Friday Snippets and Soundbites

• Police in Flint, Mich., are replacing hundreds of missing—and presumed stole—wait for it. . . .manhole covers. Apparently nearly 400 cast iron manhole covers have disappeared from the city in the past year. Officials think they may have been sold for scrap. A cover generally fetches $20 at a scrap yard. . . but can cost the city up to $200 during the same period. The city is working on stopping the problem by outfitting the covers with a bolt that can only be turned by a specific wrench that only they have.

• Capital Lights' This Is an Outrage, an album the ec team raved about and Jen even mentioned in a "Music Minute" post, is seeing success on the charts. It landed on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart this week at number 51 and made an appearance on Billboard's Christian rock chart at number 12 and Top Christian Albums at number 34. In addition, This Is An Outrage grabbed the attention of the digital buyers on iTunes as it debuted on overall Rock Chart at number 27 during street week.

• Rocco the beagle is finally going home. Rocco wandered away from his New York City home five years ago and was reunited with them this week after being discovered 850 miles away. In Hinseville, Ga. Someone dropped the dog off at a local shelter on July 5, and employees used a microchip embedded under the dog's skin to find his family. Natalie, who was only 5 years old when Rocco disappeared, was ecstatic.

• Speaking of pets, do any of you have a cat? You'll relate to this video.