In today's USA Happy-time good news report:

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Mother, child dead in N.J. decapitation-suicide

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/1933890...tation-suicide

Posted: Aug 22, 2012 6:57 AM EDT Updated: Aug 22, 2012 6:57 AM EDT

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Police remain on the scene of what appears to be
grisly murder-suicide in New Jersey.

Police tell WPVI-TV in Philadelphia that a Camden woman decapitated her
2-year-old child before stabbing herself to death.

Officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute at the home early
Wednesday.

Police say the woman, who had a history of mental problems, had
barricaded herself inside after arguing with a man believed to be her
boyfriend.

Officers gained entry to the home and found the woman dead and the
child's head inside a refrigerator.

No other information is available.

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Americans toss out as much as 40% of their food, study says

http://www.latimes.com/business/mone...,7810321.story

Americans are throwing out nearly every other bite of food, wasting up
to 40% of the country’s supply each year – a mass of uneaten provisions
worth $165 billion, according to a new report from the Natural Resources
Defense Council.

An average family of four squanders $2,275 in food each year, or 20
pounds per person per month, according to the nonprofit and nonpartisan
environmental advocacy group.

Food waste is the largest single portion of solid waste cramming
American landfills. Since the 1970s, the amount of uneaten fare that is
dumped has jumped 50%. The average American trashes 10 times as much
food as a consumer in Southeast Asia, according to the Natural Resources
Defense Council.

Such profligacy is especially unwarranted in a time of record drought,
high food prices expected to get higher and families unable to afford
food, according to the council. Efforts are already in place in Europe
to cut back on food waste.

But American consumers are used to seeing pyramids of fresh produce in
their local markets and grocery stores, which results in $15 billion
annually in unsold fruits and vegetables, according to the Natural
Resources Defense Council. In restaurants and home kitchens, massive
portions often end up partly in the trash.

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A high-ranking tennis umpire has been arrested for bludgeoning her
80-year-old husband to death with a coffee mug

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lo...166928826.html

A high-profile referee from Los Angeles who was officiating U.S. Open
tennis matches in New York was arrested Tuesday and is expected to be
charged with the April murder of her husband.

Lois Ann Goodman, 70, is alleged to have bludgeoned her 80-year-old
husband to death with a coffee mug in their Woodland Hills home,
according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

She was arrested at a Manhattan hotel where she and other referees were
staying. They are in town for the U.S. Open Tennis Championship in
Queens, which is in qualifying rounds this week.