Steve Radack, a commissioner in Harris County, Texas, praised the approval of his plan to trap and butcher property-destroying feral hogs and donate the meat to Houston-area food banks, saying, “As meat prices go up, we’ll be giving it away.”
Rick Allen, a Republican running for Congress in Georgia, cites the Bible in his first campaign commercial as he looks into the camera, saying, “[President Barack] Obama’s big spending, it burdens our children with debt. The Bible says that’s immoral.”
Robert Ballard, the University of Rhode Island oceanography professor best known for discovering the wreck of the Titanic, was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Willie Myrick, a 9-year old Atlanta boy who police say was abducted from his driveway and held a short time, is being praised by community leaders for his calm as he sang Hezekiah Walker’s gospel song “Every Praise” until being released by the kidnapper, who is being sought by police.
Jane Graham-Bailey, 78, of Jensen Beach, Fla., told the Asheville Citizen-Times that an Allegiant airline worker at a North Carolina airport refused to allow her to fly home with an oxygen tank because she didn’t have a form from a doctor.
Virginia Fryback of Fort Wayne, Ind., was reunited with her 10-year-old cat Charlie, who disappeared from her home five years ago and showed up this week at an animal shelter, where workers scanned the cat and discovered Charlie’s microchip that identified his owner.
Dallas Archer, 19, was charged in Kingsport, Tenn., with possession of stolen property, illegal possession of a firearm and introducing contraband into a jail, on accusations she smuggled a loaded gun into jail after a cavity search revealed she had the weapon in her crotch.
Gen. Moeldoko, Indonesia’s military commander, said critics who called him out for wearing an especially luxurious watch, alleged by some to be worth more than $100,000, should be quiet because the timepiece is actually a Chinese fake that cost about $430.
Naomi Coleman, a British tourist, will be deported from Sri Lanka for having an image of Buddha tattooed on her arm, an official said in the country where Buddhism is the state religion and plays an important part in political and social affairs.
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