Odds and ends for Aug. 14

Fox, boar help zoo kangaroos escape

BERLIN (AP) — A kangaroo is on the lam in Germany after breaking out of a wildlife park, with help from a fox and wild boar.

The Hochwildschutzpark Hunsrueck said Monday the male kangaroo was one of three that escaped Saturday.

The kangaroos got out of their enclosure after a fox dug a hole next to the cage’s fencing. Two of the three were then able to get out of the park through another hole dug by a wild boar under the exterior fence. Two of the kangaroos were captured.

Widow, 110, gets WWI benefits boost

EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A 110-year-old widow is getting a benefits boost because of her husband’s World War I service.

Family members say Alda Collins is now getting about $1,000 a month to assist with her stay at a nursing home. She had been getting $36 a month. Her son said that Collins lived by herself in a trailer until she was 106. She can use a walker, feeds herself and knows the Pirates are in second place.

For years, she taught in a one-room schoolhouse.

Her husband, William, served in the Army in World War I. He died in 1976 at age 81.

The family had been asking the Veterans Administration for the benefits adjustment since 2008 and recently got help from U.S. Rep. Mark Critz.