% in two years. Ashland, Virginia, police spokesman Corporal James Shelhorse says his department has scaled back firing range practice. Other departments are stockpiling ammo to avoid bullet holes in their budgets.

PARTYING PARENTS

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - There's trouble over prom-related beer drinking. But it's not the kids who are in hot water -- it's their folks. Authorities in Pittsfield Township, Michigan, say parents rented a bus to take their kids to the Saline High junior-senior prom. According to police, after the kids were dropped off the parents started drinking beer in the parking lot. The Ann Arbor News reports one man is charged with a misdemeanor count of consuming alcohol on school property. Police say he was the only one they positively ID'ed as having a beer in hand.

OLD MONEY FOUND

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Dan Deming now knows the rumors are true. He had heard stories about treasure buried somewhere on his central Wisconsin farmland. The electrician found a rusty metal box filled with money dating back to the Depression. He made the discovery while tearing down an old shed on his property. Most of the bills are in such bad shape, Deming couldn't even count them. But he also found hand-written notes the box may have contained $1,700. Deming has turned the bills over to U.S. Treasury officials, who will cut him a check for the face value of the old dough. Deming adds when he found the money, he was hollering so much his wife thought he had broken his arm.

POT EXCUSE

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Police in Iowa report a man caught with a load of pot claims he's only thinking green. A complaint by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office says the 30-year-old suspect told officers he planned to compost several large bags full of marijuana. Officers say the bags had a gallon or more of pot each. But police think the pot compost story is just a smoke screen. The man now faces pot-dealing charges.

PIZZA-EATING CONTEST

NEW YORK (AP) - An extra-large pizza isn't enough for Sal Carbone. He managed to down just over 15 pizza slices yesterday, breaking his own pizza-eating record of 15. The Brooklyn man also retains his pizza-eating crown in an annual contest at Rocco's Pizzeria. Rocco's co-owner (Joseph Loccisano) says the runner-up chomped through a little over 12 slices. The event raised about $4,000 for the child-welfare organization MercyFirst.

HOT DOG CONTEST

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - And the "wiener" is Tim "Gravy" Brown. He chowed-down on 33 hot dogs in ten minutes over the weekend. His feat of meat topped 14 others, to win a frank-eating contest in Tempe, Arizona. The Chicago marketing manager says he trains by drinking large amounts of water as fast as possible to expand his stomach. Brown will compete next month in the Super Bowl of frankfurters, Nathan's International July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York.

by Jamie Friar

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