A report of a dog crying in distress can constitute an emergency that justifies police entering a home without a warrant, a state appeals court ruled Thursday in upholding a Los Angeles County man’s conviction for animal cruelty. In appealing Keith Chung’s conviction and 16-month prison sentence, his lawyer argued that officers may disregard...
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Cops can enter home if they hear barking dog
Fla. Senate wants law against bestiality…we need a law for people to know this is wrong?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate is trying again to make it a crime to have sex with animals. The Senate unanimously passed a bill (SB 104) Monday that would make it a first-degree misdemeanor to have sex with an animal, with a maximum punishment of a year in jail. A similar measure is...
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Families forced to follow green zealots’…must use nine bins to recycle
Families are facing a nightmare future of recycling confusion. In a regime set to spread across the country, residents are being forced to juggle an astonishing nine separate bins. There has already been a storm of protest with warnings that the scheme is too complex and homes simply don’t have the space to deal...
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Couple charged with ‘theft by finding’
Police have charged a couple with “theft by finding” after they forked out a few dollars for a second-hand suitcase at a Melbourne Salvation Army Store that had up to $100,000 hidden in its lining. The suitcase was donated to the Salvos in Beaconsfield by a woman who did not know her husband had...
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Sweden bans fake boobs over explosion risk
Sweden’s Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) has banned three brands of silicon breast implants due to the risk of bursting. The agency confirmed on Thursday that it has followed the lead of the French authorities to ban the products manufactured by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). Since 2001 it is estimated that the breasts of around...
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Tampon-makers can’t mention the V-word, period
An advertising campaign for tampons is rejected by US television networks for daring to include the word vagina.
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Pet shop owner fined £1,000 and told to wear an electronic tag… for selling a goldfish to a boy aged 14
Buying a goldfish at a pet shop used to be an innocent childhood pleasure. But today an elderly pet shop owner told how she was ‘entrapped’ into selling a goldfish to a 14-year-old schoolboy, then warned she could face jail. She had breached a law introduced in 2006 which bans selling live fish to...
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Busted for Booze…sealed bottles of wine on subway is a offense
You can’t take an open bottle of booze on a subway or train but what if it is sealed? An NYU student says he was cuffed over a sealed bottle of wine. Pavan Trivedi says he was slammed down to the ground by a Port Authority cop and held in a room against his...
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Men guitly of ‘seat hoggery’ issued summonses
One recent night, Ryan David LaMont settled into the wary peace of a post-midnight journey on the No. 2 train. He was not quite alone, since a few other people were on board, but he had rows and rows of seats to choose from. “An N.Y.P.D. officer stepped into the car, pointed at me...
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Man arrested for ‘thinking of a cheeseburger’
A homeless Gastonia man who allegedly hoisted a sign reading, “I’m thinking of a cheeseburger,” near an interstate off-ramp was charged with violating the city begging ordinance. gastongazette.com
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