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HEADLINE: Ski resort allows marijuana
SOURCE LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6917670/Colorado-ski-resort-allows-marijuana.html
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Breckenridge, a ski resort in Colorado popular with British holidaymakers, now allows people to smoke marijuana without fear of arrest. Under a new law voted in by local residents, it will be legal for anyone aged over 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana.
Drugs paraphernalia such as giant cigarette rolling papers, small pipes and bongs will also be allowed in the resort, which already has a reputation for a lively nightlife.
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HEADLINE: Drunk Driving? Try Drunk Walking
SOURCE LINK: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Drugs/drunk-driving-years-eve-drunk-walking/story?id=9448415
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Safe travel this New Year's goes beyond having a designated driver: On top of the usual "Don't drink and drive," ER doctors this year are saying, "Don't drink and walk" -- at least not without a "designated walker."
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HEADLINE: Lamb's Head Found in Ikea Microwave
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/31/ap/strange/main6041547.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColLowerPromoArea;morenews
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Authorities in Ohio say a store employee found the head of a lamb inside a microwave oven on display at an Ikea home furnishings showroom.
Police in the Cincinnati suburb of West Chester say they believe the discovery on December 16 was the result of a prank. By the time officers arrived, store employees had already disposed of the head.
An Ikea spokeswoman says the small lamb's head was removed quickly and the kitchen products display area was thoroughly cleaned.
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HEADLINE: Cops saves woman, then arrests her
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/national/cops-saves-woman-then-arrests-her/story-e6frfkx0-1225815118879
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A WATER Police officer dived into Port Phillip Bay to save a woman and then promptly arrested her for allegedly stealing a boat from the St Kilda Marina.
The drama began at around 11am when a fisheries officer saw a boat run aground off Williamstown.
He recognised the vessel as belonging to a fisherman and made contact with the owner.
The boat had allegedly been stolen from the St Kilda Marina on last night.
Water Police called to the scene saw a woman struggling in the water about 500m from shore, and senior Constable Andrew Folley dived in to save her.
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HEADLINE: Man caught faking own death, cremation
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-faked-own-cremation-for-15m-say-police/story-e6frfku0-1225815031856
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SOUTH Korean police have arrested a man who faked his own death - and cremation - to secure insurance payouts totalling 1.8 billion won ($1.5 million).
Police said a man surnamed Chung, 51 and his wife, Ahn, 49, hatched the scheme after their business in Indonesia ran into trouble.
The wife made life insurance claims to six Korean companies after reporting that her husband had died in a motorcycle accident on Batam island in Indonesia.
The Korea Times said the couple bribed Indonesian doctors to supply a death certificate and submitted it to the Korean embassy in Jakarta
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HEADLINE: York priest hit with pasta over shoplifting
SOURCE LINK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/30/priest-poor-shoplifting-pasta
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A priest who advised poor people to shoplift was showered with a bucket of pasta for making the remarks, the Church of England confirmed today.
The Rev Tim Jones, from St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, attracted harsh words earlier this month from the police and a former archbishop of Canterbury for telling his congregation it was acceptable for the needy to steal to feed their families.
But there came a very different rebuke last weekend, when a man approached the priest outside the church and threw 30 tins worth of ravioli and spaghetti on him. The contents of the bucket may well have been inspired by Jones himself, who said he would "rather that people take an 80p can of ravioli rather than turn to some of the most appalling things".
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HEADLINE: Connecticut Funeral Home Cremates Wrong Body
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581548,00.html?test=latestnews
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PROSPECT, Conn. — A grieving family learned their 95-year-old great-grandmother had been cremated when they found a stranger's body in her casket, and a Connecticut funeral home is being investigated in the incident.
Relatives of Aurelie Tuccillo noticed the wrong body when they arrived at the Buckmiller Brothers Funeral Home in Prospect for calling hours Tuesday night.
Police said Wednesday that state and local officers found Tuccillo had "inadvertently been cremated."
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HEADLINE: Road Hogs: Escaped Pigs Close Motorway
SOURCE LINK: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Escaped-Pigs-Lead-To-M11-In-Essex-Being-Closed-At-Junction-8-For-Stansted-Airport/Article/200912415510447?lpos=Strange_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_7&lid=ARTICLE_15510447_Escaped_Pigs_Lead_To_M11_In_Essex_Being_Closed_At_Junction_8_For_Stansted_Airport
CLIP:
The southbound M11 towards London was shut after a lorry carrying a consignment of 82 pigs crashed.
Essex Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene of the collision at Junction 8 near Stansted Airport to discover about 12 animals had escaped from the lorry and were running free on the road.
A spokesman said the carriageway was closed at 5.21am while emergency crews tried to round up the animals and secure them in a makeshift pen.
An Essex Police spokesman said about 50 of the animals, which each weigh about 20st, were trapped in the wreckage which was blocking two lanes, while the runaway pigs were grazing on the embankment.
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HEADLINE: All hell breaks 'moose' at downtown bar
SOURCE LINK: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/all_hell_breaks_moose_at_downtown_7Y6RQqB214Tkipv3EzfzzL
CLIP:
Ain't that a moose in the head!
A woman is suing a bar on the Lower East Side -- where she says she was struck by a stuffed moose head.
In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Raina Kumra says she was minding her own business at the White Slab Palace on Delancey Street in October when, at around 1 a.m., a moose head "dislodged and struck plaintiff on the head."
"The taxidermy moose head weighed approximately 150 pounds, with antlers spanning over three feet," the suit says.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/all_hell_breaks_moose_at_downtown_7Y6RQqB214Tkipv3EzfzzL#ixzz0bCnfYPEU
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HEADLINE: Once in a blue moon nearly here
SOURCE LINK: http://www.poststar.com/news/local/article_3d2eeb08-f4f8-11de-82b5-001cc4c03286.html
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LOS ANGELES -- Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve.
Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue - the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor.
A full moon occurred on Dec. 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.
"If you're in Times Square, you'll see the full moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant," said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.
The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.
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