The Daily Populous

Monday September 18th, 2017 morning edition

image for Texas woman uses her coupon clipping skills to help hurricane survivors

Bridget Martinez and her family from Ingleside, Texas, are personally benefiting from Gager’s extra supplies.

“I looked her up on Facebook, sent her a message this morning, and she responded right away.

Two hours later, here she is,” Martinez, 30, told ABC News of connecting with Gager.

I’ve gone to a church for help but we didn’t get as much there as she’s helping us.”.

Martinez, a mother of five, said she’s been home to survey the damage several times since the storm.

“I don’t plan to cut it off until I know that people are OK,” said Gager. »

Why Didn't FPL Do More to Prepare for Irma?

Authored by miaminewtimes.com

Granted, Wilma and Irma were different storms: Irma was larger and raked South Florida with its powerful dirty side.

But the company also says harder-hit customers on the state's Gulf Coast could be out of power for 12 days or more.

Thanks to power-company rules, it's impossible across Florida to simply buy a solar panel and power your individual home with it. »

Hal Holbrook ending 63-year run as Mark Twain

Authored by cleveland.com

The 92-year-old actor confirmed Wednesday that he was retiring his landmark one-man show, "Mark Twain Tonight!".

Holbrook, who made his stage debut in a 1942 Cain Park Theatre production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner," was 29 when he began touring "Mark Twain Tonight!"

In 1966, the actor won a Tony Award for a Broadway run of "Mark Twain Tonight!" »

Federal hate crime charges filed in Draper stun cane case

Authored by ksl.com

Federal prosecutors in Utah said Friday that 58-year-old Mark Porter faces up to 10 years in prison on the civil rights charge.

Authorities say on Nov. 3, 2016 in Draper, Porter yelled a racial slur at the 7-year-old boy and told him to "get out of here."

When the father told Porter not to yell at his son, Porter hit the man in the neck with a stun cane. »

How Violets Steal Your Sense of Smell

Authored by io9.gizmodo.com

It's always gratifying to come across an explanation for something you have vaguely wondered about as a child.

I read several books growing up in which the scent of violets was associated with a certain kind of magic.

This pairing was well chosen, because I recently found out that violets quite literally do have that magic property. »