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- You Are Going to Hurt SomeoneToday
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In Worcester, England, Bill Malcolm put barbed wire up around his tool shed and vegetable plots after thieves struck three times in four months. Shortly after that, local officials told him to remove the fence because burglars might get hurt climbing over it. They said they will remove the fence if he doesn't.
- Texas Two StepYesterday
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Lone Star College threatened to place the Young Conservatives of Texas on probation after the group distributed a flier with a joking "Top Ten Gun Safety Tips" list. A student activities coordinator confiscated the fliers as the group tried to hand them out. College general counsel Brian S. Nelson contends that "any mention of firearms" interferes with the operation of the school.
- Icy ReceptionJanuary 7
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Troy Garcia's neighbors thought it was just great that he plowed the snow off the streets of their Spokane Valley, Washington, neighborhood. Well, all of them except the one who is a county roads supervisor. He reported Garcia, and police warned him he'd be fined if he plows again.
- Out of PrintJanuary 6
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Iranian authorities have banned the Kargozaran newspaper after it published an article critical of the Palestinian group Hamas. A government spokesman said the article "portrays the Palestinian resistance as terrorists who cause the deaths of children and civilians by taking up positions in kindergartens and hospitals."
- Flight RiskJanuary 5
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A federal judge barred Pythias Brown from going to the Dominican Republic for his honeymoon. Brown, a Transportation Security Administration at Newark Liberty International Airport, has been charged with stealing laptops, cameras, and other electronic equipment from travelers. The judge noted that Brown's drivers' license has been suspended numerous times because he failed to appear in court on various traffic violations.