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Mar. 7, 2005 08:55 AM
MADISON, Wis. - The fur is going to fly when cat lovers hear about Mark Smith's idea. The Wisconsin hunter and firefighter wants stray cats classified as an "unprotected species" that could be shot by anyone with a small-game license
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - A new county law aims to keep readers from reeking.Libraries in San Luis Obispo County have had their own rules banning offensive body odor since 1994, but the policy became law after the Board of Supervisors last month adopted an ordinance that lets authorities kick out malodorous guests
LINCOLN, Neb. - An animal rights group has a beef with the state fish.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking Gov. Dave Heineman to declare the channel catfish, Nebraska's state fish, off limits to fishing.

ST. ROBERT, Mo. - Big Louie's is now a no-no for GIs. The biggest strip club near Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., is off limits to soldiers
( What happened to supporting our troops?)
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is coming to the defense of Dean Young, who was busted for having cartoon stickers of topless female devils on his car

MARYVILLE, Tenn. - A man caught by police last summer on his 23rd birthday running naked and covered in nacho cheese has pleaded guilty to burglary, public intoxication and other charges

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Surgeons reattached a man's penis over the weekend after his girlfriend, apparently upset over a pending breakup, cut it off with a kitchen knife, Anchorage police said Sunday.A city wastewater utility worker recovered the penis from a toilet down which the woman had flushed it. It was rushed to Providence Alaska Medical Center, where doctors performed reattachment surgery early Sunday morning, according to police reports

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Police arrested an 8-year-old boy who allegedly had a violent outburst in school, head-butting his teacher and kicking an assistant principal, when he was told he couldn't go outside to play with other students.The 4-foot pupil was led away from Rawls Byrd Elementary School in handcuffs Tuesday and charged with disorderly conduct and assault and battery

FORT SMITH, Ark.- Getting tanked has a whole new meaning for a woman on the lam.Brandy Shante Moss, 19, decided that police wanting to talk to her about a domestic dispute complaint would never think to look in a septic tank.They did
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - A construction worker accidentally shot himself in the eye with a nail gun and then pulled the 2½-inch nail out of his face, according to a police report and a co-worker
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