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Woman fined £700 for trash violation
A woman has been ordered to pay more than $1,228.00 U.S. dollars for leaving her bins out before collection day.Victoria Clarke, of Lingard Street, Stockport, left eight rubbish bags on the pavement. Stockport Magistrates' Court found her guilty of 'advancement of waste' and fined her £350, plus £350.12 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.Miss Clarke had been served with a notice about her refuse habits before.
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Man Robs Woman of Her Ponytail
A bizarre crime happed in Ramsey Minn, a hotel clerk told police a man cut her hair and took off with it over the weekend.
Police say that on Sunday afternoon, a man walked up to a 21-year-old employee of the Comfort Suites and asked her if her nearly waist-length hair was real.
She let him touch it, then she says he cut her hair and ran out the front door.
Police say they are questioning a person of interest in the case. That person is a man who was convicted in 1998 of attacking a woman at a bus stop and trying to cut her hair. Surveillance video reveals that what actually happened in the hotel.
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Mom charged with racing in school zone
A Toronto woman has been charged with street racing after police clocked her car allegedly moving at at 63 mph through a school zone, authorities said.
The unidentified woman said she was driving home to pick up her son and take him to a day-care center in the same school zone through which she sped, Toronto police Sgt. Tim Burrows told The Toronto Star.
Police radar showed her Volvo zooming through the 30 mph zone at 63 mph just after 8:30 a.m., Burrows said. "She was traveling at a horrendous speed," pulling away from other cars "at warp speed."
Her drivers license was suspended and her car was impounded for seven days, the newspaper said. If convicted, she faces a maximum fine of $9,400.
The incident occurred during an annual safety campaign in which Toronto police seek to raise drivers' awareness of children returning to school.
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Man Refuses To Move Toilets
Hank Robar sees the toilets and urinals as a form of art.
But Code Enforcement Officer John Hill says the toilets pose a safety risk and violate the village’s bulky waste law.
"I’m going to write the ticket and let the judge take care of it." said Hill.
Hill says while he thinks the toilet issue is "being blown way out proportion", he says Robar is "being treated no different than anyone else in the village."
When you drive along Potsdam’s Market Street, there’s a row of nine porcelain toilets on Fred "Hank" Robar’s lawn.
There are also five urinals attached to a multi-colored garage.
He claims the village is singling him out.
"As far as Mr. Robar being singled out, absolutely not. I think we’ll be going after everyone to meet the law," said Potsdam Mayor Ron Tischler.
Two years ago, Robar wanted the property rezoned from residential to commercial so it could be used for a convenience store or fast food outlet.
But village officials refused and his plans went down the toilet.
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Puppy Eats Six Pounds Of Rocks, Lives
A dog in Bangor, Maine, ate six pounds of rocks and lived to bark about it.
The owners of the dog "Chester" said the rocks were around their new grill. The food drippings attracted him, but they didn't realize it until it was too late.
Chester's owners rushed him to the veterinarian.
"I didn't think he'd survive, they said his chances of survival were very slim," Chester's owner said.
The vet said she has seen dogs eat a rock or two, but never six pounds.
Chester passed all the rocks naturally and is now at home safe.
"I hope he sticks to dog food," the owner's son said.
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Bear jumps into man’s fishing boat, mauls him
Friends come to his aid at Canadian marina and kill the animal
A Canadian man is recovering in the hospital after a black bear swam across a river, climbed onto a dock and then jumped on a boat and attacked him.
Conservation officer Gord Hitchcock said Wednesday the 52-year-old man was fishing at a marina in a tiny coastal community off Canada's Pacific coast when the bear mauled him.
Hitchcock says people tried to help the man using hooked poles, knives and a hammer to pull the bear off of him.
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