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Civil rights activists have complained about bizarre rules that ban Texas prisoners from reading Where's Waldo? but allow them to read the works of former KKK grand wizard David Duke and Adolf Hitler. A list of 10,000 books banned from Texas prisons includes Homer Simpson's Little Book of Laziness a

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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has denied rumours that fumes from its viagra factory in County Cork are exciting local men – and dogs. Residents of Ringaskiddy, on Ireland's southwestern coast, told The Sunday Times they've been "getting the love fumes for years now".

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Two US Navy pilots have been disciplined for drawing a massive penis in the sky over Washington state, the Military Times reports. The punishment is not disclosed, but the pair will keep their jobs.

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A lawyer and former educator has said reusing old questions in a bar exam is “not a big deal”. Antonio La Viña, a former dean at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines made the comments after it emerged that the 2017 bar exams used questions from previous years’ tests.

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A herd of donkeys has been punished for eating plants outside a prison – by being jailed. Donkeys in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh were convicted of destroying expensive plants outside a jail compound in Jalaun district.

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A lawyer was arrested after allegedly barging into a stranger's home while high on ecstasy and in a state of undress, shouting "I'm here!". Justin Paul Christodoro, 39, entered an unsuspecting couple's home at around 5pm on 11 November, according to police reports, wearing a tight black shirt, high

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A lawyer who pinned speeding tickets on her ex-husband and a former client has been found guilty of professional misconduct and struck off. Jinhi Kim was arrested in October 2015 after her law firm in Sydney, Australia was searched by police, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

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An 18-year-old who drove a tractor around Derry in a bid to pick up women has been fined £50. Anthony Breslin admitted having no L-plates on his tractor during his ultimately unsuccessful jaunt through the city in August.

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A member of the Wu-Tang Clan has launched a copyright suit against a dog-walking company calling itself Woof-Tang Clan. In court papers filed by producer and rapper RZA, the dog-walking company is alleged to have violated the rap group's trademarks.

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An Indonesian man pulled over for speeding avoided a ticket and was given a job after officers noticed his first name meant "Police". Sympathetic cops were stunned to meet 22-year-old construction worker Polisi, whose name is Indonesian for "Police".

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A voyeur who planted a secret camera in a Starbucks toilet has been caught on his own camera. Police have now published the photo of the as-yet unidentified man, who inadvertently took a clear photograph of himself with the camera he planted in the ceiling in the coffee shop's only toilet.

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UK Home Office officials have said they may have to hire Polish and other Eastern European workers to help register EU nationals after Brexit. Immigration lawyers told The Guardian that UK visas and immigration officials had privately admitted at a recent conference that they were struggling to enti

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An accused person in Illinois is not automatically entitled to a new trial if the judge falls asleep during their trial, appeal judges have ruled. The Illinois Appellate Court dismissed an appeal from convicted spree killer Nicholas Sheley, who said the Circuit Court of the 14th Judicial Circuit err

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A couple who wanted to name their baby after their favourite beer have been rebuked by a government agency governing baby names. The Swedish couple were told by the Skatteverket that the name Pilzner was - like its namesake - "unsuitable" for a child.

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A "narcissistic" judge has been caught sending fake letters in the names of local people in support of his own planning applications. Judge Keith Alan Shaw was brought to court and found guilty of committing fraud between 2012 and 2015 in an effort to subvert Scarborough Council's planning processes

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