The Nest — #911

Happy Memorial Day!

Murphy's Law for travelers: If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong while you're on vacation -- which is arguably the worst time a household calamity can strike. Coming home from your honeymoon, African safari or Mediterranean cruise can be gloomy. But returning from a memorable journey and learning something has gone seriously wrong at home can be downright devastating. To make matters worse, a house or apartment left empty while its owners are traveling is a tempting target for criminals. We don't want to scare you -- or leave you fearing for your treasured belongings while basking on...

Raw video footage of cupcake theft suspect.   Dad was shocked when he realized a certain item went missing. Knowing that his daughter was the only other person home, he decided to confront her. However, he didn’t want to call her out on it directly. Instead, Dad questions her in a way that has her turning herself in for the crime. In the video below, Dad holds the camera while he asks his daughter where the missing cupcakes went. While he knows she has something to do it, Dad’s shocked when his little girl fesses up and says she ate...

COATESVILLE – For nearly 50 years, the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) has been educating high school students throughout the world with the following core values: integrity first, service before self and excellence in all they do. That is exactly what Lt Col (Ret) Eric Turnbull and MSgt (Ret) Chris Sidoli have been teaching their cadets since the PA771 AFJROTC program was brought back to the Coatesville Area Senior High School for the 2014 – 2015 school year. With over 850 service hours in their unit, the cadets have participated in several volunteer projects over the past...

Today’s grim anniversary brings up the question for parents, yet again, of how to talk about the terrorist attacks with children, because directly affected or not, even the smallest Americans have felt the reverberations of the terrorists attacks. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)“Anniversaries, especially when associated with media coverage, often resurface feelings related to a difficult event such as 9/11. Parents and friends can offer support by helping children anticipate this reaction, advise them on how to limit or handle grief triggers (which might include limiting exposure to media coverage of the event) and offering additional physical presence and emotional support around the...