And another crop of weirdies

Another small crop of anagrams based on Anna's News Clippings items,
from the last month or so:

A woman in Canada encountered a surprise at the end of a highly
familiar route.  Arriving at her Manitoba home after an outing with
friends, Christine Keilback disappeared.  Looking down, her friends
saw the 58-year-old woman's head and shoulders poking up from a hole
in the ground.  Unable to climb out, she waved to passers-by and posed
for photos while waiting for the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service to
arrive with a harness and winch. 
  Though she'd initially worried that a sinkhole had opened outside her
residence, city officials explained that manhole covers had been
removed from two catch-basins beside the road.
  [I've put a couple of photos up to accompany this story, at
  http://theanna.org/clip/images/holeymoley.jpg and
  http://theanna.org/clip/images/holeymoley2.jpg ]

     Christine Keilback = Click here & sink a bit


A California-internal Southwest Airlines flight was delayed for nearly
1.5 hours because of an opposite of wildlife: the 120 cm, 30 kg
non-living passenger for whom Eily Ben-Abraham had purchased an
aeroplane ticket in the approved manner.  An aisle seat had been 
assigned in error to his large carry-on items, a humanoid robot named
Bebop.  After clearing of this hurdle, the flight crew ascertained
that Bebop's lithium battery was larger than airline policy permits.
It was removed before takeoff.  Ben-Abraham's employer, Elite Event
Robotics, shipped a new one by overnight courier so that Bebop could
appear at Digestive Disease Week as scheduled and are now attempting
to recover the confiscated one.

  Well, not quite...
     Eily Ben-Abraham = Baby animal here?


One member of Somerset Council described efforts to address a recent
freeze--thaw-sparked surge in pop-up (pop-down?) potholes throughout
Walton as 'trying to darn a pair of fishnet tights'.  Matters were 
made no easier when a road built over peat collapsed beneath a
pothole-filling lorry sent out by their chosen contractor.
Destabilising at the intended repair site, the Stabilised Pavements
lorry ended up at a 45-degree angle.  The abandoned vehicle was later
recovered.  It will take somewhat longer for the council to evaluate
how to complete the road repairs. 
  [See http://theanna.org/clip/images/stabilised_pavements.png ]

     Stabilised Pavements = A "slam pittedness" vibe
     Stabilised Pavements ~ denies blame. Vast pits...
  There are probably better 'grams for this one, but this is a seed
  anyway.



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