The Beaver County Times and Allegheney Times (Pennsylvania, USA) has a stunner - Frigid Lesson - Girl gets tongue stuck on pole:
CENTER TWP. - The classic holiday movie "A Christmas Story" sprang to life Thursday morning in Center Township.Personally, I blame it all on global warming.
No triple-dog-dares were involved, only a 7-year-old waiting with her father and their puppy at the bus stop, next to a stop sign on an irresistible metal pole on an 8-degree morning.
Before the five-minute scene ended, it would involve two bus drivers, the Beaver County Emergency Services Center, a police officer and an ambulance crew.
"It's the first time she's ever done this," said Mark Ferrara, father of now-celeb Alicia, a second-grader at Center's Todd Lane Elementary School.
