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Amusing articles from the news
Aug. 31st, 2006 08:35 amhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_environment_mcdonalds_hedgehogs - "Hedgehogs have finally humbled burger giant McDonald's after years of campaigning, forcing the company to redesign its killer McFlurry ice-cream containers."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060831/ap_on_fe_st/flower_bandit - "Jason Jasnos said he found the note in his garden Sunday, a day after he caught two women holding a bunch of posies taken from outside his 1880s-era home, near downtown Des Moines."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_life_bush_shirt - "The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favour of Zachery Guiles, who through his parents claimed his free speech rights had been violated when school officials made him put duct tape over parts of his T-shirt that showed a Bush image surrounded by cocaine, a razor blade, a straw and a martini."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_crime_brazil_saw - "A street parking attendant in Brazil's crime-ridden city of Rio de Janeiro was charged with sawing a woman in two over a parking space dispute, police said on Wednesday."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_religion_priests - "Roman Catholics shunned by the official church are "renting" married priests in times of crisis and celebration."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1974495.html?menu=news.quirkies - "Citizens of York are being asked to sign a treaty promising never to shoot Scots with a bow and arrow. Under an ancient by-law, which has never been repealed, York people can "legally" shoot Scotsmen with a bow and arrow within the city walls."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1974477.html?menu=news.quirkies - "A US news reporter uncovered a marijuana plantation - outside the front door of a police station."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_nm/australia_brothels_dc - "Australian brothels are offering clients discounts based on their gas bills."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_nm/italy_kiss_dc - "An Italian couple dubbed "Bonnie and Clyde" by police robbed at least three people by kissing wildly in a parked car, then jumping out to attack unsuspecting passers-by."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_security_tshirt - "Raed Jarrar wrote on his Internet blog (http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com) that he was required to change out of the shirt prior to boarding a JetBlue flight from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to California this month because officials told him people were offended by the shirt."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1973052.html?menu=news.quirkies - "A Chinese woman has been involved in a car crash - because she let her dog drive."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060829/od_nm/japan_roulette_dc - "apanese banks have long had a reputation for poor service but at least one is trying something new -- wooing customers with an opportunity to try their hand at Lady Luck. A roulette wheel pops onto the screen of automatic teller machines when customers of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd finish transferring funds. A lucky spin and the customer wins 1,000 yen ($8.50)."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060831/ap_on_fe_st/flower_bandit - "Jason Jasnos said he found the note in his garden Sunday, a day after he caught two women holding a bunch of posies taken from outside his 1880s-era home, near downtown Des Moines."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_life_bush_shirt - "The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favour of Zachery Guiles, who through his parents claimed his free speech rights had been violated when school officials made him put duct tape over parts of his T-shirt that showed a Bush image surrounded by cocaine, a razor blade, a straw and a martini."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_crime_brazil_saw - "A street parking attendant in Brazil's crime-ridden city of Rio de Janeiro was charged with sawing a woman in two over a parking space dispute, police said on Wednesday."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_religion_priests - "Roman Catholics shunned by the official church are "renting" married priests in times of crisis and celebration."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1974495.html?menu=news.quirkies - "Citizens of York are being asked to sign a treaty promising never to shoot Scots with a bow and arrow. Under an ancient by-law, which has never been repealed, York people can "legally" shoot Scotsmen with a bow and arrow within the city walls."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1974477.html?menu=news.quirkies - "A US news reporter uncovered a marijuana plantation - outside the front door of a police station."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_nm/australia_brothels_dc - "Australian brothels are offering clients discounts based on their gas bills."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_nm/italy_kiss_dc - "An Italian couple dubbed "Bonnie and Clyde" by police robbed at least three people by kissing wildly in a parked car, then jumping out to attack unsuspecting passers-by."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_security_tshirt - "Raed Jarrar wrote on his Internet blog (http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com) that he was required to change out of the shirt prior to boarding a JetBlue flight from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to California this month because officials told him people were offended by the shirt."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1973052.html?menu=news.quirkies - "A Chinese woman has been involved in a car crash - because she let her dog drive."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060829/od_nm/japan_roulette_dc - "apanese banks have long had a reputation for poor service but at least one is trying something new -- wooing customers with an opportunity to try their hand at Lady Luck. A roulette wheel pops onto the screen of automatic teller machines when customers of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd finish transferring funds. A lucky spin and the customer wins 1,000 yen ($8.50)."