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Escape claws: Tigers, piranhas may join Indonesia crocodile prison guard
JAKARTA When Indonesia's anti-drugs czar announced plans to guard a death-row prison island with crocodiles, the government rushed to explain that it was just a joke, but on Friday Budi Waseso said he was now thinking of using tigers and piranha fish too.
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UFO off California? Streaking light was missile test, Pentagon says
Social media lit up on Saturday night with reports of streaking lights across the skies from California to Arizona, but the phenomenon turned out to be a Navy missile test flight launched off the southern California coast, the Pentagon said.
A howler? Israeli minister proposes deporting strays
JERUSALEM Claws were out on Monday after an Israeli cabinet minister proposed sending stray dogs and cats to another country as an alternative to government-funded efforts to sterilize them.
Rap video recorded inside Georgia jail prompts investigation
ATLANTA Georgia authorities were investigating on Friday how a group of inmates in a suburban Atlanta jail were able to make a rap music video using jailhouse equipment and then get it posted on social media, sheriff's officials said.
'Warlock' slapped with restraining order in new Salem witch trial
SALEM, Mass. A judge in Salem, Massachusetts, on Wednesday granted a self-proclaimed witch's request for a restraining order to keep a self-proclaimed warlock and business rival from harassing her.
Sacramento OKs ban of loud or sleeping people from buses and trains
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Loud or sleeping people will soon be asked to leave buses and light rail trains in Sacramento under new rules approved by transportation officials Monday night, though efforts to ban smelly riders did not pass.
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