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(NBC) – A Grand Rapids, MI, hair salon had a hair-raising Saturday afternoon.

According to police, 82-year-old Marion Zock stepped on the accelerator pedal instead of the brake as she was attempting to park outside of the shop.

“It didn’t take any length of time at all, and all I kept thinking was, ‘Where’s the brake?’ I thought the store would stop me but it didn’t,” Zock said.

Two people were injured, an employee who returned to work after being treated, and a young girl who suffered a bruised arm.

Zock, who said she hasn’t had a ticket in 60 years, is a regular customer at the salon and stayed to go through with her appointment.

“I sat there with my face in my hands because I was so embarrassed,” Zock said.

Another vehicle crashed through the same storefront about eight years ago.

“When you’re behind the wheel of a car, you pay attention and you’re focused on your driving task,” Kent County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Kevin Kelley said.

“Quite often in cases like this, it is the result of inattentiveness,” said Kelley. 

Zock had cataract surgery not too long ago, but said her vision is fine and not at issue.  She will likely receive a ticket for reckless driving, a four-point citation.

Zock’s family still has confidence in her driving skills and isn’t encouraging her to give up her license, she said.

Classic Hair Design remained open as the car was removed.

Illinois: 29-year-old Carly Houston has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, theft of labor or services, and criminal trespass to land after she became aggressive and abusive toward a taxi driver who asked her for specific directions.

The taxi driver pulled over at a petrol station with his passenger flipping the bird with both hands, screaming, and threatening him. Alarmed bystanders called police who arrested Houston when she wouldn´t pay for her ride.

Not content with her earlier efforts, Houston opted to make her permitted phone call from jail to call 911, telling the operator that she was “trapped inside the detention facility”. Unimpressed police added a charge of making a false 911 report.

via Arrested Woman Calls 911 to Report She´s Trapped in a Dentention Facility.

Time Warner Cable in North Carolina accidentally beamed previews of adult shows from the Playboy Channel onto kids programming, according to The Charlotte Observer.

Due to an equipment malfunction between 6:14 and 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, some children´s channels had previews of the Playboy Channel in the right corner of their television sets.

The cable operator only learned of the problem when parents called to report the switch, but it wasn´t known if they waited the full two hours before calling.

via Playboy Channel Accidentally Shown on Kids TV.

California: A teacher who was laid off by the school district has drawn the ire of parents after quipping to students that she would need to sell her eggs and become a stripper in order to live.  The comment came after students inquired about what would happen to her.  Forty teachers at the school have been given lay-off notices in the past week.

Officials have indicated that the matter has been ´resolved´ but have not elaborated.

Megan Gowans, Executive Director for the Modesto Teachers Association, acknowledged that the English teacher´s choice of words was poor but noted that, “It´s difficult to put your emotions aside when you´re future is uncertain.”

via Laid Off Teacher Tells Students She´ll Have to Sell Her Eggs and Become a Stripper, Parents Not Impressed.

Republican State Senator Roy Ashburn of California was arrested after failing a roadside sobriety test by California State Patrol Officers. He was pulled over after weaving in the lane.

Senator Ashburn was driving a state vehicle and had an unidentified male in the vehicle with him. They had just left a well-known gay bar called Faces. Senator Ashburn has voted against every gay rights measure in the Senate since taking office.

The self-proclaimed heterosexual senator has issued an apology to his constituents, wife, family, friends and colleagues. He has been released on $1,400 bond. His male partner was not arrested.

via Republican Anti-Gay Rights Senator Arrested on DUI After Leaving Gay Bar.

A 62-year-old Independence Township man remained hospitalized Monday with injuries he sustained after authorities said a rocket-like backpack he rigged to power him on a sled exploded.

Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a backyard sledding party in the 6000 block of Townview at 7:35 p.m. Sunday to aid the host, who had burns over 18% of his body, Undersheriff Mike McCabe said.

“Apparently, he has this sledding party every year, and he always does outrageous things at it, but he’s never blown himself up before,” McCabe said Monday.

The man had been drinking before the accident, McCabe said.

The man constructed the backpack from a used auto muffler, which he filled with gasoline and gunpowder, McCabe said. Wearing a motorcycle helmet, he got on an orange plastic sled.

“He asked another person to light a wick and then began to sled down a hill. At some point during the ride, the device exploded,” McCabe said.

The man, whom McCabe would not identify, suffered second-degree burns to his face and right side of his body, and possible eye damage.

via Man, 62, is burned in rocket sled stunt | freep.com | Detroit Free Press.

FLINT, Mich.—Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen.Police reports indicated the vehicle was previously stolen out of Lapeer, about 50 miles north-northwest of Detroit.The suspect is being lodged at the Genesee County Jail.No further details were released.

via Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card – The Denver Post.