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12-year-old boy in hospital after stunt backfires
Fire fighters were called to the scene after a boy set fire to his farts
The boy was attempting to set fire to his farts as part of a competition against his cousin in the garden of a house in Tipton when the accident occurred.
Fire fighters were called to the address but the small blaze had already burned itself out when the crew arrived.
Officers administered first aid until an ambulance arrived.
The victim was taken to Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley suffering from 18 per cent burns to the backs of his legs and his thumb.
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Wis. woman arrested, booked over library fines
A Grafton woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines. Heidi Dalibor, 20, ignored the library's calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court.
Still, she was surprised when officers with a warrant knocked on her door, cuffed her and took her to the police station to be fingerprinted and photographed.
Police Capt. Joe Gabrish saied officers follow the same procedure with every warrant.
Library director John Hanson said a couple of dozen people are cited each year for failure to return materials or pay fines.
The incident cost Dalibor about $30 for the overdue paperbacks "White Oleander" and "Angels and Demons" and her mother nearly $172 to get her out of custody.
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Man arrested just 12 hours after release from jail
A 22-year-old man was back behind bars about 12 hours after he was released from jail, accused of stealing a car and beer and leading police on a high-speed chase.
Darren E. Roberts was released from the Sullivan County Jail Tuesday afternoon after competing his sentence for auto theft.
But Indiana State Police say that early Wednesday morning, Roberts stole a 2004 red Ford Mustang in Linton, then drove to a gas station in Cloverdale where he allegedly stole some beer and fled.
Police chased the red Mustang at speeds of up to 105 mph on Interstate 70, until the car spun out and Roberts surrendered.
He's now being held in the Putnam County Jail without bond on a variety of charges.
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Nigerian accused of 'juju' theft
The head of a Nigerian government agency has been charged with stealing money to hire a witchdoctor or "juju" sorcerer to bring him success.
Sam Edem, chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, is accused of taking $6.8m (£3.4m) of state money.
He has been charged with theft and criminal conspiracy by a court who heard he spent millions on black magic.
Police allege in one ritual he burned millions of naira and rubbed the ash on his body. Mr Edem denies the charges.
The case came to the attention of the police when Mr Edem reported he had been the victim of a spell forcing him to hand over millions of naira.
But suspicions were raised as to where he got the money from.
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Wis. Couple Wins Lottery Four Times, Claims Formula
A woman and her accountant husband who claims he's developed a formula for lottery picks have each claimed $350,000 jackpots — twice.
Verlyn and Judith Adamson claimed two $350,000 jackpots on Monday because each held a winning ticket in the state SuperCash drawing last Saturday. They didn't mention at the time that they also held two more of the winning tickets.
They claimed those jackpots Thursday. All four were purchased at different locations, but with the same numbers and for the same drawing. Their winnings now amount to $1.4 million, or about $955,000 after taxes.
But Steven Post, a mathematics professor at Edgewood College in Madison, wasn't buying it. He said there is no way to devise a strategy for finding the winning numbers in a game that uses randomly generated numbers to determine the winning combination.
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Man left naked and broke
A trusting German had to jog two miles naked to a police station after a woman promised him sex and then ran off with his clothes.
Felix Adler, 40, said he met the 24-year-old woman in a bar in Cham in southern Germany and they walked to woods on the edge of town where she begged him to have sex.
But as he stripped off, she fled with his clothes - including his wallet with £800 in it.
He managed to make his way to the police station and gave a full description of the woman to police who later tracked her down.
A police spokesman said: "He was very embarrassed and very cold by the time he got to the police station."
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Woman indicted for stashing phone books
Most people want to get rid of their old phone books, but a Las Cruces woman has been indicted for fraud for allegedly keeping more than 100,000 directories.
Fifty-five-year-old Debra Gottrell is accused of storing the books in three Las Cruces storage units during a four-year period instead of delivering them as she was hired to do.
The stash of directories was discovered when a worker at one of the storage units contacted Gottrell’s employer, Directory Plus.
Directory Plus owner Hugh Riddle says his company lost an estimated $500,000 from the lost directories.
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Man Makes 911 Call After Condom Refund Refused
Englewood police said a man called 911 and reported a robbery after a gas station wouldn't give him his money back for an unopened box of condoms.
Police charged Kadien Jackson with making a false report. Police say they take such things seriously because of the danger it poses to officers.
Officers responded quickly to the call on Sunday and found a gas station employee who fit the description of the robber given by the caller.
Police say Jackson told them he made the bogus report to help him get his money back.
The 21-year-old is from Blauvelt, N.Y.
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OLYMPIC NEWS

Olympic Visitors Get Their Choice Of Penis Cuisine
Dog may have been taken off of many menus in Beijing for Olympic visitors. But there is still a variety of penis foods to choose from, seal penis, ox penis, sheep penis, deer penis, lobster with donkey penis, horse penis and testicles with chili dip.
The ox penis is describe first as fatty, full of protein and good for the skin. It is said that it is hard to swallow, but if you dip it in chili sauce there is an immediate improvement in flavor. The sheep penis is described as a little flabby, bland, soft, rubbery and not much different from the ox. Speaking of flavor, it is said that the deer penis tasted better but by far the donkey penis was the best.