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Among those running for sheriff in Kentucky counties are three sheriffs who were forced from office after being convicted of crimes: Roger Benton of Morgan County was convicted of accepting a bribe, Douglas Brandenburg of Lee County was convicted of obstructing justice, and Ray Clemons of Breathitt County was convicted of failing to report drug activity.
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Also in December, a businessman in Jalan Beserah, Malaysia, told reporters he’d recently dismissed his maid because a hidden camera had caught her boiling her underwear in the soup she served him. According to the businessman, a witch doctor in her hometown had told her that the soup would increase her employer’s appreciation of her.
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Two Japanese tourists in Bethlehem, laden with cameras and guidebooks and oblivious to the Israeli-Palestinian standoff, wandered within yards of the Church of the Nativity before journalists urged them to back away….In Bolton, England, a thief came across a malnourished dog during a home burglary and reported the owner for animal abuse….And researchers said they had found a massive ant colony, consisting of many nests, that stretched a thousand miles, from Spain to Italy.
