-When Cops Fall Victim To Crime, Who Do They Call?-
Dutch police called to deal with a break-in at one of their own police stations found a tramp cooking sausages.
The officers found a window broken at the unmanned station at Veendam and saw footprints leading inside.
When they followed them, they found a homeless man cooking some sausages, reports Groninger Internet Courant.
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-Are Lawyers To Be Trusted?-
A lawyer in Pennsylvania who submitted bills for an 81 hour day and three 25 hour days says he made "innocent mistakes."
Attorney Barry Van Rensler made over $265,000 representing a local education authority in one year.
The figures were discovered when the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper looked into his earnings. (Innocent mistakes? Sure, they were.)
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-Oh, Please!-
HAMBURG (Reuters) - The German port of Hamburg has been offered 10,000 euros (6,900 pounds) to change its name to "Veggieburg" by animal rights activists who are unhappy about the city's association with hamburgers.
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-Leave It To The French...-
PARIS (Reuters) - A bag of powdered garlic, not something that would normally offend the French, set alarm bells ringing when it was left on a plane at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport and officials were unable to identify the substance. (They couldn't tell it was garlic just from the way it smelled?)
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-An Addition To The Menu?-
Hanoi (dpa) - Residents in a remote commune in central Vietnam have fought a plague of caterpillars over the last week, a local resident said Friday.
"The caterpillars are everywhere, on the trees, on the walls, on desks and chairs in the school,'' said Tran Thanh Van, a farmer in Ngok Vang commune in Kon Tum province.
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