Shown in photo is the iron in which Mary Jo Coady found the image of Jesus. She said the image gave her assurance that everything was going to be okay despite the hardships. (AP Photo)

METHUEN, Massachusetts (AP) – A woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work said that an image she found of Jesus Christ on her iron has reassured her that “life is going to be good.”

Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter’s room.

The brownish residue on the bottom of the iron looks like the face of a man with long hair.

The 44-year-old Coady was raised Catholic. She and her two college-age daughters agree that the image looks like Jesus and is proof that “he’s listening.”

Coady told The Eagle-Tribune that she hopes her story will inspire others during the holidays. She said she was planning to keep the iron in a closet and buy a new one.

Barefoot thief steals shoes for left foot
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It didn’t take Knoxville police gumshoes to track down a suspected shoe thief. He was sauntering barefoot through the parking lot of a Knoxville store called the Shoe Show when an employee identified him as the man who crammed shoes into his pockets and pushed her out of his way as he walked out Tuesday night.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that the 46-year-old man was arrested by police and was charged with theft under $500, assault and public intoxication.

Lt. Bob Wooldridge said the four or five shoes stolen were all contoured to fit left feet. The right foot shoes were being used for display.

Shoplifter swipes snack cakes, faces raps
TYRONE, Pa. (AP) – A serial shoplifter from central Pennsylvania has taken three sweet steps over the line and to face a felony charge.

Sonya Mosey, 33, was jailed on a felony retail theft charge for allegedly stealing three snack cakes worth $4.27 from a convenience store on October 27. Police said she took a Hostess doughnut and two Tastykake items from the store, though she did pay for a soda pop.

Mosey was charged with a felony because she had four prior retail theft convictions. She is currently awaiting trials on a separate felony retail theft case, a drug charge, and public drunkenness.

Woman helps deliver grandchild while cooking
BOSTON – A Boston woman has succeeded at one of the all-time great Thanksgiving Day juggling acts: She cooked the turkey while helping deliver her baby granddaughter.

Patricia McCalop was in the middle of preparing the meal when her daughter suddenly went into labor two weeks early.

McCalop called 911, and a dispatcher talked her through the delivery and helped her confirm that the baby girl was breathing.

Paramedics arrived shortly afterward and took Africa McCalop and her newborn to the hospital. They are both in good health.

Patricia McCalop said she kept running between the kitchen and her daughter in labor because she didn’t want the turkey to burn while helping her child deliver the baby.

Irate patron rams car into hotdog stand
CARY, North Carolina (AP) – A man from North Carolina rammed his car into a hot dog stand when the vendor refused to sell him a hot dog and drink for a dollar.

WRAL-TV reported that 23-year-old David Kelbaugh of Rolesville was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run, driving while intoxicated and injury to property.

Police said Kelbaugh was drinking at a bar in Cary when he left to order food at the hotdog stand.

Kelbaugh asked for a hot dog and a drink for one dollar and the vendor told him that wasn’t enough money. Kelbaugh reportedly yelled at the vendor, got in his car and rammed the hot dog stand twice. The vendor was treated for back injuries. His name was not released.

Caged 'cavemen' greet Warsaw zoo visitors
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Visitors of Warsaw’s zoo are being greeted by two “homo sapiens” peering out from a cage in a bid to spark interest in man’s  caveman ancestors.

Organizer Maria Mastalerz said the week-long “performance” aims to attract interest in a play, “Caveman,” showing in the Polish capital, but added that it also carries a message that humans today are not all that different from their prehistoric ancestors.

Dressed in furs and animal skins, the young woman and man smoked a fish over a fire, poking it with a stick, or stared from behind bars at startled zoo visitors.